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    What Is Coaching? Unlocking Potential With The GROW Model

    May 18, 2023

    Coaching is a word that has become more and more common in our daily lives over the last decade. While once reserved for sports teams and executives, coaching is now…

    How To Be An Action-Centred Leader

    May 3, 2023

    There is a misconception in business that being a leader is about authority and being direct. However, this approach would not necessarily be the most effective for many businesses. It…

    Delivering & Receiving Collaborative Feedback – The AID Model

    Apr 19, 2023

    Giving and receiving feedback is essential to any team-based work environment, whether within a workplace or when working with a VA. To help you, we’ve put together a short guide…

    Which Social Media Is Best For Business?

    Mar 31, 2023

    Social media is a part of our everyday lives, and this is also the case for small businesses. Whereas in the past, marketing would have involved things such as advertising…

    A Day In The Life Of A Marketing Virtual Assistant

    Mar 24, 2023

    As a business owner being in charge means that you often need to be able to juggle multiple responsibilities simultaneously. While it’s typical in business, this can sometimes make you…

    Five Million Steps for Heart UK

    Mar 7, 2023

    Throughout February the Virtalent team has been out walking, enjoying the first glimpses of Spring and tracking our steps for Heart UK’s Heart Month.Heart UK is the UK’s only cholesterol…

    Beginners Guide To Creating Your Marketing Strategy

    Mar 2, 2023

    What is a Marketing Strategy?Wikipedia defines it as;“an organisation's promotional efforts to allocate scarce resources across a wide range of platforms and channels to increase sales and achieve sustainable competitive…

    9 Of The Best Free Marketing Tools For Small Businesses

    Mar 1, 2023

    If you are starting to market your business, the whole thing can seem overwhelming.There are just so many types of marketing to choose from; where do you start?Email, social media,…

    Virtalent Announces Launch Of AssistYou Wellbeing Support

    Feb 16, 2023

    Growing and managing a business is tough.There are days you feel on top of the world, yet there are others when you feel paralysed and unsure where to turn next.…

    74 Tasks To Delegate To A Marketing VA Today

    Feb 10, 2023

    If you need help finding the time, expertise or know-how to grow your business, delegating to a marketing VA is a fantastic place to start to supercharge that growth and…

    Power Posing: Faking It Until You Become It

    Jan 19, 2023

    It seems almost too good to be true – that something as simple as body language can have a profound and measurable impact on our lives and businesses. However, this…

    The Four-Day Week: Does It Really Work?

    Dec 21, 2022

    As a business built on remote flexible working it is often surprising to us at Virtalent that our way of working isn’t always considered to be the “norm”, so we…

    8 Tasks To Outsource To A Marketing VA

    Dec 1, 2022

    Marketing is a vital part of growing your business, but finding time to give marketing the attention it deserves is challenging. Did you know that you can hire a dedicated…

    8 Tips On How To Work With A Virtual Assistant

    Nov 16, 2022

    Hiring a Virtual Assistant can have a significant impact on the growth of your business and your productivity. Outsourcing time consuming tasks to a virtual assistant service will allow you…

    NEWS: We’re Now A Mindful Employer

    Oct 10, 2022

    Mental health is a topic that affects everyone – whether that’s your Mum, a friend, your boss or the checkout attendant in Tesco. We’ve all been through difficult times. We’ve…

    5 Ways To Balance Your Work With Your Mental Health

    Sep 29, 2022

    Whether we like it or not, the only constant about the seasons is change and change is upon us once again. According to the NHS, the winter blues (otherwise known…

    Best Project Management Tools For 2022

    Sep 12, 2022

    If you’re working remotely, or with a Virtual Assistant, then project management tools are going to be essential. When your team is remote, utilising project management tools to streamline planning…

    20 Reasons To Start A Business [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Aug 26, 2022

    What's all the fuss about? Here are 20 reasons to start a business. From better working hours to learning new skills, it makes sense to be an entrepreneur!

    8 Signs It’s Time To Find A Virtual Assistant

    Aug 11, 2022

    If you’re trying to grow a business, there will come a point where you don’t have enough hours in the day. If you have too much on your plate, an…

    11 Business Essentials You Need To Build A Business You Love

    Jul 26, 2022

    Building a successful business is much more of a marathon than a sprint, but you need to start somewhere. Maybe you have a business idea, but don’t know where to…

    Top Time Tracking Tools of 2022

    Jul 10, 2022

    Time. Do we ever have enough of it? Time can seem to elude us as we are working throughout the day. Even when we've had the most productive of days,…

    8 Document Production Tasks To Delegate Today

    Jun 23, 2022

    Document production is an essential part of any business and, let’s be honest, it’s often a time-consuming activity. Whether it’s compiling a report or drafting written correspondence, producing a document…

    Top 12 Virtual Registered Office Address Providers

    May 30, 2022

    If the last year has taught us anything in business, it’s that virtual working is here to stay. Businesses all over the world have realised that they don’t necessarily need…

    Top 9 Recruitment Software For Growing Teams In 2022

    May 10, 2022

    As any growing business knows, people are the key to your success. And as you grow, the need to employ more and more people will continue to grow as well.…

    What Is Virtual Marketing? A Simple Guide

    Apr 30, 2022

    You’ve started your new business and you are excited to grow it into the vision of brilliance you’ve always dreamed of. Whether you’re just starting out or have been going…

    The Virtual Assistant Industry

    Apr 12, 2022

    Before there was such a thing as the Virtual Assistant industry, going to work meant making that long schlep into the office. You'd then sit at your desk for the…

    Diary Management Skills – A Guide For Busy Execs

    Mar 30, 2022

    With an ever-growing team of Virtual PAs at Virtalent, I’d estimate upwards of 25% of the time we spend working for our clients is spent on diary management. But what…

    Manage Your Mental Health As An Entrepreneur – 10 Useful Strategies

    Mar 10, 2022

    One of the things I keep hearing in our post-pandemic world, is how so many people have found that slowing down has been so good for their mental health. During…

    How To Manage A Recruitment Process

    Feb 10, 2022

    Here we are going to look at how to manage a recruitment process. No matter what size your business is, having a robust and thorough recruitment process in place is…

    8 Ways To Finance A Business In the UK – A Guide

    Feb 1, 2022

    Do you have a great business idea? Brilliant. Have you chosen a name, done your research, and written a business plan? Excellent. Figured out your marketing or advertising strategy? Great…

    Best Bookkeeping Software For Businesses In 2022

    Jan 21, 2022

    When you start a new business you may look at hiring a VA, consider what options there are for a call answering service, or of course, look into your options…

    What Is Virtual Back Office Support? A Useful Guide

    Jan 8, 2022

    What is Virtual Back Office Support? Every business has two sides to it, the front customer-facing side, or client-facing side, and the back office support side. Both are equally important…

    Virtual Admin Services For Small Businesses – An Overview

    Jan 2, 2022

    Virtual admin services is probably a phrase that you have heard a lot in the last 18 months to 2 years, along with remote working, virtual assistant and working from…

    Top Customer Service Software For Small Teams In 2022

    Dec 30, 2021

    Since we covered great ways to deliver customer service this month, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to take a look at the software you can use to…

    10 Ways To Deliver Great Customer Service (With Anita Vickers)

    Dec 16, 2021

    When running a business, dealing with customers of any kind and being able to deliver great customer service is invaluable to your business. It can take time and dedication but…

    102 Admin Tasks To Delegate Today!

    Dec 6, 2021

    As any business owner knows, there are countless admin tasks that can take up a lot of time. Even more so if you are a startup or a small business.…

    Remote PA Versus Local PA – Why Hire Online?

    Nov 26, 2021

    Have you been considering hiring a remote PA with Virtalent? Your business is thriving, and things are going really well, but you are getting busier and busier. You seem to…

    What Is A Virtual Assistant?

    Nov 22, 2021

    A 'Virtual Assistant' can feel like an incredibly broad term to contend with. Sure, it’s clearly used to describe a person who assists you, remotely or virtually, but that’s about…

    Best Sales Software For Startups In 2022

    Nov 18, 2021

    When it comes to sales, having brilliant software, well-suited to your business needs, can really make or break a business. A virtual assistant can help you research, set up and…

    How To Become A Virtual Assistant In The UK

    Nov 16, 2021

    Wondering how to become a Virtual Assistant in the UK? It's an exciting opportunity if you want to continue your professional career, from the comfort of your own home.No long…

    How To Manage A Sales Pipeline

    Nov 2, 2021

    As many small businesses know, managing a sales pipeline is the lifeline for your business. You may have some excellent virtual marketing handled by a VA bringing in the business,…

    Why Hire A Virtual Assistant? 13 Ideas To Consider

    Oct 27, 2021

    Virtual Assistants offer a winning combination – high quality support, but at a fraction of the cost of hiring an employee. You’ve worked so hard to get to where you…

    8 Surprising Benefits of Working As A Virtual Assistant

    Oct 22, 2021

    Have you been thinking about working as a Virtual Assistant? Have you wondered whether it is worth it, how you can make it work for yourself, or even if it…

    Four Common Mistakes All Business Owners Make

    Oct 6, 2021

    Running a business isn’t for the faint-hearted. As an entrepreneur, we’re sure you’ve met many people that would like to be in your shoes, but the majority never pursue their…

    Our Top 11 Work From Home Essentials

    Sep 9, 2021

    As a remote worker having a great home office setup can be a game-changer for increasing your productivity. A dedicated workspace, where you can really concentrate on your work, is…

    Top 11 To-Do List Apps Of 2021

    Aug 24, 2021

    Spending time researching to-do list apps might feel like the ultimate way to procrastinate, meaning your actual to-do list languishes somewhat, waiting to be dealt with. Well, that’s why we…

    Our Top 5 Time Management Tips

    Aug 2, 2021

    Looking for some time management tips? As an entrepreneur or a small business owner we’d hazard a guess that your mental to do list might look something a bit like…

    The School Of Kindness: 10,000 Kids Transforming 10,000 Lives

    Jul 26, 2021

    Conversations around kindness have become more prevalent in recent times. Now, more than ever, it is so important to be kind, in real life, online, in business, and in your…

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