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NZ Virtual Assistant Award Winners!

We wanted to start by thanking The VA Foundry and Virtual Assistant Network New Zealand for their work to make this event happen, which brought together VAs from all over the country. We’re a tight-knit community and it was great to catch up with everyone face-to-face after COVID kept us apart last year! A huge thanks also goes out to our incredible team, who truly make Strictly Savvy what it is today. We wouldn’t be where we are without them, and the awards that we took ...

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NZ VA Awards Winners!

On Saturday 25th September the NZ VA Awards were held. These awards recognise hard-working and dedicated virtual assistants across 10 different categories.  If you have been following us on LinkedIn or Facebook, you may have seen that 2 of the Savvy team, Leanne and Teesha, were finalists for awards - and we are now so proud to announce they have both WON their categories! Leanne is the winner of the 'Top Performing VA Team Member' award, and we aren't surprised!Going above and be...

NZ Virtual Assistant Awards Finalists!

We're very excited to announce that 2 of our team members at Strictly Savvy have been selected as finalists for awards at the NZ Virtual Assistant Awards 2021.These awards are split across 10 different categories, and recognise and give kudos to virtual assistants across the country putting in the hard work for their clients, their communities, their teams and for their agencies....

Should You Do A Facebook Live In Landscape or Portrait

In this episode of 'Get Savvy with Teesha and Jo', we want to talk about whether you should film your Facebook live in landscape or in portrait mode.There's not actually a right answer to this question, you can do either for different purposes. So let's break down the purposes for each videos.So for portrait videos, these are mostly targeted at your viewers that are watching your live on their mobile phones. It is best used for instant reach to your viewers and if you also don't need the video t...

The Ride of Our Lives - For Good

By Lance Jensen On April 21st 2019, Jo and I rode into the 'The New Life Project' home in Kanchanaburi and met the kids we fundraised for...  and the best way I can sum up the whole experience is 'Life Changing'! Jo and I were part of a group of 65 riders that had spent the last 5 days biking 500km across Thailand in 42-46 degree heat -- it had been seriously challenging -- and it was all instantly forgotten the moment we saw the children's faces ♡♡♡ My little guy (Ice) barely said a...

The Benefits Of Outsourcing To A Virtual Assistant

When you hire a virtual assistant (VA), you’re not only saving on employee-related costs, but you’re also maintaining high productivity rates for your business, and ensuring continuity of service on the tasks that you’re delegating. Let’s look at some of the main benefits in more detail:...

[VIDEO] We won! Best Professional Services Business

We won! Best Professional Services Business at the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce & Industry - 2017 Wellington Region Business Excellence Awards.We won because of my exceptional and hard working team - this is absolutely because of them. My team is why I love coming to work each day. It is because of them that we're the leading virtual assistant company in New Zealand and going from strength to strength. The talent that we have on the team is remarkable. 2017 has been an incredible year for us!...

Business Excellence Awards 2015

We were lucky enough to be nominated as finalists in 3 categories in the recent Wellington Region Business Excellence Awards – 'Small Business & Professional Services'; 'Best Emerging Business'; and on an individual level, Jo was a finalist in the 'Young Businessperson of the Year' category....