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The Singing VA

Admin and marketing support for eco-focused businesses and sole-traders. Bug lover. Sometimes I sing.

12/10/2026

How do you know what to fix if you don't know what's wrong?

An SEO audit can help you identify reasons your website isn't seeing good traffic and sales. From missing information and bad SEO practices to overuse of keywords and issues that slow down your website, a comprehensive SEO audit can help you make improvements.

Get in touch to find out more about my SEO auditing services, including optional training and implementation of improvements.

https://singingseo.co.uk/seo-services-packages/

02/10/2026

Just discovered Google Meet has a "makeup" feature. Presumably to help me look more professional.

A word of warning: don't forget to turn it off before you actually go into the meeting...

17/09/2026

I'm looking to grow my team of associates and am specifically looking for people able to help in the following areas:

- Confident updating and editing website content, especially Wordpress. A good working knowledge of Joomla is also highly desirable, or enough skill on other platforms to be confident learning it.

- Basic financial support: reconciliation, uploading invoices to various platforms, sending and chasing invoices. With relevant registrations as required.

A bit about me:
The Singing VA is a successful VA business that has been running for over 7 years. I work with 2 associates currently who have been with me for the majority of that time, and between us we cover around 25 clients. I work mostly with small businesses and solopreneurs, primarily in Cumbria/the Lake District and across a wide range of industries including hospitality, engineering, weddings and B2B services. I have a strong sustainability ethos and donate 5% of profits to an environmental charity each year.

A bit about the work:
At the moment, the website work is generally ad hoc but regular, with a reasonable amount of flexibility in terms of time. It's mostly content updates, with some occasional basic CSS or similar. The financial work is more structured, with regular tasks, though still some level of flexibility.

You must be:
- ICO registered
- Fully insured
- Able to hit the ground running
- Comfortable with task management on ClickUp (or similar)
- Happy to track your time on Toggl
- Able to manage your time well and work towards deadlines
- An open communicator, happy to speak up if you have any questions or are struggling with anything. We're a supportive bunch

To apply or find out more:
- Please send me a brief email of your experience and how you would suit either of the above roles. Please also include your usual VA rate, when you would be able to start, and your current capacity.
- If you have any questions, please just let me know.
- My current associates will be happy to chat with you and act as a reference if you would like - please just ask.
- Please apply via email only.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

02/09/2026

Ever been asked the same question again and again? And again?

Your customers need to know this stuff, but how much of your time (and patience) is used up repeating answers? Maybe it's time to create an FAQ.

Not only does a good FAQ free up your time and boost your SEO, you'll make things easier for your customers too. If the information is right there waiting for them, they don't need to spend their own time (which is just as valuable as yours) searching in vain and then having to get in touch to find an answer.

Read the full blog at https://www.thesingingva.com/blog/ways-answer-customer-faqs/

25/08/2026

What kind of jobs can a Virtual Assistant help you with?

Also known as a VA, a Virtual Assistant is an individual who supports businesses remotely. VAs can take on a whole range of tasks, from basic admin to website management and marketing support, depending on their area of expertise or niche.

A VA might be right for your business if:

⭐ You don't have the resources or enough work to hire staff

⭐ You need additional support on a single project

⭐ The support you need is variable: you might need 30 hours one month and only 5 the following month

⭐ You're nervous about hiring staff that may not suit your business or be as good as you hoped

⭐ Business is rapidly growing and you don't have time right now to go through a hiring process

Interested in working with a VA? Drop me a message or get more info from https://www.thesingingva.com/blog/whats-a-virtual-assistant

17/08/2026

Today I didn't want to sit at my desk, so I took myself and my laptop out into the rain and sat here instead.

A few months ago I bought a free-standing parasol from Facebook Marketplace and I think it's my favourite purchase of the year. I can sit outside when it's sunny without getting burned, and I can sit outside in the rain without getting soaked.

What's the most useful second-hand purchase you've ever made?

14/08/2026

As the country burns and many still continue to deny there's a problem (or that we can do anything about it), it can be easy to want to throw in the towel and stop even trying.

It's when thoughts like this take over that gatherings like yesterday's People, Planet, Pint are so valuable. It's heartening to be part of even a small group of like-minded people for a couple of hours talking about why they care and what they're doing about it.

It may feel like you as an individual can't do anything, and that it's someone else's problem (the Government, big business, another country). But it's not true. If we pull together to make small changes that barely inconvenience us, you might be surprised at what we can do together.

Here's an example:

- An email sent on a laptop uses approximately 0.03g of CO2e (in simple terms, that's the measure of how polluting it is)
- The UK has a working population of 34.48 million people.
- If everyone of those working people sent just one less email, that saves over 1,000kg of CO2e.
- That's more than a flight from London to New York!

Imagine if every working person in the UK sent just one less email every day!!

If we can all do small things like these, and take it a little further - one less meaty topping on a pizza, an hour less watching TV, skipping the next holiday abroad - think of what a genuinely impactful difference we could make together.

Thanks to Cockermouth CAN for organising this event and Jennings Brewery for hosting. I'm really looking forward to the next one.

05/08/2026

Over my week off I launched a brand new site: Eco Cumbria.

I've been working on this for over a year, on and off, and I decided that it was finally time to just get it out there.

It's not perfect. I'm still adding information to it. And I was super nervous to make it live. I was especially terrified about telling everyone about it.

But, I'm proud of it, and I want people to know it's there. So I'm giving myself a kick and telling you about it.

Eco Cumbria is the new guide to living, working and travelling more sustainably in Cumbria. It promotes eco-friendly accommodation, businesses that sell more sustainable products and services, all the places you can visit via public transport, and the many groups and organisations doing amazing things to support sustainability across the county.

So far there are over 500 listings and growing. I didn't expect to find so much but I've been absolutely delighted to learn about them all.

The goal is for this to be a community site where people can participate, share information, and fact-check what I've put there.

I'd love you to take a look, share it, and let me know what you think.

https://ecocumbria.co.uk/

24/07/2026

It's almost time for my annual staycation.

A few years ago, my partner and I decided to take a week off - not to go anywhere in particular, but just to enjoy some time together, have some days out locally, and knock out a few bigger jobs at home without the time pressure of work.

We enjoyed it so much that we now do it every summer and it's still one of my favourite times of the year.

Next week we'll:

🐦‍⬛ Spend time at some local nature reserves and do some birdwatching (yes, we've reached that time of life)
💛 See friends and family
🚵 Enjoy our individual hobbies (cycling for me, woodworking for him)
🧺 Have a picnic
🔨 Fix a few things around the house and garden
🛏️ Have a few lie-ins and lazy evenings on the sofa

We won't have the stress of airports. There are no swarming crowds to navigate. And it's barely going to cost us anything.

So you won't hear from me over the next week or so. I'll be enjoying the quiet life ready to be back and full speed ahead in August. See you then.

14/07/2026

Dreading another month full of too many things to do?

Maybe you need a VA.

A Virtual Assistant can help your business in all sorts of ways. Here are just some of them!

1. Website updates
Does your website content need updated? Or are you struggling to get a blog written? Or does it just take aaaages for you to make any kind of update to your site? Let a tech-savvy VA do it!

2. Inbox management
Tidy up your inbox, keep it neat going forward, and filter out your "must-reads" from your "it can wait".

3. Customer support
Keep on top of your customer emails when a VA does it for you.

4. Project management
If you've got too much in your head and can't keep track of your projects, a VA can support you by setting up helpful systems, setting a schedule and reminding you of what needs done, and even doing some of the tasks for you.

5. Manage your newsletter
Writing, formatting, sending, updating your mailing list. A Virtual Assistant with plenty of marketing experience (that's me!) can take the stress and time out of sending regular newsletters.

Stop wasting your own time and stressing about all you have to do. A few ££ a month can save you loads.

Get in touch if you'd like to start talking about how the team at The Singing VA can help you.

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Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4pm
Tuesday	8am - 4pm
Wednesday	8am - 4pm
Thursday	8am - 4pm
Friday	8am - 4pm

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https://www.thesingingva.com/

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