2020
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Working Remotely: What does it truly entail?
- May 29, 2020
- Posted by: Rosemarie Harvey
- Category: employment, independent contractor, job, remote, work from home, workforce
No CommentsThe COVID-19 Pandemic has forced many employees to work from home – many for the first time. Some will return to the physical office; others will not and will need to adjust several circumstances to work from home long term. Frequently, the focus is on setting up a workspace, selecting the right background for virtual
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COVID-19 Pandemic versus my plans
- April 21, 2020
- Posted by: Rosemarie Harvey
- Category: independent contractor, small business, small business tips, social media, virtual assistance
COVID-19 Pandemic versus my plans You may remember thinking of threats – anything that can negatively affect your business from the outside – when you did your SWOT analysis for your business. Nowhere close to my mind did I have a pandemic as a threat. It was so far from my mind that in January
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COVID-19: Special tax filing and payment relief to individuals and businesses
- March 30, 2020
- Posted by: Rosemarie Harvey
- Category: independent contractor, small business tips, support, Taxes
The Coronavirus Disease pandemic has us all off track right now. As independent professionals, it’s hard to keep abreast of all the changes taking place around the COVID-19 tax relief or our tax obligations. To help out, I am providing a summary of filing deadlines for 2020 provided by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In
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Resources for the busy solopreneur
- March 12, 2020
- Posted by: Rosemarie Harvey
- Category: independent contractor, small business, small business tips, support, virtual assistance
Are you a busy solopreneur trying to do administrative and creative tasks while working to meet your project deadlines? Wearing many hats as you work to build your business is a necessity until you are at a point to hand off certain tasks to contractors or hire employees. With not having enough time in the day
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What and When Should You Outsource?
- February 27, 2020
- Posted by: Rosemarie Harvey
- Category: companies right size, employment, independent contractor, job, small business tips, virtual assistance
Determining what and when to outsource is an important strategic decision. In the business and finance world, managers must continually analyze, evaluate, and make good decisions to run a business successfully. One decision a manager is usually faced with is leveraging the financing of the company. This involves deciding how to best use the company’s
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Face-to-Face (F2F) Networking
- January 14, 2020
- Posted by: Rosemarie Harvey
- Category: Marketing, small business tips, social media
For 2020, one of my goals is to get back out more in my local community, both on a professional and personal level. Although online networking - Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc. - can be good if there is a purpose behind it, it is too easy to fall into the habit of checking in online, swiping up, down,