Author Feast Hangout: Susan Orlins Talks Memoir and Virtual Assistants

Susan Orlins wanted some help self publishing her first book, a memoir called Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Lovers, Mothers and Others. She calls herself an impatient person, and says she wasn’t willing to approach publishers or agents to get her work out. She didn’t want to have to wait a year to see her work in print. She wanted it now.

What Orlins also wanted was a guide who had some experience in the industry and knew more than she did about social media and marketing. After a few trial hires, she ran into a virtual assistant, Tracy, who became all those things Orlins needed, and she’s never gone back.

Shortly after hiring her VA, and “hundreds of emails with Tracy later,” says Orlins, she had a printed copy of her book. When Orlins isn’t self publishing she’s writing for the Huffington Post or taking classes with Philip Lopate (who wrote a glowing review of h... Continue reading our Virtual Assistant Information Blog...

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In 2011 Lisa was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and launched her current business venture: The Brainy Gal - Virtual Assistant. She is devoted to helping business owners establish their companies online and promote their success using Social Media and proven online marketing techniques.

Lisa also advocates the growth of the Virtual Assistant industry by coaching new and aspiring V.A.'s to help them reach their full potential for 'awesomeness'.

Lisa is a self-proclaimed 'Brainy Gal'.