Comments for Your Virtual Paralegal Weblog http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com More tasks than time? We can help! Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Why Hire a Virtual Assistant by SEO Consultant http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/why-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-56 SEO Consultant Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:07:45 +0000 http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/why-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-56 I visited this blog first time and found it very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing such information. I visited this blog first time and found it very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing such information.

]]> Comment on Why Hire a Virtual Assistant by Computer Rental Company http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/why-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-50 Computer Rental Company Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:11:46 +0000 http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/why-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-50 A VA can help you in a lot of tasks you want to finish, depending on his/her skills and capabilities. However, the client is still responsible in managing the VA's schedule of tasks so that his/her employment is fully utilized. A VA can help you in a lot of tasks you want to finish, depending on his/her skills and capabilities. However, the client is still responsible in managing the VA’s schedule of tasks so that his/her employment is fully utilized.

]]> Comment on One entrepreneur’s journey to find a Virtual Assistant by paralegal degree http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/one-entrepreneurs-journey-to-find-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-46 paralegal degree Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:44:53 +0000 http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-46 hmm a virtual assistant sounds like fun! Except that she cant make you coffee or cook you a steak! hmm a virtual assistant sounds like fun! Except that she cant make you coffee or cook you a steak!

]]> Comment on One entrepreneur’s journey to find a Virtual Assistant by Bette Creek http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/one-entrepreneurs-journey-to-find-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-44 Bette Creek Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:11:08 +0000 http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-44 Great post Kate!! He brings up some important points to consider when looking for a virtual Assistant. Bette Great post Kate!! He brings up some important points to consider when looking for a virtual Assistant.

Bette

]]> Comment on Our online persona by Stacee http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/our-online-persona/#comment-40 Stacee Thu, 22 May 2008 03:56:10 +0000 http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-40 Thank you Kate. I agree with your posting. I am guilty. I'm afraid I am one of those "newbies" that shared my flawed draft website to get feedback from people on the forum. I did attempt to put my best foot forward when I prepared my first draft and I knew there were some mistakes. Before posting the draft on the forum, I now realize I probably should have put the website aside and came back to it myself for further review. I believe I was a little anxious to get feedback so I could hurry up and get my website online for the world to see! I have come to realize how humbling it is to start a business. I need to slow down and go through my process. I have so much to learn and I plan to grow from each and every mistake that I make. Thank you for your honesty. Stacee Thank you Kate. I agree with your posting.

I am guilty. I’m afraid I am one of those “newbies” that shared my flawed draft website to get feedback from people on the forum.

I did attempt to put my best foot forward when I prepared my first draft and I knew there were some mistakes. Before posting the draft on the forum, I now realize I probably should have put the website aside and came back to it myself for further review. I believe I was a little anxious to get feedback so I could hurry up and get my website online for the world to see!

I have come to realize how humbling it is to start a business. I need to slow down and go through my process. I have so much to learn and I plan to grow from each and every mistake that I make. Thank you for your honesty.

Stacee

]]> Comment on Our online persona by Virtual Assistant Forums http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/our-online-persona/#comment-39 Virtual Assistant Forums Thu, 22 May 2008 01:07:25 +0000 http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-39 Well said Kate, I couldn't agree more! If only we could instill this value in our society as a whole... Unfortunately, try as I might to catch all of my own typos, with the sheer multitude of posts that need to be replied to in such a short amount of time each day I fail often enough to proof my own forum replies effectively. (Thank goodness for the 'edit' button! :) ) Well said Kate, I couldn’t agree more! If only we could instill this value in our society as a whole…

Unfortunately, try as I might to catch all of my own typos, with the sheer multitude of posts that need to be replied to in such a short amount of time each day I fail often enough to proof my own forum replies effectively. (Thank goodness for the ‘edit’ button! :) )

]]> Comment on Our online persona by Shari Sultana http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/our-online-persona/#comment-38 Shari Sultana Wed, 21 May 2008 01:05:57 +0000 http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-38 I completely agree Kate. First impressions are most important and I wouldn't want a potential client's first impression of me to be that I can't spell. I wouldn't get hired! I completely agree Kate. First impressions are most important and I wouldn’t want a potential client’s first impression of me to be that I can’t spell. I wouldn’t get hired!

]]> Comment on Our online persona by Donna Caissie http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/our-online-persona/#comment-37 Donna Caissie Sun, 18 May 2008 20:55:49 +0000 http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-37 Here! Here! Well put Kate! I'm the first to admit that my grammar isn't perfect, and I can't begin to tell you how many spelling tests I failed in high school, but all of that taught me to proofread my little heart out. Unfortunately, try as I do, I'm not perfect, and I still miss an occasional misspelling or typo, but when it comes to client work, I check it thrice. Donna Caissie, Virtual Assistant www.extra-assist.com www.dcaissie.wordpress.com Here! Here! Well put Kate!

I’m the first to admit that my grammar isn’t perfect, and I can’t begin to tell you how many spelling tests I failed in high school, but all of that taught me to proofread my little heart out.

Unfortunately, try as I do, I’m not perfect, and I still miss an occasional misspelling or typo, but when it comes to client work, I check it thrice.

Donna Caissie, Virtual Assistant
http://www.extra-assist.com
http://www.dcaissie.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on Unrealistic Expectations by Donna Caissie http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/unrealistic-expectations/#comment-36 Donna Caissie Sun, 18 May 2008 20:48:30 +0000 http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-36 Personally, I think that anything less than $15/hr. is unconscionable (and I said so in my blog post on this subject), and not paying the VA industry starting wage ($35/hr.) is insulting. I wonder if Jonathan Robert or Tim Ferriss would work for $6/hr.? From a humanitarian perspective, $6/hr. may be a living wage in some countries, but all that does is keep that country's Virtual Assistants living in poverty; it does nothing to help them lift themselves out of poverty. Donna Caissie, Virtual Assistant www.extra-assist.com Personally, I think that anything less than $15/hr. is unconscionable (and I said so in my blog post on this subject), and not paying the VA industry starting wage ($35/hr.) is insulting.

I wonder if Jonathan Robert or Tim Ferriss would work for $6/hr.?

From a humanitarian perspective, $6/hr. may be a living wage in some countries, but all that does is keep that country’s Virtual Assistants living in poverty; it does nothing to help them lift themselves out of poverty.

Donna Caissie, Virtual Assistant
http://www.extra-assist.com

]]> Comment on Why Hire a Virtual Assistant by Danielle Keister http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/why-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-35 Danielle Keister Fri, 16 May 2008 23:07:28 +0000 http://yourvirtualparalegal.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/why-hire-a-virtual-assistant/#comment-35 Uh, no, Danielle did not get her facts wrong. What people were running prior to Stacy Brice's founding of the industry were secretarial services. Those have been around long before Chris Durst thought about opening her business (at least since the 70s). Secretarial services are NOT the same thing as Virtual Assistance. And Virtual Assistance is not anyone "virtually" "assisting." It is a very specific and deliberate concept that orginated with Stacy Brice. Thomas Leonard didn't have a thing to do with the creation of the concept that Stacy Brice conceived. All he did was coin a term, that Stacy then adopted for the concept of the profession which was her brainchild. Uh, no, Danielle did not get her facts wrong.

What people were running prior to Stacy Brice’s founding of the industry were secretarial services. Those have been around long before Chris Durst thought about opening her business (at least since the 70s).

Secretarial services are NOT the same thing as Virtual Assistance. And Virtual Assistance is not anyone “virtually” “assisting.” It is a very specific and deliberate concept that orginated with Stacy Brice. Thomas Leonard didn’t have a thing to do with the creation of the concept that Stacy Brice conceived. All he did was coin a term, that Stacy then adopted for the concept of the profession which was her brainchild.

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