Season 2/Episode 15 Program Notes Scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the “AZVAs the Podcast” link to listen to the episode now. iPod users can find the episode in the podcast directory at the iTunes Store. Here’s that link!   Subscribe to AZVAs Connections Newsletter and get notified when a new [...]

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Season 2/Episode 13 Program Notes Scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the “AZVAs the Podcast” link to listen to the episode now.  iPod users can find the episode in the podcast directory at the iTunes Store. Here’s that link! Contents of this episode: Discussion/Announcements/Tips: Tara and Katie chat about ways to [...]

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Besides operating my business, Loose Ends, another professional activity I head up, along with my colleague Tara Fort is Arizona Virtual Associates (AZVAs). It’s a virtual water cooler for entrepreneurs, self-employed business support service providers, small business owners, and in particular, Virtual Assistants. AZVAs  activities include: our monthly podcast (resuming in February), and accompanying newsletter, [...]

AZVAs the podcast begins its second season in February. In 2011, we’re keeping it real: that means that when we interview our guests, we’re asking them to share exactly how they built a successful business, and we’re asking them for specific tips for contractors who want to break into their industry. We’ll give you a [...]

November 2010 Podcast Program Notes Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the “AZVAs the Podcast” logo to listen to the episode now. For iPod users, AZVAs the Podcast is also found in the podcast directory at the iTunes Store (FREE!). Here’s that link! Most of this month’s episode was recorded on [...]

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September 2010 Podcast Program Notes This episode of AZVAs the Podcast is sponsored by Lisa Miller. Scroll down to read more about Lisa. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the “AZVAs the Podcast” logo to listen to the episode now. For iPod users, AZVAs the Podcast is also found in the [...]

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There are many scenarios that can derail your well-oiled SOHO operation. These’ll getcha, just like a change up in baseball. And next thing you know, you’re out. Kids home for the summer or holidays. New baby. New pet. Extended visit from family or other house guests. Illness or death. Adult Child returns to the nest [...]

Here’s a list of things to do now, if you are in a work slowdown, so that when things pick up again you’ll be ready! 1. Recommit to your core services It’s easy to get off track when you are slow. Requests for charitable work or even paid projects that lie outside the area you love [...]

Publisher’s note: this post was contributed by by Kelly Kilpatrick, who writes on the subject of an MBA degree. She invites your feedback at kellykilpatrick24 at gmail dot com. A freelance job is a blessing in more ways than one—you don’t have a fixed job or one boss to answer to, you’re a free agent [...]

When my kids were home for a visit recently, we spent some time looking through some dusty old family photos. These two images took me back to a July forty-six summers ago, when I entered my first contest. So convinced was I that I would the first prize, that I wrote to my aunt and [...]