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Cultivating a Growth Mindset for VA Business Success

Jun 32 min read

Cultivating a Growth Mindset for VA Business Success

Feeling stuck in your Virtual Assistant business is definitely not uncommon, but often, the barrier to progress isn't external; it's in...

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From Chaos to Calm: Balancing Work & Life for VA Success

Ingrid Bayer

Apr 13 min read

From Chaos to Calm: Balancing Work & Life for VA Success

In the bustling life of a Virtual Assistant, balancing business with family can often feel like navigating through chaos. The key to...

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Ingrid Bayer

Mar 202 min read

So, you want to start a VA business...

So, you want to start a VA business… but do you dare? Yeah, I know… like most of us, you get to the point where you’ve poked your nose...

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Mar 12 min read

Essential Risk Mitigation Strategies for Virtual Assistants

In the ever-evolving world of Virtual Assistance – just as in any business – being prepared for the unexpected is not just wise, it's...

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3 Signs You're Ready to Scale Your VA Business

Ingrid Bayer

Dec 16, 20223 min read

3 Signs You're Ready to Scale Your VA Business

With the growth in demand for VAs skyrocketing, it’s no surprise that our industry is booming. And what’s even more exciting is that...

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Ingrid Bayer

Dec 20, 20193 min read

What's your 2020 vision

I don’t know about you, but the Christmas and New Year break always seems to be the time I spend reviewing my business results, and...

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Guest Blog: Events for introverts and the VA Summit.

Samantha Mitchell

Sep 30, 20193 min read

Guest Blog: Events for introverts and the VA Summit.

When Ingrid told me she was going to put together a Summit, especially for VAs - with content we wanted to hear - I knew I had to be there.

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Ingrid Bayer

Jul 12, 20192 min read

My Personal Journey from EA to VA

I've been a VA since 2008, and it's a career I've loved from the word go. I thought I'd take a moment to share with you my personal...

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Are you ready to turn your dreams into reality?

Ingrid Bayer

Dec 26, 20183 min read

Are you ready to turn your dreams into reality?

So Christmas is over and another year is just on the horizon… 2018 is about to be the ‘year that was’, and 2019 is the year where our...

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Finding Work Life Balance from within the Matrix

Ingrid Bayer

Jun 14, 20182 min read

Finding Work Life Balance from within the Matrix

As life gets busier and time seems to be inexplicably speeding up, more and more of us are wanting to achieve a true work-life balance....

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Strategies for Getting Started in your own Virtual Assistant (VA) Business

Ingrid Bayer

Feb 15, 20182 min read

Strategies for Getting Started in your own Virtual Assistant (VA) Business

So often I’m asked the question about how best to transition across to working as a Virtual Assistant. To be honest, there are many ways...

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Why being a self-employed Virtual Assistant / Home Based Business Owner Rocks my World!

Ingrid Bayer

Nov 8, 20172 min read

Why being a self-employed Virtual Assistant / Home Based Business Owner Rocks my World!

Our daughter recently gave birth to her second child (our second grandchild)… which is pretty amazing – especially since I don’t feel old...

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Virtual Assistants – an idea whose time has definitely come!

Ingrid Bayer

Oct 18, 20171 min read

Virtual Assistants – an idea whose time has definitely come!

As Bob Dylan famously sang in 1964, “…the times, they are a-changin’”. Indeed, this sentiment rings true even today in what is...

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The Forgotten Secret to Success for Virtual Business Owners

Ingrid Bayer

Sep 15, 20173 min read

The Forgotten Secret to Success for Virtual Business Owners

I remember starting my own Virtual Assistant business like it was yesterday: the sense of excitement coupled with a feeling that I was...

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How Cultivating a Business Mindset will Help you Achieve Business Success

Ingrid Bayer

Aug 15, 20174 min read

How Cultivating a Business Mindset will Help you Achieve Business Success

In my experience, I believe strongly that the ability to develop a sound business mindset is profoundly critical to your business’s...

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Ingrid Bayer

Jul 14, 20172 min read

Are you Letting the Side Down?

How many times have you heard about, or had a conversation with a business owner who has made a comment like this: “The last VA we had...

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Achieving Success in your VA Business... What's LUCK got to do with it?

Ingrid Bayer

May 12, 20172 min read

Achieving Success in your VA Business... What's LUCK got to do with it?

As a home based business operator and Virtual Assistant since 2008, I know the ups and downs of running an often frenetic and fast-paced...

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Ingrid Bayer

Mar 3, 20172 min read

I am Woman... In Business!!!!

I was just a young girl when Helen Reddy’s iconic song “I am Woman” hit the world stage, but I certainly remember it… and it became an...

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Lost that Loving Feeling? How to Rekindle the Romance with your Home-based Business

Ingrid Bayer

Feb 14, 20172 min read

Lost that Loving Feeling? How to Rekindle the Romance with your Home-based Business

You know the story… you used to bounce out of bed each morning, run down the hallway, slide a-la Tom Cruise ‘Risky Business’ style into...

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Understanding the Benefits and Opportunity of Collaboration in the VA Industry

Ingrid Bayer

Jan 16, 20172 min read

Understanding the Benefits and Opportunity of Collaboration in the VA Industry

Collaboration is the process of two or more people or organisations working together to realise shared goals. Our wonderful VA Industry...

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