Hey Y'all! I hope everyone is doing great. I've been somewhat MIA as I was busy moving 2 of my daughters into college. Whew that was exhausting and now I'm adjusting to the house being really quiet 🥺. I'm now back to get cranking on completing the Blueprint and learning more for the community and Erin. I finshed my logo and company name. Let me know what y'all think 🤔. I have been applying to FT positions. I'm still awaiting the yay or nay on an interview I had which I should know by next week. If I were to get a FT job during the day what companies or group of individuals should I target? These are the list of services I'd like to provide. I'm sure the list is long and as time goes on this will decrease in some areas and evolve in others. Admin Support - Calendar and scheduling - Inbox management and email organization - Document prep, formatting, and organization Customer & Client Support - Email/ticket management (Zendesk, Freshdesk) - Escalation handling and complaint resolution - Ongoing customer care coordination Hiring & Onboarding Support - Job posting and candidate screening support - Interview scheduling - New hire onboarding and document follow-up - Applicant tracking updates Operations, SOP's & Process Improvement - Auditing and improving disorganized processes - Team training material creation - Onboarding/checklist material creation - SOP and knowledge base documentation I'm open to any feedback, suggestions, tips y'all can provide 😊

I have a client opportunity for a bookkeeper 💸 Anywhere here have experience with Quickbooks, reconciliations, and and general understanding accounting? Sept. 2 update: Client planning to line someone up for Nov/Dec to work work with their outgoing bookkeeper, then go full throttle starting Jan!

Lately, I’ve been thinking about something that honestly makes me a little worried. 😞 Today, I watched a YouTube video about AI and the future of Virtual Assistant jobs. It mentioned that AI could potentially replace many VA tasks—and maybe even VA jobs in the future. As someone looking to build my career as a VA, I can’t help but wonder: Will AI replace Virtual Assistants, or will it simply help us work smarter and faster? 🤖 I’d love to hear from experienced VAs—what do you think?

I'm still in the beginning stages of the Blueprint as I haven't had time this week to really dive in. Life has been lifing 😮‍💨. Two kiddos going to college has been fun 😬. Anyhow, what are some free apps or tools that can be used across the board regardless of services you are offering that you recommend? And what do you use it for? I feel like I've seen some tools mentioned on here that I've never heard of or seen and wouldn't know how to use them. I guess I need the dumb down version 😂. Thanks in advance for your time and suggestions.

Pop quiz: what online tools are open in your browser right now? I'm not looking for the tools you plan to use someday, I'm talking about the ones you actually opened today to run your biz. Drop your top 1 to 3 below (one sentence on how you use each is a bonus). Hoping that this thread becomes a crowd-sourced toolkit built by real VAs, and it's yours to steal from 😎