The Journey to Creating an Online Course: Why You Might Need Help Along the Way

Are you resolved to work differently in 2024 and have less admin pain? New and returning clients came to work with me to resolve lots of different admin pain points in 2023.

I freed up x1000 hours for them by helping them

🚀create new processes

🚀do processes more efficiently

🚀or taking over admin-heavy tasks for them.

Have a read of my latest article on the emotional toll that not being as organised as you want to be can take

As the holiday season approaches, it's easy to get swept up in the whirlwind of joy, festivities, and let's be honest, a touch of chaos. But fear not, because we're here to sprinkle a little organizational magic into your holiday preparations. Unwrap a daily dose of wisdom to keep your holidays merry and bright.

Do you regularly organise live events with guest speakers for your own company or the company you work for? Do you have the same type of information to gather for every event, but it can be very time consuming getting it all? Here are 8 ways to help you take the admin pain OUT of organising events!

I'm delighted to have been interviewed by Suzanne Murdock for her Powering Productivity Podcast which is out now!

The idea behind these podcasts is Suzanne asking other business owners to share their stories and top tips on how to be super productive, flexible and really thrive as a small business owner doing what you love doing whilst keeping those energy batteries tiptop!

You can check out all her interviews so far here https://www.thehubnewry.com/podcast/

I am episode 8 and we talked about

- automation and planning for an easier working life

- collaboration not competition with other VAs ⠀

Watch the video HERE or listen to the full podcast episode 8 HERE

#podcast #productivity #business #entrepreneur

At this time of year, it's all too easy to get caught up in a whirlwind that EVERYTHING has to be completed by 31st December, isn't it? Read my 7 tips on how to conserve your energy at a time of year when normally our bodies are trying to slow down.

Are you constantly as a business owner feeling a bit overwhelmed and out of control with all tasks to do and want to work differently this year? Are you more resolved than ever in the remaining months of the year to work more efficiently and use your time better?

In my own experience and with clients I've found one of the best ways to cut out the overwhelm and have one place where you can list all your tasks, visualise them, break them down and mark them off when complete is to use a project management and two of my favourites are Trello and Asana.

It’s Summertime and despite what Ella might tell us ‘the livin isn’t always easy ‘especially if you are business owner trying to juggle other commitments as well as still trying to make a ‘livin’! Read my blog to find out how you can maximise the hours you work no matter what your circumstances this Summer

Have you been offering just online or just face to face events but now that offering a hybrid model might be the way forward? Here are my top tips to make sure your hybrid event goes smoothly.

Are you literally pulling your hair manually trying to find time with clients or investors to have a meeting? Are you double booking yourself? Stressed out looking at your calendar and have lots of slots marked out as TBC until people come back to confirm appointments with you? Is it time to make life much easier for yourself (and others!) and set up an automated online appointment scheduling tool like Calendly to take all that hassle away? I have been using since 2020 and importantly find it very intuitive and easy to use both for me the user and the end client

Want to learn how you could be working differently in your business and getting more done? Get ready to make time in your business like never before . Take the free quiz which will take you less time than to make a cup of tea!✨

In November 2021 , world leaders met for the Conference of the Parties (COP) this time in Glasgow #COP26 . After lots of negotiations they finally settled on a target of reducing the world’s climate by 1.5oc but we all our part to play whether as individuals or business owners What are you doing as a small business owner to achieve the goal of getting the UK to net zero by 2050? Have a read of the 12 commitments I’m making even a service based business like my own.

Inspired by the Tokyo Olympics ,are you dreaming of creating your own event ? No matter what the scale with the current Covid regulations there is a lot to think about! Have a read of my blog to get top 6 tips when planning a face to face or hybrid event

I'm delighted to have been interviewed by Suzanne Murdock for her Powering Productivity Podcast which is out now!

The idea behind these podcasts is Suzanne asking other business owners to share their stories and top tips on how to be super productive, flexible and really thrive as a small business owner doing what you love doing whilst keeping those energy batteries tiptop!

You can check out all her interviews so far here https://www.thehubnewry.com/podcast/

I am episode 8 and we talked about

- automation and planning for an easier working life

- collaboration not competition with other VAs ⠀

Watch the video HERE or listen to the full podcast episode 8 HERE

#podcast #productivity #business #entrepreneur

Organising a virtual event can be even more nerve-wrecking than a face to face one so I’e put together some tips to make sure your event goes smoothly and that you enjoy it!

As business owners our most valuable asset after our own health is TIME. Time is finite and we can’t just magic more hours out of the day because no matter what we do they are still 24 of them! We can however structure our day to make sure we are working productively whether we are working from home, a co-working space or a shed out in the garden. Here are my 5 tips to make the most of your day!

Taking the decision to host your 1st online course can seem a big step in itself but researching what platform to actually host on it is even trickier. With the experience of helping clients create online courses since mid-2020 and having done plenty of challenges and courses myself here is a summary of what you should look out for! At every stage you should consider how easy it is for your end clients as users but also for you as the host.

Converting a face-to-face workshop to a virtual format isn't always easy and as a business owner one of the most challenging elements is to make virtual events interactive as possible to keep participants engaged, interested and so they get as much as possible out of it.

What’s your word for 2020? How would you sum up the year?

‘Unprecedented’, ‘the new normal ‘, ‘the curve’, ‘zoom-bombing’ ,‘pivot’ words that became part of the English language in 2020. As a modern language graduate, I find language and words fascinating! If the most overused word was ‘Unprecedented’ and we would all be millionaires for the number of times the phrase ‘the new normal’ was used, my favourite was a term my friend used to describe 2020 ‘an Orwellian nightmare’.

1st December 2020 is definitely a day to be thankful as I have been judged as Northern Ireland Virtual Assistant (VA) of the Year 2020 by the UK VA Awards Body!

I started my business VirtuAli Admin Solutions in 2015 and its been a very tough learning curve but I never regret the decision of taking the leap to self employment and to being able to support business owners all over the world virtually since that time.