Inbox Detox GDPR risk: Why Viewing and Sorting Emails Is Processing Personal Data

Inbox detox GDPR compliance is something most businesses never think about. We all get overwhelmed and it is easy for a busy business owner or manager to start to lose important emails in the deluge of emails that hit out inbox. It is a great relief to reach the point when you can finally get […]
Facebook Group GDPR: What Coaches Need to Know Before Bringing a VA Into Their Community

What Is Facebook Group GDPR? Facebook Group GDPR refers to your responsibilities as a data controller when running a Facebook Group. It covers how you handle member data, who has access, how DMs are managed, whether content is reused, and how your team processes personal information. It’s easy to think it’s all down to Meta […]
Google Gemini Copyright: What Marketers Need to Know

Google Gemini copyright is a question many marketers, Virtual Assistants, and social media managers are asking right now. AI tools like Google Gemini can be game-changers for your own business or for client campaigns — but before you let Gemini loose on client work, you need to know how it handles copyright, what you can […]
Do you need AI ready social media contracts? 5 things you should know
5 things you need in your social media contracts
Accountant outsourcing to India? 10 things to check
Accountants thinking of outsourcing from the UK to India need to consider data privacy and security before going ahead. India is not currently viewed as having an ‘adequate’ data privacy regime by the UK or EU regulators. This does not mean you can’t share data with India, but it does mean there are things you […]
Why You Should Outsource Digital Marketing
With virtually the whole world riding on the digital wave, digital marketing has emerged as the most successful — and in most cases, most cost-effective — way of running marketing campaigns. It therefore comes as no surprise that PR Newswire expects the global market for digital marketing to be worth a whopping $460 billion this […]
Stealing clients? 8 Top tips to prevent it
Your biggest fear is your associates will steal your clients. Check our top tips on how to avoid this and protect your business
How do you handle data privacy when outsourcing bookkeeping to India?
Many people don’t join up the data privacy and GDPR dots when outsourcing to India but what should you do?
Does the Brexit deal change how you handle data in your VA business?
How does the Brexit deal change how you handle data in your VA business? We had a ‘business as usual’ arrangements in place that would have expired at the end of 31st January 2020. The Brexit deal means that this continues until 30th April or 30th June (unless either party objects or we get a ‘finding […]
Online course creation – 5 ways VA can help
Are you providing online courses as well as ‘in the room’ There are so many pieces you need to fit together to create, sell, and administer an online course. From choosing the right platform to making sure your programme stands out as the one your customers really need to choose. You need a VA to […]
Do employment agency regulations affect your freelance team?
When does having a team make you an employment agency? You think you’ve got an outsourced team that supports your clients. But does the law think that you have “employment business”? You can be an “employment business” if you supply workers to do work for other organisations. Employment businesses (or employment agencies) are covered by […]
Will your business get sick with coronavirus?
Have you thought about your business plans for coronavirus? We are hearing a lot in the news about sick leave, self isolation, time off work and travel, but how will your virtual micro business cope with coronavirus? School shut due coronavirus scare? If you normally rely on school hours to work in your business (and […]
How to share Mailchimp with your VA in a GDPR compliant way
Would you like to know how to share your Mailchimp account with your VA in a GDPR compliant way? It is not always obvious how to do this. It can be very tempting to just hand over your Mailchimp log in and ask your VA to do everything for you. But is this the GDPR […]
Is an associate agreement different to your terms of business?
If you are new to contracts and business it is easy to get confused. “Hi, I’m looking for an associate agreement – which one should I use?” This is something we often get asked. The contracts you give to customers are called terms of business (sometimes you talk about t&cs). These are the ones you […]
Should you share passwords in a GDPR world?
Are you paying a VA and sharing passwords? Are you emailing your log ins and passwords to them? Password sharing and GDPR GDPR is a big subject but when you boil it all down it is about security, transparency, accountability and minimising the amount of data that is shared to avoid risk. If you simply […]
GDPR and staff who do homeworking one day a week
We all know we have to sort out GDPR and data security for people who are homeworking, but what about the staff who do so occasionally or just one day a week? If your team work from home occasionally or to meet deadlines, or write reports, all that lovely security you set up in the […]
How to Manage a VA Writer to Achieve Maximum Output
The main focus of any business venture is to boost sales quickly. It requires an executive to assign the tasks to his team. If the manager is working individually, without having a team, s/he can achieve a target by hiring virtual assistants (VA). You don’t have to do it ‘all’ by yourself – Elizabeth Dehn […]
Santa’s Data Privacy Policy
Santa’s Data Privacy Policy Santa is a trading name of St Nicholas, located in the North Pole. Santa keeps a list of every boy and girl to determine whether they are entitled to delivery on Christmas Eve. He uses global surveillance to monitor whether you are naughty or nice. Santa uses automated decision making […]
The 4 Keys To Make Sure Outsourcing Doesn’t End in Frustration
Your first experience with outsourcing some of your workload and it didn’t go the way you’d hoped. It didn’t free up your time in the ways you’d dreamed about and the thought of hiring someone sends the wrong kind of shiver down your spine. The key to outsourcing success might elude you and hold back […]
7 Tips And Tricks To Maintain Privacy And Remain Safe When Working Virtually
Global outsourcing is a relatively new thing in the business world – especially with small and medium businesses. This kind of outsourcing – namely hiring VA’s – can prove to be extremely useful and helpful. You could save yourself a lot of time and money this way. However, there are – as with many new […]