Author: Woman On A Quest

Virtual assistant services have grown substantially over the last few years as more and more businesses realize just how much they can benefit from the help of a Virtual Assistant (VA).

A good VA can both scale your business and shave off hours from your workweek. If you have any administrative, creative and/or technical tasks you don’t feel like doing yourself then this is where a VA can step in and help you out; now you can focus on doing the tasks that make you more money and that you love doing.

As a Business Owner, you can receive an abundance of financial benefits from the hiring of a VA, some of those which include no employee-related expenses, no separate office space and no worries concerning downtime. You only pay the VAs for the services they performed according to the terms of their contract. As you focus on the growth of your company, VAs will hone in on tasks that usually kill your time as an entrepreneur.

Essentially, VAs are time savers, and we all know that time is an extremely important commodity both in business and in life.

Similar to labour costs, administrative costs are a money pit’s for small businesses when they’re measured in both time and resources. Administration (emails, invoicing, payrolls, sales reports and customer inquiries) can reduce the amount of time an employee, or even the Small Business Owner, can focus on another important part of the business. This is where hiring a Virtual Assistant helps tremendously.

The VA will likely be hired specifically to perform these types of duties and will be assigned general virtual office responsibilities. Through completing these various jobs, entrepreneurs can boost their productivity levels, which will help small businesses grow to new heights.

Chris Ducker, a virtual CEO and publisher of ChrisDucker.com, recommends every entrepreneur to create a “3 Lists to Freedom” for immense entrepreneurial success. These three things help you delegate your time more effectively and boost productivity.

1. Things you hate doing.
   1. Write down what you dislike doing in your business on a day-to-day basis.
2. Things you can’t do yourself.
   1. These are daily elements of the company you don’t have any experience in, which could consist of social media marketing to graphic designing.
3. Things you shouldn’t be doing.
   1. Finally, according to Ducker, the third placement will fundamentally change your business and is a “game changer.” Ask yourself honestly: what shouldn’t I be doing?

If you’re stuck on types of services you can outsource, browse through the list below for ideas.

1. Accounts Payable
2. Accounts Receivable
3. Adding Links to Blog Posts
4. Adding Content to Newsletters
5. Answering Customer Service Emails
6. Appointment Management
7. Autoresponder Management
8. Banking Management such as Paying Bills & Transferring fund
9. Basic Video Editing
10. Blog Marketing
11. Bookkeeping
12. Calendar Management
13. Canva Image Creator
14. Checking Source
15. Collecting Testimonials
16. Competition Research
17. Content Creation, including Calendar Setup
18. Content Monitoring
19. Content Planning
20. Content Scheduling
21. Content Writing
22. Contract Prep
23. Create Documents from Handwritten Drafts, Faxes, Dictation
24. Create a Newsletter
25. Create and send Greeting Cards, Invitations, Thank You Notes
26. Create Social Media Accounts (IG/FB/Twitter)
27. Create Forms
28. Create Online Surveys
29. Create PDF files
30. Create User Guides
31. Curating Online Content
32. Data Entry
33. Database Building, Entry & Updates
34. Designing Brochures and Creating Content
35. Distribute Press Releases
36. Edit & Maintain Emails
37. Email Marketing, including building email lists
38. Entering Logs
39. Event SetUp
40. Facebook Advertising
41. Facebook Group Management
42. Guest Blogging Assistant
43. Human Resources – including placing advertisements, reviewing resumes, speaking with references, background checks
44. Instagram Marketing
45. Interviewing Job Applicants
46. Invoicing and Billing creation
47. LinkedIn Group Management
48. Load Messages into Autoresponders
49. Mailchimp Expert
50. Manage Amazon.com Listings
51. Manage Etsy.com Listings
52. Manage Online Contests
53. Manage Records
54. Managing Spreadsheets
55. Meeting Scheduling
56. Monitoring Customer Satisfaction
57. Monitoring Online Forum Discussions
58. Newsletter Management
59. Online Webinar Assistant
60. Organizing Files in Dropbox
61. Payroll Services; including calculating hours, adding expenses; updating salaries
62. Performing General Office Errands- hiring cleaning service, arranging office parties, buying items online
63. Personal Assistant- sending thank you gifts/notes to clients on holidays/anniversaries
64. Preparation of New Hire Packages
65. Preparation of Training Manuals
66. Posting to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
67. PowerPoint Presentations
68. Press Release Creation and Distribution
69. Process Refunds
70. Project Administration
71. Proof Reading
72. Reminding You of Things
73. Remove Subscribers from List
74. Repurpose Content
75. Research
76. Responding to comments on blog posts, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
77. Schedule Events
78. Social Media Marketing, including hashtag research
79. Social Media Management, including engaging with the audience on posts and private messages
80. Taking Pictures
81. Task Management
82. Transcribing Audio
83. Translation
84. Travel Arrangement, including researching hotels, booking accommodation and airfare, coordinating itineraries
85. Updating Website
86. Updating Products
87. Updating Email List
88. Venue Sourcing
89. Web Research
90. Word Documents
91. WordPress Management
92. Write Blog Posts
93. Write Social Media Content
94. Write Job Descriptions
95. Write Press Releases
96. Zoom Setup and Moderation

With the costs of taking on employees soaring (payrolls, benefits, taxes & insurance) it has become that much more practical for a company to outsource work to virtual assistance services.

Let me help you get more out of your business. Shoot me an email and let’s connect. 

Whether we are doing it consciously or unconsciously, every second of our existence, we are acting as human magnets sending out our thoughts and emotions and attracting back more of what we have put out. Many teachings have spoken of this for a number of centuries; take a look at Proverbs 23:7, it reads ‘As a man thinketh in his heart so is he’.

As Abraham Hicks reminds us: “If you have the ability to imagine it, or even to think about it, this Universe has the ability and the resources to deliver it fully to you, for this Universe is like a well-stocked kitchen with every ingredient imaginable at your disposal. And within every particle of this Universe is that which is wanted and therefore, also the lack of it. This perspective of abundance, and the lack of it, is the environment in which focus is possible-and focus activates the Law of Attraction.”

There is nothing in all of the Universe that is more important for anyone to understand than how the vibration they are offering is matching the vibrations of their desires, and the way that you feel is your indicator of whether you are allowing your connection to Source or not. Every good feeling; every positive creation; all of your abundance, clarity, health, vitality, and Well-Being-and all of the items that you consider to be good, are entirely dependent upon the way you are feeling right now, at this moment, and on the connection that that feeling-vibration has to the vibration of who you really are and what you really desire. Every single one of your decisions in life, good and bad, have been shaped by YOU alone.

Unfortunately, we get into our own heads with limiting beliefs that we are not good enough, that we’re not powerful enough, etc. You cannot receive vibrationally something that you simply aren’t a vibrational match to.

Here are a couple tips to get rid of those self-limiting beliefs and replacing them with positive affirmations

Identify your Limiting Belief

To eradicate a limiting belief we must first clearly state and see the obstacle for what it really is. Each limiting belief will be different from the other, however, what is in common is how you are feeling; you don’t feel good, ex. you’re feeling scared, anxious or hopeless.

Connect to Choice

Once you are aware of your limiting belief it is time to remind yourself that the belief is not happening to you, it is something arising from your internal thought process and you CAN change it.
Repeat to yourself ”I created or adopted this belief, and it no longer serves me. At any time, I can choose to create or adopt a new belief, a far better one to replace this one. Am I ready to do that now?” Give yourself an emphatic and authentic YES.

Expand the context around the limiting belief

The next step is to break through the resistance of the mental landscape just as if you’re clearing weeds from your garden. As soon as you notice a limiting belief in your mind, pause and elevate your degrading self talk to an empowering declaration that will clear out those mental weeds and create space for creativity. This will help you focus upon your current strengths instead of things you cannot control.

Create New Possibilities

Now that our mental weeding is complete it’s time to plant some new seeds and just as we would take care of our garden, we need to water these seeds daily. It’s time to brainwash ourselves into the new way of thinking that will serve you best.

A common limiting belief is ‘I cannot…’. When you believe that you are not able then you will be very unlikely to try. If you believe that you can, then you have a far better chance of getting there. Our sense of identity is extremely important to us and ‘I am’ statements directly reflect on our constructed self.
I am intelligent. If I work hard, I can learn most things. I am worthy of abundance, it IS my birthright

To merely think the new belief is not enough. Your body must also say a solid yes to this new energy. One great way to get the body to hold the potential of this new belief is to practice saying your affirmation aloud then close your eyes for three long, deep breaths. As you breathe, picture your new visualization in your mind, feel it happening and imagine the new belief literally downloading into your cells.

How does it feel to hold this new belief as if it were a reality right now?

The heart-brain connection is one of the most important things that we don’t tap into. We are being taught that life is insignificant when we really should be placing more value on life.
How incredible is life that the better we know ourselves, the less we fear ourselves and our own power. Many people are making it so that letting their heart talk to their brain a way of life because it’s much more effective, and offers flow, ease and clarity for them. More and more people seem to be waking up to the wisdom of letting their hearts guide them, finding it leads them to more joy and fulfilment.

For many of us, throughout life’s lessons, our heart chakra has become blocked.
Law of Attraction.com brings us some methods to assist us in clearing this block.

1. Use Heart Chakra Stones And Jewelry For Healing
Chakra stones are very easy to use; all you need to do is wear them on your person (e.g. in a necklace or earrings) or during a heart chakra meditation.
The heart chakra colours test indicates that green is the colour most closely associated with this chakra.

Jade: This stone is linked to balance and emotional healing. You benefit from focusing on this stone if you are dealing with a loss or an emotional injury.

Green calcite: Traditionally used to absorb negativity, this is an excellent choice when you are finding it hard to feel empathy. This stone can help you focus on recovering from compassion fatigue.

Green aventurine: This stone is liked to energy, vitality, and inspiration. It is said to soothe difficult emotions, and to assist in bouncing back from emotional roadblocks.

Rose quartz: Heart chakra crystals aren’t always green. This pink stone is sometimes called the “heart stone” and is said to help you regain balance.

2. Heart Chakra Meditation And Yoga Techniques
If you want to learn how to balance your chakras, it’s very wise to have a daily meditation practice.
Simple mindfulness exercises like deep breathing and body scanning all promote alignment in the chakras. That said, there are also specific heart chakra meditation techniques you can use when you sense a blockage developing.

Here is one of the best heart chakra meditation techniques for beginners:

1. Find a comfortable, relaxing place where you won’t be disturbed.
   
2. Sit and breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth for a few minutes. Feel your body relaxing as you do this.
   
3. Imagine that you’re drawing green energy up through your body towards the heart, starting at the base of the spine and moving upwards.
   
4. Picture that energy solidifying into a bright ball of green energy sitting at the level of the heart chakra. As you inhale and exhale, see that ball becoming bigger and brighter.
5. Focus on tuning into feelings of love for yourself and others, letting the green energy radiate through your whole body.
6. Emerge from the meditation after 3-5 minutes.

All forms of yoga are good for healing chakras. By adding just 10 minutes of yoga to the start or end of your day promotes openness and alignment.

3. Chakra Foods List And Diet Suggestions
While diet may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of working with chakras, what you eat actually has a huge influence on these energy centres.
All healthy and fresh foods are good chakra foods, however, beyond this general advice, you can also tailor your diet to suit a particular chakra that is causing trouble.

Listed below are some of the best heart chakra foods to consume when you feel blocked or unsettled:

Green foods: Anything green is linked to the heart chakra. This means you can’t go wrong with ingredients like kale, limes, green bell peppers, spinach and green apples. All of these can help balance your heart.
Warm soups: A hearty and rich soup can help to replenish your emotional stores and help you recover from difficult experiences. There is also anecdotal evidence that soups can promote recovery from illness, and the immune system is often at low capacity when charkas are misaligned.
Foods rich in vitamin C: Finally, orange juice, strawberries and other fruits that contain plenty of vitamin C can help the heart chakra. You can combine these fruits with green vegetables to create a super healthy smoothie.

4. Heart Chakra Affirmations To Use
You may already be using affirmations, even so, it’s worth adding some new affirmations to your routine or adjusting some of your old ones because you can get the heart chakra to directly respond to affirmations by using certain words and phrases. You add these at the start of every day to ward off potential blockages, but you can also repeat them if you think you can feel the heart chakra closing up.

Here are some good examples:
“I choose joy, compassion, and love.”
“I love myself unconditionally, and offer the same love to others.”
“My heart is free from all the wounds of the past.”
“I know my own emotions, and I accept whatever form they may take.”
“I forgive others, and I forgive myself.”
“Every day, I fulfil my heart’s desire.”
“I am open to love, and receive more of it every day.”
“I give love freely, and it brings me joy.”
“My heart chakra is open, and I am well.”
“I create supportive, loving relationships that are good for me.”

To unlock the power of your heart, head to the Heart Math Institute and learn more

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