On Friday 11 June, I began my journey to the annual VA Conference and Awards 2010, which was held at the Forest of Arden, Marriott Hotel in Birmingham. I began my day fairly stressed because I had run my 4N group in Medway from 8am to 10am and thought I had lost my car key. I was effectively stranded...

So you might wonder why I have written this post but it’s the slightly subversive side of me coming out that’s why! Whilst watching Socially Sally on her Livestream event on blogging, she challenged her viewers to write a blog post with a very inane title. The end result was this post. It...

“Dee has provided invaluable and highly professional support to me as a Virtual Assistant. She has the capacity to co-ordinate complex consultancy projects, resolve tricky IT issues and engage directly with my clients. On a personal level she is just a delight to deal with – I am very...

I bet you thought that I was going to wax lyrical on the difference between the above right? Wrong! A good friend and colleague, Helen Stothard of HLSBS has written a great blog post on the subject, so I am going to let you read it in her own words. So here it is; What’s the difference between...

It turns out that I don’t need to purchase the Hootsuite app for my iPhone after all! @Hootsuite have released a “Lite” version which has the same functionality as their paid for version. The only difference, (as far as I can see), is that you can only manage 3 Twitter accounts with...

I wasn’t kidding about donating towards my purchase of HootSuite for my iPhone. So following on my from Tweet, here is the button to donate towards my trial. Thanks! PS. Any excess will be given to Clic Sargent in memory of Carrie Louise Robe, much loved and never to be forgotten. ...

I currently have my main email address on a hosted Microsoft Exchange server. I pay over £70 a year for the privilege. I’m being driven by my “bottom” line and so have started looking at ways to cut this cost. I need the functionality of being able to sync my emails, contacts, calendar...

“We all need someone on hand who just knows what has to be done. Dee is that person. Projects are completed on time and the final outcome always exceeds expectations. You will not know what Dee can do for you and your business until you engage with her yourself.” December 3, 2009 Bryan Allworthy...

“Dee has been a lifesaver on more than one occassion with IT support for my business. Dee has been able to remotely access my PC to solve in minutes what would probably take me days to achieve. She provides an excellent service with great results and I would have no hesitation on recommending her...

“Dee has worked with me now on a number of projects providing IT support and research for several clients looking to make the leap onto new operating platforms, mobile phones or PC systems. The research Dee always carries out is thorough and reported back to me in a way that I know my clients will...