A Virtual Who What Now?

April 18, 2010

That’s pretty much the look I get whenever I first explain to someone that I’ve started my own Virtual Assistant Business.  These past few months I’ve attempted to put into words what I do and why Ovel, LLC can provide a valuable service.  My success rate on that runs about 50/50; I’m pretty confident that […]

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Business Baby Steps

April 12, 2010

I must confess – I’ve really struggled with the design portion of getting my proverbial business act together. Specifically, I’ve had a tough time determining what makes the most sense for my website.   I don’t need anything extravagant, but I do need to look polished and professional.  So, I signed up for a 30-day […]

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Pennies From Heaven

April 5, 2010

Well – it’s official. Gig Girl has gotten PAID!  About 2 week ago, I came across Notchup.com, an online candidate resource that essentially revolves around the premise that all the best candidates already have jobs (Ahem…I beg to differ). I did a little research and found nothing inscammatory so I signed up. There’s a quick […]

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Domestic Overhead

March 31, 2010

On February 24th I received my final paycheck from my former employer.  The following Friday I checked my online account out of habit and discovered that I no longer am contributing to my family’s financial bottom line.  When it comes to our household revenue I only deplete, never generate.  A sharp stomach pang accompanied the […]

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New Gig!

March 28, 2010

I had a very interesting and busy week last week.  I spent several hours trying to draft up some of the marketing material (data sheets, biz cards, etc.) for Ovel, LLC (I’m even trying to create my own website on Intuit and it’s slow going at best, but I’ll get there), joined Hiremymom.com (more on […]

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Ovel, LLC

March 24, 2010

Friday was a big day in the House of Gig(less)!  As I opened the mailbox, I found all the state certified documents for my newly formed business.  I am officially the sole proprietor of the newly registered Ovel, LLC.  Essentially, Ovel is an OVerhead ELimination (get it, Ovel? Scott and I came up with that […]

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Another Brick in the Wall

March 18, 2010

This was initially going to be my post for this past Monday, but my Market Basket misadventures took precedence.  Which, for those of you who rode along with me on THAT train wreck, I’m happy to report that the newspaper did run a piece on my brother’s company and upcoming event today!!  I give the […]

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Blame It On The Rain

March 16, 2010

My morning has gone poorly.  It started off dreary and drenched and went downhill from there.  Seeing the rain outside my window AGAIN, I rolled out of bed, kissed my boys goodbye, threw on some jeans (Yes, I did leave on my pajama top…don’t judge me) and headed off to hang with the senior citizens […]

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The Cost of Doing Business

March 11, 2010

Every Sunday evening I create an Action Item List with my husband, Scott, to attack during my upcoming week.  This week I had but one daunting task.  Work on my home business plan.  Scott actually verbalized the bullet point first and I had to agree with him.  Due to playing part-time techie on Gig Girl, […]

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The Sweatpant Entrepreneur

March 1, 2010

For the past week, I’ve been a self-titled “Sweatpant Entrepreneur”.  For those who may require a further visual, essentially I’ve been spending hours on my laptop post morning workout demonstrating the grown-up version of “playing office”.  I log in, I research, I make a ton of notes I never ever review and I slurp copious […]

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