With Holiday Season Around The Corner, Do You Have Your Small Business Sitter Lined Up?


Julie Mathews
Virtual Assistant
Aug 17, 2026
Issue No: 11


A Sitter For Your Business?

Absolutely! You have your pet, house and sometimes child sitters lined up. But what about your business, your bread and butter?

As a small business owner or solopreneur, how much time have you spent checking your email and socials on your phone while you are supposed to be spending quality time with your family?

I would almost bet, even though you have automations and AI handling things, your still checking. Human in the loop, right?

This is the perfect low risk scenario to start a relationship with a human virtaul assistant. You can start slow, with low risk tasks, so you and your VA can start to learn how to work together and build trust.

For example. It could only take a few minutes to check your communications and automations to make sure nothing slips through and gets missed, keeping cost low. Monitoring socials and responding on your behalf could take a minimal amount of time as well. You would be notified of anything urgent emails or messages that can not wait, and everything else would be logged, organized and prioritized for your return, just like a sitter for other parts of your life would do.

I would love to discuss how a virtual assistant can bring you peace of mind while you are away.

No sales or pitch, just honest conversation. Free call up to an hour.


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Julie Mathews, Virtual Assistant, http://calmoverchaosvirtualoffice.com​

1504 N. Crockett Ave., Cameron, TX 76520
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