Archive for June, 2009

There is always an element of chance and you must be willing to live with that element. If you insist on certainty, you will paralyze yourself. — Jean Paul Getty

Really quick post. Today is a holiday in Quebec, and we’re getting ready to go out biking. I didn’t have time to type out this post, so I recorded it for you to listen. Click here to listen to today’s post. [a little under 11 minutes -- I know!] It’s not edited, not scripted, and [...]

So You Want To Be An Entrepreneur: How to decide if starting a business is really for you by Jon Gillespie-Brown I’ve had this on my shelf for a while, mostly because I didn’t think it would apply to you or I. It is primarily written for people who are in a job, thinking about [...]

Welcome to this edition of Weekly VA Marketing Tip! This series is specifically designed to help virtual assistants avoid marketing insanity. Every Monday, my posts will prompt you to accomplish one specific marketing action to promote, brand or position your professional virtual business. Implement these tips each week and I guarantee you’ll sustain your marketing [...]

Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. — Helen Keller

If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a huge collection of MP3s, audio books and podcasts loaded on your MP3 player just waiting to be heard. The challenge I’m having is finding the time listening to everything on my iPod — including programs and audio books I’ve paid good money for! I usually bring my [...]

Click here for the audio version of this post. Welcome to this edition of Weekly VA Marketing Tip! This series is specifically designed to help virtual assistants avoid marketing insanity. Every Monday, my posts will prompt you to accomplish one specific marketing action to promote, brand or position your professional virtual business. Implement these tips [...]

You will never find the time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. — Charles Burton

A huge thanks to Nicole Munoz for writing this article especially for The Savvy Entrepreneur. Enjoy! Best Practices When Outsourcing from One Virtual Assistant to Another Author: Nicole Munoz It’s the best feeling in the world to get a job done to perfection for your client. Your reputation gets better, the positive feedback is there [...]

Click here for the audio version of this post. Welcome to this edition of Weekly VA Marketing Tip! This series is specifically designed to help virtual assistants avoid marketing insanity. Every Monday, my posts will prompt you to accomplish one specific marketing action to promote, brand or position your professional virtual business. Implement these tips [...]

Adversity reveals genius. Prosperity obscures it. — Horace, Roman poet

The Marketing Makeover series is designed to help virtual office professionals avoid common marketing faux pas that interfere with their success, put their professionalism in question and hinder their credibility. If you don’t use Twitter as a marketing tool to build, grow and sustain your professional virtual online business, you can totally ignore this post! [...]

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