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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? Not everyone is born with or learns tghe necessary communication skills to learn to work as a team with a VA. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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MARCH 28, 2010

Generalists tend not to be as skilled as specialists who do one thing, and one thing only. The essential skills that every thoughtwrestler needs Reply Michelle March 30, 2010 at 2:44 am I think it is the most important to have a consultant understand you and your needs. Mark Dykeman´s last blog. Powered by frugal

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MARCH 4, 2010

Whatever you decide to do, you benefit from each other’s skill sets, experience, knowledge, marketing efforts and much more. Do they have particular skills that you feel would benefit your business? Each of us brought a different skill to the design table. Launch a new website. Develop a new service. Powered by frugal

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

What outstanding new skills have you acquired during your years as an entrepreneur? RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. How did you get such amazing page rank on Google?! Will this be your last career? Have you developed any offshoot businesses since you became a VA? Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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MARCH 18, 2010

You can find out how they did it, and you can ask them how to get your own skills to the point that they can support you in the gamer lifestyle. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. Powered by frugal

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JULY 14, 2010

Some claim that absolutely anyone can become a successful freelance copywriter, even those without writing skills or special expertise. At the very least, you must be an above-average writer with some selling skills and a firm grasp of your specialty. They want your fees, skills, service, knowledge, etc. That’s bunk.

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APRIL 6, 2010

We talked about Extreme Skills Makeover (Work Edition), concerning the different opportunities available to people who want to continue their education: [link] Taylor’s take is quite interesting, though: formally set up your own curriculum, choose your own resources, and set your success criteria according to your goals.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

A good definition of Project Management is “The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project.&# (from the PMO and Project Management Dictionary ). "I I think we’ve all arrived at a very special place. Powered by frugal

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JUNE 23, 2010

J/K I believe that truly good fiction writing requires more than just writing skill. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. Some folks can learn to write fiction, even be pretty decent.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

Even a skilled thief can only front it for so long before their incompetence shows through. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. I think we’ve all arrived at a very special place. Powered by frugal

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

But it requires little skill and no finesse, so it’s easy and fun to write. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. It doesn’t. It breaks my heart to tell them that’s not what I need. "I

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MARCH 11, 2010

If you’ve got someone on staff with grammar beyond the fifth grade and you ever talk to each other or to your clients, you probably have plenty of material and the skills for a blog. Talk like you’d talk to a customer or an employee, for no more than five minutes, and you have a blog post. That would be offensive, lol.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Rebecca/Barbara – I’m always wary about “charge what you’re worth&# statements, because yes, they are correct – however people tend to confuse skill-worth and self-worth, and that’s where things get dangerous. So they say, “I’m someone important, dammit!&# And they are. Powered by frugal

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JANUARY 7, 2010

You have to be disciplined with money, a skill many writers don’t have. I’ve also done the freelancing thing–learning to market myself, developing my money management skills and learned to juggle. There’s no paycheck. There are invoices and payments after you finish your work. Powered by frugal

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APRIL 20, 2010

In my old music school there were plenty of teachers who were incredible players and missed no opportunity to show their skills to their students. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Foreign language copywriters or professional translators skilled at intercultural communications adapt your key messages to targets whose cultural values and references can differ significantly. To adapt marketing and advertising copy for use in another language and in another culture demands professional expertise. Powered by frugal

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JULY 18, 2010

It takes skills to jump small – and to jump well. You have to always push yourself (and it) for more, and your goal is to eventually ‘outgrow’ your horse and need a new one that fits your skill level. But any fool can jump big – all it takes is reckless guts and the strength to hang on. Powered by frugal

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NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Love the six core skills idea. Rose – Those six core skills really come into play in the FIRST draft. Come on, Ro-Ro!) @ James: Yes, the six skills need to come into play in the first draft, but the truth is that if you spend your whole time focusing on Writing With These Qualities in Mind, your novel will come out stilted.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

However, he isn’t stodgy, and his social skills are better than mine. Writing is a skill that I will be working on much more over the next several years to lifetime. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc.

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JUNE 27, 2010

How An Index Card Can Change Your Life Reply Paul Novak ( @writing4mylife ) June 30, 2010 at 10:56 pm One of my gigs involves writing copy about lights which led me to learning some info I’ll never use;) Disruptions in the sleep cycle directly affect the skills a writer uses most. I think we’ve all arrived at a very special place.

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MARCH 2, 2010

You see, new freelancers don’t really know the value of their skills, or feel they can’t charge more because they don’t have experience, or they can’t figure out what the current industry rate for what they do might be. Many people underestimate the value of good skills and great service.

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JANUARY 10, 2010

However, being skilled at teaching a course on entrepreneurship, for example, can be very different from being an entrepreneur yourself. However, the daily tasks of running a business may demand a different set of skills than lecturing in a class-room full of doting freshmen. So, I appreciated your comment, James. Now, the hard part.

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APRIL 22, 2010

What they don’t tell you is that in order to do any of these things you should do, you need to master something else first – something more intangible, something more than a skill. The Secret Marketing Skill that Packs a Punch That’s the secret – confidence. Get branding. Find affiliates. All of that, yes.

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MAY 2, 2010

Everyday I take time to study copywriting skills. Since this is the million dollar skill. The website lets freelancers use their work to market themselves, which in my opinion is great and innovative since now skill can rule over a marketing drive. Chat with you later… Josh Josh Garcia´s last blog. Powered by frugal

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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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MARCH 21, 2010

Praise in order – Writing takes skill, time and practice too! Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. That’s something I’ve been curious about for years. Ragnar´s last blog.

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JUNE 13, 2010

Clients call them because they’re skilled and experienced. You need writing skills and savvy about how people respond to words in the real world. I love the idea of curiosity, skill and persistence. Clients call them because they’re skilled and experienced. The REAL copywriters are good writers. They can sell stuff.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Perhaps you have all of three readers right now – but this means it’s a great time to practice and hone your skills before you have thousands of fans hanging on your every word. Focusing on that genre and reading other people’s amazing writing developed my skills and made it easier to write in other styles as well.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2009

No one is going to go through all the skills and tools you need to set up the business. The skills you never knew you had that absolve you of the need for prior web writing experience. • Ignore that pretty picture on the right.) No one is going to hold your hand. How to land the next client. "I Powered by frugal

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MARCH 9, 2010

Reply David Wilcoxson March 11, 2010 at 11:53 am Another reason to have a website is that it can answer a lot of FAQ’s, so that you don’t have to, which saves you time. It does take skillfulness to create a domain that someone hasn’t chosen. Thoughts… people have fear! Scared of being responsibly creative.

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MAY 16, 2010

Hours) Reply Issa ( @AjevaCom ) May 18, 2010 at 3:41 am I believe doing guest blogs is a great way to showcase your writing skills, specially when you’re promoting yourself as a freelance writer. Response cached until Wed 19 @ 8:15 GMT (Refreshes in 23.81 Relevance and content are important when it comes to submission of posts.

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APRIL 4, 2010

She seems like she really knows her stuff, and she has the right skills/experience to help me get where I want to go. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. I will let you know how it goes.

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MAY 30, 2010

There’s a hockey school near here – I wonder if those guys get bored and want to skip class to go read textbooks Reply Randy Cantrell ( @randycantrell ) May 31, 2010 at 3:39 pm James, my son has killer social skills, and always has. My wife and I recognized early that he had street smarts, so we never worried much about it.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

In fact, they seriously lack in professional qualifications, the kind required to be dispassionate and unbiased – essential skills if you truly want to help a person. People with low competency level cannot objectively estimate their low competency level as they lack metacognitive skills for it. Dunning-Kruger effect.

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APRIL 11, 2010

What REALLY maddens me are my 20-something fellow karate dojo colleagues – they’re looking for jobs but tell them to put up a personal resume website to highlight their skills, and they react like a deer in the headlights. Sad, really. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach´s last blog. I think we’ve all arrived at a very special place.

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JULY 25, 2010

Lessons Learned from Dr K on Interpersonal Skills and the Art of Persuasion Reply Azstrel ( @Azstrel ) August 6, 2010 at 9:21 pm Freakin’ Fantastic, Mate! Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc.

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JUNE 20, 2010

I often write late atnight, alone and even though the ideas are flowing, my typing skills diminish. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. Melinda – I thought of you when I wrote this post.

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