Virtual Moxie

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I've said it before, blogging makes it possible for us to pre-load posts, so that we can continue to appear productive even when away from our businesses--but I don't find that smart because, to me, it sends a message that says we can't really be away. And I know we can. So I'm going. No pre-loaded posts.

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MARCH 13, 2012

Consider creating a wordle --either from your business blog, or maybe your web site. . Sometimes, the best way to think about the future is in the context of the recent past.

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JUNE 7, 2012

Let yourself off the hook – blogging, ezines, building a list.none of it matters to what you’re doing. If it’s a small biz, where you work happily as Virtual Assistant to a handful of clients in long-term relationships, stop engaging in the marketing techniques appropriate only for those trying to build much larger businesses.

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APRIL 17, 2023

I also think most books deserve to be blog posts, but that’s a topic for another day. That’s because, for about as long as I can remember, my take on meetings has been this: most meetings deserve to be memos. It was that way when I was an employee working in an office, and nothing has changed since I walked away from all that 30 years ago.

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MAY 24, 2012

Please know that you can write to me anytime with questions or comments, or you can simply leave me comments here on the blog. Your suggestions for what you'd like to see me write about were wonderful--and I've put all of it in the hopper and will use it to spark some future posts. I promise I'm listening. :).

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Even when it comes to something like your ezine or blog, be GONE for vacations and sick time. Your readers should be able to understand if you miss a day, are a day late, or if you choose to do as I have done the past two years during Q4 replacing my Tuesday posts with posts by guest bloggers.

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JANUARY 24, 2014

As we talked, we realized that if we were having the conversation, there had to be countless other writers—whether writing books, articles, trainings, papers, copy, fiction, blog posts or anything else—who had had the conversation, or who were using strategies to make sure they were living whole lives, so, at least in part, their writing would be more (..)

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AUGUST 8, 2011

Yet another said she was cracker-jack at creating and maintaining blogs, but her own blog hadn't been updated in more than six months. Last example.a Virtual Assistant told the client that she didn't yet have a website, even as she professed to be able to create and maintain Wordpress sites.

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MAY 10, 2010

Comments Sometimes we come across blogs or articles or information only when we're meant to, when it's going to make the most impact on us. WHAT do I blog or write articles about?? I've been struggling with which direction to head with my social media marketing. Do I tweet? (I Do I write articles? How often should I post?

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Virtual Moxie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

I'll be updating the weather here on the blog as we get closer, but you can check it, too. Keep that piece of paper with you so you'll know where you're supposed to be and when. Take a look at what other community members are doing and see if you want to join in or add your own fun activity to the list!

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Virtual Moxie

AUGUST 11, 2009

Main | The Holy Shit Factor » August 11, 2009 Them that cant, teach Another item from the AssistU community… One of our VAs writes a blog about being a mompreneur and is pretty darn open about the challenges of balancing her family and her business. The clients you need are the ones who read your blog and say, "Wow.a

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MARCH 26, 2012

I was going to pull my blogs ( Love Lavishly , and Wake Up Your Day ) from Tumblr, and now have no reason to do that, either. But I’ll be back on the 6th of April (when the new TOS goes into effect for all users.Can't. Now, if only all platforms which have no intention of anything nefarious would do the same, we could all relax.

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Virtual Moxie

JULY 23, 2012

I read the blog post she wrote about that experience, and was utterly disarmed by this: I can’t get this odd feeling out of my chest. , I hadn’t heard the amazing story of Jessica Ghawi, who died in Aurora, but who had narrowly missed being victim in another shooting spree at the Eaton Center in Toronto in June.

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Virtual Moxie

AUGUST 20, 2012

And to that end, you probably don’t want to post that kind of stuff to your site (on the About page), write about it on your business blog, or share it in your Twitter of Facebook updates unless you have them locked down so that only close friends can see them. Anything having to do with your political or religious views.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

As I sat and thought today about what I wanted to write about (I'm very much in the moment with this blog--I write what's fresh on my plate or in my mind and heart), I decided to share something deeply personal, because it may just be one of the biggest moxie-filled accomplishments I'll ever have.

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APRIL 15, 2013

The reserves also give me the space to decide to write a blog post at 10pm at night—if I want to. Whether that''s with a client on the phone, or in writing a blog post, I''m 100% in it. They have access to me pretty much whenever I''m awake. I love being "in the soup" with them whenever they need that level of support.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I think everyone reading this blog knows those things. » August 03, 2010 On courageous becoming As a review, big changes in my life include losing 100+ lbs in the past year, and using my full name everywhere. Neither of them has anything to do with Virtual Assistance.

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Virtual Moxie

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Have you been aware that everything I write here is love in the form of blog posts? I’ve been told that anyone paying attention would get it—but I don’t know that everyone pays attention. Just curious. :). In wrapping my work in love, I realized that what I do—all if it—can be summed up this way: I love people in a business context.

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JULY 22, 2013

Your answer will be something like, “I’m sitting in my home office, enjoying a cup of coffee, reading a blog post while my dog sleeps at my feet.”. An easy way to do that is to just ask yourself, then answer, this simple question: “Where am I?” No suffering there; all is well.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

We’re on a roll here this month, with people wanting to pick my brain (maybe I should change the name of the blog?). Cheryl wrote to ask this: Anastacia, I procrastinate. Always have. And it needs to stop because I get myself into very hot water because of it. Things don’t get done. on time, or well, or at all. People get upset with me.

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Virtual Moxie

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Surprise--Anastacia here, guest posting on my own blog. And during my sabbatical. Well, even crazier than all that is that today is also my 20th wedding anniversary. I should be focused on the man, dontchaknow, and I am, really, because as you probably already guessed, I pre-wrote this, and queued it.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

I have 13 pin boards, with names like All You Need is Love (which has images and quotations of the same sorts of things I post to my LoveLavishly blog), Trees, Giraffes, and Places That Call To Me. And Pinterest is full of user-created “pin” boards of things that people find that they want to keep and remember or want to share with others.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Finding the original source is always preferable to a secondary source such as Google Image Search or a blog entry. If you notice that a pin is not sourced correctly, leave a comment so the original pinner can update the source. And honestly? For the usual user, that says it’s ok to pin whatever is found as long as the source is credited.

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Virtual Moxie

AUGUST 24, 2010

Because they wrote "Blogging with Moxie" and they believe you don't have to be stuffy to be professional. : Comments Here are three suggestions to get you started. I'm sure I can come up with more if needed. :) - Katherine Scoleri and Joelle Reeder, also known as The Moxie Girls.

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Virtual Moxie

JUNE 9, 2009

BTW, I love your blog and read it regularly. Being up front about what the client pays for goes back to honesty and integrity. Your clients need to see value in you and in what you do, so of course they should want to pay you appropriately. I can't wait to read about FoVA next time. Keep the Moxie coming!

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AUGUST 31, 2009

" When Scott tweeted this, I connected some dots that weren’t there, and I’m now happily blogging about them. “Cookie cutter answers, like cookie cutter people who can't think critically for themselves/have no power, & satisfy no one." He, clearly, is talking about customer support—probably from people in call centers.

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JULY 12, 2009

If you're interested, you can follow my journey on my personal blog , and on Facebook. And I’m happily giving myself, and all of you, permission to do what you need to do, and to not give a fig what people think about it.

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Virtual Moxie

DECEMBER 13, 2010

catching up on my blog reading) I still have trouble accepting compliments. It took me years before I managed to just say "Thank You" and to really enjoy each compliment as it is meant without trying to play it down. Posted by: Beatrice Ten-Thye | December 14, 2010 at 07:57 PM Alvin, Perfectly said!

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I take time away from work easily and often (including being able to not work the last quarter of the year), and it’s allowed me to actually focus on the relationships I choose to focus on (including those created through Twitter, FB, LI, my blogs, networking, etc) , while continuing to live life off the gerbil wheel.” So it all fits.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Thanks for sharing this blog posting Stacy and for letting me share my little story in the comments! I was very flattered by his email because even though I wasn’t the right VA for him on the tech front, I am glad he saw the other gifts and talents that I possess.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Theres more about that over at my new blog www.getclosegetreal.com. There are many answers to that question, but what pops to the surface as primary are these three, all of which take moxie, for sure: Marina and I being deeply bonded at a core level. We have access to the life-force guidance system much more directly.

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MAY 31, 2011

You’re in social media, blogging in at least two places, guesting on talk shows, coaching, leading classes and retreats, speaking at telesummits, reworking your entire virtual training program, writing a BOOK, and I want to know how you do it.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

It’s a compilation of efficiency tips from the oh-so popular Lifehacker blog.  And then I bought a fabulous book that I simply can’t recommend highly enough, called Upgrade Your Life.   Tip # 1 made the purchase price of the book all worth it for me. The upshot of it, for me, was this: Don’t file your email. Just archive it.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

She writes the yoga blog: www.yoginibikini.blogspot.com , and is Anastacia's oldest friend. Her memoir, How to Kiss Like A Movie Star, is coming soon to a bookstore near you. She won an Emmy for writing One Life to Live and a WGA Award for her work on the late As the World Turns.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

Posted by Anastacia | Permalink | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference When you can’t go back, and you don’t know how to go forward, make a hard turn : Comments I have read many, many articles, blogs, posts, letters from those I don't know and those that I know deeply.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Maybe this topic should be a new blog? ;) Here’s the thing: I’m writing my first book. Wait--I can. 53 (thank you for every one of them!!!). I’m not sure I’ve ever gotten so many about one topic. And they’ve led me back here again this week. For years I’ve wanted to do it. For years I’ve dreamed about doing it.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

I'm happy I ran across your blog this morning. :) Posted by: Vickie Perry Barker | August 13, 2010 at 09:47 AM I have to tell you how much I love knowing you, Anastacia. :) One of the kernels you shared in this week's post was: "And focus on *yourself*, not the thing you want, or the lack of it.

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