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Today is a new day. Whether it be the beginning of a New Year is really irrelevant because you can put into motion the 3 Cs on any day. All it takes is putting these 3 things into action. No, I don’t profess to be a master teacher, by any means, on how you can achieve success this year. From looking at our own small virtual assistant business, I’ve found that for us, there are 3 Cs you can incorporate into your action plan to achieve success this year. Communication Communication is key... Read Full Story

I’ve been thinking the last few days about what attribute I would like my business to be known for. What do people think of our small business? Are we a trustworthy business? What does it mean, and take, to be trustworthy? Trustworthy has a lot of synonyms that mean similar things; but first, let’s look at the definition of trustworthy. According to the Encarta Dictionary: English (North America) that is included in Word 2007, “trustworthy means reliable, deserving trust or able to be... Read Full Story

Steven Paul Jobs, the computer tycoon of the computer industry is no longer with us, but his memory will last forever in the hearts and minds of Mac users, iPhone users, iPad users, and much more. Steve Jobs was both a computer inventor and entrepreneur. Born in 1955 in San Francisco, California, his driving purpose was to develop products that were both functional and elegant; and he did just that which earned him the respect and honor of computer users everywhere. It was just recently... Read Full Story

Once in a while, a really great piece of technology arrives on the scene that is economical, versatile and useful. Such is the case with the Samsung Galaxy Precedent™, powered by Android™ 2.2 Froyo OS. Features The Galaxy Precedent has a 3.2″ touch screen with 320 X 480 pixels of resolution and is GPS enabled. Some other features that are worth mentioning are the 3G Wi-Fi connectivity capability, 2 MP camera/video recorder and Bluetooth. In addition, the smartphone is powered by an 800MHz... Read Full Story

Why is it that when we see a word a phrase that we really like that we grab it and use them forever? Do you ever stop to think about the words you are using in a proposal? Are they overused and full of consultant-speak speech? Well, let’s check out some words or phrases to consider stripping out of your proposals. Overused Superlatives What the heck are superlatives? I don’t use them. Are you sure? Do you really know what a superlative is? Let’s check out Dictionary.com for some help. 1... Read Full Story

Nowadays, keeping your clients with you is critical to the well-being of Small to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs). It’s not always easy to work with those clients that ask for the moon but give you impossible demands that eat up your time and money. So what can you do with those cantankerous clients, especially if they get ticked off at you? Let’s take a look: Give careful thought on whether to keep them or set them free. Sometimes, we know right from the get-go that we’re going to have... Read Full Story

A Small to Medium-sized Business (SMB) is usually very busy during the day, and they need a good phone they can use to communicate with clients. But is there such a phone? I mean, after all, Straight Talk is a pre-paid cell plan – not an actual phone. Is there hope that such a phone exists? Meet the Samsung Prepaid Phone with Keyboard, R451C The Straight Talk Samsung Prepaid Cell Phone has a wide variety of features that you can use to communicate with clients — all without having to sign... Read Full Story

Do you realize that first quarter is gone? Did you achieve your goals for article writing? If not, it’s time to get smart with article distribution. How do we do that, though? Let’s take a look. First of all, it’s a good idea to implement an overall action plan for your writing. Write down your goals for 2nd quarter, if you haven’t already done so. You don’t want to lose any more time than you already have. Then get busy writing. Once a virtual assistant has the articles written, what is... Read Full Story

Every day you hear about people having trouble finding jobs. But, there is hope on the horizon. Individuals are finding work in a direction that might not be expected – that is in the freelancing arena. Places like Elance are seeing a drastic increase in outsourcing as recently disclosed in the Quarter 1 results for the Elance Online Employment Report . Just take a look at some of the amazing results that Elance has pulled together. • Jobs posted by businesses seeking talent jumped... Read Full Story

An article writer has many tricks of the trade that they use to entice their readers into reading their good quality content. But do you know where they get their research from? While we wish it were so, we’re not all able to have the gift of gab and be able to write an article or blog post on a whisper of a prayer and have it sound right. Most writers need to do some degree of research before sitting down and putting good quality content to a word processor or text editor. So here are 4... Read Full Story