The Pros and Cons of taking on a Virtual Assistant (VA) vs. Employing Staff
When your business begins to grow, you might need more help to manage it. You have two options: either hire a virtual assistant (VA) or take on a full-time employee. But how do you decide between the two, it’s not always an easy decision. Making the wrong decision...
Top Time Saving Tips
Are you a lark or night owl? Do you know when your most productive time of the day is? You may know instinctively, if not, it is worth working this out, by tracking your productivity. These hours are precious, you can get so more much done. Don’t waste them scrolling...
Why Oyster Flame
I am Jean, a Virtual Assistant (VA). My company is called Oyster Flame. So why Oyster Flame I hear you cry? Why not JWVA Services, or Jean’s Virtual Assistance? Or something else a little more obvious that tells people what I do in the name. Honestly, when I started...
The Pomodoro Technique
Is this technique just another productivity hack, or does this one really work? Apparently over 2 million of us already use the Pomodoro Technique to make ourselves more focussed and more productive. The Pomodoro Technique was mentioned to me about a year...