I turn frazzled women into kick-ass Virtual Assistants so they can have flexible working lives that fit around their families (and shoe shopping).
🦈 Which shark should you swim with?
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Greetings from a breezy but beautiful Scotland! The March issue of my Espresso AI newsletter goes out on Thursday, and, as usual, I wanted to share a preview of what the existing subscribers will receive. This month’s issue covers: 1. The OpenAI furore You’ve likely seen the headlines about OpenAI's recent political donations and lobbying, and by the looks of my LinkedIn feed, everyone and their Mum is either switching to Claude or at least has an opinion on the subject. In this month's edition, I share my honest take on the whole situation, the "which shark to swim with" dilemma, and why I'm not quite ready to jump ship just yet. If, like many others, you have decided to switch, you'll need step-by-step instructions for the exact process of exporting your data out of Chatters and into Claude (or any other LLM) so you don't lose your memory and chats. 3. Audit your digital toolbox Are you using three tools when one would do? Or maybe you're spending more time fixing AI output than the original task would have taken you manually? I'm fairly sure you're busy enough already, so instead of trying to learn more AI tools, I'm sharing a detailed "Business Operations Manager" prompt designed to audit your existing workflow. It evaluates the true ROI of your tech stack and flags which tools are earning their place and which ones are costing you more time than they save. 4. An OpenClaw horror story You may have seen the story about the superintelligence alignment and safety researcher at Meta who gave OpenClaw full access to her Gmail with a strict "don't do anything without my approval" rule. It deleted her entire inbox - all 4,000 emails. I share the safer alternative I use instead - and why I think connecting your entire Drive to an AI agent is an absolutely terrible idea. And, as usual, the issue contains a list of clever ways real-life Virtual Assistants and business owners are currently using AI. Everything I’ve mentioned is only available to Espresso AI subscribers. If you want to stay up to date with all the many ways you can use AI in your VA business, but you’re busy AF and just want a monthly email packed with carefully curated info, then consider signing up. It's just £4.99 a month. You can cancel at any time AND put it on your business expenses… HURRAH! Find out more and subscribe. |
The VA Handbook
I turn frazzled women into kick-ass Virtual Assistants so they can have flexible working lives that fit around their families (and shoe shopping).
Good morning! Last week, I celebrated the tenth anniversary of my VA Handbookers Facebook group. A whole decade! As I was replying to all the lovely congratulatory comments, I realised how many of the VAs have been in the group since the early days, and how I've watched their careers and lives change over the years. I've seen them grow teams, open agencies, have children, move countries, and even change the direction of their business to become OBMs or social media managers. I've also had the...
Good morning! It seems that spring has finally sprung. The daffodils are out, the days are getting longer, and the weather is getting slightly warmer. However, I'm still being cautious because: I live in Scotland. I've been fooled before. I have another couple of recommendations for you this week. Wispr Flow I'm writing this week's newsletter using Wispr, which is a free voice-to-text app that came recommended by a friend. As someone who doesn't touch type and is trying to mitigate RSI, it's...
Greetings from bonnie Scotland! This week's edition is a little different from usual. I've come across two things recently that changed how I plan my personal and professional lives, and I wanted to share them with you. The first is a phenomenally insightful YouTube video by Daniel Pink. At first, I was like "Urgh, New Year shizz, same old, same old", but I hit play and discovered the content was different from any other planning advice I've come across. It's 26 minutes of absolute gold dust....