November Blog Carnival of Virtual Assistants

Welcome to the November 4, 2007 edition of carnival of virtual assistants. I want to challenge all VAs reading this to submit your posts early to get them into the next Carnival of Virtual Assistants so we can make it the biggest ever!

Darrell Williams presents 7 Steps to Business Emergency Preparedness posted at Right-Hand-Man Virtual Assistant Services - BLOG, saying, "Being prepared for an emergency will ensure your business and your client's information will be protected."

Ruth Martin presents Go Green! Use a Virtual Assistant posted at Leaf Notes . . . thoughts from MaplewoodVA, saying, "I'm submitting an unusual topic -- Successful VA-Client Recipe."

Edith Yeung presents Use Wordtracker to Identify What Customer Wants posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act.

Randy Nichols presents The Job Burnout Cure posted at Career Advice by Randy, saying, "The daily grind of working for someone else and being on a limited income takes it’s toll, What in the world is the cure?"

Jason Whitmen presents Best Press Release Writing - 3 Beginner Tips to Press Release Writing posted at Public Relations Insider, saying, "Press releases are news announcements, whether through online publications or through traditional media. You can use it as a promotions and advertising tool. To be effective however, you should write it in news format..."

Robert Michel presents Business Networking is Like an Orange Tree posted at Social Networking Skills, saying, "Print advertising, phone solicitation, and direct mail if done correctly lead to immediate results. Personal networking takes longer, and therefore requires a greater level of patience and maturity. However, the quality of business received from networking is by far superior because nothing beats a personal referral."

Joy Miller presents Ivy League universities now offer online degrees and certificates posted at Online College Blog, saying, "Ivy League dreams? Make them a reality. Although you may not be able to physically commute to an Ivy League campus, that shouldn’t keep you from “attending” classes at an Ivy League university."

Peter Quinn presents 10 Tips For Effective Negotiations in Life and Business posted at Easy Negotiation Techniques, saying, "These 10 points are things you need to have in mind to have a win-win."

Thomas Humes presents Are You Habitually Losing Money? posted at Wealth Building World, saying, "Psychologists tell us that up to 90% of our behavior is habitual. If you have a habit of letting your receivables get overdue, which is one of the most common unsuccessful habits, you will always get a predictable result. Negative habits breed negative consequences."

Info for VA Clients

Kathleen Gage presents Are You Losing Money by Doing Your Own Work? posted at Street Smarts Marketing, saying, "According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the average small business owner spends up to 40% of his or her time on routine administrative tasks. Constantly working on non revenue-producing tasks that could be more productively and cost-effectively performed by a highly skilled, knowledgeable assistant is losing your business significant income."

Tips

Michael@TSM presents Fall TSM Travel Writing Contest: Win $125! posted at Traveling Stories Magazine.

Holly Ord presents Maximizing Your Website's Traffic posted at Woman Tribune.

Sanjay Kumar presents Getting paid faster posted at SimplifyThis, saying, "Strategies for getting paid faster."

Stefan Töpfer presents THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » Work-Life Balance 2.0 and Small Business posted at The Small Business Blog.

JUST ONE MORE:

I just wanted to share one last post from Right-Hand-Man Virtual Assistant Services - BLOG. Learn about The Resource That Has Best Helped My VA Business! It is a great resource from Tawnya Sutherland, the founder of the Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA).

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of virtual assistants using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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