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“Hot Business Summer” (and Year-Round!)
You don’t have to be a genius to know that calendar use is an absolutely essential tool to the success of your business, whether it’s for scheduling, accounting, or just keeping track of your to-do lists. But businesses of all shapes and sizes can reap huge benefits...
Another benefit of being a virtual assistant
In 2019 my husband and I decided to move across the country (from California to Florida), and we had set a goal to leave by August 31, 2020. Well, as you can imagine, that didn’t quite work out; Covid had another plan for us. We kept changing our date, until finally...
Ask A Web Developer: SSL Certificates
What is an SSL Certificate? A common topic these days, an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificate is a digital certificate for your website that serves 2 main purposes: First, it serves as an authentication that you own your website. The certificate includes...
The Rubber Ducky Method
Most of my close friends in college were engineers. Some were biomedical engineers, some aerospace engineers, some computer science engineers. The biggest thing they taught me was the Rubber Ducky Method. This is mostly used by people who work with coding a lot, but...
4 Hour Work Week: Myth or Reality?
I’m not here to debate what Tim Ferriss teaches, I’m just here to sprinkle a little reality on the concept. Mainly, one very important part of the theory on “how to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want”. This is...
Paper Notes are a Thing of the Past
I was introduced to Evernote when I first became a Virtual Assistant here at Buying Time. I had never used the app before but it looked like a great way to organize all of my clients' information as well as any notes that I might have had after meetings. Like with any...
Buying Time “As seen on…”
CEO Bibi Goldstein and Buying Time LLC have been featured in these top publications. Sometimes, it’s okay to brag a little bit. From her interview with The Manhattan Beach Chamber to the most recent Podcast with Cathy Alessandra of YES I CAN Living Bibi has been busy...
Virtual Assistants… what do they do?
Do I need one? Do I want to become one? “So, what does a virtual assistant actually do?” Simply put, a virtual assistant is someone who helps a business manage its everyday tasks online. Many VA’s have different specialties. Some are generalists, some are tech...
Should I Become a Virtual Assistant?
That’s the question I found myself asking in the fall of 2020. From 2005 to 2015 I only ever worked in retail and since 2016 I had worked as an “essential worker” at a plasma donation center. I had long hoped for a job to come along that would pay better, offer a more...
How to stay focused when you work from home.
Working from home presents a variety of opportunities. For me, I get to have my two big fluffy dogs cuddled up at my feet while I work. I mean, I can also do laundry on my breaks and maintain the house, sure. But for me, the best perk is seeing my fiancé on his days...