Loosely Speaking

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Updating to WordPress 2.7 Here’s a good overview provided by Lorelle: WordPress Upgrade Tips. Must one really employ a WP professional for handling these updates? It helps to read about the new release before performing updates. for the past couple of days.

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Loosely Speaking

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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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 12, 2010

Ideas could include: - shoe care tips - announce/review shoe care products - shoe storage ideas - things to think about when purchasing shoes - a different post on shoe ideas for every holiday, season, or special occasion. Best fitting tips, etc. - set up an FAQ page for questions you get asked most often. 7) Have a Newsletter?

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Loosely Speaking

JULY 10, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Roundup #5 Prescott Style Friday, July 10, 2009 at 2:26 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Virtual Assistant Resources A recent meeting with local VA bud Tara Fort , owner of Versatility4u.com , generated a list of resources you may want to review.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 30, 2010

When the FAQ and forums are not enough to help her customers, Elizabeth also has a Help Desk. Customer service tips for e-commerce business Many of us prefer to shop online. A customer logs in and sets up a user account. The software program has pre-written responses for repetitive questions. There are no.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Tip #1: Avoid phrasing or content that will become quickly out of date. Tip #2: When writing for others, be sure to retain copyright. Here's a tip: you talk to, email several people a day. I wrote The Deeper Meditation Training Course first, then the audio course came out later. Thanks to Clare Kumar of Streamlife.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Today, almost 15 years later, I run a fulltime VA business that provides client services and support, a network for VAs with members in 15 countries, VA training and coaching, website hosting and maintenance, a blog that teaches about the industry and I also write books and speak at conferences and events. Well, that was the thought anyway.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 18, 2010

Between them, they’ve founded a role-playing gaming company, written for gaming publications like Wizards of the Coast and Dragon Magazine, written nine books, and host three incredibly popular websites, RolePlaying Tips , Campaign Mastery and Dungeon Mastering.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

About the Author: Josh Hanagarne is the twitchy giant behind World’s Strongest Librarian , a blog about living with Tourette’s Syndrome, kettlebells, book recommendations, buying pants when you’re 6’8”, old-time strongman training, and much more. Please subscribe to Josh’s RSS Updates to stay in touch. Josh Hanagarne´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

That’s just a fast train to writer’s block. Theres some great experimenting to be done with the tips you’ve shared, so I know that I’ll never be bored while I still have different styles to try out. Grant ( @trinalgrant ) July 6, 2010 at 3:00 pm I love these tips! Forget that. Enjoy yourself.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

Customer Service Tips (2) Reply Jeff April 7, 2010 at 6:52 am I have learnt a lot more in my year out in the real world than I ever did at university! I have taken language courses for free, learned new programs with video training, and have thousands (if not millions of books available). But clients for my content marketing services?

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Men With Pens

MARCH 1, 2010

Freelancing is NOT the gravy train, if you think it is, then you’ve got problems. Joe – I’d be remiss if I ever said in my whole freelancing career that it’s a gravy train. Travel Hacking tip #1 Reply Omar March 9, 2010 at 9:34 am Thanks James. It’s a sacrifice everyday. Mark´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

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). Have you also found that horse training psychology (i.e. making the desired behaviour easy etc) is helpful for human training psychology? But I digress. Thanks for sharing.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 30, 2010

Your mind, like your body, must be trained to perform in certain ways, and a regimented schedule is a necessity when it comes to earning a living as a freelance writer. Eric – I sincerely tip my hat to you and pat your back for staying at home with the kids AND working. James – You’re just awesome. S’all I’m saying.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

I also added a Help and FAQ section. Day 28 – Getting Ready To Submit With only two days before the deadline I realized I didn’t have a settings section. No more arguing or negotiating, I just started to code it. Frustration Level (0 – 100): 10 – Now I know that this was the silence before the storm and nothing more.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

It’s all great training. Quick tip for Gmail users Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) April 16, 2010 at 6:15 am @Carl – That’s so accurate, LOL Oh god. Reply poch April 16, 2010 at 9:43 am Great tips and I agree. I’ve experienced myself how the closer I get to that 10,000 hours, the better my writing gets.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

It’s more difficult to organize a coherent train of thought through 50 pages than it is through 5. For one thing, there are more possible sidetracks for the train to take , risking it getting lost. Thanks for these tips. Usually copy comes in nice bite-sized chunks: a webpage, a blog post, an article, a press release.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

I outsource sometimes and use the help of freelancers (although I freelanced previously too), so these tips will be a lot useful for me! Reply Sharon Hurley Hall ( @shurleyhall ) July 8, 2010 at 2:09 pm I don’t know which one of these is my favorite tip. Nabeel | Create Your First Website July 8, 2010 at 3:00 am Great Advice.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

From “How to SEO Your Blog Posts&# to “101 Copywriting Tips for the Beginner&# to psychology type e-books packaged as “user guides&# , we find self-help manuals aplenty out there. People like me often have extremely broad knowledge of a number of subjects in which we don’t have formal training. It doesn’t.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I am not a freelancer as such but I do work from home and I’ve training my boss and colleagues to stop arranging meetings after 4pm (still working on that one), I’ve been forcing myself to step away from the keyboard and to stop checking work emails after hours. Anything operational from 3am to 7am is a good time indeed.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

What tips the balance in favour of one or the other? Using your example of someone looking for advice on freelance copywriting, someone might find 2 or 3 sites/blogs/products that all offer to help move them forwards. They all seem credible and experienced (trust) and have similar offerings that this individual is interested in.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Octopus Obedience Training—Better Than Ricky Gervais Reply Deneen Wilson ( @typingbug ) November 20, 2009 at 8:41 am This is so true. Am I formally trained in food preparation? Octopus Obedience Training—Better Than Ricky Gervais Reply Mary E. Can’t argue with that! James, another fine guest post. A food website.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

Today’s Make Money Tip – Customize a FREE WordPress Theme to look PREMIUM Reply Henri Junttila ( @henrijunttila ) January 4, 2010 at 4:32 am I agree with Mr. Martine that you’re exaggerating the death of adsense and all that. If the objective is training in a specific subject, some of these would work better than others.

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Men With Pens

JULY 25, 2010

I just saw Crises of Capital Animated by David Harvey.Hat tip to Marcus Barber,whose blog pointed this out to me.The comment that somebody posted,gave a different view point,for which I felt enriched, though I do agree with the comment. Maybe,folks like me,who post their viewpoints,do not want to become Thought Leaders.We

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

I think we’ve taught people to expect blog posts often and continually, we’ve trained them to want it for free. The Zen Master’s Unexpected Lesson- 10 Tips For Empathy Reply Roohi Moolla July 13, 2010 at 2:27 am James, – great post on the realities of blogging. There’s still posts here that I haven’t read.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Today’s Make Money Tip – Think Evergreen Niches and Things that NEVER go out of style Reply Mary E. The Ultimate Productivity Tip Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) December 14, 2009 at 1:19 pm @ Akemi – The post is posted here: [link] Copyblogger picked it up and republished it after asking permission.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

You have to have a lot of training before you can be trusted to wield it in public without hurting people. Five Simple Tips for Better Email Marketing Reply Steve Brogan ( @stevebrogan ) April 28, 2010 at 3:51 pm Your post was very timely for me. Todd – Sarcasm is dangerous. Stacey – Thanks, Stacey.

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Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

What extra tips can you think of on what you should do – and what you shouldn’t – when pitching for the gig? Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) May 24, 2010 at 11:59 am @Matt – Thanks very much for catching that typo (and the tip on blaming Dragon). Thanks for all the great tips, James. Have a great summer!

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Men With Pens

MAY 19, 2010

Have any tips that have worked to keep burnout at bay? should take the train to London one day and stand by his desk while he is trying to make editorial decisions and see how he likes it? Jake – See my little tip above about the three-task system. I’ve got burnout going on right now and am going to try these tips to help.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

You get actionable value, great tips and practical advice, and plenty of good stuff that helps you succeed. I think the tipping point is where a blogger is blogging away and not selling – the just keep putting free content out there yet never ask for the sale. Now, that’s great. And yes, it’s also marketing.

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