Welcome to Personal-Assistant-Tips.com! Your Personal Assistant resources centre for tips, advice, PA duties and planning checklists.

This site provides information on issues that affect Personal Assistants, Executive Assistants, Virtual Assistants, Administrators, Office Managers, and anyone considering a career in this field. The advice is aimed at junior PAs and mature secretaries alike.

Planning and Minuting Meetings

Personal Assistants are constantly planning meetings. The "Meetings" section provides advice on compiling an agenda, writing minutes, boosting your staff meetings, etc. The article on effective meetings gives some pointers on how to make meetings more time and cost effective.

How to Organise Your Boss

Organising your boss is one of the most popular topics on this site, and that makes perfect sense. It's natural for Executive Personal Assistants to look for fresh ideas that they can implement in the business. Less experienced PA's who are looking for ways to organise the boss, will find managing your boss very useful.

PA eCoaching & Mentoring Services

There are many reasons why a PA would opt for PA mentoring. If you are new to the PA profession, or have been recently promoted to work for Directors, you will benefit from the guiding hand of a PA mentor. There's no such thing as too much information; every PA develops there own systems and approach to tasks, but two heads are better than one, so I'm happy to look over your shoulder and give you the benefit of my experience. Call me on +44 (0)7771 648521 to discuss.

PA Tools & Links

The PA tools and links page contains a comprehensiveive list of links to help you plan local and international travel and locate other resources. It includes links to information on worldwide visas, inoculations, worldwide embassies, world holidays, and much more. Why not bookmark the PA tools & links page for ease of reference, and recommend it to colleagues and friends using the social bookmarking buttons at the bottom of the PA Tools & Links page.

Bring Your Know-How Up To Speed with "How To" Advice

The "How To" section provides concise instructions on a number of topics, covering issues like how to write, organise, plan, market, and perform research. Topics include how to write minutes, newsletters, press releases, business apologies and sales copy.

Advice for Virtual Assistants

The "Virtual Assistants" section covers issues that affect VA's, such as setting up a home office, gaining VA certification, and time management. If you are thinking of becoming a VA you will find the Business Startup Checklist useful. The article on free internet marketing is a goldmine of information that will help you to drive internet traffic to your website.

Checklists - For All Your Planning Needs

I love planning checklists - they're great aids for organising all manner of things, such as meetings, corporate travel, and corporate events. You will find a number of downloadable checklists in the Checklists section.

Today's Office Technology

Check out the "Office Technology" section for a summary of must-have technology for the corporate environment, such as the SoundStation IP 7000 which is a breakthrough in conference phone technology. It delivers outstanding performance and VoIP options - perfect kit for the board room.

Building a Website

If you don't already have a website, see the section on building a website. Particularly my review of "Site Build It"; the comprehensive website-building, brainstorming, traffic-building solution to all your e-commerce needs.

Corporate Gifts

If you're looking for the perfect gift for an executive or a colleague, visit our corporate gifts section. Gifts include luxury hampers, flowers, chocolate, vintage wine, executive gift ideas, and lots more.

Free e-Commerce Courses

The internet is here to stay, so it's essential that Personal Assistants and Executive Assistants become internet savvy to stay at the top of their game. The boss will appreciate your knowledge of e-commerce and internet marketing, and it will assist you in your internet research efforts. You will find the free downloadable Service Sellers Course useful for general knowledge, or if you are planning to start your own virtual assistant business, or a business providing services.

The free downloadable Netwriting Course is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to improve their sales copy and netwriting skills. It may even give you one or two ideas for starting your own business.

RSS our Personal Assistant Blog

Our Executive Personal Assistant Blog is packed with snippets of useful advice, tips and ideas to help you improve your skills and attributes, to be an effective Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant and Virtual Assistant. Click on the orange RSS feed button (under the navigation bar) to subscribe to the blog. Also, sign up to receive our newsletter by entering your email address in the box provided at the bottom of each page.

I hope you will find this site a useful resource.

Marguerita King, BSc FAPA DipPA
Business Owner,
Personal-Assistant-Tips.com

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Personal Assistant Tips and Advice This Personal Assistant blog provides advice for PA's, Executive Assistants and secretaries. This blog provides tips on minuting, and planning checklists for corporate events, meetings, travel.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT DUTIES AND ATTRIBUTES The Personal Assistant needs to have many skills and attributes to deal with the varied duties of the PA role.

VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS NEED LOOK NO FURTHER FOR HOLISTIC ADVICE Know-how for Virtual Assistants. Tips, checklists and advice on issues affecting VA's to keep you at the top of your game.

Organise Your Boss - 18 Practical Tips 18 tips to organise your boss - when you organise your boss you will automatically organise yourself. Visit Personal-Assistant-Tips.com for the best tips and advice.

PA TOOLS, USEFUL LINKS & RESOURCES PA tools, links and useful resources for busy Personal Assistants. Everything you need for planning international travel, such as links to embassies, inoculations, visas, world holidays, WiFi locator

PLANNING CHECKLIST FOR CORPORATE EVENTS, MEETINGS, CORPORATE EXECUTIVE TRAVEL A great Planning Checklist - corporate international travel checklist, corporate event planning template checklist, meeting planning checklist, business startup checklist, product research checklist

WRITING MINUTES OF MEETINGS - TIPS AND ADVICE Writing minutes need not be a chore if you are properly prepared. Understand the basic requirements of writing minutes.

PLANNING CORPORATE MEETINGS Planning corporate meetings and managing them requires skills for minuting meetings, writing minutes of meetings and compiling an agenda.

ORGANISING A CORPORATE EVENT? USE THIS PLANNING CHECKLIST Do you organise corporate events? Need advice on booking speakers and booking bands.

CORPORATE TRAVEL ADVICE Travel planning advice and travel planning checklist for Personal Assistants who plan international travel with an eye on the travel budget.

SERVICED APARTMENTS ARE A GREAT OPTION FOR EXTENDED STAYS Consider booking serviced apartments as an alternative to booking hotels for an extended corporate stay.

BUSINESS APOLOGY LETTER - GOOD DRAFT TO RETAIN CUSTOMER Writing a good business apology letter is essential for damage limitation and customer satisfaction. Knowing how to write a good draft or sample business apology letter will help retain the customers.

"HOW TO" ADVICE & TIPS FOR PERSONAL ASSISTANTS How to advice for Personal Assistants on how to write minutes, how to organise travel, how to plan events, how to write a press release, how to write a business apology, etc.

WRITING YOUR RESUME & JOB SEARCH ENGINES Looking for advice for writing your resume for an Executive Personal Assistant job? Looking for advice on In-Tray exercises for PAs? Looking for tips on how to get the best from job search engines?

CAREER OPTIONS FOR PERSONAL ASSISTANTS Natural career options for Personal Assistants includes a career change to a Virtual Assistant, an Event Planner or a Life Coach.

Personal Assistant Mentor / Coach Personal Assistant mentoring and coaching is an invaluable resource for PAs who are new to the profession, or secretaries that would like to move up the career ladder into a senior PA role.

Accredited Executive Personal Assistant Training Courses It is essential that Executive Personal Assistants keep up with the latest technology and best practices in the professional. See the following list of accredited PA courses.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT PROFESSIONAL BODIES Personal Assistant professional bodies represent the PA profession and provide the right kind of advice to help Executive PAs be the best they can be.

Corporate Gifts Corporate gift ideas to provide a selection for Personal Assistants and Exec Personal Assistants.

PA Shopping Mall Shopping Mall of preferred suppliers for corporate Personal Assistants and Administrators.

INTERNET MARKETING OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIES FOR FREE WEB MARKETING Need free internet marketing optimization strategies? Here are 12 ideas for free web marketing, to increase website traffic using viral marketing.

WEB CRAWLERS EXPLAINED Web crawlers are an important factor in search engine ranking.

SITE BUILD IT REVIEW Site Build It rocks! I wandered down a few blind alleys looking for a website building package, but this one is it!

PRESS RELEASE GUIDANCE Does your press release educate and inform? Follow these tips to make your press release newsworthy and attract journalists and

Office Technology and Equipment Office technology is constantly evolving, so it's important for Executive Personal Assistants and Office Managers to keep abreast of the latest office technology.

OFFICE SUPPLIES Finding the right office supplies and equipment company can be a challenge, with so many companies vying for your

Free Software With CNET Review See CNET reviews of a host of free software and download software for free.

HOME OFFICE DESIGN TIPS FOR HOME BASED BUSINESSES A good home office design is vital for your work at home office. Home office furniture should be safe enough for your home based business.

LIFESTYLE Lifestyle issues for today's busy women.

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