As a virtual assistant, I have clients all over North America. Most of my American clients pay by PayPal, but there are a few who aren’t comfortable using the service for one reason or another, and mail me a cheque. (Or should I say “check” since we are talking about Americans?) Most of the time…
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
How an Internet Marketing VA Can Support Your Article Marketing Activities
Today I will continue my series on Internet Marketing Virtual Assistance with a look at article marketing. In case you’re not familiar with this marketing strategy, Wikipedia defines it as: “a type of advertising in which businesses write short articles related to their respective industry. These articles are made available for distribution and publication in…
Counting Your Marbles
Not long after blogging about my recent weekend off, someone emailed me the following story. It was a powerful reminder about The Importance of R&R. The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it’s the unbounded joy of…
More Infomaniacs
Until yesterday, the only other person I knew of who confessed to being an infomaniac was my fellow VA and blogger Melodee Patterson, so I was pleasantly surprised to read Jackie Nees’ latest blog post, Are You an Infomaniac? Jackie not only admits that she’s an infomaniac, she offers a quiz to help you determine…
How I Became a Virtual Assistant
Since it’s Canada Career Week, a time to help Canadians make decisions about their working lives, I’ve decided to share some information about my own career and how I came to be a virtual assistant. According to a study of the virtual assistance industry sponsored by the Alliance for Virtual Business in 2004, the most…
How an Internet Marketing VA Can Support Your Social Networking Activities
A couple of weeks ago, I answered the question, What is an Internet Marketing Virtual Assistant? As promised, today I will begin a series of posts describing specific ways that an IMVA can enhance your online marketing, starting with social networking. There’s no question that social media has taken the world by storm, and I touched…