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Continue reading...7. March 2010
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Working with A Virtual Professional? Avoid These Costly Pitfalls
I work with a lot of virtual professionals (VPs) on a variety of different web projects. Most of my VP clients have their own team of other VAs/VPs that provide a range of services for their clients
Continue reading...7. March 2010
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Help Email Help You: My Top-Ten Tips to Avoid Mailbox Overwhelm
With all the buzz surrounding social media, RSS, video and every other online outlet… one standby that gets taken for granted is good ol’ email. We all use it (and some of us love it), but it also can be a source of enormous frustration that can eat up a lot of the workday. Much of inbox-related angst is easily avoided with a few simple changes in what you use for email and how you process it. In no particular order, here’s my “Top-Ten” tips for helping email help you… 1.
Continue reading...10. January 2010
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Things You Should Know Before Building Your Website: Control Your Domain Name
If you’re thinking of kicking off 2010 with a new website look for your business – congrats! There’s nothing like the New Year to inspire a web makeover. Planning a web project can be a lot of fun and there are great possibilities to increase your visibility with blogsites and social media too. With that in mind, I thought it would be a good time to post a series of articles to highlight what clients need to know before launching a website project. Today’s “Things You Should Know” is about domain name control.
Continue reading...20. January 2009
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Blog of the Week: Collette Schultz Chronicles Her Business Startup
Collette Schultz is owner of Virtual Dream Office Services, a virtual assistance service based in New Lisbon, Wisconsin. Collette recently launched her new blogsite, chronicling her startup while detailing her services and alliances. She also has a CertifiedVP Professional Certification and is a member of the Wisconsin Virtual Assistant Network. Virtual Dream Office Services offers bookkeeping [...]
Continue reading...20. January 2009
Kathy Zengolewicz Awarded VANetworking’s VAccolade
Kathy Zengolewicz, of The Virtual Independent Contractor, is the honoree of VANetworking’s VAccolade Business Entrepreneur Award. Kathy Zengolewicz is Owner of The Virtual Independent Contractor is a Shopping Cart Certified Strategist and a Learning Management Solutions Certified Strategist. She assists other VAs with a variety of support services. Visit The Virtual Independent Contractor website for more [...]
Continue reading...15. January 2009
Registration Opens Today for VA Classroom’s Social Media Marketing Specialist Program
VA Classroom, an acclaimed training site for internet marketing and social media VAs, is opening registration for their much anticipated Social Media Marketing Specialist Training Program. This program is self-directed and focused entirely on using social media networks, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc. to accomplish marketing goals for clients. The demand for these skills is huge [...]
Continue reading...15. January 2009
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AssistU Nominated for Shorty Award in Two Categories (Twitter)
If you’re a Twitterer, you no doubt have heard of The Shorty Awards, given to the best producers of short content in 2008 (140 characters or less), on Twitter. There are only five nominees in each category, and Stacy Brice’s AssistU is nominated in both the Education and Brand categories. Voting is open to all [...]
Continue reading...11. January 2009
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RemoteProfessionals.com Revises Membership Rates
Remote Professionals is significantly reducing their annual membership rates for the duration of the economic downturn. The new annual rates, which went into effect on January 9th, are $75 for new and renewed Full Memberships and $35 for Startup Memberships. There will be a flat fee of $10 for all events for both Full and [...]
Continue reading...10. January 2009
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GoToAssist Express Beta Ending – Discount Offer
GoToAssist Express, the new remote tech support service for small organizations and sole proprietors, is ending its free beta program in February. GoToAssist Express is a secure access product that allows VAs to connect to their clients’ computers to perform tech support or maintenance tasks. Check out the list of features (from GoToAssist Express): One-Click Session Start: [...]
Continue reading...6. January 2009
VANetworking 1/7 E-Seminar: CNN Called: How to Set Up Your Coaching Business So the Media Contacts You
VANetworking’s latest e-seminar is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan 7 – the topic is CNN Called: How to Set Up Your Coaching Business So the Media Contacts You. The guest expert is Suzanne Falter-Barns, a best selling self-help author, former journalist and marketing consultant. Suzanne will be sharing her tips for getting the media to call you [...]
Continue reading...6. January 2009
Time Boxing for Virtual Assistants – A Guide by Nora Rubinoff
Here’s a great productivity tip for any virtual assistant or GTD fan: Time Boxing. Nora Rubinoff of At Your Service Cincinnati, Ltd. recently posted this guide to scheduling your client work and your productivity/Getting Things Done reviews in your calendar. An excerpt: Instead of working at a task until it is completed, you time box the [...]
Continue reading...6. January 2009
(Press Release) New DVVAA Board Members Ready to Rock in 2009
January 6, 2009 – Philadelphia, PA – The Delaware Valley Virtual Assistants Association (www.dvvaa.org) is pleased to announce its new Board of Directors for 2009. DVVAA bids farewell to 2008 Board President, Carla Wilson, owner of Wilson Virtual Assistants and welcomes Mary Motz, Owner of ProVirtual Solutions, as its new President for 2009. Wilson commented, “The [...]
Continue reading...5. January 2009
Retainer vs. Hourly Billing: A Guide for Virtual Assistants and Freelancers
ClientSpot, a hosted project collaboration and time tracking site, today posted a timely article about pricing structures for freelancers and VAs. The article focuses on pros and cons of hourly vs. retainers, and mentions some interesting but less obvious possible outcomes of each approach: Depending on your situation you will most likely use a combination of [...]
Continue reading...5. January 2009
Cindy Opong Awarded VAccolade by VANetworking
Cindy Opong of Creative Assistants is this week’s recipient of VANetworking’s VAccolade Business Entrepreneur Award. Cindy is owner of Creative Assistants and is President-Elect of International Virtual Assistants Association (IVAA). Creative Assistants offers social networking management, marketing support, data analysis, bookkeeping and payroll support, CRM services and more. Congrats Cindy!
Continue reading...4. January 2009
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VACOC Teleseminar: On Track Vision Boarding – Jan 15
The VACOC is hosting their first teleseminar of 2009 on Thursday, January 15th. The featured guest expert is Cari Vollmer, the Passion into Profit mentor and founder of LifeOnTrack.com, who will be presenting her famous vision boarding formula for success. From the description: Determined to make 2009 your [...]
Continue reading...31. December 2008
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Five Inspirational New Year Blog Posts
Now that there’s only a few hours left in 2008, check out these 5 inspirational new year blog posts – they are sure to provide motivation and food for thought for your 2009 fresh start… enjoy! AFFORMATIONS: Better Than Affirmations? Part I [Change Your Thoughts] New Year’s Resolution: Four tips for writing your personal commandments [The Happiness Project] Are you [...]
Continue reading...26. December 2008
VA Newsday in 2009 – Your News Stories Needed!
VA Newsday – it’s all about VAs… stories about virtual assistants, virtual assistance and our web work lifestyle. While we rarely have difficulty in finding stories to post here, we would love to hear from you. All submitted stories will include a direct link to your original story. So what’s a good candidate for a VA [...]
Continue reading...23. December 2008
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(Wired) Diary of a Self-Help Dropout: Flirting With the 4-Hour Workweek
Fun article about one freelancer’s experiments in productivity systems… Diary of a Self-Help Dropout: Flirting With the 4-Hour Workweek.
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