I don't usually go looking for philosophical wisdom on my cereal box. But, this morning I was struck by the "non-challenge" campaign on my Cheerios box. The idea was that very simple small steps can get you in the direction that you want to go. An example: Want to exercise more? Training for a marathon can be ...
The economy is rough and I've had many virtual assistants approach me asking for subcontracting work because they are having difficulty in attracting clients. The first thing I do when looking at a potential assistant VA is to look at their website. Here are some tweaks that virtual assistants can make to help their websites ...
Fourteen days into the challenge. My lesson learned this week is that you can get back on track again. I ended up in a bit of oblivion with my houseguests (yes, I did get some workouts in -- but I also missed more than I should have). The left - and I picked up the ...
You charge how much per hour?!!? Often acquaintances (who don't use virtual assistants) are amazed at how much I charge for my virtual assistant services. They wonder how I can find any clients at all with my outrageous hourly rate (which actually isn't all that outrageous... when you consider overhead costs...) I don't have any ...
Nice sweaty workout today. I'm still a bit of a chicken -- I will not do lunges standing on two chairs (sorry Scott!) I have visions of twisted ankles and I don't really have time for that at this point. Today's success audio was all about defining your goals and not trying to live up to ...
I don't want to say I took a complete vacation from the Fat Loss Quickie experience when the invaders (oops - houseguest) were over -- but having them in my space and having to be quiet in the morning -- put a small crimp in my workout plans. I think I actually only missed a ...
You have a strong but steady virtual assistant practice with a stable client base on retainer. Why bother keeping statistics for your business? Because you attract what you focus on and keeping metrics allows you to set and see yourself move toward your business goals. Since I've started tracking statistics for my business, I have ...
Is your marketing copy as effective as it could be? Here are five very basic questions that you can ask yourself to fine-tune that copy and make it as effective as possible. I originally wrote these tips for a volunteer organization's newsletter submissions but I think they apply to all sorts of copy from e-mail ...
This week is turning out to be a true test because my husband's uncle and friend are staying at my house for a week. One of them is sleeping in my gym and office! They are both very nice, but developmentally disabled -- thus are up with the TV blaring at 7am. They don't eat ...
Starting Day 5 Fat Loss Quickie Experience today. Today was a good day - at least as far as exercise goes. I started the morning with 100 squats (uugh). But, actually that is a great way to get a little bit of cardio with no equipment. Six minutes and I was done (and it was ...
