Insights from the 2026 UK Virtual Assistant Survey: Rates, Challenges and AI
Over 700 respondents filled in this year’s UK Virtual Assistant Survey, and the insights are very interesting. Hourly rates are stabilising, networking and word of mouth are key, VAs are outsourcing f...
8 Loka 49min
From Redundancy to Irreplaceable: Martha Kilner on Embracing AI and Operational Thinking
How do you go from 19 years as a primary school teacher, through two redundancies, to fully booked as a VA within six weeks? This week I am joined by Any Other Business founder, Martha Kilner, who sha...
24 Syys 26min
Have You Built a VA Business, or Just Given Yourself a Job?
From the outside your VA business looks like it’s doing really well. You have good clients, decent money and a jam- packed calendar. How could there possibly be a problem? Well, the issue is there’s a...
10 Syys 15min
Introducing All Stars: Your Secret VA Business Growth Tool
Why did you start your virtual assistant business? No, I mean the real reason. What was the life you were trying to create? Was it more freedom, flexibility, financial independence, or more time with ...
27 Elo 14min
How to be Successful? Aim to Build a Sustainable and Boring VA Business
Would you be upset and offended if someone described your business as boring? I've spent eight years running my business, and have come to a very different conclusion: one of the biggest signs of a he...
13 Elo 7min
8 Biggest Lessons from 8 Years Running (and Growing) a VA Business
Eight years ago, I was sitting at my shiny new desk with a laptop, a huge amount of determination, and a VA business called Virtually Priceless - and if I'm honest, I had no idea if it would work.I st...
30 Heinä 11min
7 Steps for Excellent Client Experience (Making Them Never Want to Leave)
What if the easiest way to grow your business isn't finding more clients, it's keeping and developing the ones you've already got?"Clients don't stay with us simply because we're good at the work. The...
16 Heinä 8min
Importance of Boundaries as a VA: Hidden Cost of Being Too Helpful
Ever said yes to something and then immediately regretted it? Maybe you squeezed in one more five-minute task, worked later than planned, or took something on that was actually out of scope, because y...
2 Heinä 6min
