With Freelancers and Administrative Consultants (also referred to by some as Virtual Assistants) on the rise, home offices are becoming more common than ever before. Things have changed though and the typical home office is no longer relegated to a tiny area of your house to tinker around in. For many, it is now a key room in the home where many hours are spent.

For this reason, it is vital for your office space to be functional if you’re going to run a successful business from it so careful planning needs to be done. Prepare a check-list of the equipment and furniture you’ll need. We touched on this briefly in a previous article (see Planning Is Key, Part 8: Calculating the Costs) but equipment aside for a second, think about the following:


If you often finish your work day feeling that you haven’t accomplished anything then this article may be of great interest to you because more than likely the problem you’re facing is simply poor Time-Management skills.

Our lives are in general pretty hectic and it seems that 24 hours is not enough time to fit everything in but hey, all the big names have the same amount of time as the rest of us and they have built empires so it is possible to make the most of the 24 hours we’ve been given but only if we use them wisely.


As an Administrative Consultant, you are responsible for handling your clients’ sensitive information. This may make some potential clients a little dubious about collaborating with an AC especially one they may never have the opportunity to meet face-to-face.


The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) issued a press release today informing that they are now accepting applications for their 7th annual Global Outsourcing Summit. The cut off date for admission is the 1st November 2011 and the event itself will be held at Walt Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida from the 20th to the 22nd February 2012.

IAOP is a worldwide organization comprising of more than 110.000 members. Its mission is to assist companies as they try to improve their outsourcing success rate and to change the future of outsourcing as a profession as well as an industry. This organization seeks out professionals and companies with innovative ideas in relation to transforming the business world by implementing outsourcing, shared services as well as networking as a technology that actually works.

IAOP reaches out to service providers with regards new technologies, techniques and trends so as to better tend to their clients needs. This isn’t limited to just service providers. Customers and Advisors can also become experts in their respective fields.

To form part of this ever increasing community,you must subscribe as a member with fees ranging from $80 for students to around $15.000 for larger corporations.

See more details on their official website, IAOP.

 


“Tweeting”, once an unknown concept is now considered normal speech used in day-to-day language mainly amongst teenagers in school but this term has now invaded the business world and is taking it by storm. Don’t assume that Twitter is only for kids that find the need to discuss their every move with their peers, talk about their love life, teachers and parents. This is a mistake the majority make as there is more to this valuable tool than meets the eye.