In your daydream, everything seemed a bit surreal – almost gilded around the edges – as if a softening filter had been applied to the video-like dream that played in your head. Every time you closed your eyes, you saw it. Your own business. You wanted it so badly, or so long, that you could actually taste it! It tasted like… freedom!
This second installment covers considerations while building your navigation plan for your website, including things to use and other items you should avoid.
IVAA increases the power of the individual Virtual Assistant by providing a network of skilled, available talent to serve as a resource, a sounding board, to offer guidance, and to provide a sense of camaraderie in what could be an essentially solitary career pursuit.
The importance of this “hit home” for me a few weeks back when a family friend told me: “I don’t see how you can work like that, never getting away, staying in front of that computer all the time without any human interaction.” He concluded with conviction “I couldn’t stand it, I’m a people person!” He was decidedly serious, but it struck me as funny. It’s been years since I’ve considered my work “solitary.” I’ve not considered it that way since I joined IVAA, as a matter of fact. Continue reading