August 2005—Volume 2, Issue 3
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August 2005—Volume 2, Issue 3
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In This Issue |
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Letter from the Editor: Spreading the
Word by Sharon Williams
Meet Me in St. Louis —
Meet Me at VA Conference 2005 Find Your Niche at IVAA Best Practices Summit 2005
Wasted Time at Work Costing Companies Billions by Dan
Malachowski Technology Erases Geographic
Boundaries by Janet Jordan
Working from Home as a Virtual Assistant eLiaise Live Answer Provides Value-Add for VA Industry
Regular Departments:Media: Getting More
Mileage Out of Your Media Coverage by Carolyn Moncel History of Technology: Real World Newsletter Statistics by Sharon Williams
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Letter from the Editor: Spreading the Word by Sharon Williams
I’m literally
bursting with excitement regarding activities scheduled throughout the VA
industry this quarter and can’t wait to share the goodies with our
readership.
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Client Takes Advantage of Time Difference by Lyn Prowse-Bishop
When Greg Cole, Associate
Director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, decided he needed an extra
assistant, he resolved to look for a Virtual Assistant.
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Meet Me in St. Louis - Meet Me at VA Conference 2005
VA Conference 2005
hosts: Janet Jordan of Virtual Assistance U; Fred
Gandee of IAVOA; and, Kelly Poelker of Another 8 Hours present Show Me
Growth—Show Me Excellence—Show Me the Way! at the Fifth Annual Virtual
Assistant Conference. |
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Find Your Niche at IVAA Best Practices Summit 2005
The Summit Committee focused on identifying members who
could speak to both emerging and veteran Virtual Assistants (VA) on the
importance of finding and nurturing their niche.
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Wasted Time at Work Costing Companies Billions by Dan MalachowskiFor many American workers today, time's a
wastin' - literally. According to a new survey by
America Online and Salary.com, the average worker
admits to frittering away 2.09 hours per 8-hour workday, not including
lunch and scheduled break-time. As a matter of practice, companies assume
a certain amount of wasted time when determining employee pay. |
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IVAA - Welcome Aboard by Sharon Williams
It gives me great
pleasure to welcome International Virtual Assistants
Association (IVAA) as a new member of The Alliance for Virtual Businesses.
IVAA will work with us to collectively promote the global Virtual
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Becoming a VA While Overseas by LaRae McMulle
Becoming a Virtual Assistant was almost a
necessity for me. I am a military spouse, and have always worked as an
administrative assistant until we got stationed in Okinawa Japan.
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Technology Erases Geographic Boundaries by Janet JordanTechnology, without a doubt makes, the
difference in supporting my client In Puerto Rico. I received a long
distance phone call one morning back in October, 2003.
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The International Connection by Dee EnnenWe all know that
virtual assistants can work globally, but making it happen in your own
business can be a challenge if you are used to working exclusively with
local clients. I know. |
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Working From Home as a Virtual AssistantThe Alliance for Virtual Businesses (www.allianceforvirtualbiz.com),
a volunteer run organization that works to advocate virtual businesses of
all sort including virtual assistants, is another online and valuable
resource for new and seasoned virtual assistants.
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eLiaise Live Answer Provides Value-Add for VA Industry
The phone rings and
there are two inevitabilities. First, a Live answer. Second, voicemail.
As a consumer, which do you prefer?
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Getting More Mileage out of Your Media Coverage by Carolyn Moncel
For me, the best part about working in media relations is
actually seeing your news story in the media. I guess because media
placements are tangible results of all the hard work you've done on the
behalf of a client or an organization.
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Real World Newsletter Statistics by Sharon Williams
AWeber, a popular
broadcast email delivery system reports the following 30 day average email
delivery statistics. |
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Tech Tools and Tips by Kathie M. Thomas
This issue, I want
to discuss the merits of using a Filter or Rules Wizard in your email
program. Probably the most widely used email program is Outlook but you
may be using a different program – hopefully it will have the ability to
do some or all of these things for you.
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The Virtual Alliance is published by the Alliance for Virtual Businesses™. All facts, opinions, and statements appearing within this publication are those of the writers and editors themselves, and are in no way to be construed as statements, positions or endorsements by the Alliance for Virtual Businesses™ or its Leadership Team. Information
in The Virtual Alliance is gathered from sources considered to be reliable,
but the accuracy of all information cannot be guaranteed. |
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