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+ Monday Motivation :: Little Steps, Big Results + A couple of weeks ago, Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger asked me about my blog’s tipping point. I actually had to think about it ...

+ Adult Conversation is Way Cheaper Than Therapy + Last night I threw together an informal meeting of friends I’ve met via Twitter, blogging, & local tech events. We held our [...] of Chicago. I could go on and on about how important (and fun!) it is to take online relationships offline, but suffice it [...]

+ The Keys of Effective Communication as a Virtual Assistant + Effective communication is one of those key skills a virtual assistant (really any business owner) should possess in order to sustain [...] organization, focus and being positive. Honor Preferences- In this technological “hyped” world and the various [...]

+ 10 More Work at Home Internet Business Ideas You Can Do in Your Fuzzy Bunny Slippers + Last summer, I wrote what was to become the most popular article ever written on this site, the Top Ten Internet Home Business Ideas [...] I believe the popularity of the article was not just because it gave a good overview of 10 great business ideas, but it [...]

+ Monday Motivation :: Showing Up Imperfectly + I don’t know if it’s the warm weather, the fact we finally went boating this last weekend, or if I’m just plain [...] Monday hadn’t been Memorial Day, I might have just skipped today. I don’t want to think about empire-building. I [...]

+ Can You be Virtual Assistant? 7 Attributes to be a Successful Virtual Assistant + For some who hear the words virtual assistant or anything in the administrative field, they assume, “I can do that!” However, I [...] field (especially as a virtual assistant) requires skills that can “make or break” the growth of your business. There are [...]

+ The 5 Rules of Business Humor + This is another guest post from Brad Shorr - a really great writer and marketer who is an expert on using humor in business. His first [...] but Do Use Cartoons to Build Your Brand. Be careful about how you mix cartooning (or any other form of humor) with business. As [...]

+ 7 Reasons Not to Link with “Click Here” + Do a Google search for click here. What you’ll find is around 1.7 billion (yes billion) instances in Google’s database [...] website. Let me guess, that includes you, right? But click here is seldom the best option for linked text. Take a look at these [...]

+ What do American Idol & the Butterfly Effect Have to do With Your Destiny? + After watching the American Idol finale last week, I was convinced (like many millions of others) that David Archuleta would win. But [...] the last performances and trying to figure out why. I honestly don’t even regularly watch the show, but my curiosity [...]

+ Paying for Virtual Assistant Services + Now, let’s talk about money. Always a good subject…well, as long as we are receiving it, right? Anyway, for those of us [...] is a bit different than working outside the home. In the offline business world, payment is given once the services or hours [...]

+ 18 Amazing Articles to Help You Work at Home + It never ceases to amaze me to see the quality of expertise from the readers of this site. You all really blow me away! I’m [...] community. These are extremely well written, in-depth articles that could stand alone as ’special reports’ or even [...]

+ Creating An Offer Your Audience Needs + There are two ways to think about how to position your business: What you think your target audience needs and what your target [...] like most small business owners, you’re going to say the second one, what your target audience knows they need, of [...]

+ Don’t Train a Duck, but Do Use Cartoons to Build Your Brand + I met Brad Shorr at SOBCon earlier this month - it turns out he lives the next town away from me! As he started explaining to me his [...] is a powerful branding and selling machine, so check out Brad’s suggestions below! Humor transforms brands. Everybody has [...]

+ Monday Motivation :: Planning for Distractions + It hardly feels real to say it, but summer is right around the corner. My kids have 3 weeks of school left… and then… my [...] into a chaotic messy disaster for three months straight. I both look forward to and dread summer. I love getting time with the [...]

+ The Many Descriptions of Virtual Assistant + With my interview question “series” that I have been doing in the last couple of weeks, a couple of questions and/or [...] someone had asked about the difference between a personal assistant and a virtual assistant. They asked if they were basically [...]

+ Crowdsourcing Business How To’s to Help the Work at Home Community + Last year, I ran two Group Research projects - it was a group writing project with a twist. The community around this site had a lot ...

+ SparkBits 05.14.2008 + What’s happenin’ around town… Want free consulting from the likes of Liz Strauss, Chris Brogan, or our very own [...] ebook Eating Cereal With a Fork: Maximize Marketing in a Recession. Make a short video, podcast, or write an essay on why you [...]

+ 5 Reasons To Publish Your E-zine on Your Blog + Should you put your ezine archives on your blog? The simple answer? Yes! Think about it, why wouldn’t you? Unless you keep your [...] archive your ezine (or e-newsletter) articles. And if you’re going to archive them, wouldn’t it make the most sense [...]

+ The Tuesday To Do Take Down + It’s been two weeks since I’ve been able to put up a Monday Motivation post. Between rolling out 9 new blogs, speaking at [...] in between, I’ve been stretched to the hilt. I’ve been productive, yes. But my inbox has seen better days. I have [...]

+ Tell Us Your Wish & Win a NEAT Receipts Scanner! + After a whirlwind 4 weeks, we are finally done rolling out all of the new Sparkplugging channels. I am SO proud of everything we have [...] start tackling new projects that don’t include setting up WordPress blogs. But that’s just it, I have so many ideas [...]