As we continue to grow, I struggle with ways to organize the virtual assistants who come to us and contact us for work along with the new jobs that come in. The one thing I must say is that I am blessed with the women who contact me and come to work with me. Without them, I would be in the weeds for sure.
One of the hardest things about running a business like this at home is that there is no one to follow and very few places to go for advice. Most of the people I meet online are in the same boat as me growing and figuring things out on their own. I decided that I would try Outook Tasks and that was not detailed enough. So then I moved on to ACT! which everyone said would be a godsend. Three days later I am still fumbling around with half my information on paper and half on the computer and I am more confused then every. Of course business keeps rolling in and piling up faster than I can get to it to hand out — like the dust in my house. I am back to outlook and trying to keep myself from moving back to AOL where everything is in a huge 800 email pile mess.
As I write this, my husband sticks his head in my office asking if I am making chicken for dinner. I still have to register the kids for soccer and get bananas. I wish Outlook could cool.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Tia
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