Category Archives: Random Cool Stuff

I’m back

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 [...]

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Why Counting Counts

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 [...]

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5 Quick Tips Make Sure Your Marketing Copy Is Effective

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 [...]

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Fat Loss Quickie Experience – Week 1 – Getting Started

Scott suggested that I document my journey on the Fat Loss Quickie Experience My goal in the first 3 weeks is just to change my mindset and to get into some great habits. I am really liking the daily cardio and weight training videos. I especially like the fact that the videos are [...]

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Can you really be overweight and successful?

I just read the scariest sales letter ever from Scott Tousignant.
He is promoting his new program the Fat Loss Quickie Home Office Experience.  In the salesletter, Scott quotes study after study that show that excess weight really costs you in terms of productivity and money earned.
When I read the post, I literally pictured a 100lb [...]

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Turn Your IPhone Snapshots Into Picture Postcards

I love taking quick snapshots like this one with my iphone.  I also love turning my pictures into cards to send to friends and family. (Send Out Cards – a service that makes doing this really easy has literally saved my relationship with my out of town relatives…)
Trouble is, until now, I couldn’t figure out [...]

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Building Your Business the Scalable Way

Many of my virtual assistant clients struggle with getting started.  If you spend any time on the Internet at all researching how to turn your knowledge into money online — you know first hand how easy it is to get overwhelmed.  There are so many things that you *could* do — it is hard [...]

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A bridge line service that could shake things up

Recently, I discovered a new teleseminar service called MaestroConference that could really shake things up.
Basically, here is how it works…
With Maestro, you can re-create the dynamics of a live workshop through an ordinary teleconference.
Create breakout groups, takes orders by phone — you can even “pass the mic” to people who “raise their hands” (no [...]

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It’s a Recycling Win-Win

Ever since spending a half a dozen Saturdays in high school parking lots doing car-side computer recycling as the public information officer for the Fairfax County Recycling program, I have been a huge proponent of computer recycling. Although the new flat screen monitors are much better for the environment (those big monitors were truly [...]

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Woot for Woo Themes!

Some people collect baseball cards. I collect WordPress themes. Yes, I know. I’m a total geekess… but I love how easy WordPress makes it to put together a nice looking, easy to maintain website fairly quickly. Premium themes can give you a head start.
So…as a theme-a-holic, I couldn’t resist Woo Themes, 4 [...]

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