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It’s our 17th Birthday
It’s our birthday! 17 years since I chose a name for my new virtual assistance business and registered it. Whilst working apart from one another is second nature to me and and my current clients, I realise that for many others the thought of connecting to their team from a remote location and doing the maximum amount of work online might be a bit daunting.

Income & Expense Tracker
It’s that time of year again, time to fill in your tax return And now you realise that all those receipts and documents, that you’ve

What gets measured gets managed
We’ve been pleased to be helping a good friend, John Lamerton, with a spreadsheet to accompany his new book – Routine Machine: How successful people

Scaling an Excel worksheet to print to an A4 page
By scaling an Excel worksheet in Page Setup before you print, you can control its width and number of pages. There are two ways of doing this.

Why did the baseball player shut down his website?
… He wasn’t getting any hits! I’m not sure I could develop a passion for baseball. I’ve never really been much of a sports fan

How to create a data entry form in Excel
A spreadsheet is a great place to enter tables of data, such as price lists, but to enter records a row at a time from

Where do your website users come from?
How do you know where your website visitors come from? If you’re posting links to your website on social media, or on other websites, do

What are people searching for on your website?
Do you know how to find out what people are looking for once they’re on your website? Today’s tip is how to use Google Analytics

How to create a dynamic drop down list in Excel
Today I’m going to show you how to create a drop-down list in Excel; and not just any old drop-down list but one where if

What do you think about speedos?
One of the first things I’m often asked for when building a dashboard is “one of those speedo things – you know, a dial with

Valuing your time on Twitter
How do you know if your marketing activities are working? One I sometimes struggle with is Twitter. The content moves so fast and I don’t feel