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How Deesha Philyaw Built Her Writing Career From the Ground Up—and Landed a 7-Figure Book Deal

Success

There’s actually a format for how you query an agent and what you send and what you don’t send and when you send it.” How Deesha Philyaw got her first break This was before the economic collapse of 2008, when media outlets and magazines paid freelancers quite well. She also knew that she wanted writing to be her career.

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Blog Action Day 2008

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Blog Action Day 2008 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 1:00 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging As a participant in Blog Action Day 2008, I asked everyone I know for information on programs (actual or planned) which combat poverty.

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Australia/ New Zealand Small Business News Round-up – 02/07/2008.

The Small Business Blog

Small business becomes less taxing with new concessions : SMALL businesses can potentially access up to 13 new tax concessions following wide-ranging changes effective from July 1. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more. You want the whole tree." 1 week ago More updates.

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On the needles October 2008

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs On the needles October 2008 Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 10:04 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Knitting Frenetic. Without some mind clearing time every day, I believe we end up in the realm of mind numb, wherein we lose both our perspective and sense of self.

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Anyone Can Learn Sales—Here’s Where to Start

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They flow together so naturally in most selling situations that, if you were watching someone who knows them well, you might only pick up on two or three. You just didn’t know it was a skill. The title doesn’t really matter. The true measure of the success of any business is the bottom line—sales minus cost of sales.

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Coworking is Disruptive Innovation

Small Business Labs

According to Christensen : Disruptive innovation describes a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors.   And inside it wasn't anything like today's coworking spaces.

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Getting Fired Up!

The Small Business Blog

Getting Fired Up! So, now it’s more important than ever to get your team fired up. If you want your staff to work harder then step it up a notch yourself. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more. You want the whole tree." 1 week ago More updates.

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