A Medical PA

If you work in the medical industry, whether it’s a practise based business, a private consultancy or a medical supplies business, then a virtual PA could help assist you in running a more efficient medical service. Having a medical PA mean that you could have a secretary or personal assistant to offer cost effective services that will also save time.

Physiotherapists, chiropractors, dentists and private consultants are all areas that could benefit from freeing up time that would be better spent on more practical things. A virtual PA will make sure they are familiar with a business, its clients and suppliers so that a business can completely focus on its customers.

Expensive Phone Calls...Solved!

If you have any issues with your bank, internet provider or any other large company, chances are you may have to ring a 0870 number. These professional telephone answering services are meant to offer quick, useful advice for what you need but some people end up paying quite a bit to get this help.

A lot of people don’t have landline phones these days and to call a 0870 number from a mobile can be expensive. The time that can be spent waiting for someone to answer, getting passed between departments and being put on hold are all reasons that can extend your call. The difference in cost between ringing from a landline and mobile is vastly different and unfair on people who only use a mobile phone. Even 0800 calls aren’t free on mobiles so users are really getting a bum deal.

If you do have to ring a 0870 number from a mobile though there are some useful techniques that you could try: 

• There are apps available that allow your 0870 call to be rerouted through a geographical number so that it is actually included in your monthly free minutes allowance. Try 08 Wizard or 0800 Wizard.
• The website saynoto0870.com will suggest a cheaper alternative.
• Simply ask for them to call you back.

Different Terms for a Virtual PA

A virtual PA is someone a business can employ to provide the business solutions you need without the costs involved with hiring an employee. This means you can have someone doing the admin and answering the phone so the actual running of the business is left to you. This is a great option for smaller businesses as it allows them to present a professional frontline without that much additional cost. A virtual PA could be referred to by different terms such as:

• Crowdsourcing
• Virtual assistance
• Virtual volunteering
• Virtual office
• Administrative services
• Virtual secretary

London 2012: The 100m Sprint

This weekend London 2012 saw the fastest man alive take to the track as Usain Bolt competed in the 100m final. It is believed that 2 billion people from all around the world watched the Jamaican take Gold, although Americans had to wait a little longer to see it as NBC decided not to show the event live but wait until prime time which has proved unpopular with US Olympic fans.

Bolt took home the gold in 9.63 seconds which was an Olympic record time, ahead of fellow Jamaican Blake who achieved a personal best of 9.75 with US star Gatlin coming in at 9.79, which was again a personal best for him. Bolt’s run was the second fastest time in the 100m sprint of all time and millions of Brits tuned in to see it happen at London 2012.

He said that his start out of the blocks wasn’t his best and his reaction time wasn’t the best but his coach had told him not to worry about it as it’s the end where Bolt shines. This certainly proved true as he finished first, with all bar one of the other competitors also coming in at under 10secs. Since before the event he had also commented that he was only 95%, people were discussing the possibility that Blake could have taken gold but Usain made sure there was no chance of that.

Have a look at the final standings for the 100m sprint at London 2012 below. These guys certainly don’t need more time with this kind of speed!

High Paid Jobs: Superstar DJ

Everyone has to pay the bills. How you go about that though varies from person to person and there are many different jobs out there that will bring in the money in different amounts. From working for a phone answering service, to being a manger of a web agency or a dentist, each job brings in different amounts of money. Who would have guessed how much money though that being able to mix someone else’s music together could make you?

The Dark Side of Twitter

From telephone calls, to texting to Twitter, there are many different ways to communicate with people and the digital age and dawn of the social web has made it easier than ever to communicate with anybody, including famous stars.

Whether this is a good thing is up for debate though as no matter how many fans a celebrity has, there will always be a small minority that seem to be vocal in their dislike for someone. There have been two instances of the dark side of Twitter this week. The first relates to teen Team GB diver Tom Daley who cruelly received a tweet saying that his deceased father would be disappointed he didn’t win gold. The youngster responsible for the tweet was given a warning from the police and rightly so. There is no need to purposely set out to cause pain to another and use Twitter as a way to hide.

The other is still Olympics related but a little more mysterious as presenter Helen Skelton reported she is leaving Twitter as she is not thick skinned enough, but there is no concrete reason for why. Her profile is now closed and no longer available after she left a goodbye tweet.

Today’s Olympic Schedule: 2nd August

So far the Olympics have been great with rowing and cycling gold for Team GB. With sports available to watch all day on the BBC Olympics site, workers everywhere are letting them phones ring as they watch Team GB compete during the working day. Businesses better start getting tough or employing a telephone answering service to deal with calls. Here’s a look at tonight’s sports though for when the working day is over.