Archive for September, 2008

MVA & IMVA, Working Together to Support Small Businesses

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

I’m thrilled to announce that I now have a certified Internet Marketing Virtual Assistant on my team! Between my experience performing Internet marketing for our business and our clients, and the skills and knowledge Scott has attained in his recent training through VAClassroom, Organized Assistant can now provide better service [...]

Life Lessons Learned from Dusty

Friday, September 26th, 2008

This week I had the difficult task of saying goodbye to a dear friend. As members of our family since 1995, Dusty (along with her adopted sister, Bitey, who left us less than nine months ago) was with us through many significant life events.

If you’re a cat lover, I don’t need to [...]

Hows You’re Punctuation!

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

OK, maybe that title is a bit of an exaggeration, but I don’t think a day goes by that I don’t see punctuation errors in blogs, emails, websites, or other business documents. And since today is National Punctuation Day, it seems like the perfect time to write about it.
A couple of common [...]

My Information Diet

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

“My name is Janet and I am an infomaniac.”

I LOVE to collect information! I can’t resist when someone offers me a free e-book, report, or teleclass, so unlike people who have piles of flyers, newspaper clippings, magazines, and other printed materials, I have tons of PDFs and MP3s on my computer. [...]

Avoiding Scams

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

I think I have a pretty good eye for spotting email scams and other nasty forms of correspondence. After all, I’ve received a lot of them, and they tend to fit into one of several categories:
Viruses Disguised as E-Greetings
These really annoy me, because they’ve made some people afraid to open any e-greetings, [...]