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Early Stage Business Growth – Investing In People

Early Stage Business Growth You thought of an idea, built a product, found your first customers, generated revenue and learnt a lot along the way. The hard part is over, right? Starting a business isn’t easy, however, even more difficulties arise when you have proven all of your assumptions and have achieved a reasonable level […]
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by Sam Wilson
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How To Manage Stress And Calm Your Mind

We all lead busy lives, constantly running out of time, flitting from one thing to another and the stress that runs alongside this plays a regular part in our daily life. With the constant plates we are spinning, if’s hard to feel like we can achieve any sort of balance. So we’ve put together 5 […]
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by Sam Wilson
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Master Google Analytics Today!

Google Analytics is a software tool that website owners can use to track their traffic and find out how visitors interact with their site. It is free for the basic version, which has more than enough features for the average business owner to need. Unfortunately most of us don’t realise just how powerful the information […]
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by Sam Wilson
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International Women’s Day: Being Bold At Virtalent

In honour of International Women’s Day and the call to #BeBoldForChange to help forge a better working world, we thought we would do our own reflection on the amazing talent that we have here at Virtalent. The majority of our workforce at Virtalent is female and there isn’t any particular reason why this is the […]
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by Sam Wilson
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Working From Home: Our Top Tips To Overcome These Challenges

Working from home can be a liberating and rewarding experience, but can also be a challenge for many entrepreneurs and professionals. You may have your home office set up complete with all the essentials you need to get your head down and do some work, but working from home can also be a lonely experience […]
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by Sam Wilson
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The Benefits of Getting Up Early

You might not be surprised to learn that getting up early is a general trait among almost all “successful” people. If you’re reaching for the snooze button when that alarm kicks off and yearning for another five minutes, here are just a few reasons why you should be doing exactly the opposite and pushing yourself […]
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by Sam Wilson
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Office 365 vs G Suite – Which is Best?

So called “productivity suites” have become increasingly important for business. They are the simple to use tools we can access to create documents and spreadsheets, keep track of our email and use on any device, whether we are working in the office, on the road or at home. But with all of these tools at […]
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by Sam Wilson
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Be More Productive this Week: Our Top Tips

Finding ways to get more things done is not always easy. If you have a busy lifestyle and there simply doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day, then see if our top tips below can make you more productive: Plan and Prioritise Don’t leave your plan for the next day. Do it the […]
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by Sam Wilson
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Why Use Instagram For Business?

While Twitter and Facebook are usually the first social media sites businesses choose to use, especially when starting up, other platforms such as Instagram can be just as valuable, if not more so. Instagram is a photo sharing app that has long been popular with restaurants, retail companies and holiday firms but is starting to become […]
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by Sam Wilson
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Our Top 10 Tips on How to Recruit Staff

At some point, when your business is beginning to catch fire and become successful, you’re going to want to hire more staff. This can be a daunting prospect for new entrepreneurs and getting the right people on site can be a difficult undertaking. We recognise that taking on a Virtual Assistant for a full-time 40 […]
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by Sam Wilson