As we move further into doing more online, the opportunities available to set yourself up from home with a remote business has never been more timely. A lot of women I come across in the online world consider starting a virtual assistant business, and then when they have been working for a while they consider niching. One popular area that I see people specialise in is resume writing.

Is this the year you embrace something new and set up your coaching business? While there’s plenty to consider when setting up a coaching business, the importance of getting in place your processes and legal formalities should not be underestimated. By getting the foundations sorted from the start, your business will be seen as credible. Plus, you’ll ensure you are personally protected should things go wrong.

I have been seeing a lot of different expressions in virtual assistant (VA) land of late. Most noticeably the terms Online Business Manager (OBM) and Social Media Manager (SMM).

Apart from a bunch of acronyms that are hard to remember, what does this mean?  Should you call yourself a VA or something else and what does it translate into in terms of the legal steps you need to take to set up and run your business.