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		<title>Hiring a Virtual Assistant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 13:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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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: &#8220;It seems that you charge by the hour wheras they charge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Virtual Assistant is NOT</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virtual Assistants are NOT&#8230;.
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 &#8211; what we are not:
Virtual Assistants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Virtual Assistants Expensive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are Virtual Assistant Services Expensive?

Good question! It&#8217;s one that I&#8217;m often asked both on Twitter and when explaining the concept of a Virtual Assistant to local business owners (it&#8217;s still not very popular or well-known where I live).
First let&#8217;s review&#8230;
How Hiring a Virtual Assistant Can Save You Money

Only utilize services when needed (no need in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweetminer is an awesome Twitter application</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 schedule a RT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspired by other bloggers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ve been reading The Viral Garden for some time now after another Virtual Assistant, @TargetStars, told me it was one of her favorites.
The &#8220;Social Media is Worth Making Time For&#8221; post that Mack had this week really hit home for me.
I&#8217;ve consulted and prompted many of my clients to blog more frequently as I know, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My interview with AVPpodcast</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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If you aren&#8217;t following @AVPPodcast I suggest you do so &#8211; Darlene is an amazing woman with a warm voice and a passion realized in assisting small business owners to understand how a Virtual Assistant can help them.
In pursuing that she also interviews some of the greatest Virtual Assistants out there to get their ideas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What piece are you missing with the KLT Factor? ~ Part Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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Have you read Part One?
The rest of the story:
The point in this story is not that Mr. Author contacted me for bookkeeping services but rather that as a result of the trust I established with him on the first project he decided to discuss other services I offer.
Even more importantly he  referred me to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What piece are you missing with the KLT factor? ~ Part One</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thevirtualasst.com/what-piece-are-you-missing-with-the-klt-factor-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I wrote a post about how important the Know, Like, Trust (KLT) factor is in business, especially with prospective clients.
I wanted to share a personal story with you that will illustrate how important the trust factor is and how sometimes that comes in way of social proof.
Recently a pretty well-known business marketing author  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portable Training Program now available for Military</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Training Program available for Military spouses, dependents and veterans. 
Create your own portable career
From a recent press release on the launch of a training program specifically designed for the military, their spouses and dependents:
&#8220;Portable careers for military spouses are a fast emerging concept. Being married to a serviceman; spouses are often left floundering and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking of Blogging for yourself or clients? Attend the BlogWorld Expo!</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thevirtualasst.com/thinking-of-blogging-for-yourself-or-clients-attend-the-blogworld-expo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Las Vegas  Nevada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May 2009 I attended an Internet Marketing Conference in Reno, NV so I could learn more on how to increase my own online presence as well as further develop my own skill set so I can provide additional value to my clients.
Simultaneously with the conference my website had been re-designed complete with blogging capabilities [...]]]></description>
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