On the 12th February 2011 Tamara took part in the Cambridgeshire Business Mums Conference and ran a workshop called “Low Cost High Impact Marketing”. Many delegates attended this break-out session, you can see the presentation slides below.

The workshop looked at the following topics:

If you attended the session please post your comments and feedback below.

After the first 3 years in business (and what a great time we had along the way!), we are so proud to announce that TJConsulting Virtual Assistance have made it through to the final round in the Virtual Business of the Year Awards 2010.

It is a great achievement for us to be nominated and we would be grateful if you could support us. Voting is very simple and literally takes 2 seconds of your valuable time by following this link and clicking the VOTE button:

http://www.vbawards.com/2010/11/tjconsulting-virtual-assistance/

There are no forms to fill in, no registration and no personal details to disclose. It really is simple!

Who should be the Virtual Business of 2010? PPH are looking for “rewarding, young, fledgling companies that make progressive use of the web and technology in the way they operate, innovate and compete, looking for companies that can demonstrate how they have used the web in innovate ways to remain lean, efficient and competitive.” And we absolutely stand by every single word in that statement.

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Since the very beginning we have been involved with Talking News Islington charity. It has been set up by a group of volunteers who wanted to provide a valuable service to the blind and partially-sighted in London Boroughs of Islington and Camden. There are Talking News in many parts of the UK, produced similarly by volunteers. The News are recorded and posted to anyone registered to receive it on a CD or tape, the users listen to the news and send back to the charity. The service is free and relies on donations and funding. continue

One fifth of people now believe job prospects in Great Britain will be ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ over the next twelve months. The latest Consumer Confidence Index, released by market research company Nielsen and the British Retail Consortium, shows an increase to 75 – a ten point gain on the all-time low of 65 in April.

While it is still weak compared with the figures two years ago, it reflects slightly more people feeling positive about job prospects and their own finances.Justin Sargent, managing director at Nielsen, said that when confidence picked up between April and June there was a tangible change in the UK’s mood.

While concerns about the economy and job security are easing, concerns over debt and work/life balance are increasing. Debt is currently the biggest worry for 15% of people, up from 10% a year ago. And, as the pressure over job prospects remains very real and people in employment work harder, there has been a big increase in the number of people feeling that their work/life balance is their biggest concern (from 4% in October 2008 to 9% in October 2009).

There is evidence to suggest that lifestyles and habits have changed for many people, with 70% claiming that they have changed their spending in order to save on household cost.