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Dec 13 2013

Win one hour of VA time!

I have now reached my first goal of 100 likes! Please feel free to comment on what your virtual assistant needs are. I will do a drawing one week from today, Dec 20th, for  one free hour of my time ($45 value). Random drawing will be held between all those who post a need. **NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN ** YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA PRIVATE IM OR EMAIL.

Please fill out your comment/request on my facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/ds.avirtualworld

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Oct 23 2013

“Blog” fomercial for VA’s

Daily prompt:

Write a script for a late-night infomercial — where the product is your blog. How do you market yourself? What qualities do you embody that other “products” don’t? What are the benefits of reading your blog?

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What is a VA, aka “Virtual Assistant”??

Good Evening late night TV watchers, insomniacs and channel surfers. You have landed on this “Blogfomercial” for a reason.  Now, “DON’T TOUCH YOUR REMOTE” as I have important words of wisdom that you need to hear!

Have you ever found yourself wondering… “What is a Virtual Assistant”, Well this series of “blogfomercials” is here to provide you with late night entertainment into the world of virtual assistants. I am here to enlighten you, to amaze you and to astound you with the life and times of a virtual assistant.

First and foremost a virtual assistant is probably working right now while you are watching this “blogfomercial”, we are NOT however:

  • rushing to shower and dress to hit the highway during rush hour commutes and snowstorms! (because we can work in our pajamas)images (1)
  • worrying about being late because of the big accident or traffic jam (we can’t be late if our commute is right up the stairs and we have no one but ourselves to answer to)125988190232442
  • worrying about whether or not the weather is appropriate to leave the dogs outside today or how much they will miss you… (the dogs will be home with us, lying at our feet while we take care of wonderful clients from our office upstairs, or downstairs or in the bedroom…. or wherever)images (2)
  • worrying about leaving our sick child at home, while we rush off to the office (our sick child can stay home with us)images (3)
  • wondering if we are going to be able to get time off next week because we have to take our elderly parent to the doctor (I own the business and I can schedule my own time!)images (4)
  • packing our lunch because because we won’t have to time to out today (we will simply walk to our kitchen and make a sandwich)images (5)

MOST IMPORTANTLY a “VA” is:

  • Your partner in businessdownload
  • Committed to helping your business succeeddownload (1)
  • Committed to helping your business save money. You are able to concentrate on the business of making money, while we handle the tasks that take up YOUR precious time – entering payrolls, answering emails, making travel arrangements, email marketing, social media…download (2)
  • Not going to need office space or insurance. VA’s are self employed contractors with our own virtual office.images (6)
  • Committed to saving you stress and worry. We will manage the office while you take off for some much needed vacation time.images (7)
  • Committed to saving time. YOUR time is precious. Spend it how you choose and feel confidant that your VA is keeping things rolling smoothly!images (8)

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR MORE ENLIGHTENING “BLOGFOMERICALS” INTO THE AMAZING LIFE AND TIMES OF A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT. AND WATCH FOR “FREEBIES” AND “TIPS AND TRICKS” THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE CHANNEL SURFING AND UNABLE TO SLEEP!

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A VIRTUAL WORLD LLC

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Jul 22 2013

A Pinch of Me

Just of little pinch of “me” and who I am.

I was raised an AF brat so was raised all over the world. I’ve got to say that that is probably what helped to turn me into “me”. With all of the moving I did as a child, I had to learn to adapt and make friends quickly as I was not usually in one place long enough to have that “life-long” friend that many people have.

My father retired from the AF when I was 12 and we moved to Colorado. This was the start of 7th grade (which was called Junior High back then) and boy was that hard! We had just moved from Louisiana and I was the fat little red head with a southern accent that knew no one. I dropped the accent pretty quick to eliminate one of the things that made me stand out. Luckily for me, I made a good friend fairly quickly and hence began my turn at the “life-long friend. I am now 55 and still friends with the first ‘life-long’ friend I was ever capable of having.

The rest of my life was pretty average. I participated in drama in high school and totally loved the storytelling and the being part of a story, but never did pursue it until recently. I went to college and got a BS in Early Childhood development, which I also didn’t pursue for very long. I eventually landed a job doing data entry which opened many doors for me and quickly worked my way up to IT management.

Two husbands and two kids later. I stopped working to become a full time mom and moved to a couple of other states and eventually making my way back to Colorado again. During my ‘stay at home’ mom stage, I had many part time jobs, my favorite of which was substitute teaching. “Oh, horror!” some of you may say, but I loved it! I especially loved the sweet, kind and loving middle school kids (I say ‘tongue in cheek), but I did very much enjoy the special challenges that they bring to the table.

Finally, deciding that I hated going to a 9-5 everyday and fighting traffic and having to beg for a day off when I or a family member was sick, I decided to start working from home, where I have been for a year now. I work as a virtual assistant and have been writing the bedtime story I used to tell my kids when they were little. It is in the process of being published right now! Whoopee! And I can’t wait to get started on the 2nd book in the series (as soon as inspiration hits me)!

So, having left some major details out of my pinch, you now know a ‘pinch’ of me!

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