Wow! What an amazing conference last week in Nashville! I’m a Gold+ member of the Glazer-Kennedy Inner Circle and attended the Gold+ reception before the conference, which was a wonderful introduction to what was yet to come. At the reception I was able to meet quite a few highly motivated business owners [...]

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Meggin McIntosh Ph.D, the Productivity Professor, has a great business focussed just on getting people whelmed.  Check out her website at www.justwhelmed.com.  It’s a fabulous (and obvious!) concept – we need to be whelmed, not overwhelmed or underwhelmed.  She offers great resources for achieving the right balance.  I don’t think I’m the only one who [...]

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In 4-hour workweek, Timothy Ferris talks about how building a team gets overwhelming because they become dependent on you for information that you keep stuck in your head.  The freedom truly comes when you make people completely responsible for completing a task, give them appropriate authority, and ownership for completing the task.  Being able to [...]

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By turning over administrative tasks such as following up with clients or contacts, you free yourself to work on projects only you can do.  A virtual assistant (VA) can track your sales and leads, and then provide you with the final reports for you to act on in that great way only you can do.  [...]

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I am often asked how to find a virtual assistant (VA) that will be a good fit for your business and personal work style. 
The best ways to find a good VA are by referral or finding one who is a member of a larger virtual assistance organization, such as the International Association of Virtual [...]

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Ever wish you knew what people were talking about when they use terms such as cross-site scripting, RSS feeds and PHP?
If you want to get geeky with it, check out www.slashdot.com. This site contains all the techie jargon you’ve heard but not quite understood. If you have real questions about the terms, there are plenty [...]

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I attended several Dreamweaver workshops, and learned a few tips that I want to pass on.  First of all, Dreamweaver is a great tool for creating websites without getting into coding.  Sure it’s helpful to know code so that bugs can be worked out, but Dreamweaver is a major time-saver! 
To learn the basics of [...]

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As a small business owner, I am active in the small business community where I live – Seattle.  I enjoy learning about the struggles and rewarding experiences other small business owners experience.  We mutually support and encourage each other.  My virtual assistance business is greatly enriched by their input and suggestions, and I love when [...]

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Becoming known as a problem solver is HUGE in developing your business. Regardless of what you sell, from widgets to services, you need to be able to communicate how your product solves people’s pain. No matter how great your product/service is, if you can’t communicate what it will do for prospective clients you [...]

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I have seen a number of import/export companies run into problems with their manufacturers and overseas business partners because of communication problems.  Conducting business in languages you are not native to can be an obstacle to efficient, coherent and positive business transactions.  Often times it makes sense to have important documents translated to ensure proper [...]

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