The challenge of being a woman and an entrepreneur

Being a woman means commitment, dedication, caring, wisdom, unconditional love, endless patience, deep understanding, harmony, warmth, strength, courage. Being a woman means to be supportive, protective, resourceful, a multitasker, a source of life. These are just a few facets of women who know the importance of managing their time well. As a woman, in addition to being updated and connected to each activity performed during the day, I am aware of both my work life and my family, and therefore know exactly what my children are doing as well as how the market is doing in my industry. A worthy challenge nonetheless!

 

 

Did You Know … 96.8% of all Virtual Assistants are women and that 69.3% of these are married of whom 76.1% have children. 59.2% have college or trade school training with 82.5% starting their businesses after being in the workforce for some time.

32% of the VAs surveyed charge $31-40 per hour for their services with the majority of VAs putting in 31-40 hours of work per week. Amazingly, 43.6% of the VAs surveyed normally work on weekends.

93.7% of the Virtual Assistants surveyed stated that their clients are found through word of mouth referrals with 80.1% of VAs also marketing through a website online.

Source: http://www.vanetworking.com

 

 

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Being a woman entrepreneur may not be the easiest path to follow when looking for your career path, but as independent women, we are taking control of our careers and enjoying supreme satisfaction and freedom.

Being a woman entrepreneur has taught me to:o Be optimistic.
o Be persistent.
o Have patience, but never stop acting.
o Be creative: daring to go where others believe that there is a limit.
o Continue and follow, look forward correcting past mistakes.
o Investigate, study and educate myself to be the best in my business undertakings.

Being a virtual assistant has been an excellent choice of entrepreneurship. As one I have been able to bring my experience to different areas of the business spectrum, such as translations, graphic design, development and maintenance of web pages, general office administration, marketing and social media management among many other specialties. I have been able to provide my clients with ideas, alternatives and a vision for the success not only of their businesses but also of mine.I’m so proud to be a woman, and even more so to be a female entrepreneur!

Success comes when you meet the objectives and targets set in life. You can become a successful woman and carry that all of your life!

 

 

Social Networking

This image is the inspiration for this blog.

 

 

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The most effective ways of networking have always been in-person. Today, the Internet and social networks have changed that scenario but we must not forget that the old mechanisms were also very effective.

Without doubt, social networks have become an essential part of our daily lives. They instantly unite us with our friends and business contacts anywhere in the world and help us to interact with new people. Speaking of social networks is now commonplace. The success of social networking is based on the easy exchange of ideas between people, institutions and groups in general. It is an open system that allows all users with common interests to build information systems because information is the new “asset” of our times.

Social networks have allowed us to communicate with people we do not know and exchange interests within a particular community. They have also broken some of the social barriers that existed, because in a social network almost anyone can be popular and build success. Thanks to networking, communication is more effective. We know most consumers, we talk in real time and all information gathered is helpful for research and studies. The work of many people has been simplified and streamlined.

So, even if old network mechanisms were effective and gave us that personal contact that may be disappearing today, even if we think of our life as it was before the arrival of social networks, let’s not forget that time is here and now, let’s be aware of the amount of new knowledge that we have acquired, how we have evolved and advanced in our work, all the people that we have met and let’s keep taking advantage of all the digital tools that are at our disposal. Not even in my dreams could I imagine a society without social media. What would become of me, what would become of us all?

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Did you know?

"Social media has been consistently growing in importance since its inception, and 2013 has been the biggest year for social media yet." - See more at: http://bootcampdigital.com/5-incredible-social-media-statistics-for-2013/#sthash.NKWCmsxx.dpuf



 

Welcome to our blog!

Welcome to our blog!

Being this our first article, we are going to introduce you to our services and try to convince you why you should hire a virtual assistant … more specifically AMG Virtual Assistant Services!

YOU KNOW THAT WORK THAT NOBODY WANTS TO DO? … WELL, WE DO! So why not hire us? All those mundane administrative tasks that just take away your time? That work that you have to do, but don’t look forward to doing? We can do it for you!

Besides the tremendous support you receive by not having to do what you don’t want to do; therefore, having more time to visit clients or focus on your business goals, there are also MANY more benefits of working with us. 7 is my lucky number, so I will list what I consider to be the 7 most important benefits of hiring a VA! 

1. You don’t have to hire a full time employee (no benefits, insurance or taxes)
2. You don’t worry about office space.
3. Zero expenses on office furniture or supplies.
4. MONEY SAVINGS!
5. Less stress.
6. A helping hand, unlimited support.
7. FREE TIME!

AMG Virtual Assistant Services offers ONLINE administrative support with a focus on Graphic Design & Marketing to small companies, entrepreneurs and home-based businesses. The list of services is endless, from simple data entry to marketing campaigns, desktop publishing, administrative support, social media management and graphic design among others.

We invite you to visit our website at www.amgvirtualassistant.com.

We look forward to working together with you!

Happy Friday!