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		<title>5 Ways to Freshen Up Your Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A while back I came across an interesting article called “5 Ways to Go from Frumpy to Fresh This Week.” Great article, but I forgot to write down the source! I really want to share the ideas (plus add my own and others’ ideas), so I’m going to “put it out there” and see if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Reasons to Write a Business Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The main reason for writing a Business Plan is not to obtain funding for your business. Writing a Business Plan forces you to be more concrete and specific. Sure it is difficult and time-consuming. But as soon as you starting writing, you realize there are gaps in your knowledge of your target market, your competitors, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.virtualassist.ca/4-reasons-to-write-a-business-plan</link>
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		<title>&#8220;5 Surefire Ways to Keep Your Virtual Team Engine Humming&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are a “team of one” who is just starting out, or a “team of many” with subcontractors and/or employees helping you to operate your business, chances are you will be working virtually with some of your team members. Operating a virtual team isn’t the same as working in a brick and mortar building [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.virtualassist.ca/5-surefire-ways-to-keep-your-virtual-team-engine-humming</link>
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		<title>Maintaining a Professional Image While Working at Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the benefits of a home office is never having to wear a scratchy wool suit or pantyhose (unless you want to). The danger is that it’s easy to let that professional image slide if you spend the workday sitting on your couch wearing yoga pants and channel surfing in between conference calls. Follow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.virtualassist.ca/maintaining-a-professional-image-while-working-at-home</link>
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		<title>Your Spouse Does What?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are like many small business owners, you try not to miss an opportunity to network with others. Did you know that some of your best referrals could come from your spouse, directly or indirectly sharing your business information with others? But if you are like Jennifer Harmon, you may need to train your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yikes! I am becoming my mother. Last Friday I attended the Startup Princess Annual Conference for Women Entrepreneurs in Salt Lake City, Utah. During Heather Bailey&#8217;s Keynote address ( heatherbaileydesign.com), she asked if anyone had a tissue. I quickly reached into my bag and pulled out a package of Kleenex. While Heather might have appreciated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VA: Volunteer Assistant?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am the proverbial volunteer – I can and so I do.  Often it is for my community or for an organization I am associated with; it is as a volunteer that I expend much time and energy.  Initially this was all good.  I had time.  I had nominal aspirations to “be my own boss”.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.virtualassist.ca/va-virtual-assistant-or-volunteer-assistant</link>
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		<title>The Power of Video Marketing&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;for your Virtual Assistance Business Recently, I ran a webinar event for my VAClassroom Members titled: “Marketing your VA Business in a Web 2.0 World“. We spent some time discussing the power of Video Marketing and the sheer potential it has for rapidly increasing website traffic and improving search listings. I mentioned to the group [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.virtualassist.ca/the-power-of-video-marketing</link>
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		<title>Professional Virtual Author&#8217;s Assistant Training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professional Virtual Author&#8217;s Assistant Training and Certification Program Regular Course cost: $633.00  RDC Graduates cost with discount: $519.00 To receive this discount contact michelle.jamison@rdc.ab.ca For futher details click here]]></description>
		<link>http://www.virtualassist.ca/professional-virtual-authors-assistant-training</link>
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		<title>Thinking About the Unthinkable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had to think the unthinkable last week.  What would happen if I had an accident that prevented me from working ever again?  I know, not a very nice thought, in fact it’s rather morbid, but as a business owner that solely depends on my ability to work to pay the bills&#8230;.well it’s a something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.virtualassist.ca/thinking-about-the-unthinkable</link>
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