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JULY 14, 2010

Will people forget that his ego seemed to shine brighter than his gifts to the industry? You may say that as a professional sports celebrity – he should have only considered himself. If that is the case, I wonder – what will be the long term affect with the fans?

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JULY 13, 2010

In Alan Alda’s book “Never Have Your Dog Stuffed… and other things I’ve learned,&# he talks about saying yes no matter what just to keep active in your industry. His example is saying yes to keep food on the table.

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JUNE 12, 2010

Here’s what I said: I believe if we use social media as a way to connect – then yes, it can build wonderful relationships; with industry leaders as well as our customers/prospects. The comments are interesting – some that agree and some that don’t.

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APRIL 30, 2010

We have a make or break opportunity available to us when we use social media to actively listen to what is being said about us and our industry and to query those consumers for what is important to them. I have put together a Customer-Focus Social Media Strategy workbook that I offer FREE to help get you started.

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JULY 20, 2010

Consider this quote: “Companies spend 6 to 10 times more to acquire new customers than they do to retain existing customers.

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MARCH 15, 2010

We provided a great service at a good price-the best in out industry. ’s new book Peaks and Valleys. ’s new book Peaks and Valleys. In one example in the book the wise one man on the peak tells the story of a once great company: “When I was younger, I worked for a very large and famous company.

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JULY 14, 2010

I belong to several; local groups with a variety of business types and industry specific groups for speakers, writers, customer service and HR professionals. I love the lively discussions that happen on LinkedIn in the various groups. I have answered questions and joined/started discussions but I felt like something was missing.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

If you’ve decided that blogs are so 2008, think again. I just watched a great 8-part video series on Build a Better Blog , presented by Denise Wakeman of “The Blog Squad&# fame. The series is called 5 Tactics for Small Business Blog Success. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

How often are we ungrateful of: Our customers when they have demands Our employees when they do something wrong Our boss when they ask too much Our industry when it doesn’t respond like we’d hoped The little things in life The economy is tough and we can find ourselves wallowing in the land of the ungrateful. Ungrateful.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

The article details the survey particulars (about 500 people per country surveyed), the worst hit industries, what ticked customers off and what set businesses apart. Further investigation from CustServ’s blog led me to the article from Genesys that shares the details of the customer service survey of 16 countries.

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JULY 1, 2010

Best selling author – noted speaker – he is a gem in the industry of marketing and social media. His THREE WORDS are a classic strategy to focus your year and I’m a big fan! This all happened because Sheila GAVE me a high compliment with a recommendation.

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DECEMBER 15, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Put a smile on that face Monday, December 15, 2008 at 9:42 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Family Life Feeling too busy? Not busy enough? Maybe all you need is a little gingerbread house. Comments: 0 Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change?

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NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Round up #3, Prescott Style Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 7:48 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant Election Day 2008! This one feels like Christmas. I voted early by mail this year. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008 at 9:03 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging Successful and Outstanding Blogger, that is! Liz Strauss , the original SOB is hosting her blog’s 3rd birthday party tomorrow, October 28, 2008. Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs I am such an SOB! See you there?

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MAY 7, 2010

Back then, the marketing industry was abuzz about how citizen marketers were changing the landscape, whereas the second two editions have revolved primarily around the growing field of social media and how its methodologies have affected marketing as a whole. Within seven days they had commitments from 103.

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APRIL 2, 2009

I can’t say I know him, but my son was his teammate for the 2008 Wildcats season and I am pulling for Ryan, as he’s the first teammate we’ve ever watched to go on and make it to the show in his rookie year. Read more about it: [link] [link] Good luck, Ryan! Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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DECEMBER 13, 2008

Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 9:55 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant There’s a clipboard on my desk (pictured beneath my furry assistant at right) that is more valuable than any tech tool in my office. Though it is all calendared, this where I prioritize an actual day’s activities.

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MAY 11, 2010

When the purchase cycle in your industry is long (people only bought glasses every 3 years) it is hard to establish that relationship unless you give the customer a reason to keep coming back. People loved that. Anyway – on my soap box – thanks so much for the visit and the comment!

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DECEMBER 4, 2008

Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 11:41 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant I could blame it on the economy. ktcosmos Comment // December 6th, 2008 // 4:06 pm Melodee, We are a house divided: I like the Cubbies, my husband is a Dbacks fan. Melodee Patterson Comment // December 6th, 2008 // 5:01 pm choke Cubbies!?!

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DECEMBER 16, 2008

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 2:02 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant With each successful update of WordPress, the more comfortable you become when receiving weird fatal error messages, which cause your blog to crash completely until you decode and address them. Comments: 2 2 Comments Posts about Wordpress 2.7

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 9:25 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Business Strategies/Perspectives , Web/Tech Social Media sites have been heralded as the latest and best way to network and establish your brand. Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Are Social Media sites today’s biggest time suck?

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MARCH 25, 2024

A 2021 Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that 66% of people released from prison in 24 different states in 2008 were re-arrested within three years. Many of these arrests led to reincarceration: parole and probation violations and new sentences led 61% of prisoners released in 2008 to return to prison within a decade.

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DECEMBER 13, 2008

Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 10:37 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Family Life , Life of the Virtual Assistant I won’t tell you how long it’s been since I became a Google Adsense Publisher. Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs All I need is $4.59 But I WILL tell you I have only $4.59

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Reasons why work slowdowns can be good Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 11:12 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant My DH had his first-ever no work day in 35 years as a Land Surveyor. Not that he has never taken a day off. Loosely Speaking�A

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The flavor is decidedly VAC (“Virtual Assistant Connection&# ) with some extra spice: you can listen in on Tara and Katie discussing industry news and chatting with compelling guests. Task Crate was founded in 2008 by his wife and partner Jennifer Talbot. Subscribe to AZVAs podcast by emailing ktcosmos@LooseEnds.net.

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JANUARY 13, 2009

Social networking became the trendiest way to stay connected in 2008. As a result, clients in many industries are seeking VAs with proven expertise to manage their social media presence. As a hot new niche market, it’s natural that training programs have sprung up for VAs who want to offer this service. Here’s Your F.A.Q.

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 10:39 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Prescott Arizona I used to love (and be good at) gardening. Pingback // December 13th, 2008 // 10:46 am [.] Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Give a care? Give a share! A Virtual Assistant’s Blog » All I need is $4.59

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OCTOBER 25, 2008

Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 10:47 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Knitting Every girl needs a pair of bell-bottomed yoga pants. Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Off the needles! Baby hat and bell bottoms. Here is a little outfit for Avery Elizabeth Pogue, newborn daughter of Eric and Sierra.

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MARCH 7, 2023

With nearly 30 years of industry experience, Ryan’s work focuses on how places can be better designed and managed to support positive and productive experiences. The physical objects that once run our desk, a calendar, pictures have become apps. I don’t want to pay for their move. Our work is becoming digitized.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

are industrial 18.2% Whether or not you believe climate change is happening, and regardless of your stance on this subject as policitically polarizing (or not), here are some data, courtesy of the World Resources Institute’s Sustainability House graph : 13.5% of greenhouse gas emissions are transportation related Another 13.5%

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

Study the various systems utilized by some of your industry’s leaders so that you can create your own profitable approach now while you have time. In 2008, the topic was poverty. Participating bloggers dedicate a post to their personal examination of that year’s issue. Still, without determination you will not make it.

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AUGUST 19, 2011

Cell phones now seem to function less as actual phones and more as computers, calendars, and entertainment. This article from 2008 states that Nielsen Mobile of the Nielsen Company reported the average mobile user sends 357 text messages to 204 voice calls (incoming or outgoing).

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 10, 2006

SME / SMB Have Become Obsolete Acronyms by Zoli Erdos on May 10, 2006 Software Industry analysts seem to have a fun time coming up with three-letter combinations. throw out any random letters and chances are it means a new product, technology, industry trend, market segment. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 6, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs When a client’s site cries out for help Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:39 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Web/Tech Like many small developers, I built a number of websites between 1998 and 2002 using the then standard approach of hand-coded HTML and, later, a web editing program.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Posting to a blog is not as rigid as publishing an ezine so it can be difficult to create an editorial calendar or some other system. Events that are taking place within your industry. An opinion that you have about something that is happening within your industry. c) 2008 Tracey Lawton.

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

Speaking of this, here are some related posts from the Loosely Speaking archives: Reasons Why Slowdowns can be Good Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty Break Open a New Market How do I get out of This Funk? Comments: 0 Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change? Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 December, 2008 Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right? We have been the industry filing experts since 1985, and have found that the key to successful filing is to find the products /solutions that fit your needs. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy?

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