Helpful Hacks As You Scale

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…

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!

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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? 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 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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us, it’s that we can do almost anything remotely. Whether that’s catching up with friends and socialising, or working from home, we…

The life of any business owner or entrepreneur is a busy one. You want to eat well, but sometimes you struggle to do anything more than get a Deliveroo. What…

Looking for digital marketing ideas for small businesses? Great idea. Because we all live digital lives these days, spending roughly 6 hours a day online. For more than half of…

Whilst working as a children’s entertainer, Jaime Amor had a lightbulb moment. What better way was there to hold children’s attention than through movement? As someone who practiced yoga herself,…

Whatever reason you have for selecting a Virtual Assistant agency for your business, it can feel like a tricky decision to make. You’re unlikely to have hired a VA before…

We live in a digital age, an age where the pace of technological change is quite simply staggering. And it is having a powerful, transformative effect on small businesses in…

What does it take to grow your business? A quick Google search reveals a vast array of tips aimed at entrepreneurs keen to supercharge their businesses. Tips on how to…

Launching a new business is an exciting, exhilarating and rewarding experience. With over 660,000 new start-ups created in the UK every year and a jaw-dropping 64% of the UK workforce…

You’ve set up your business but now the time has come to build a team to help you get more done and focus on growing your business. It’s an enormous…

Even the most successful and well-known entrepreneurs develop bad habits in business – whether it’s trying to do too much at once or procrastinating in the face of a challenge.…

Creating the perfect customer experience is a key focus of any business. Leaving customers feeling like they’ve had a positive and memorable experience will keep them coming back, get them…

If you’re an entrepreneur or a business owner, then it’s likely that you’re already a highly-motivated individual. And that will have, of course, served you well in the early stages…

It’s not easy being a business owner, at least not all of the time. There are times when it seems to be anything but straightforward, and it’s at those times…

Toni Yates spent the majority of her 17-year career as a Personal Assistant and has worked in a variety of roles and industries. Following the birth of her son, she…

There’s no doubt that 2020 will go down in history for all the wrong reasons. But there’s one headline that we’re seriously happy to see: one in five Brits have…

Ah Google. What would we do without it? For those first embarking on their Virtual Assistant journey, it’s an infinite source of information. Thankfully, for every aspiring VA, there are…