You’ve made the decision that you want to start working with a Virtual Assistant but how on earth do you decide what tasks you can immediately start to hand over? Calendar Management Calendar management can be critical when running your own business. We’ve all experienced trying to set up a meeting and it’s taken 5 […]
We’re all chasing success in one form of another but what exactly does success mean? Defining your own success means knowing what you really mean. Everyone has a difference of opinion however the dictionary describes it as: More often than not, the word success might bring to mind more money, a better car, a bigger […]
In October 2020, we’ll be celebrating 5 years of running Boatman Admin Services. As with all areas of life, there’s been highs and lows, laughter and tears and lots of happy clients! Apart from the benefit of being self-employed, being your own boss, choosing the hours you work and projects you want to work on, […]
It looks as though June 2020 is the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. The last 9 or 10 weeks of lockdown has caused a lot of reflection for both us at BAS HQ and for our clients. Whilst there is talk of ‘normal’ – what will that look like and will people […]
April 2020 is Stress Awareness Month so we thought it would be a good time to stop and think about how we run our businesses. You can have a LOT of plates spinning if your running your own business. Running 3 businesses in our case is BUSY and we work in a fast paced environment. […]
The last couple of weeks have seen in a rise in people moving from their offices to working from home due to government advice around Covid-19. For all of us this a strange, daunting period we are in but we must try to be as positive as possible. For some of us, working from home […]
You might have seen on our social media that Emma was included in the 2020 f:Entrepreneur’s iAlso awards. This campaign celebrates the UK’s inspirational and multi-achieving female entrepreneurs. The aim of f:Entrepreneur is to showcase multi-achieving women like Emma in the #ialso Top 100, to provide lessons of challenge and success for all small business […]
We rush from one task to the next and before we know it, it’s the end of the day and what have we actually achieved? This post highlights 5 small habits that we’ve adopted to become more productive in our working day. Get up and Get Dressed! Since we started Boatman Admin Services, we’ve never […]
Not only is another year coming to a close but also another decade. If you’d have told Emma at the start of 2010 that by the end of the decade she’d be running a successful award winning virtual admin business she would have laughed in your face! We celebrated our 4th birthday this year – […]
Here we are – racing into the last quarter of 2019! Before we know it, it’ll be dark when we wake up and dark when we finish for the day. This last quarter of the year always seems extra busy. The lazy hazy days of summer are a distant memory and people are ready […]