I had one of those ‘aha!’ moments the other day when I received this email from Andrea J. Lee’s Best of Multiple Streams f’ree ecourse. The subject line was:
Niche + Problem + Format = Income Stream
Out of a deluge of emails in my inbox this one instantly jumped out at me – as a (much [...]

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With all the bumps in the economy these days, i’m hearing some buzz among online support folks (virtual assistants, online business managers and the like) along the lines of:
“If my client’s business is struggling – doesn’t that mean they’ll have to let me go?”
Au contraire! Your services are needed more than ever because of these [...]

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I got to thinking the other day re: social marketing as a business strategy. I know it’s a powerful tool for building a business, many folks are seeing great returns doing so… but as I shared a few weeks back I find that I get tired of social media.
And it occured to me – perhaps [...]

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Your list is probably your most important asset in an online based business – and as such we tend to spend alot of time and energy in building up our lists.
So what do you do with that list once you have it?
The key thing to remember is that the value of your list is not [...]

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Be it the economy, cash-flow issues or even just ‘taking a look at expenses in the biz’ i’ve had a few support professionals share lately that “my client asked me to cut back my hours as they can’t afford me right now”.
When faced with lowering revenues or rising expenses it can be easy to think [...]

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Or is it just me?
I’m not quite sure what it is… I just find myself getting tired of certain aspects of the ‘wide world of social media/marketing/networking’ (whatever you like to call it).
I’m tired of getting random invites to stuff that I don’t really care about.
I’m tired of reading boring tweets about what someone ate [...]

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I needed a new logo for a project we are launching in the new future – a free online ‘job search’ tool for virtual support professionals and the business owners who want to hire them. (VERY excited about this, as we get alot of requests from people who need to find/hire someone and this will [...]

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I will freely admit it – I am a Costco junkie.
Pretty much everything I own comes from Costco, from the pajamas i’m wearing as I type this to the picture on the wall here in my family room. My daughter’s very first outing was a trip to Costco, and we are proud of that! LOL
What’s [...]

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I happened upon this today’s on Amazon’s homepage (for some reason the story was a graphic image and not a webpage, so this link opens up a graphic).
Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging, a multi-year initiative designed to alleviate “wrap rage,” features recyclable boxes that are easy to open and free of excess materials such as hard plastic [...]

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I get the value of using Facebook for business building purposes, believe me – but there is still a part of me that resists friending ‘anyone and everyone’ in order to have as many friends as possible.
For me it dilutes the purpose of Facebook – to connect and build relationships – to have just under [...]

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