The Virtual Assistance Industry is experiencing explosive growth. We are noticing that large numbers of people on social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are self-identifying themselves as virtual assistants, but are they really?

If you are new to this very exciting industry I would love to hear how you identify your core competencies and strengths. Where do you see yourself in this industry? Are you providing support that is primarily administrative in nature or are you a highly technically competent, highly sought-after, highly paid and frequently referred virtual assistant who works in many, many online systems for yourself and your clients?

Are you a social media marketing maven or just barely scratching the surface? I contend that you can’t do for your clients what you don’t do for yourself!

Have you identified your core competencies, skill levels and the niche that you are excited to create your business in? Do you get excited about working with authors, coaches, online entrepreneurs? Virtual Assistance University exists to help you build and grow your virtual assistance practice. We are here to help and we want to hear from you!

You are also invited to join us at the FREE Virtual Assistance Industry Community where you can socialize and network with other entrepreneurs who are either new to this industry or are very successful in their own practices and who are very willing to share advice and resources.

**You have permission to reprint in your publication or to your website/blog any articles by Denise Griffitts found on this Website as long as Denise Griffitt’s name and contact information is included. Denise Griffitts, Virtual Assistance Industry Expert, http://virtualassistanceuniversity.com, info at virtualassistantindustry.com, 1-888-719-6711.

Cross-test browser compatibility and why it is so important.

When building a website or blog for yourself or for your clients it is imperative that you check the appearance of the site in as many browsers as possible. What may look perfectly fine in IE may look terrible in FireFox.  Inconsistencies in browsers can be difficult and time consuming to correct but you can’t correct them them until you identify them.

We use Browsershots to make screenshots of our web designs in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl. When you submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue and a number of distributed computers will open your website in their browser. Then they will make screenshots and upload them to Browsershots. It takes about 30 – 45 minutes or so which means that you really shouldn’t close that window. Alternatively you can bookmark the page and go back.

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Once the queue has completed you will see a screen containing a small screen shot for each browser you selected.

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Be sure to bookmark this online tool as you will need it on a regular basis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just hover over the browser window that you are most interested in and it will popup. Simply click on that image to open a larger image.

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