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Seven Tips for Hiring a Professional Article Ghost Writer
by Hartford Rhodes
Writing articles is a great way to market your online business, because it puts you in the position of being able to establish yourself as an expert in your field. The challenge, of course, is that not everyone feels comfortable with the idea of sitting down and writing articles. That’s where article ghostwriters [...]
The Power of Thinking Big
by Bernadette Doyle
Just over a year ago, I participated in a business coaching program where we were asked to set BHAGs - Big Hairy Audacious Goals. Looking back now, I can see that moment was a significant turning point for me. Up until that point, I had been playing it safe. My goals up until [...]
Getting Organized, Why Bother?
by Carrie Greene, CarrieThru, LLC, Coach & Professional Organizer
How many times have you told yourself that you really should get organized? You may have promised yourself that you’ll do it and you’ve even set aside whole weekends to finally get the job done. Somehow, the weekends come and go, and it still isn’t [...]
Understanding Inbound Links — The Good, Bad And The Ugly
by Bill Platt
All links are not created equal. There are worthless, good and great links. So, what is the difference between each one? I can sum it up in one word, “clicks”.
The most worthless links are those that appear on pages that will never be read by a set of human eyes.
Which Internet Fax Service Is Right For You?
by Titus Hoskins
Internet or e-mail fax services are becoming very popular with the computer savvy public. The ability to receive and send faxes whenever and wherever you access you e-mail has proven too irresistible for many fax users to ignore.
It’s an offer they couldn’t refuse. Can you blame them?
No more paper-jams, no more bulky fax [...]
10 Ways to Organize Hair Accessories
by Jan Hayner
Did you ever wonder why they don’t make a really good container for hair ribbons and barrettes?
There is really nothing that you can use to hang a scrunches’ on and make it look nice and be able to get it off without stretching it all out of shape.
Forget Balance-Integrate! Creating Harmony In Life And Work
by Bruce Elkin
“Out of clutter, find Simplicity.
From discord, find Harmony.
In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity.”
– Albert Einstein
Many who come to me for help feel their lives (or some parts of them) are difficult, cluttered, and discordant. Worse, they feel guilty because they can’t “balance” all the parts of their lives.
Don’t feel bad. [...]
The Top 10 Ways to Work Full-time While Managing Your Virtual Assistant Business Part-time
by VANA member Dusty Warren
For those of you working full-time while in the start up phase of your VA business, you can work full-time and manage clients. With a solid plan in place you can mange your clients the same as a full-time virtual assistant.
Organizing: Deciding What to Keep
by Carrie Greene, CarrieThru, LLC, Coach & Professional Organizer
A client of mine sent me a “pearl of wisdom” which defined “junk” as something that you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it. Who makes this stuff up? Probably the Chief Marketing Officer of the Container Store!
How do you [...]
Why We Are ALWAYS Running Out of Time
by Jan Hayner
We all find that ‘time’ seems to run our lives;
Work Schedules
Appointments
Committee meetings, clubs, Organizations
Making Supper
Cleaning etc.
We eventually run out of time to relax, enjoy our families and ’smell the roses’ so to speak. This can be causing physical and mental harm to our bodies as well as mental anguish.
How do we manage to [...]
