by Amy Kazor | Business Tools, Work Thoughts
Have your business systems helped you deal with the latest security threat? Well, the Heartbleed bug is all over the news. I hate to even add to the noise, but it brings up an important point about systems and processes and maintaining them. We each have to do what we...
by Amy Kazor | Skills, Work Thoughts
When a virtual assistant begins collaborating with a new client, building trust is an important step in the working process. Without trust, it is hard to get anything else done. When we brought home Finlay last Memorial Day weekend, he was only 12 weeks old. He left...
by Amy Kazor | Personal Development, Work Thoughts
When I first became a full-time VA, it was a little intimidating. I mean, I rocked admin work at my corporate job… but hanging up a sign and doing it as my full-time business, that was a little scary. Okay, a lot scary. And, I was prepared. I had a solid...
by Amy Kazor | Personal Development, Work Thoughts
As you know, I recently upgraded my Macbook Pro. Last week, I also upgraded my iPhone. I was still using an iPhone 4 (if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it, I say) but was struggling without Siri. I had it on my iPad and really knew I could be more effective if...
by Amy Kazor | Business Tools, Work Thoughts
Early on in my practice, I only had a Mac. I worked my corporate job on a Windows PC and a Mac, but only had a Mac to use for my business. It wasn’t until seeing how Office 2008 for Mac played with ‘real’ Office that I determined I really needed to maintain a PC in my...
by Amy Kazor | Personal Development, Work Thoughts
As I sit here writing this, I am in the back room of the retail women’s clothing business I built with my Mom. Today the store turns 24 years old. In 1989, I was a student at the International Academy of Merchandising and Design in Chicago (now the International...
