Archive for November, 2006

Suitablility VS. Eligibility for Your Profession

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Kathie Thomas at Virtual Assistant—THE Blog was examining the difference between elibility for and suitability for the VA profession earlier today. I love it. I can see Mr. or Ms. X assessing the technology in his or her home office and considering, “Hmmm… I think I have what it takes to be a Virtual [...]

Virtual Assistants + Mobility

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

A recent straw poll in one of my Virtual Assistant discussion groups asked members to break down their work load as to on site vs. off site service delivery. The majority of those responding indicated that they do most all of their work from their own office, although some commented that their place of work [...]

“The placeless office”

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Here’s a chock-full-’o-nuts selection of tools for virtual collaborators, assembled by Gina Trapani: Geek to Live: Essential tools for the placeless office - Lifehacker. The “placeless office” is Gina’s term for those of us who work in one place while our colleagues toil a few to a thousand miles away.
VA’s are always searching [...]

Holiday gifts for clients and contractors

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

I was just reading an article about Writing Seasonal Content for Christmas at Problogger, one of my favorite blogsites. Darren’s post got me thinking in a different direction though. That being the annual corporate gifting extravaganza.
Is it really necessary to spend a bundle on non-family (I include close friends in definition of “family”) [...]

Understanding Trackbacks

Friday, November 24th, 2006

Which I don’t.
In my reading about trackbacks (how to, etiquette — as in, don’t do it if the site you’re tracking back to is set for pingbacks, I find I’m more confused after looking through assorted tutorials.
A good site for info is OptiNiche Blog. Over there I learned that even though your own [...]

Before You Take on One More Project, Think About This

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

Connie at Signatureworx.com has a good article written by one of her clients, Suzette Flemming which gave me pause this morning. I’m dashing from my office to the kitchen and back, confusing piemaking with blog posting in my mind and I realized, hmmm… I really need to stop and think about this subject!
The article’s title [...]