Virtual Marketeers

Posts Tagged ‘Entrepreneur’

I was brushing my sparkly teeth just a moment ago, getting ready for bed.  As I finished up I found myself standing at the sink pondering the thought of just how important it is for us, especially busy business entrepreneurs, to take good care when it comes to our health and wellbeing.

This afternoon, after a busy day in the office, I headed off to the dentist to honour my pre-booked dental appointment.  My dentist did a good check over and clean of my teeth for me.  It had been a bit too long since I had my last check and I realized this while I was there.

It might be uncomfortable getting these types of checks, and yes, it does take up invaluable time from your day – but as I see it, it is absolutely essential to attend health checks and specialist appointments on a schedule, or as the need arises.  It is really important to your family, to your business and most importantly to yourself.  I’m sure that you have heard all the raves about how important it is to eat right and exercise.  Well guess what, this is no different.

Take care of your body, it is one of your most important assets and it will thank you for it later.

Anyway, it must be time for me to go get some shut eye now, ready for another busy day.  Oh, and before I head off to bed, maybe I should write myself a note to contact my optician in the morning to schedule an appointment!

Cheers to a long and happy life for the all of us… good eyesight, and and of course bright and sparkly teeth

Developing a niche area can be a really good marketing tool for not just Virtual Assistants, but for all business owners.  If you haven’t already, you might like to read the article ‘What is Niche Marketing?‘ where I covered why and when business owners should establish a niche area.

This article is especially focused towards Virtual Assistants.  It provides you with a comprehensive list of  ideas for niche areas:

• Affiliate Marketers (assistance to)
• Appraisers (assistance to)
• Architects (assistance to)
• Association Management
• Authors (assistance to)
• Bankruptcy (assistance to bankruptcy firms)
• Blog Design and Maintenance
• Bookkeeping
• Business Writing
• Churches
• Coaches
• Concierge
• Conference and Event Organization
• Confidentiality (a Virtual Assistant who places special emphasis on confidentiality)
• Construction Industry
• Copywriting

Read the rest of this entry »

(My Journey Part 5)

It’s funny how in the end I did end up owning my own business.  I am really glad that I do, as it has been a dream to own my own business since probably even before I got married to Paul.  Anyway, what I want to speak about in this last part about my journey is where I see my business into the future and to provide a snapshot of the day in the life of Rachel.

Where to from here?

As a Mum I have family to care for.  I have some creative juices that tend to flow through me, and an adventurous streak that screams out “there just has to be more, we’ve got to find out what it is” absolutely all the time, I just can’t seem to knock it, not that I would want to hey!  So, that being the case I have a couple of business ideas that I am working on at the moment, this being one of them.  I have a bigger picture idea and inspiration for this blog, but you never know it might change as time passes.  I would like to develop this blog in small bite sized pieces because it’s bound to taste even better in small bites, lol!!

My days are really busy, I would like to see this settle down a bit; a lot actually.  I take most of the day Tuesday and all day Sunday off at the moment, but even when I’m not working sometimes work finds its way in there.  I would really love to have more time to spend with Paul and the children and can’t see this happening unless I change my situation – so here I am trying out something different that might help me to develop and grow and maybe change the dynamics  of my business a bit even!
Read the rest of this entry »

(My Journey Part 1)

The purpose of the next few articles will be to provide you a picture of how I came to become a home based business entrepreneur and what it is like to own and run my own business from home, “The day in the life of Rachel Reeves” so to speak.

At the moment my business isn’t run fully from home, but that’s okay, because I am loving the interaction that comes with this.  I currently work for three very unique clients and am enjoying the variety of work that comes with this.  The amount of time I work is okay, but there are some tough times when either myself or my boys become ill, or even when I have something extra on in a week.

The Start of My Career Journey

There are a few things that have shaped my life and my career so far.  I started out as a trainee at a small town primary school.  Actually it was with one of the primary schools I had attended, which was in a small country town.  At first I had heaps of trouble remembering to call my supervisor by her first name instead of Mrs S, which is what we all called her when in primary school.  I loved working there and found that I learned so much, because being that it was such a small school I was provided the opportunity to do a bit of everything.  One day I worked in the library, the next day I would be in the office checking off receipts, the next day I would be helping to organise the school concert and then the day after that I would be setting up computers or assisting some students with a software program.

I really loved the interactions I had with both the staff and students, the learning process that I went through and the variety.  I wasn’t paid very well, which you expect when you are a trainee, but I was living at home still with not really any responsibilities and so it didn’t really matter, I adapted.   I absolutely really wouldn’t trade these first ‘working life’ experiences with anything else – it was an awesome way to be able to learn.
Read the rest of this entry »