Business

New Service: Audio Transcription

Outsourcing

Lots of people prefer to get their information via audio because it’s portable and doesn’t tie them down to their computers. But the written word isn’t dead and audio transcripts can be used to supply new content to readers or to sell as info products. Podcasters have dozens of interview files which can be transcribed [...]

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Feeling Invisible While Social Networking

Business

Have you gotten hooked on the whole social networking thing? Places like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc are great for meeting up with old friends or coworkers and you can even network and gain some new clients from these meetings. However, spending too much time networking can lead to wasted time and hurt feelings. Let’s face [...]

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Detailed Notes Can Save Your Sanity

Time Management

When I was working in the advertising world as a production assistant, I was advised to always carry a notebook and pen with me. Taking detailed job notes or writing down questions from others on the account team ensured that those tasks would get completed and that I would have a complete understanding of the [...]

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I’m Tossing Everything!

Business

OK, so not “everything” but I’m doing some serious reorganizing so old files, beware! In my quest to work more efficiently, I have discovered these last couple of weeks that I have hundreds of useless or outdated files on my computer. Not only that, but I realized my bad habit of not putting things away [...]

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It’s All In The Planning

Time Management

In my last post I asked the question if VAs use other VAs to help complete projects. At the time, I was asking because I am taking a personal coaching class for 4 weeks and had a couple of personal projects swimming around in my head, neither of which I thought I could even work [...]

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