I live and own a business in Austin, TX. The fact that I’ve never attended SXSWi or even SXSW is pretty sad, eh? Well, this year I decided to remedy that and I’m going to SXSWi. All registered and confirmed and all that stuff.
It looks like a lot of fun too! Geek stuff galore. I’m [...]

Warning: Sarcasm ahead
I had 2 networking groups yesterday with two very different experiences. The first was “great” group that a client has asked me several times to go to. It was not too far from me (about 30 minutes I figured) and she endorsed how wonderful it was. Good enough for me – [...]

Lanel Taylor, one of our team members, is doing the Komen for the Cure. Please click here to if you are able to help. Even $5 helps this worthy cause (and it’s tax deductible). Thanks much!
This has affected a few of my family members and I’ve seen friends go through a few scares as well. [...]

In July 2004, Lana Newlander of Virtual Business Solutions and I held our first virtual assistant meeting in Austin. The story is kind of funny actually…
She posted to the listserv at IVAA that she was kind of new and had someone contact her wanting bookkeeping services and needed a contract. I replied and said I [...]

I don’t usually post my book reviews on my blog, but this was such a great book for business that I wanted to share it here as well…
Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff
Wow. They get it. I’ve read various articles and blogs and books about social [...]

I know this poor blog is a bit neglected, working on that soon – promise… make sure to stop by GeekGyrls.com and see the post I put up today about my trip to TweetCamp San Antonio. Many thanks to the organizers for putting on a fantastic event!

Accountingweb.com has an interesting article on the rise of “telework”. With the rise in gas prices and many other factors, the number of employees in the United States working remotely rose frome 12.4 million in 2006 to 17.2 million in 2008. While these aren’t all full-time teleworkers, they do all work remotely at least 1 [...]

I have a theory about Americans. From the day we are born we are taught to compete:
We are taught to do more than our parents. We are pushed to be the best at sports, academics, or music (or all of the above). We are even taught to strive for more than our siblings.
So it should [...]

“Friend me!”
“Bkkper02 would like to add you to their network.”
“CrazySocialGrl101 was sent you a friend request.”
Do these sound familiar? With the rise of online social networks, the term “Networking” has become nebulous. The time of building your business network through hardwork and lots of hand shaking is a thing of the past…. Or is it?
Susan [...]

For those of us in the Virtual Assistant industry, working remotely has become simply a fact of life. But how can other companies learn from our example? There are a few key areas where larger companies get the basics wrong:
1.) They are in too big of a hurry.2.) They spend too much on technology.3.) Managers [...]