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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs After the dance is over Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 4:13 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Business Strategies/Perspectives , Virtual Assistant Resources Whew and Wow. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Get Loosely Speaking Products. Loose Ends.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Prepare now for when business picks up again Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 12:54 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Business Strategies/Perspectives Here’s a list of things to do now, if you are in a work slowdown, so that when things pick up again you’ll be ready!

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Climate change and the 6 Americas Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 7:55 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging , Business Strategies/Perspectives , Life of the Virtual Assistant What do these things have in common? failure to use a condom 2. volcanic eruptions 3.

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JANUARY 13, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Can Virtual Assistants provide social networking support? For instance, can I represent you, by posting links to your newest blog posts and responding to all your Twitter DM’s, forwarding to you just the ones I think you’ll want to review?

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JANUARY 2, 2009

Perhaps you lack the tools or know-how for working on your vehicle or plumbing, but anyone can learn to darn a sock. Comment: 1 One Comment Karalyn Comment // January 3rd, 2009 // 6:09 pm Loved this article — I learned to darn socks as a child — and made my first dress when I was 8 years old. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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MARCH 11, 2010

We’ve all heard the hype that every business must have a blog. And many online copywriters are thrilled to land a new blogging gig – so thrilled they rarely pause to wonder if writing for their client’s blog is really the best investment of that person’s marketing budget. Blogs build brand and trust.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

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APRIL 6, 2010

If you want your blog to get a whole lot more readers, you should think about taking a class in how to write better articles and be noticed on the web. For a long time now, I’ve been reading blogs about marketing. Who wants to learn about OIL RIGS? Learning how to learn was my goal. TravelinOma´s last blog.

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MAY 11, 2010

You probably didn’t know about this treasure, because I forgot to blog about it. If you’re interested in learning what kind of person we’re looking for (and possibly becoming that new teammate who’ll rock our socks off), check out the job postings right here. We’ll also be experimenting with the blog.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

Sometimes we’re right, sometimes we’re wrong, but the point is that it doesn’t do to blog about the unique ideas that makes you different and special. Here are four reasons to love that the competition reads your blog. So every blog in the hemisphere has the same exact idea in place four weeks later – so what?

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MARCH 4, 2010

You have social media friends, people you’ve met on blogs, your chat buddies or people you see regularly on forums. Here’s how you get them: Visit blogs and start commenting regularly. Kelly March 5, 2010 at 7:36 am James, This one is a lesson you never stop learning. Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog.

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APRIL 20, 2010

This is what a lot of blogs out there sound like. If you’ve been thinking about starting a blog but you’re afraid it won’t succeed because you’re not smart or funny or interesting enough, then repeat after me: “I do not have to be perfect. My favorite blogs are the ones that can laugh at themselves. It is totally useless.

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MARCH 28, 2010

Many business principles apply to any type of business, virtual or not, and what you learn from the expert who works for the store down the street can be just as valuable to your online storefront. which most “Learn how to work at home programs&# fail to provide&# You will definitely fail. John Soares´s last blog.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

When you’ve been blogging for nearly four years and written quite a bit more than 1,000 posts, you tend to forget a great deal – like the fact that you actually wrote this stuff, and that hey, some of it is pretty darned good. And you thought your first blog posts were bad. The experience was… well, surprising, honestly.

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JULY 18, 2010

While training for competition, I learned many valuable lessons (beyond the kind that made sure you didn’t canter off to your death). Rebecca´s last blog. We can only learn from our mistakes, and move ahead. Heather Villa´s last blog. Giulietta Giulietta Nardone´s last blog. But I digress.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Check out their blog for more posts on marketing and development. He spends a lot of his time either editing or writing posts on the CartridgeSave blog about print advertising, design and the arts. Jim Kimmons´s last blog. John Soares´s last blog. Chris Mower´s last blog. Marc´s last blog.

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JUNE 23, 2010

When I started blogging and writing articles, it felt damn hard. Once you’ve written a few short stories, those daily blog posts that once were hard to write are going to get a lot easier. How often do you remember a blog post or a magazine article you read? But the physics classes did. I struggled along.

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APRIL 1, 2010

Not only that, having a blog is a must as well. A blog gives you a platform to demonstrate your expertise. Blogging also gives you a way to attract people to your site on a regular basis. If you have a blog, some people will come back multiple times a week. Your blog is essentially a marketing tool for your business.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Go read my blog for a few hours and get psyched up. King Sidharth´s last blog. I still have trouble shifting back and forth, where, during the day, I need to be an authority, and at night, I can just be some dude on a blog saying stuff. Kev Jaques´s last blog. Heather Villa´s last blog.

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JULY 14, 2010

And you can become visible by getting involved in your professional community, attending trade association meetings, entering industry contests and award shows, writing articles, giving speeches, publishing an informative blog , generating news about your business, and staying in touch with former clients. Heather Villa´s last blog.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

You try to learn the secret , because there’s obviously something you haven’t figured out yet. I just recently started reading your blog. Brett´s last blog. Mark Dykeman´s last blog. Jodi Kaplan´s last blog. Giulietta Nardone´s last blog. So you sign up for courses.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

People – quite a lot of them – had begun to read my blog and decided that I could help them build their blogs in the same way. I was having a hard time explaining that my blog lives or dies based on who I am, not on the information I provide. Most blogs find a niche and zero in on their audience.

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APRIL 13, 2010

Chris Mower´s last blog. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Business Logos´s last blog. Lucy Thorpe´s last blog. Reply Melinda | SuperWAHM ( @Superwahm1 ) April 14, 2010 at 7:55 am @ Lucy, even when they put your details up and link to you they’re still breaching copyright and stealing your work.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Henry Bingaman´s last blog. Michael Martine´s last blog. Is Your Business Blogging Attracting the Wrong Crowd? Stacey Cornelius´s last blog. Adam King´s last blog. Wendy Wendy Sullivan´s last blog. Michael Martine´s last blog. Good post, James. ‘Nuff said.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Later they learned that in Africa illiteracy is high, so companies put pictures on the product labels to show what’s inside. Recover from mistakes and learn from them. What separates good writers from great writers is that great writers learn from mistakes and become greater. Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog.

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APRIL 25, 2010

He really wants you to visit his blog today. Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 25, 2010 at 12:14 pm I enjoy reading Dean’s blog. The ironic thing is that I was reading this article procrastinating a phone call I know I need to make… *sigh* Chris Mower´s last blog. susan´s last blog. I needed this.

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JULY 4, 2010

You find a voice that seems to work for a while, but then you can’t maintain consistency – a blog post you wrote last week sounds completely different from one you wrote yesterday. By doing these writing exercises, you’ll discover your true voice and then learn how to develop flexibility. Kerrie´s last blog.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

I guess they’re still learning or I need to keep looking for super high-quality. Can’t afford you guys yet, but soon I will Henri @ Wake Up Cloud´s last blog. Meier´s last blog. condo finder´s last blog. Heather Villa´s last blog. Steve Errey´s last blog.

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JUNE 6, 2010

Not blog posts, though. I had great ideas for posts , I’d sit down with full intentions of banging out the best blog post ever, get through a title and maybe a paragraph or two, and then… That was it. Those blog posts came hard. Did I need a writer’s recovery program Was I tapped out on blogging?

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Does This Apply to Blogging? No One Made You a Deal The other part of the argument made in the comments of the Blogging Sweatshop post that gets me is that bloggers are betraying their readers by starting to charge for some of their content. Oren Pardes´s last blog. blogs start charging I’d simply find another source.

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JUNE 27, 2010

Maquis June 28, 2010 at 1:16 am I’ll admit that I’ve definitely learned the hard way that sleep deprivation can be physically painful. Þórey Ómars´s last blog. The good part of waking up then is that I’ll often write whole blog posts or emails in my head, and they’re generally quite good.

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MARCH 8, 2010

You may not think that your website, your blog, your freelance business, is something you need to think about in your last will and testament, but it is. Consider what you’d like for your website, your blog or your online business if you were to pass on. A lot of irritation. Who Wants My Business? So go ahead.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

It’s not all that bad once you learn how, but it’s not a job for wall flowers. About the Author: Dean Rieck is one of America’s top freelance copywriters and publisher of Pro Copy Tips , a blog that provides copywriting tips for smart copywriters. Michael Martine´s last blog. Sally B´s last blog.

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MAY 26, 2010

I will say, though, that Ali’s post was coincidentally timed – though you’ll have to tune in next week to learn why. Or are you just thinking about hitting your target word count, churning out that blog post, ticking off that task on your to-do list? We post our novel word count on our blog or on Facebook.

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JULY 11, 2010

Written by James - 53 Comments When you blog for some time, you eventually reach a point when you begin to wonder whether blogging is actually getting you anywhere. Written by James - 53 Comments When you blog for some time, you eventually reach a point when you begin to wonder whether blogging is actually getting you anywhere.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Heather Villa´s last blog. Laura Spencer´s last blog. Joshua Black | The Underdog Millionaire´s last blog. Pierre´s last blog. I’m a stay-at-home dad right now and working on turning my blog into a full-time business. Eric´s last blog. Jake Johnson´s last blog.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Especially if you’ve learned something along the way. But if your goal was to use the month to create something upon which you can build, both in terms of learning curve and raw material, then perhaps it’s better to stop right where you are. Kenji Crosland´s last blog. Lost Wanderer´s last blog. I had a blast!

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