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How-to Hire a Virtual Assistant (VA), PART 2 of 2

24 Mar 2010 Tom Sasnauskas -GUEST- No Comments

To read part 1 please go to: How-to Hire a Virtual Assistant (VA), PART 1 of 2

D. Post your job.

Signup for the http://www.onlinejobs.ph/ which is $49 a month last time I checked. They pre-qualify employees at this site. You can also find good people at http://manila.craigslist.com.ph/ which is free  but you will need to be cautious of your interviewing. You can track your VA using Google Groups and Google Docs. If you use onlinejobs.ph then I recommend gathering emails from each VA candidate and sending out a Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) email to all of them with your job posting. Read the rest of this entry »

5 Keys For Running a Successful Part Time Internet Business, Part 2

15 Mar 2010 Mark Mason -GUEST- 2 Comments

Last week we went over the first 3 keys for running a successful part time internet business. They were:

Success Factor One: Begin with the end in mind.

Success Factor Two: Avoid bright shiny objects.

Success Factor Three: Understand the lifestyle that you’re trying to design.

Now, let’s move on to the next and final two; Read the rest of this entry »

5 Keys For Running a Successful Part Time Internet Business, Part 1

08 Mar 2010 Mark Mason -GUEST- 41 Comments

There are two kinds of internet business people in the world. There are internet business people who are working on their internet business full time, and there are internet business people with other jobs. Usually these people refer to these other jobs as their “day job” or “J.O.B.” Having done this “other job” thing by choice for several years it’s clear to me that there are at least five critical factors involved in the success of part-time internet business. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite Sterling’s Warning, I Had No Idea How Hard it Would Really Be

11 Dec 2009 Jay (Jason Van Orden) 9 Comments

IMG_0061Tonight my film premiers at a local theater.

As I think back on the experience, there are several great lessons that I’ve learned. The biggest lesson relates to having a Definite Major Purpose, not only in life but even in our daily activities.

I had no idea how much work it would be to create a 10-minute short film. Sterling warned me, but I still didn’t fathom the extent of work the project was going to take. Still, looking back it was totally worth it. I would do it again.

Before I committed to creating this film, I listed as many reasons as I could for why I wanted to do it.

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Making Goals Worth Something

15 Jan 2009 Sterling (Jeremy Frandsen) 10 Comments

In the last post I talked about why Goals are Worthless and how to actual be in the proper mindset to even set a goal.  Now, it’s time to show you how to make the goals you set useful.

First thing to say is that I don’t call them goals anymore, I call them Fulfillment Targets.

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