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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Contents of this episode: Tara and Katie talk about how to arrive at your best self and how that can help you to really bring it every day in your business encounters. Find out which colors look best on you and how to wear them to put your best face forward! Here’s that link: [link]. Contact her to try the BE-YOU!

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JULY 10, 2009

Everything you need to get your business going is provided, from how to create a detailed marketing plan and actually WORK it, to how to recruit the specific clients you want. Client Attraction Blog: Tara says: Katie observes: This site uses video delivered content to teach you how to attract the clients you want. Loose Ends.

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APRIL 18, 2010

How to prepare for and get the most out of attending an industry event. Tara’s interview with Mark Fricke , AFTT, on personal safety with focus on firearm safety and how to get instruction. Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. Loose Ends.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Interview: Katie interviews Mary Hawkes , Director, Yavapai County Branch Better Business Bureau on how to evaluate your choices when it comes to professional education. Discussion/Announcements/Tips: Tara checks in from a conference, so we Skype-chatted about where to find quality, affordable continuing education.

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JULY 26, 2010

Interview with Karen Richmond , (this month’s episode sponsor) on how to build an amicable relationship with sort of business many of us rely on when conducting business away from our office: local coffee houses! Do you distinguish between prospecting/networking/building relationships? This formal tasting process is called “cupping.&#.

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MARCH 10, 2010

How to win a free Starbucks during Summit (HINT: it involves commenting on the show here, or on the AZVAs FaceBook page or leaving a review of the podcast over on iTunes)! Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. See Details and RSVP here! Loose Ends.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

How to convert a static web site to a WordPress blog site Choose Wisely: your blogging platform, that is Does anyone in your town know about your blog? Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. The series is called 5 Tactics for Small Business Blog Success.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

So, how to prepare? Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. Uninvited guests (termites, mold, etc.) Acts of God, like floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes. Some variation on this theme will likely affect your business operations at some point. Loose Ends.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Now I teach my grand kids how to hem and embellish their jeans. I used to be a runner and a backpacker; now I am a gramma who hikes a lot, camps in a popup camper rather than on the ground, and rides my bike with my grandkids. I used to sew most of my clothes. This bike seat cover used to be my friend Susy’s sweater.

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JUNE 18, 2009

Below are the links to the exceptionally useful information she provides to virtual assistants wanting to learn how to be more successful in their practices. Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. Get Loosely Speaking Products. Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Should have discussed how to explain our afternoon’s activities before my little 5-year-old Bug’s mom came to pick her up, only to be greeted with: “Mom! Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. Today I dyed!&# Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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JUNE 15, 2009

So… how about it? Do you have a resumé and do you know how to use it? Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. In our current economy, any tool you can produce that helps present your expertise may make a difference. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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APRIL 25, 2011

How to win this month’s prize : (1) leave your question as a comment at the end of this post; OR (2) post your question on the AZVAs Facebook page discussion tab or wall; OR (3) send your question to us via email to azvas.katie@gmail.com. Interview: Katie interviews Joe Livingston , co-owner of The Motor Lodge in Prescott, AZ.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Our monthly listeners’ poll, asks: How do you cover your office when you are away? After co-authoring the successful book, Entrepreneurial Freedom: How to Start & Grow a Profitable Virtual Assistance Practice , Clontz began focusing on mentoring VAs.

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

Now that you have created your Marketing System and are funneling potential clients into Complimentary Consultations, how do you EFFECTIVELY conduct them and overcome the common objections? Do you struggle when you get a potential client on the phone, knowing how to keep control of the conversation, and turn them from potential into paying?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Limeshot also offers Twitter Backgrounds for those who don’t know how to make their own. Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. You’ll see my simple choice (at right), but Emma offers a wide variety of backgrounds from peacocks to tartan plaids.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

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MAY 22, 2011

May Poll : How to win this month’s prize : (1) leave your question as a comment at the end of this post; OR (2) post your question on the AZVAs Facebook page discussion tab or wall; OR (3) send your question to us via email to azvas.katie@gmail.com. It may sound familiar as I posted portions of it earlier in the Spring.

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AUGUST 29, 2010

Tips on how to get your print projects done right and why participating on LinkedIn is a good bet for professionals. Interview with Patty Benton , on how solopreneurs can benefit from working with a business or marketing coach. Listen in on our conversation to help you decide.

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DECEMBER 15, 2008

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DECEMBER 13, 2008

Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. .&# If you can relate to this situation, perhaps it’s a good time to apply some of your successful office organization principles to your personal life so as to regain control of the big picture, which is actually your life.

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OCTOBER 6, 2008

How do you persuade her that the parts she can’t see, and that she knows nothing about, need to be changed without sounding like an smarmy snake oil vendor?! Not only that, how to explain to the client that it’s not simply a matter of taking her 250 pages of HTML and changing it all out in just a couple of hours’ time.

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MARCH 18, 2010

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

If you’ve been doing your time tracking by hand, for instance, or never learned how to track projects using a database, look around now for some software options which can automate these processes for you later. Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life.

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MARCH 14, 2011

March Poll : How to win this month’s prize : (1) leave your question as a comment at the end of this post; OR (2) post your question on the AZVAs Facebook page discussion tab or wall; OR (3) send your question to us via email to ktcosmos-at-LooseEnds-dot-net.

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APRIL 2, 2009

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JUNE 18, 2009

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JANUARY 13, 2009

Andrea Kalli is the publisher of www.virtualassist.net and has written extensively on how to use social media for business. Loosely Speaking is about how to fuel-inject your entrepreneurial self by living a rollicking, well-rounded life. She offers training and support in many services, including social networking. Loose Ends.

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JUNE 7, 2009

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DECEMBER 16, 2008

Speaking of this, read these related posts from the Loosely Speaking archives: How to convert a static web site to a WordPress blog site Oops; here we go again (another WordPress update) Converting from static site to WordPress blog? That done, the visual editor is now back turned on and working properly.  So, thanks, Andrew! Loose Ends.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

My work has slowed too, and I have been experimenting with how to disconnect myself from my computer on those days when projects are unlikely to come in, and figuring out just how far away from the office it’s ok to venture. Should he stick around the office, just in case? In other words, a downer!) Loose Ends.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

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JUNE 17, 2009

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MARCH 5, 2009

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JUNE 19, 2009

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

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