Just a quick note to share that Halo Secretarial’s feed can now be found at Alltop in the virtual assistant category! I think that’s pretty exciting news on a Wednesday afternoon! Oh and as you can see, we are still undergoing “renovations” of the blog and site, it should be complete sometime next week! Halo Secretarial Services Contact us for more information on virtual legal...
Read MoreI received an email this morning from the ABA (as my blog has a link on their site) asking me to share a link to this survey on my blog. I’m happy to do so and definitely recommend that you lawyers out there help the ABA out with the survey! The current financial situation is very challenging for us all, but I feel certain that times will eventually improve. Patience is the key I guess, and making smart choices in the meantime! I...
Read MoreI received another contact via Twitter today that could have turned into an opportunity. I love Twitter – it’s really helped me get clients and raise my profile! This client won’t be signing with me though (at least not for now!), because the lawyer who contacted me needs a virtual assistant who can help with QuickBooks. I am not yet very experienced in QB. I use it for my business, but definitely need some training in it to...
Read MoreI’m a little late in learning this but I thought I’d share anyway – I doubt I’m the only one who doesn’t catch things instantly! So, I use Gmail for my catchall email account. The email for my virtual assistant business is through my host (laurie AT halosecretarialservices DOT com) but is all forwarded to my Gmail account. I simply find Gmail to be easy to access and easy to work with. It also then gives me the...
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November is already flying by for me, how about you? I usually put off some of my holiday planning until December and then realize it’s getting late to get certain tasks done on time, like sending out holiday cards or gifts to people who are far away. This year I’m getting started on it right away and this post over at VAnetworking helped me realize that help with holiday tasks is something my clients might appreciate too! And...
Read MoreDo you run a solo practice, but have more work than you can handle? Or do you have a full time in-house legal assistant that can’t keep up with your busy workload? Or even a practice that is just getting going and you need help ramping up so that you do have too much business? A virtual legal assistant may be just the solution in any of these situations! That’s the beauty of virtual assistance, it is a flexible solution that can...
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