It’s such a long time since I worked in an actual office, I can barely remember what it’s like. We still had a fax machine! We didn’t use it much by then, but that does help date my last few days in a traditional office setup. It would’ve been summer 2007 that I bid it…
Mailchimp is super easy to get started with and has been a popular choice for newsletters for some time. With its entry-level starting plans, excellent choice of templates and layouts, you can import a list of contacts and be sending beautiful emails in no time. There are many so features to make use of, but…
Feedback is part of any service, whether that’s providing resources for a community, a fixed service deliverable or an online event, asking your customers or audience what they think is useful for several reasons: It helps you improve through making informed decisions It re-engages your customers and helps build relationships It can be a pat on…
3 options for collecting payments if you’re providing stuff for free If you’re running free events or providing resources for free, you could still give your audience or community the opportunity to contribute towards it with one-off payment – if they want. The three options covered here are: PayPal, Ko-fi and Buy Me A Coffee.…
When you work with me, I become part of your team. This might be for a fixed duration – if you have a specific project – or in a continual role, where I literally do step into the team for a certain amount of work each week or month and I assume full responsibility for…
Working with creatives and communities and a few things in between
Isn’t it time we reframed the role of a VA? The year we saw the biggest shift in remote work. All those that had resisted it up until then, had no choice. But where does that leave the VAs? Have we lost our biggest USP? What’s special about ‘virtual’ if everyone is virtual? After spending…
Welcome to my FAQs If you’d prefer to read this as one continual post, please visit my ‘Everything you need to know about working with me’ post. Or click each of the links below to answer the questions you have. If you have a question that isn’t listed here, drop me an email. Who is…
Everything you need to know about working with me Welcome to my ‘Everything you need to know about working with me’ blog post. It’s a long one, so I’ve broken it down into sub-headings based on questions that you might ask — just like some FAQs. But first, let me start with one question for…
Remote working, a remote team and more than a remote chance it’ll be fine. I wrote this post originally back at the end of 2018. Now, in the summer of 2020, remote working is still a necessity for many, and we’ve seen a shift in remote working that is here to stay. It’s nothing new,…