A sure sign of being a geek is when finding a new system just makes you want to sing out loud in glee! I will admit that I am a geek, and have recently ’sung out loud’ about the (relatively) new membership management system Wishlist Member.
We’ve been using Wordpress to manage our membership sites for [...]

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I had someone ask me yesterday if I preferred Go Daddy vs. another domain registrar (whom I shan’t name). My answer was Go Daddy for sure! I have a few key reasons for this that I wanted to share, in case you are considering where to register your domains (or maybe thinking of moving to [...]

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This is a slight pet peeve of mine, so forgive me if I come across a bit ranty.
I get so annoyed when I continue to receive the same ‘I’m out of the office’ or ‘I’m checking email twice a day’ email every time I send a message to certain people. It becomes just one more [...]

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You *need* to grab a copy of Sheri McConnell’s Create your Group program.
Those who know me know that I very rarely recommend things for purchase… for the simple fact that i’m quite picky myself! (who me? picky? just ask my husband, haha). There are LOADS of programs, systems, products, classes and various other offerings out [...]

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Global Network Studios has asked me to present at the ”Virtual-ize Your Business” event for 2008 (and is also giving me 17 ‘tickets’ to give away.  The first 17 to register with me can attend the first two days of this 7-day event for FREE). 
At this event you’ll learn about vast resources that are already available [...]

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I got quite a nice little treat in the mail today - a copy of Sandra De Freitas’ new book Does this Blogsite Make My Wallet Look Fat?
Having had a blog now for over 3 years (did my first post in September 2004, yowza!) i’m a HUGE fan of setting up your website using a blog [...]

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The reason may not be what you think it is…
Over the last 2 years, we’ve talked to over 375 business owners – they let us know there is a severe shortage of VAs with the skills they want and the skills they’re willing to pay for. 
Here’s just a sample of what they have shared [...]

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Received this question from Casey Truffo this morning:
Hi Tina
We had our host tell us that too many aol people had called us spammers and I ended up having to move my email stuff (Autoresponse
Plus) to another server because my current host told me that I had to delete all my aol people. (I have a [...]

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Received this email the other day from Vicky White of LifeDesignStrategies.com and wanted to share:
I do really well participating in programs – get way more done than most people – and there’s a program I’m considering doing for the rest of this year which will support me in that. But what I really need is [...]

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25? 100? 1000? (Yes, I do know someone with over 1000 emails in their inbox, yipes!)
If you have more than 50 emails in your inbox right now that is too many… in fact even less than 50 is ideal.
Working virtually as so many of us do, our inboxes literally become our offices. So when our [...]

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