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Spotlight: How Virtalent Helped Neil Grow Fast-Break Consulting

Whether you’re an independent consultant, CEO or startup founder, a UK based Virtual Assistant from Virtalent can help you grow your company and enjoy a better work-life balance. How? By taking care of all those small-but-essential tasks that just don’t make the best use of your time. We are proud to be supporting our clients […]

by Annabel Watters

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What Is A Virtual Marketing Assistant?

As an entrepreneur or small business owner you’re probably used to doing everything yourself. But when your business really starts to take off it’s imperative that you keep building on that momentum. One way you could do this is to find a Marketing VA. But what exactly is a Virtual Marketing Assistant? If you want […]

by Annabel Watters

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Our New Digital Home: The Virtalent Website Redesign

Woohoo! We’ve relaunched our website, taking it from clunky to really rather funky. What do you think of the Virtalent website redesign? As Marketing Director at Virtalent and therefore responsible for managing the rebuild, I wanted to take the time to mark the occasion. Almost a year has passed in-between making the decision to rebuild […]

by Sam Wilson

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How To Write A Marketing Strategy In 8 Simple Steps

There comes a point in every entrepreneur’s journey where just winging their marketing no longer cuts the mustard. You’ve done pretty well up to now, sure, but you’re ready to take your business to the next level. And that means getting serious about marketing and learning how to write a marketing strategy. Why? Because planning […]

by Sam Wilson

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How To Finance Your Small Business – Our Tips On Scaling Up

Finding a way to finance your small business as it grows, gradually transforming it from a tiny seedling into a thriving brand that touches on the lives of hundreds, then thousands, of people, is tough. It’s probably the most challenging thing you’ve done. Ever. But there is an easier way. Instead of keeping your costs […]

by Sam Wilson

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Collaborating With Your Virtual Team

Virtual team collaboration. If you’re an entrepreneur hiring your first Virtual Assistant, or a small business owner with a team scattered far and wide, then you’ll know how challenging it is. And how important it is to get right. As the trend for remote working increases, so too does the need for a shift in […]

by Sam Wilson

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5 Ways To Create A Virtual Team Culture

If you work with remote staff, then you’ll want to pay particular attention to the virtual team culture that you create. In its simplest form, a culture is the values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours that a team shares. It’s how people work together. How they treat each other. It’s unspoken and unwritten. It’s people dynamics. […]

by Annabel Watters

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How To Stay Focused: 9 Ways To Improve Your Concentration

Building and growing your own business is hard. You need your wits about you. And your attention is by far your biggest asset. Learning how to keep it where it is supposed to be – deliberately planning how to stay focused – is time well spent. Why? Because a distracted mind is often the thing […]

by Sam Wilson

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Under the Spotlight: Sam Wilson, Co-Founder at Virtalent

I’m Sam Wilson, the Co-Founder of Virtalent. Each month we shine a light on one of our successful clients or talented Virtual Assistants, but this time we’re changing things up. As we approach our 5th birthday I wanted to take a turn in the hot seat to share our own story with you. Coffee in […]

by Sam Wilson

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How To Manage Your Inbox With A Virtual Assistant

Ah, the humble email. It is, without a doubt, an essential tool of modern business. It’s convenient, it’s quick and it’s less intrusive than a phone call. It allows us to run our businesses from anywhere in the world, at any time of the day or night. But are you constantly wondering how to manage […]

by Annabel Watters