I was talking to a friend of mine the other day who takes part in a lot of teleconferences. She said that she often drifts off, gets bored and starts doing other things at her desk whilst still on the conference. And it’s hardly surprising. We’re all busy, teleconferences are just like meetings, which means [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Online networking…valuable tool or just another distraction?
June 19, 2008 – 10:43 pm
Lately I’ve been mulling over the point of business networking sites. Who are they for? What are they for? You can keep in touch with ex-colleagues, you can see who your clients, suppliers, etc know and are connected with, you can write a lot of puff about yourself, you can read puff that other people [...]
Yet more reasons to work virtually…
June 16, 2008 – 11:10 pm
Research carried out by the AA has apparently shown that the average UK commuter spends almost 29 working days each year travelling to work or five years over a working life. What a depressing thought – five years of your life spent schlepping back and forth to an office on overcrowded trains, or stuck in [...]
Temp workers vs. employees
June 15, 2008 – 10:58 am
Unless you’ve been living in a cave you can’t possibly have missed the whole agency workers/temps debate recently which has resulted from the new legislation to give temps the same rights as a permanent employees after 12 weeks of employment. Under the new deal temps will become eligible for holiday pay and overtime rates on a par [...]
Time Management…
June 9, 2008 – 10:52 pm
Like most small business owners, I always seem to be short of time. In an attempt to address this I’ve succumbed to buying a couple of time management books, so this week I’ve been reading The Time Trap by Alex Mackenzie. I tend to think that most books of this ilk are just 200 pages of the [...]
Cut your costs instantly…
June 6, 2008 – 9:10 pm
I’m almost ashamed to confess that I only really started using Skype in earnest a few months ago when I was finally jolted into action by my BT bill. As virtual workers we make a lot of calls, including quite a few to the US, and they were really notching up our phone bill, so [...]
Choosing a Virtual Assistant
June 3, 2008 – 9:46 pm
Many of the enquiries I get via my website are from people who are considering using a virtual PA for the first time, which is great. I really do believe that virtual assistants are an excellent resource for forward thinking small businesses, but it is worth putting in some thought to finding a virtual PA [...]
