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Virtual Assistant Industry

Hiring a Virtual Assistant

by Michelle MangenMay 10, 2010 Virtual Assistant Industry

Image via Wikipedia Virtual Assistants: Charging By the Hour vs. By the Project Recently I wrote Are Virtual Assistants Expensive and was asked by one of my readers what the difference was between hiring a Virtual Assistant vs. hiring one through bidding sites such as Elance. Question: “It seems that you charge by the hour [...]

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A Virtual Assistant is NOT

by Michelle MangenMarch 31, 2010 Virtual Assistant Industry

Virtual Assistants are NOT…. My friend, Lissa Duty, wrote this post What is a Virtual Assistant? She gives usable and practical ideas for what types of tasks a Virtual Assistant can perform for your business. As a spin-off of her post I want to go into some detail about the opposite – what we are [...]

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Are Virtual Assistants Expensive?

by Michelle MangenMarch 30, 2010 Virtual Assistant Industry

Are Virtual Assistant Services Expensive? Good question! It’s one that I’m often asked both on Twitter and when explaining the concept of a Virtual Assistant to local business owners (it’s still not very popular or well-known where I live). First let’s review… How Hiring a Virtual Assistant Can Save You Money Only utilize services when [...]

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Tweetminer is an awesome Twitter application

by Michelle MangenOctober 25, 2009 Small Business Ideas

Tweetminer is a new Twitter client / application that brings so many great features from other independent applications into one web-based software. Highlights as to why I like TweetMiner so much: Ability to pull through specific Twitter user streams so I can more easily stay on top of their tweets With one click I can [...]

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Inspired by other bloggers

by Michelle MangenOctober 23, 2009 Business Shout-Outs
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I’ve been reading The Viral Garden for some time now after another Virtual Assistant, @TargetStars, told me it was one of her favorites. The “Social Media is Worth Making Time For” post that Mack had this week really hit home for me. I’ve consulted and prompted many of my clients to blog more frequently as [...]

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