Paper ChaserPaper ChaserYou saw them lending a helping hand over the holidays: bell ringers, shelf stockers, gift wrappers, event staff. Do you, as a small business owner, wish you could hire ‘seasonal help” to support your business? Well, you can and it’s affordable. Utilizing the services of a Virtual Assistant (VA) is like having seasonal help year […]
Writing a Business Plan is the first step for setting your business up for success and reducing mental stress of committing your plans to memory while you are bringing your vision to fruition. If you’re thinking about small business startup as a way to earn extra cash for the holidays or set that as goal […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
“Failing to plan, is planning to fail.” – Alan Lakein In conjunction with National Small Business Week (May 12-16, 2014), Paper Chaser has launched a Business Plan template designed exclusively for Virtual Assistants. The template which includes Pricing Structure and Competitive Analysis as well as instructions, pre-filled sections and annotations is available on the Paper […]
In his Business to Community article, Jacob Shriar asks “Is a 40 Hour Workweek Really Necessary?” As a small business owner, particularly a solopreneur are you working overtime? If you have tried a number of strategies to increase your productivity and are unable to pare down the hours behind your desk, you may find your answer […]
IS FOLLOW UP YOUR DOWN FALL? Don’t have enough time to follow with prospects after that networking event? 48% of sales people never follow up with a prospect! Perhaps you’re a Chamber member or active in another professional organization and you’re failing to extend a warm welcome to new business owners to the neighborhood? OUTSOURCEyour […]
