Tips from T.Marie

How to Get Off the New Business, No Experience Merry-Go-Round

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You’ve finally taken the plunge, followed your dreams and started that new business you’ve always dreamed about.  The excitement of being your own boss gets even higher as you conduct your first few consultations with potential clients.  And then you’re sent crashing to the ground by that inevitable question, “How long have you been doing…

OMG! Could Technology be Ruining your Professional Reputation?

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There is absolutely no doubt about the fact that technology has changed the way we live, work and play.  It’s changing every day in fact!  We don’t have to leave home to do research, rent a movie, shop, or even see our friends’ faces.  It’s truly amazing how quickly and dramatically technology has changed our…

Sneaking a Peek at Headway 3.0

Below is a sneak peek of what the Headway Theme for WordPress is going to look like when they officially unveil version 3.0.   But the fantastic new features aren’t the only thing that Headway Themes will be changing when 3.0 is released. New Pricing Structure The entire pricing structure for the theme is going to…

What You Can Learn from @Charter about Social Media

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As a Virtual Online Technology Assistant and a small business owner who has had a good deal of success using social media I’m often asked by others about how to use social media successfully for their own businesses.  Often I feel I have disappointed them when I explain why I feel social media has worked…

Why You Should Re-think That Low-Cost Virtual Assistant

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I’ve had a lot of small business people who need help with their business tell me that my rates were too high.  Heck, I’ve even had a person or two tell me I was crazy to charge that much when anyone can go to one of the freelance websites and find an army of virtual…

Why You Shouldn’t Hire Your Virtual Assistant on Guru.com

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I recently read an article by Ryan Lee called “The REALITY of Outsourcing and Virtual Assistants”.   He makes a great point about waiting until your business is ready for a virtual assistant rather than simply getting one because some ‘guru’ tells you to in their book(s). But he also included a few items that I…

Are You Charging (and Getting) What You’re Worth?

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I bet you thought you’d missed out on the Finding & Claiming Your Value Webinar. Surprise!  As I mentioned in my post earlier today, I just returned from two weeks in Maine due to a death in my family, 7 days of which I didn’t do anything business related at all.  Needless to say, it…

Are You a Business Do It All?

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We’re all familiar with the term ‘know it all’. It’s a rather negative term for someone who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.  But do you know what a ‘do it all’ is?  In business, a ‘do it all’ is someone who shoulders…