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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

Over the last few years there are plenty more online communities and in more recent times we have taken networking to a whole new level with local networks, organised by assistants, springing up all over the place. Meeting other assistants who work near by, who share the same suppliers, hotels, restaurants etc.

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Ep 251: Maria Smith on the Science and Benefits of Goal-Setting

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Growing up as the daughter of an immigrant parent, goal-setting has always been a way of life for Maria. Maria graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Political Science, won the title of Miss Kentucky and competed in Miss America in 2004.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

And the pool of millennial small-business owners is growing—just last year, they made up only 7% of the survey sample. According to Guidant, the highest number of women-owned small businesses were in retail (18%), followed by “food and restaurant” at 12% and “health, beauty and fitness services” at 10%. of women-owned businesses.

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Please Mind Your Manners

Loosely Speaking

Networking and other live business meetings often take place in local restaurants. Let’s face it: organizers love to schedule these at restaurants who have space and are willing to host meetings at no charge or with no minimum purchase. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Thank you for listening.

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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

She also was often tasked with booking restaurant reservations, a duty much more nuanced than it sounds. When the actor was away for months from home, it was up to the personal assistant to make a rented apartment or suite feel less sterile. “To keep up, she signed as many as she possibly could, but I did a great forgery.”

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Arizona Virtual Assistants Retreat

Loosely Speaking

We’ll post the names of the companies offering these goodies and they are firmed up. This needs to be written up for IVAACast, too. I think we’ll easily find a laptop user that you can buddy up with during the event to access the sessions that are being presented. At 110 in the Valley, it’s too hot to dress up.

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VA Industry Leaders: a conversation

Loosely Speaking

In addition to not totally understanding the blogging craze, I am really stumped on how social networking could possibly help me market my services. I hear you on the weekly new invites to join new networks. So, I founded the first Virtual Assistant network in the southern hemisphere without realising what I was doing at the time!

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