Archive for March, 2009

To Subcontract or Not to Subcontract?

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Once in a while I’m asked to do something I’ve never done before. This probably happens to a lot of people, but I think it’s especially common with virtual assistants. Since, as an industry, we offer such a wide range of services, there are always going to be new software programs and [...]

Dreams and Goals

Friday, March 27th, 2009

In a recent discussion with Alex Fayle at Someday Syndrome, we agreed that a dream is a somewhat vague idea of something you’d like to accomplish, whereas a goal is a specific commitment you make to help turn your dream into a reality. For Alex, the two are further distinguished by [...]

The Great Debate: Should you post your rates on your website?

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

One of my great colleagues from VAnetworking.com, Candy Beauchamp, has recently launched an informative website for virtual assistants, aspiring VAs and people who want to hire a VA. Visitors are encouraged to submit a question, which will be answered in a two-minute video clip.
This week I had the opportunity to answer [...]

Do you know what Jessica Knows?

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

One of the things I like about Twitter is that I’m constantly exposed to new people I might not have encountered elsewhere. One of those people is Jessica Smith, who has a very interesting website called Jessica Knows.
Jessica has taken her 8 years of corporate experience in marketing and business development [...]

How TweetDeck saved me from Infomania

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

In the final post in last month’s series, Twitter Basics: Odds and Ends, I explained how I use TweetDeck as an organizing tool by sorting the people I follow into groups so I can easily keep track of those that interest me the most, and clear tweets I’ve already read or don’t [...]