The Savvy Entrepreneur

Tawnya Sutherland from VAnetworking.com has put together an exciting summertime lineup of 28 educational workshops for Virtual Assistants. The event is called Virtuosos Seminar Series 2009 and kicks off on July 6th.
The cost to attend ALL 28 presentations is $27. There are only 100 seats available. I predict they’ll be sold out within a week [...]

Are you struggling in the current economy? Are you working hard but not getting the results you want? Help is here!
If you want to create more momentum in your business join me on Thursday May 28th as I’m interviewed by Rick Cooper, entrepreneur success coach.
FREE Teleseminar:
Simple Strategies to Let your Personality out and Infuse your [...]

Introducing a new feature to The Savvy Entrepreneur called Weekly VA Marketing Tip (apologies for not being more creative than that).
Each Monday morning, starting in May, you’ll find a game plan to apply in marketing your virtual assistant business that week.
Applying these tips each week will help you:

regain momentum
revamp your VA business
boost your ‘know, [...]

In 2002 when I quit my job to work from home, I started a virtual assistant business.  Three years later, I knew it was time for a change.
I realized that my strengths didn’t lie in doing administrative tasks. What really jazzed me was helping clients come up with ideas to grow their business.
It was only [...]

Today I don’t have a lesson to share, I don’t have a marketing tip for you, nor do I have anything witty, educational or deep to say. However, I invite you to keep reading since this post comes from the heart. It’s one of those posts where I’m nervous about clicking the Publish button!
I read [...]

I know blogging experts say you should never write a ‘I know I haven’t written in a while but…’ post, but I’ll make an exception (this is MY blog, after all!)…
Last Monday (Monday of LAST week, that is) I got this nasty virus on my PC… UGH! It was some trojan horse that caused me [...]

OK, so maybe I don’t have the suckiest logo, but I do need a new one and your votes will help me get a professionally designed logo.
Here’s how:

Go to: http://www.signatureworx.com/intheworx/2008/11/vote-for-suckiest-logo/
Click on any one of the hyperlinked words (the words Cast your votes, vote and voting in the post).
Scroll all the way down and select my [...]

Through this time of economic uncertainty, it’s more important than ever to keep your eye on the ball when it comes to marketing your business. What separates those who succeed from those who fail is often the ability to ride out times like these by seizing and creating new opportunities.
I’m rolling something out this fall [...]

Our first family picture
You’ve been asking for pictures of my growing family and I’ve been meaning to. The excuse I’m using is: I was without my computer for 2 months, then I gave birth.
But now that Jasmine is getting a little older (6 weeks already) and getting into a routine, AND my hubby is (finally!) [...]

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Last Tuesday, July 22, in the wee hours while you were probably sleeping soundly in your bed, I was in my room, pushing out our 3rd kid. I’ll spare you the gory details, but I will tell you this — being in labor for a total of 2h55m is nothing short of intense, violent and primal.
Being [...]

You know me, I don’t like writing solely about myself (my life isn’t all that exciting), but I’ll make an exception today. (A great way to start — one sentence, 5 self-references!)
You may have noticed I’ve been a little quiet lately, which can (mostly) be blamed on the forthcoming delivery of our 3rd child. My due date is [...]