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Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs And now for some damage control Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:02 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging In the wee hours of February 18, while I was packing for a trip out of town, Loosely Speaking vanished from existence. Who does that?? Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs And now for some damage control Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:02 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging In the wee hours of February 18, while I was packing for a trip out of town, Loosely Speaking vanished from existence. Who does that?? Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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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? As a result, clients in many industries are seeking VAs with proven expertise to manage their social media presence. Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change?

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APRIL 15, 2010

I’m making an exception to my “no rant&# policy today because of a product advertisement I saw recently for Kleenex Hand Towels while watching TV. Instead, I read the following on their FAQ. If you're still interested in receiving a free copy of Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh, please email me your mailing address.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

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APRIL 8, 2010

UberNote This helpful application is a management tool that allows you to store and access your content from anywhere. Use email, instant messaging and your mobile phone to submit your notes or you can clip content from the web with the browser toolbar. Jott takes the spoken messages and turns them into text.

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APRIL 25, 2010

Check your email. Look at your email. Read that long chain email someone forwarded to you. Forward that chain email to all your friends. Write a detailed apology to the friend you sent that chain email to who asked you not to send stuff like that anymore. Send an email to your client. Check your voice mail.

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MARCH 8, 2010

That means possibly posting something to your blog, sending out a press release, tweeting a public notice or emailing clients. Twitter,Facebook, your project manager, your to-do list app, Google Analytics, your bookkeeping software, or your email accounts? And even if they did, they may not know where to look for it.

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JULY 14, 2010

You have many options: landline, cellular phone, texting, fax line (yeah, many people still fax), email, website contact form, Twitter direct message, LinkedIn message, Skype, and lots more. Yes, you have to manage your time and you can’t email all day, but don’t get so efficient that you become unreachable and aloof.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Emails bombard you. You were supposed to deliver this project at 5pm and you’re almost finished but… A new email comes in. Add standard lead time to your policies, let people know right away that you won’t book them on the spot, and build your schedule so that it’s full for weeks and months to come.

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APRIL 1, 2010

You could try cold-calling (or cold-emailing), knocking on doors or praying to the freelancing fairies for some work, but there are some better techniques you can use that will be sure to get you clients in a hurry. Just send an email, comment on someone else’s blog, make a cold call, ask someone to recommend you.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Even if you technically manage to do a good job, it’s not going to be the best work you can produce. CondoFinder – I think you should read our comment policy. No one is born knowing time management, and I think unfortunately, the creative types suffer problems with it just a wee bit more than the average person.

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MAY 26, 2010

I love that I get emails and comments telling me that a blog post came at just the right time. It’s not a “I must do this&# thing, it’s more like “woo, I get to play with my novel while my brain is still fresh and uncluttered with emails and to-do list stuff&#. Email Marketing Basics Reply Go ahead.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Sure, it’s great to hit the snooze button and give yourself an extra hour of R&R once in awhile, but before you know it, you’re getting up at noon and puttering around before you answer your customer emails. How do you manage to get anything done?! It’s all too easy to fall into bad habits, starting with procrastination.

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JUNE 23, 2010

My first priority in writing is fiction and although I’ve only managed to get some of my stories published (just online), I’m determined not to quit until I saw them in print. We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I

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JULY 4, 2010

Sarah – Even if you’re not a copywriter, these exercises can help with simple things like client communication, emails, etc. Tips for Managing Your Online Reputation Reply Go ahead. Peter – *grin* Thanks goes to you for the inspiration. Enjoy the cognac! There are all sorts of places to use them! Leave a Comment!

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JANUARY 7, 2010

A full-time writing job is a great starting point for advancing into management jobs where you can start earning real money. But then there’s multi-tasking and time-management. I’ve also done the freelancing thing–learning to market myself, developing my money management skills and learned to juggle.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Weird I’ve never heard of you Josh, how the hell did you manage to fly past my radar at 6’8 while carrying around your huge metal balls? Watch for me in 2 years, I’ll be writing posts on how I’m managing my A,B,C’s Anyways, mind me asking why you left? Must be broken or some shit. Thanks Dude!

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

How to Safely Manage a Marketing Crisis Reply Nathan Hangen ( @nhangen ) December 9, 2009 at 12:08 pm How many of you that claim blog content should be free but would pay for ebooks actually have purchsed ebooks from some of your favorite bloggers? Jodi Kaplan´s last blog. Genuine Chris Johnson´s last blog. Leave a Comment!

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MARCH 9, 2010

The people I’ve spoken to have managed to be successful in their business. And frankly, we ‘net-savvy people do talk about the virtual world and technology like we really can’t imagine how those businesspeople ever managed without it. Would you search online for Anne Potter before writing her an email?

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JULY 7, 2010

Three Steps to Being a Successful Entrepreneur Reply Manav July 9, 2010 at 3:59 am Well written and comprehensively covers the softer aspects of managing freelancers. Often I struggle to get the best out of a talented freelancer for lack of mutually agreed upon project management methodology. The Other James´s last blog.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I know I’ve tried over 25 various systems, managers, applications, softwards, and yes, even boards – just to try to get SOME WAY of helping me have a nice, neat, easy to-do list. I guess I am so used to them that managing several large projects seems easy to me compared to managing a couple dozen small ones.

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APRIL 27, 2010

His emails are usually brief, casual, and mention something like, “Have a nice weekend,” or “Hope everything’s good with you.” So it was weird to get an email that was so stilted and formal that it sounded like it was written by the Queen of England’s chamberlain to someone she was too polite to outright call a waste of space.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

DO NOT look at a single work email after that. Your quick email check becomes a written response, some analysis, and finally that little voice says, “What the heck. It’s really easy to get sucked in to one more email and lose an entire evening. Stick To Your Business Hours. I might as well just do it.&#

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APRIL 22, 2010

If you manage to be confident enough to be yourself, then it’s much easier to develop from there. Get RSS right here Get email updates here Recent Posts What to Do When You Feel Like You Can’t Catch Up How to Take the Next Step in Your Freelance Career What To Do When Clients Haggle Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You?

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JULY 25, 2010

In addition to blogging etc, I’m a management consultant who comes from many years of actual experience leading businesses of many types and sizes, and I feel I’m “hard wired&# to get results. Finally, make sure your skin is thick enough to manage those people who invariably will try to take you down.&# I hope not.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Project Management and Editorial Calendars for Freelance Writers Reply Ada February 26, 2010 at 3:22 am Well, it is a good warning and good intentions, however rather in vain. Project Management and Editorial Calendars for Freelance Writers Reply Josh Hanagarne ( @joshhanagarne ) February 26, 2010 at 2:44 pm Thanks Marc.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Email the owners and offer to guest post or to do an interview. Online is a massive place and so when you small chunk it to the niches you like, it’s more manageable (and more fun). I have five different blogs, along with five different handles/names/emails etc. Then find 3 or 4 blogs for each of those niches.

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APRIL 11, 2010

A Short Lesson In Reputation Management Reply Go ahead. Get RSS right here Get email updates here Recent Posts What to Do When You Feel Like You Can’t Catch Up How to Take the Next Step in Your Freelance Career What To Do When Clients Haggle Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You? Ricardo Bueno´s last blog. Leave a Comment!

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JUNE 20, 2010

The Problem with Paper Clutter: Creating a Paper Management System Reply Mark W. Get RSS right here Get email updates here Recent Posts What to Do When You Feel Like You Can’t Catch Up How to Take the Next Step in Your Freelance Career What To Do When Clients Haggle Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You? Issa´s last blog.

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

However, I took many courses and classes in small business management and they helped shape what I am today. Yes indeed, you learn a bunch of related skills during formal education – time management, scheduling, progress planning, etc etc. Do I write routinely about Policy and Management or about Labor Relations?

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JANUARY 12, 2010

I think King is awesome, and he’s managed to make me cry with his books, and move me, while simultaneously freaking me out. We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I It is complete and utter garbage. Reply Go ahead.

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JANUARY 3, 2010

It can be just a “regular&# email or it can be a PDF (I tried to one like that and couldn’t keep on schedule and canned it—I’m considering private feed aggregation instead). And then only what I can manage to actually read. A paid newsletter is another way to deliver content. Has it worked? Gone Fishin’?

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MAY 19, 2010

They work on projects, they do their own customer service, their own customer management, their marketing and networking, their project scheduling, admin and bookkeeping. Cut out anything that isn’t critical to your business survival for two full weeks – blog commenting, RSS reading, social media, IM chats and emailing friends.

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MAY 20, 2011

Here's a tip: you talk to, email several people a day. 1) Send an email response. 2) Turn your email into a blog post - at least 250 words, spell-checked and edited. (3) white paper, article, guide) and then list all of its off-shoots (blog, social media, media pitch, emails, forums, etc). Let the articles begin.

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MAY 23, 2010

Like, say, emailing us to ask if this is the right email to email us at, when the email you should use to apply is written on the job ad. When the job ad says email us with information and samples, don’t tweet us and say, “Just click here.&# Someone wrote an email to “Mr. Bangamon.&#

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DECEMBER 6, 2009

When their readers don’t actually know what they do, because they never visit the site, they simply open Google Reader or their email for the RSS feed. You can manage your own stock portfolio or develop a high interest savings account, etc. I wouldn’t be spending money on a new design or paying to develop an email list.

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