The first in a series of posts focusing on teaching small business owners some marketing tips. I’m calling them ‘fishing lessons’ in reference to the proverb ” Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime”. The aim of this series is [...]
Entries from September 2008
September 23, 2008
Empower your Business by Delegating
As those of you who read my blog regularly know, I provide title processing services for an attorney with a title company. Processing a real estate title file is time consuming. Not just due to the work involved but the fielding of phone calls, the gathering of information from dozens of different sources; not all of [...]
September 18, 2008
Fishing Lessons for Virtual Assistants
Over at Home Office Warrior Virtual Assistant I’m introducing a new series of blog posts that are in response to a comment by Donna Caissie of ExtraOrdinary Assistance here at the Conference Table. In an effort to help VA’s that might be struggling to obtain that first client, I’ll be posting FREE ‘fishing’ lessons. Head [...]
September 9, 2008
The Holidays are Coming! The Holidays are Coming!
Do I sound like Paul Revere sounding the alarm? Perhaps his virtual assistant? As much as I hate to think of it, in a few short weeks we’ll be knee deep in pumpkins and apple cider. Summer is going to be a sweet memory and the holiday season, which now begins with Halloween, will be [...]
September 5, 2008
Save A Virtual Assistant!
One of the issues I dealt with while an employee in the professional world was a conflict of business morals. Bosses who unscrupulously would use others to further their own goals was not unusual. One day they would have lunch with another business person in the same profession, and the next day they were using [...]
September 1, 2008
Renew the Love Relationship with your Business
Do you remember when you first decided to start your own business? Maybe your love of helping people drew you to life or business coaching, or you decided to start your own law practice or use your expertise to teach others. Take a moment to recall the excitement and passion you felt when you finally decided [...]
