Small Business

Beeline for Business … Use Your Network

Posted in: Business Tips, Small Business

A resounding statement throughout the recent two-day National Military Spouse Network (NMSN) Military Spouse Career Summit was to: “use your network.” As small business owners, we have paid memberships, belong to professional associations, Facebook groups/communities, forums, listservs, mastermind and LinkedIn groups, just to name a few. So why is our first instinct when we have […]

Beeline for Business…The Buzz on Small Business Startup

Posted in: Business Tips, Military spouse, News, Small Business

October 5-11 is National Work from Home Week. What better time to talk about small business startup! Military spouse entrepreneur, Melissa St. Clair, Owner of Paper Chaser will provide an informative program about small business startup basics at the Portable Career and Education Spouse Social hosted by the Camp Lejeune Chapter of the Military Spouse […]

Beeline for Business…September is Self-Improvement Month

Posted in: Business Tips, Small Business, Virtual Assistant

Whether you are working “9-5 “as an Executive Assistant to the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of a company or you are the CEO operating your own business as a Virtual Assistant (VA) to keep moving forward in either situation, you must keep your administrative and management skills sharp for peak performance. One may find […]

Beeline for Business…Paper Chaser Goes Pink!

Posted in: Charitable causes, News, Small Business

Paper Chaser Goes Pink! Wears Denim and Donates Money to Fight Breast Cancer Small business owner helps celebrate 19th Anniversary of Lee National Denim Day® Camp Lejeune, NC. (September 10, 2014)– On Friday, October 3, 2014, Paper Chaser will “go pink’ and join other participating small businesses to help Lee National Denim Day celebrate 19 […]

Beeline for Business…Economic Influence for Women

Posted in: Small Business

Celebrating Labor Day this past weekend caused me to take pause and think about the impact of women-owned businesses on today’s economy. The Small Business Administration has dedicated resources to help women entrepreneurs. What can you do today to advance economic influence for women? 1. Buy from women-owned businesses. 2. Buy from women-friendly businesses in […]

Beeline for Business…The Rosie Network

Posted in: Military spouse, News, Small Business, Virtual Assistant

ANNOUNCING! Paper Chaser is now a part of The Rosie Network. The Rosie Network is a non-profit founded by military spouses whose mission is to promote our military family-owned businesses to the public by making it easy to find them. Click the logo below to make a beeline to Paper Chaser’s profile.

Beeline for Business … One Facebook testimonial post triggers handful of new leads!

Posted in: Business Tips, Small Business

One casual testimonial I made on Facebook today triggered over a half dozen new leads for a direct sales colleague! Sharing a handful of takeaways for small business owners: Social media soars sales Testimonials are priceless Watch Facebook Notifications Check your Facebook Inbox Word of mouth builds business

August 26, 2014 Teleclass: EAS to Entrepreneur

Posted in: Business Tips, Military spouse, News, Small Business, Virtual Assistant

EAS to Entrepreneur Teleclass Take your Administrative Office skills out of the military workplace and in to a Portable Career Military spouse entrepreneur, Melissa St. Clair, Owner of Paper Chaser will be the featured guest on a Teleclass hosted by Coach Jaynine Howard, USMC (Ret), PhD (ABD), Owner of Dream Catcher – Turning Dreams to […]

Beeline for Business… Lighthouse News

Posted in: News, Small Business, Virtual Assistant

Lighthouse News is a monthly newsletter produced by the Jacksonville-Onslow-Lejeune (JOL) Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP). As we recently celebrated our Nation’s declaration of independence, I am honored to have a feature article (p.4), “Becoming A Virtual Assistant (VA)” in the July 2014 issue. The article’s focus is planning for your […]