Six months after Tamara Schumer, of Fairfax, Va., opened her home window treatment business in 2016, she took off. “I got lucky,” says Schumer, owner of Budget Blinds of Arlington & Alexandria. “But it was very stressful trying to manage customer service, scheduling, follow-up, orders, sales – all on my own.” Credit: Getty So she […]
Month: January 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci joins W&M Pres. Rowe for Virtual Community Conversation
by staff | January 15, 2021 Due to a scheduling conflict with Dr. Fauci’s schedule, this event has been postponed. Tune in at 3:30 p.m. on February 18 for the postponed event. – ed. William & Mary President Katherine A. Rowe will host a virtual community conversation with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases […]
25 Virtual Assistant Services You Can Offer Your Clients
The basic aim of all the businesses in the world is to generate higher profits by finding different innovative and profitable techniques. The result of these discoveries is outsourcing. Outsourcing jobs can help you focus on growing your business and your personal life. Along with outsourcing, virtual assistant services can also help you improve customer […]
BMW showcases smarter, more autonomous iDrive virtual assistant at CES
January 13, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. BMW cars will be smarter and more autonomous than ever when the next iteration of the iDrive operating system arrives later this year. The automaker previewed what’s to come at the virtual CES conference this week, while highlighting iDrive’s two decades of development since rolling out BMW’s 7 Series […]
Sailors are turning their winter trailer into a virtual community tour for North West fans
Through Seattle Times Staff Reporter With the spread of COVID-19 still raging and in-person events impossible, the Mariners have scrapped their annual Winter Caravan Tour which featured players and staff traveling statewide and making stops in local communities. Instead, the team announced on Tuesday that it would be hosting a virtual community tour. Because it […]
Do you need a virtual assistant? 5 things to consider
If you’re ready to grow your admin team and are considering virtual assistants, here are some things you should know. Most business operations can be done online these days, so it’s no surprise that more and more businesses are relying on virtual assistants. Part of growing your business is reinvesting in leverage and talent, but […]