Welcome to the Canadian Small Business of the Month feature.
Janice Byer is
justly proud of the awards she has received. Her business, Docu-Type
Administrative Services, won the Most Successful Start Up 2000 award, presented
by the Pinnacle Awards for Business Women of Distinction, and was also chosen as
the Home Based Business of the Year 2000 by the Brampton area Small Business
Enterprise Centre.
Docu-Type Administrative Services is a Virtual Assistance and Web site Design
company that "helps small business owners get a handle on their overflow
without breaking their budgets". Janice's company provides everything from
word-processing and bookkeeping/payroll services through Web site design and
maintenance services.
A member of the Brampton Board of Trade, Janice also belongs to many online
business-related associations, such as those related to the Virtual Assistance
industry. She volunteers her time and skills as a Web site designer for the
Caledon Community Accessible Playground, a community group working to build a
playground for children with physical disabilities.
And Janice has recently become a certified Master Virtual Assistant, an achievement
she is especially proud of, as the certification program was
developed and awarded by her peers in the Virtual Assistance industry.
It's no wonder that Janice chose the image of a gerbil on a running wheel
when asked to describe herself as an animal; she is, she says, always on the go!
And it's no wonder that Janice says that the biggest challenge facing her
business today is finding enough time to continue marketing as her client base
and workload has increased tremendously. To overcome this challenge, Janice
prioritizes and schedules ruthlessly, writing a list each day of what has to be accomplished
during that specific day or over the next few days.
If you're thinking of starting a small business or in the throes of starting
one, you probably see this as an enviable position to be in. How, you wonder,
did Janice's business become so successful?
Next page > Marketing On A Shoestring
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You can contact
Janice Byer, MVA, at jbyer@docutype.net or
visit her Docu-Type Administrative Services Web site.
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