Just a few days ago I completed the first draft of my new book for Online Business Managers (coming out this fall.)
I had set myself a deadline of getting the draft done by the end of June, and was typing my final chapter up to 10:30pm the night of June 30th. Nothing like waiting til […]

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Received this question from a business owner just the other day:
As a business owner, how do I find a good business manager?  I am a veteran of finding all sorts of VAs, coders, copywriters and contractors, but the one hump I haven’t gotten over is how to find that person who can actually drive projects […]

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Received this update from a fellow coach/business owner the other day… we had recently done a few coaching sessions on creating products for their business.
You asked about products. Well, to be honest, we aren’t working on any, mainly because we felt like we were forcing ourselves into a box that we didn’t want to pursue. […]

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Saw this press release today, and just had to raise my glass to Laura. I’ve always thought that online work would be an excellent fit for teens/college students… may have to send some work her way.
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Daughter of Founder of Virtual Assistant Industry Follows in Mother’s Footsteps, Spreading Telework in “Millennials” GenerationWoodstock, CT (PRWEB) December 5, […]

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Some of you may already be familiar with the One Laptop Per Child Initiative at XOGiving.com.
The brainchild of MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte, the mission of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is to provide a means for learning, self-expression, and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little or no access […]

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I was saddened this week to learn that Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, passed away just a couple of days ago at the age of 64.
I hadn’t thought of her in quite some time, other than buying some goodies at The Body Shop just last week. But when I heard of her death, […]

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Really great article by Eban Pagan of GetAltitude.com… i’m going to make this required reading for anyone looking to build their team. Enjoy!
You can successfully delegate almost EVERYTHING in your business.
Really.
And I can teach you exactly how to do it… in a way that will truly free up your time and energy to focus on […]

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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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An excerpt from Andrea J. Lee’s 39 Lessons
(This is one of my all time favorite articles from Andrea… a ‘common’ topic but she takes a really simple and effective approach to customer service. Make sure you share this with your team!)
In the world of online business, it’s still remarkably easy to distinguish yourself with a […]

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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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