The work from home life – full of peace, freedom and endless hot beverages! Or is it?   No matter if you’re employed or self-employed, working from home still means there are schedules to set and deadlines to meet. That doesn’t mean to say that the working from home life is awful. Far fro...

You’ve hired your Virtual Assistant but now you’re wondering what tasks to delegate to them. Here are 9 ideas to get you started.   Diary Management – If you’re struggling to remember what day it is, or when and where your meetings are taking place, ask your VA to manage your diary. They ...

“I know I need help, but I’m not sure what I need help with.”   Does this sound familiar?   You won’t believe the amount of conversations I have with business owners that start off this way. They know they need help but they’re not too sure what or how to delegate.   T...

In theory – I’d love to say that any Entrepreneur or Business owner that is spending too much time doing their admin needs to consider hiring a VA. However, this simply isn’t the case.   A Virtual Assistant is a remote, outsourced member of your team, who is likely to be looking after you...

  Here are our 5 top tips for planning your week and getting more organised...   1.  ​ Plan your week ahead Whether it’s a week before, the night before, or just first thing on Monday morning – plan your week! Write a list of the tasks you need to accomplish and prioritise the...

  LinkedIn has acted as the perfect virtual playground for professional networking since it launched in 2002. The premise behind the platform encourages businesses and like-minded characters to share their industry insights, case studies, pitch processes and essentially sell their experience a...

  Are you a Creator, a Star, or a Trader?    Do you start new projects whilst happily juggling multiple deadlines, or are you more of a peacemaker but mischievous with your delivery? Talent Dynamics allow employers to gauge what type of person you are, by focusing on an individual’s ...

 As the saying goes, it’s not what you know, but who you know! Need some advice on how to grow your business? Below are some tips which helped Liruss grow.   1. Don’t underestimate the power of speaking to those you already know. It sounds cheesy I know, but truthfully, I star...

  As a new business owner, you may be tempted to go out and perfect everything immediately. You may be tempted to make sure that you have every possible type of Software you could possibly need for your business, along with, next, spending a small fortune on building a website. That’s before ...

Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter….   There are so many social media channels in this day and age, it’s hard to know which one is the best for promoting your business and raising your profile.    Each one attracting a different audience - for us, the winner is Linkedin....

Do you feel like there are not enough hours in the day? Running around from one task to another and then it gets to the end of the day & your list is still as long as when you started and you don’t really feel like you have achieved anything. You might be busy but are you being productive? Here ...

It’s the start of a new year and it’s that time of year where we all make personal New Years resolutions, we make them and whilst the first few weeks start strong, by the middle of February we have forgotten what they even are (or is that just me? As I sit with another glass of wine in my hand). ...

Do you ever wonder what successful small business owners have in common with one another?   We'd like to share 12 common traits that we've seen in the Small Business owners that we work with on a daily basis: 1. Sleep a minimum of 8 hours per night and wake up earlier than e...

Don't both words mean the same thing? ​The answer to that......a BIG FAT NO!!   It feels great when you get things done really quickly right? You tick everything off the list and get things done? That's called being efficient. ​As a Virtual Assistant business, we get asked all the time ho...

  Have you identified your ideal client yet? In the early days of starting your business, it can be really easy to try and target anyone and everyone, in the hope that if you throw enough mud, something will stick. (As the saying goes) This is not a huge issue, whilst you're finding...

  Welcome to our first ever blog post! Can you believe that Liruss Virtual Business Services has been up and running for 18 months now and what a whirlwind it has been? In particular, the last 6 months has been pretty spectacular, so let's get on and summarise what has happened.   Su...