9
Mar
So, I’ve been active on Twitter for an entire 50 days now. What’s that in Twitter years? And being the old Twitter salt I now am, I am entitled to list my top Twitter pet peeves. So here they are, not in any order of importance.
Excessively Retweeting Yourself: “In case you missed it.” I [...]
Tags: bad marketing, current events, guerilla marketing, happy clients, internet demographics, networking, social media marketing, social networking, tweets, twitter, viral marketing
2
Mar
Interesting piece on Web Worker Daily on how smart talent is adapting hard and fast to the changing economy and career trajectory they inevitably face. This post dubs the phenomenon “Giganomics.”
Most of the web workers I know tend to be college educated people with reasonably good incomes, and I suspect that most of the people [...]
Tags: bottom line, crisitunity, current events, data, enviable innovations, happy clients, home, interesting, interesting people, internet demographics, overcoming technophobia, virtual workspace, work smarter
26
Feb
I will admit it- even as an early adopter, I was slow to “get” Twitter. My account sat dormant and silent for months, and when I came across Twitter-related news, I kind of glazed over. But fellow VAs (thankfully) kept banging on about it, and I started knocking around on the site- and it’s been [...]
Tags: current events, guerilla marketing, internet demographics, networking, overcoming technophobia, social media marketing, social networking, tweets, twitter, viral marketing
23
Feb
I’m still amazed corporations aren’t luring top talent like this in droves- staffing firms can serve a purpose, but focused virtual workers and virtual assistants are infinitely more economical for big and small companies in this economic flux period. And, as the writer below keenly observes, perhaps when the dust settles we’ll all be left [...]
Tags: bottom line, breaking news, current events, data, happy clients, organization, overcoming technophobia, productivity, virtual workspace, work smarter
19
Feb
Most of the article centers on pharmaceuticals, science and such, but the idea itself is interesting and a great outlook in this economy. For better or worse, forward thinking employers and employees seem to be thinking this is a real bend-or-break time for everyone.
It may seem counterintuitive that in the midst of this global economic [...]
Tags: bottom line, current events, interesting people, productivity
4
Feb
Your Virtual Assistant is on moderated assisting duty whilst I spend a long weekend celebrating Virtual Valentine’s Day.
I don’t want you to get bored, so please:
Make a baby with anyone via VW;
Stay hype on the stimulus situation and just say no to coffer looting!
Become an expert on Artisinal Ice Cream.
Add some steampunk cred to your [...]
Tags: breaking news, current events, design love, favorite things, inspiration, just for fun, new york city, open source, politics, virtual workspace, work smarter
19
Jan
Via Lifehacker, catching the inauguration from anywhere you happen to be. Regardless of how you voted, this is one for the history books, so take note!
If you didn’t snag a ticket or the time off, there’s still a multitude of video streams, pictures, and other ways to experience Barack Obama’s inauguration Tuesday. Here’s our growing [...]
Tags: breaking news, current events, politics
