Author name: Kristy Smith

Kristy Smith is the energetic Founder, Director & Driver of Virtual Elves, a business that helps you feel in control, well educated and understanding of how to work with a Virtual Assistant, among other things! She loves the water, is a mean cook and loves being social! Connect with Kristy on Facebook

Your Career Podcast

In this podcast episode, listen to what the founders of Defining Style, Sonic Sight, The Digital Delusion, Corporate Podcast Production, Rachel CFO, Virtual Elves, The Word Stylist, The Numbers Matter and Simple Creative Marketing had to say about why they started their businesses. Listen on: Website: https://janejacksoncoach.com/115-start-business-exploring-entrepreneurship/ Jane Jackson is a leading Career Management Coach, Author […]

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How to Keep Yourself Up to Date with Google’s Latest Updates

Nothing is permanent in this world except for change. Internet marketers and SEO practitioners probably know this better than anyone. With the ever-changing online landscape and with Google constantly tweaking and improving its search algorithms, these people should keep themselves updated so they can easily keep up with these many minor and sometimes major online

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How to Set Realistic Expectations when Outsourcing to a VA

Whenever you embark on a new business venture it’s important to keep your expectations in check. It’s so easy to get carried away in the magic of a moment, believing that a new team member, a new project or a new partnership might be a life changing development for your business When anticipations are high

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3 Things Small Businesses should be doing in 2017

So the Christmas decorations have been packed away and we’ve all recovered from our New Year celebrations. Now the time has come to dust off our keyboards and meet 2017 head on! There are a number of areas in modern small businesses that, while crucial to growth, are often overlooked. There have been amazing leaps

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Top Ten Articles for 2016

Another year has past! At Virtual Elves we have been using this time in the lead up to the Christmas holidays to reflect on the year that was and plan for a fresh start in 2017. Part of this process included looking back on our most popular and ‘clicked through’ articles for 2016. We were

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How to Prepare your Business for the Holiday Season Shut Down

We’ve been reflecting on the past year at Virtual Elves and part of that was looking back on our most popular and ‘clicked through’ articles for 2016. We were not so surprised to find that you all found our articles on productivity to be some of the most informative and popular pieces of content! Being

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The Risks of Using Copyright Protected Images for your Business & How to Avoid Them

Understand the Risks of using Copyrighted Images in your Business Visual media is a useful way to quickly grab your audience’s attention. A recent study has illustrated that image posts receive 120-180% more engagement than text based posts.[1] Whether you’re using a photograph on your blog or a graphic on social media, it’s well known

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3 Smart Tips for Better Work/Life Balance

It’s a common scenario, you’re building your business, burning candles at both ends, working from dusk to dawn and pulling crazy hours trying to manage a to-do list that keeps on growing! You’re tired, grumpy and fearful of losing control, you keep throwing more and more of your time into trying to manage everything but

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3 Ways to Tell if your Business is Ready for a Virtual Assistant

When you’re running a small business you’re always busy, that’s a given! But there will come a time when you reach your peak and you’ll need to consider bringing on another person or team of people to share the workload. Using the services of a professional Virtual Assistant is a great option when it comes

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