Wishing a wonderful 2012 to all my clients, colleagues and blog readers! I’m looking forward to a great 2012. 2011 was truly a successful year for Halo Secretarial Services, with several new clients and an increased dedication to taking on only lawyer clients, to allow me to truly practice my specialty of legal virtual assistance. I initiated working with my first subcontractor (a fabulous VLA based locally in Alberta), started using a...

One of my goals working towards 2012 (as decided after working through some thoughts shared in my recent newsletter!) is to update my website and blog. I try to make the necessary fundamental changes on a regular basis (such as elimination or addition of services, changes to rates, etc) but now I’m due for an overhaul of the visual aspect of the sites. This means there may be a few glitchy moments here and there or times when the site is...

Hope everyone has had a wonderful fall and is ready for the upcoming winter/holiday season. Fall was a bit difficult here at Halo Secretarial, it involved a flu, then pneumonia, then a never-ending cough. I kept up with my work mostly (and was very appreciative of a couple of patient clients!) but it was a bit more challenging than fall usually is. I just sent out my most recent newsletter today and wanted to share the text here for anyone who...