Make Your Blog Stand Out! You’ve decided to start blogging, hopefully to earn some extra cash. Cause who doesn’t want to earn some extra money? I know I do. But the thing is, there are millions of other blogs out there. Chances are super high there’s another blog, covering the same things you are, aiming …
Who is Michelle Schroeder-Gardner? I have been reading Michelle Schroeder-Gardner’s blog Making Sense of Cents off and on for the past few years. I first found her on Pinterest when I was looking for information on paying down debt. Her income reports always seemed so relatable as she worked her side hustles to pay off her student …
Creating a Professional Virtual Assistant Website Starting work as a Virtual Assistant can be so overwhelming. I was so afraid I would never be hired and would fail in my first month. I made sure to focus on creating a simple but appealing website and was able to get my first client the week I …
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Work-Life Balance for the WAHM The kids have had swim lessons the last two weeks which meant we were at the beach for four hours a day. We have all been exhausted when we get home in the afternoon. I am happy to have them outside and active, but it means my business gets put on …
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Pricing Virtual Assistant Services So you have started planning your Virtual Assistant business and you have started building your website. It all seems great until you get to your services page. How the heck do I price Virtual Assistant Services? Do I price by the hour? What do I charge? Or should I price by the …
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New Virtual Assistant? Here’s how to find virtual assistant clients I have been a Virtual Assistant for a little over a year now. I have had a variety of clients, from family members and local businesses to strangers who found me online. Getting that first VA client signed up is a big deal! And one that …
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Do you have a fear of failure? What is stopping you from starting a business? A fear of failure? Don’t let that scary feeling stop you from following your dreams. Failure is not that bad, in fact, it can be a great learning experience! Sometimes we are our own biggest enemy. We talk ourselves out …
Is blogging cheap? This blog has been around for all of one week now (yay!). I am not a total newbie, this is the fourth blog I have started and I don’t know how many websites I have built…over a dozen at least. Last night I finally set up my account in Wave and took a …
Do you the words Legal Entity make you want to hide under a blanket? Forming an LLC was one of the business tasks I put off longest when I had my granola business. I had such a hard time wrapping my head around the legal language and how forming one would help me. Luckily for …
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Struggling to find the perfect small scale business idea? The key to finding your own small scale business idea is to analyze your passions. Take a look at what makes you happy and what you are good at and find an overlap. Whether you are working 9-5 or staying at home with your kids, starting …
FREE Small Business Resources Running a small business can be expensive! Did you know that there are tons of free small business resources that you can use? I remember when I was starting my granola business I kept struggling with how to keep organized. I had inventory, accounting, payroll and ingredients to keep track of …
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Love Making Lists? I make more To-do lists than the average person and am constantly writing lists on scraps of paper, in my planner, on sticky notes and in my phone. I love to try new apps for making lists, but am often disappointed with the results. Some of them have a very satisfying ding …
Register your small business with your state In the process of selling my granola business the women buying the business had to re-brand since the old name included my last name. She ended up submitting four or five names to the Secretary of State’s office and they kept getting rejected because they were too close …
Do you dream of starting a business? Six years ago I was the mom of a toddler and an infant dreaming of starting my own business. It seemed impossible to me as I struggled through my days in a fog of sleep deprivation and overwhelm. But a diagnosis of Postpartum depression made me realize that …
