Entries from June 2008

MCA’s Top 5 Time Wasters

Date June 19, 2008

We are guilty, now more than ever, of putting way to much on our plates.  And I am not talking about our dinner plates.  It is a bit sad really that we all seem to judge our days by how much we have accomplished.  Sad but true.  Time Management used to be something we dreamed [...]

So You Think You Can Sub?

Date June 13, 2008

One of my VA heros, Erin Blaskie of BSEtc.com, introduced a new concept to the Virtual Assistant industry, a play on a title of a popular TV show, So You Think You Can Dance – and it’s called So You Think You Can Sub? Here’s an excerpt from the webpage for an explanation: If you have the skills [...]

Client Personalities: How to Inspire Productivity!

Date June 12, 2008

Continued from the Canadian Virtual Assistant Post (go back) –> Non – Responsive Client You know the type – doesn’t answer your emails, doesn’t get back to you when you leave a message, doesn’t respond to questions when talking to you on the phone. Force the Issue Ask open-ended questions, learn to wait for a response [...]

Would you like fries with your Blackhat Fish?

Date June 10, 2008

A very dear, although a little obsessive VA buddy of mine, Anna Baron of The Virtual Link, is competing in a SEO contest about Blackhat Fish. Strange? I thought so, but she explained to me that it wasn’t a term that registered in the search engines so that’s why it was chosen for the contest. [...]