Posted on August 2nd, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
My hubby gets Scientific American and he photocopied an article for me from their June edition. The full article isn’t available online but some of it is and I thought I’d share it with you.
Self-medication may be the reason the blogosphere has taken off. Scientists (and writers) have long known about the therapeutic benefits […]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
Many VAs on forums are found to be asking about what programs they should be using to develop websites. As beginners they frequently don’t have the funding to pay someone to do it for them, but also they feel that they should be learning about things like that themselves so they can advise clients […]
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Posted on July 14th, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
Periodically I get emails from VAs who have sought the assistance of other VAs only to be let down by them due to a lack of commitment, understanding of time sensitivity or simply just not taking the work seriously. They accept the job and then contact the VA outsourcing the work sometime later to say […]
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Posted on July 4th, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
I had an epiphany recently. Here I am, a VA of many years standing and I own and run a network of VAs. But I still try to do everything myself!
A few nights ago I had dinner with a possible new client. I say ‘possible’ because I actually had tried to pass her on […]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
There are so many networks out there these days that it’s hard to decide which ones to go with, or should you join any at all?
Many people are now entering the Virtual Assistant industry, having read about it in news articles, magazines and blogs, or having seen it via television business shows and news reports. […]
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Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
As your Virtual Assistant business grows and develops a routine you will begin to wonder where else to take it. You will be feeling confident in what you are doing and looking for opportunities to add to it.
I have done this over the years. They might not always look like opportunities at the time, and […]
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