Our team at assisted.by specialise in WordPress development. This means we spend a lot of time with WordPress plugins, when we can't find what we need we'll build our own. When setting out to develop your own Virtual Assistant website you want to ensure you are using well coded, efficient, secure and maintained plugins. Over the next five weeks we're going to give you an … [Read more...] about Essential WordPress Plugins for Virtual Assistants
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5 Tips for Virtual Assistants and the School Holidays
How do I manage the School holidays and my Virtual Assistant business? So it’s that time of year again here in the UK. The school summer holidays are upon us. For those of us with children and running a business from home this can be a challenging time of year. The balance of home life and running a small business can require some careful plate spinning. So here are our top … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Virtual Assistants and the School Holidays
EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
European Commission launches EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Finally, the European Commission launches the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which has gone through a lengthy process to replace Safe Harbour. What was Privacy Shield again? Privacy Shield is supposed to put transatlantic exchanges of personal data for commercial purposes from Europe to the US on a new legal framework (and … [Read more...] about EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The UK Virtual Assistant Slack Team
Slack: Be less busy. The Slack tagline, it’s short and sweet but wow is it a bold statement. The incredible part….it's actually true (at least that's our experience but don't just take our word for it there's this too). For those of you that haven’t met Slack before, let me introduce you. Slack is an open communication tool for teams, allowing for all your conversations to … [Read more...] about The UK Virtual Assistant Slack Team
Motivation, the Who, What, Where, When, Why
What motivates you? Maybe it’s family, friends, nature, money, lifestyle? Whatever it is we all need a little help with it it now and again. The very fact that you are reading this implies that you are either currently a Virtual Assistant or on the path to becoming one. To be self employed you need a certain mindset and that mindset is motivated. For you to step out of the … [Read more...] about Motivation, the Who, What, Where, When, Why