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Small Business Owner Must Have List! As recommended from a Virtual Assistant who sees what her clients need to succeed! As an Amazon Affiliate I may earn a link for any purchases through the link and this site.
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items As a Virtual Assistant these are some of my favorite tools-of-the-trade. If you can't afford a VA, these items can help you take care of messy bits of business like a profession!
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My clients rely on me to solve their problems and these are products that I have used and recommend. As an Amazon Affiliate I may earn a link for any purchases through the link and this site.
Intuitive to use, all of my in person clients ask me to bring my Brother P-Touch label maker to our sessions. Many have bought their own to help them get organized using what we have done in our sessions! A must have for organizing everything from yo...
Brother P-Touch PTM95 Handy Label Maker
Color coding has been the trick to keeping my clients in my virtual assistant business happy. Red is important, yellow is the second priority, blue is do when you have time. Pick a color coding system that resonates with you and make your work easy t...
PT-M95 Label Maker Tape Refill for Brother
Your Brother Model PT-M95 runs on AAA batteries. I like to do my part to be kind to the universe by using the AAA rechargables. The Duracell are my go to brand!
Duracell Rechargeable AAA Batteries, 4 Pack
The Duracell Charger allows you to recharge your AA or AAA batteries. A full days work with the Brother Charger will usually deplete the charge, so having batteries charged and ready for your next meeting are critical to your client's happiness!
Duracell Ion Speed 1000 Charger + 8 Batteries
The Mr. Pen weekly white board and schedule keeper is a must have to keep you on track with your busy home and business. Use the same colors you use with your label maker to stay organized!!
Mr. Pen Magnetic Weekly Dry Erase Board
What I love about this little Epson scanner is its tiny footprint and powerful scanning power. I have clients who need receipts scanned to a PDF and this scanner makes quick work of that task. Works great for me, and I recommend it my clients who wan...
Epson WorkForce ES-50 Portable Scanner
Westcott Scissors are my go to for two reasons--1 they are reliable and make clipping tasks a breeze and 2 they come with a lifetime warranty--that the company honors! Part of my Virtual Assistant work involves selling and shipping items buyers purch...
Westcott Easy Grip Soft Grip Scissors - 3 Set
I love these 10 x 13 Tyvek Envelopes for two reasons--1 they are strong and I can ship shirts or flat material with cardboard to keep it flat easily. 2 is the white background allows me to customize the envelope with stickers or colorful stamps to sh...
10x13 Tyvek Self-Sealing Envelopes, 100 Pack
I go through a lot of Sharpies so I buy them in a four pack. I found this works best for me, because I don't buy too many that could go dry. I use them for all of my shipping and they work great to black out the bar codes and words on the boxes I use...
Sharpie Permanent Markers, Fine Tip, Black, 5ct
When you help clients declutter and need to look at things like fine print in contracts or jewelry to see if it is real gold or silver, you need a lighted magnifier! This 30X lighted magnifier is a huge help to figuring out what you are looking at! A...
30x Hands-Free Magnifier with LED Lights
I don't buy glue sticks in bulk. I like this multipurpose single stick for everything I do in my business. A dab under an envelope that lost its stick, a dab to hold pictures to a client's new vision board, and a tab to fix a book's binding when it c...
Elmer's CraftBond All-Purpose Glue Stick
My clients love that I use color when I organize them. These PANDRI file folders are sturdy for every day filing and come in great colors to meet any organizing style. I always label the folders using my Brother Model PT 95 (also listed in this secti...
PANDRI 120 Pack Colored File Folders, Assorted
Some clients prefer to put their files directly into a hanging folder, so I have found these Pendaflex work to help carry a color scheme through their files.
Pendaflex Hanging File Folders, 50 Pack
Optics are important especially in this sort of post COVID world. When I work in person at a client's I like to wipe down the equipment (with their permission of course) before and after my use. When you are a solopreneur you don't get sick days so t...
ALIBEISS Pre-Moistened Lens Wipes, 100 Pack
These letter envelopes offer security and a no-lick seal. They run through the printer nicely so you can customize the envelope text and colors to match your client's needs--pro tip--if you forget which way envelopes go into your printer--use your Br...
#10 Self Seal Envelopes | 100 Pack | 4-1/8 x 9-1/2