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When DIY admin' is 100% perfect.
You have recently set your business up All the transactions that you make are simple and straightforward You might genuinely even enjoy business admin' Revenue is still fairly low but building Although when business admin' creeps and it begins to consume about 10 hours of your time each month there's an obvious cost vs opportunity for business revenue. 10 hours monthly on business admin' at let's say £75/hour Lost opportunity cost £750 monthly www.essentialpa.co.uk
Phillippa Goodwin
4 days ago


My reality of every potential new client call...
The chimp paradox benefits
Phillippa Goodwin
5 days ago


The vital ingredient in a PA/client relationship is...dialogue
keep the dialogue going
Phillippa Goodwin
7 days ago


A New Year, Strong Foundations, and Results That Speak for Themselves
2026 has arrived with momentum. For many of our clients, the year has already started at pace - decisions being made, opportunities unfolding, and some genuinely fantastic results taking shape. At The Essential PA, we’re stepping into this year with the same sense of positivity and productivity, grounded in something we’ve always believed in: strong foundations matter. While new tools, platforms and trends continue to shape the way businesses operate, we’re not afraid to sa
Phillippa Goodwin
Feb 5


How to Make Sales Whilst on Vacation| The Essential PA
How to go on a skiing holiday and continue to make sales.
Phillippa Goodwin
Feb 2


Is Email Guarding a Productive Use of Your Time?
You are an expensive inbox sorter. You didn't open all the envelopes that the post room delivered to your office did you?
Phillippa Goodwin
Feb 19, 2025


How to easily make additional sales revenue whilst doing absolutely nothing.
If you run a small to medium sized business you will quickly find that you really don't have time to take care of every single aspect of...
Phillippa Goodwin
Apr 18, 2023


How to ensure that all of your customers pay you on time.
You're a small to medium sized business. You don't really want to start to employ staff at this stage in your business life. You provide...
Phillippa Goodwin
Mar 6, 2023


How to achieve a blissful & harmonious schedule for every side of your life.
You've got multiple companies You've got multiple Directorships You've got multiple management teams You've got multiple annual corporate...
Phillippa Goodwin
Mar 3, 2023


How to manage over 56 corporate events each year.
You've got multiple clients all over the UK. You want to get them all into a workshop once each quarter/four times a year. You already...

Phillippa Goodwin
Mar 2, 2023


Greet everyone with warmth.
Because you never know where a meeting is going to take you, your business and your colleagues. Five years ago a wannabe VA connected...
Phillippa Goodwin
May 20, 2021


Worn out? Not worn down!
My daily mantra for the last 365 days has really been "don't complain". My children are both young working adults (one in the #nhs) and I...
Phillippa Goodwin
Mar 23, 2021


I admit to being a control freak.
But the "buck" does ultimately stop with me as the MD of EPA. However, we are a multi #VA company and each member of our team has...
Phillippa Goodwin
Feb 18, 2021


Where's the fun?
You are a specialist dental surgeon You place complex dental implants Your clients are private dental clinics Your business and client...
Phillippa Goodwin
Feb 15, 2021


Knowing when to chase the money.
Essential PA has now been established more than 13 years and we're proud of that. We are particularly proud of our approach to credit...
Phillippa Goodwin
Feb 10, 2021


Who is your work/life rock?
Your 'go to' for your work life Your person who knows every inch of your business Your person who is always one step ahead Your person...
Phillippa Goodwin
Feb 9, 2021


Rescue Remedy
Many people in today’s busy world of 'busyness' … anyone running a business of any size ... can sometimes be found working 6 or 7 days a...
Phillippa Goodwin
Dec 17, 2020


Your work in their hands.
We set up Essential PA in January 2008. At the time I felt Essential PA was a late arrival into the virtual assistant sector. Despite...
Phillippa Goodwin
Oct 28, 2020


Look carefully! How to recruit a vBM.
It's very important to us and 100's of other professional virtual business managers that we continually strive to keep our industry...
Phillippa Goodwin
Sep 16, 2020


You're without doubt a specialist.
An authority A doctor A surgeon A consultant A professional A scholar A technician A lecturer A coach An instructor A professor An...
Phillippa Goodwin
Jul 8, 2020
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