How much time should Virtual Assistant’s spend on social media?

July 29, 2008 2 comments

Maybe more than we are! Last year, if you had asked me about social media I would have said “Huh?” Ask me today and you get quite a different response. Lifestreaming (the hour to hour documenting over the internet of your daily life) and Microblogging (140 words or less of whatever you would like to [...]

How Can You Buy The Sky?

July 16, 2008 1 comment
Chief Seattle

Isn’t it ironic how enterprise driven real estate developers buy up acres of beautiful natural land, only to cut down all the trees, and level all the hills, to build a high dollar subdivision, only to term the area a “natural environment”, “back to nature” or “green living”? I think Chief Seattle said it best [...]

Counting the days?

July 2, 2008 No comments yet
3G iPhone

Are you going to purchase the new 3G iPhone? I have a perfectly serviceable Gen1 iPhone. The Edge speed is laughable but it works and the camera is fairly good too. I am bored by the gray monotones of the iCal on the iPhone. I noticed the new iPhone iCal will have separately colored calendars. [...]

How to grab attention on your blog

June 21, 2008 No comments yet

“I’m Blogging That” author Katy Castro (a great and informative blog that I’ve just discovered), has written a tres helpful article on how to grab attention on your blog.  Many of these are common sense items but often overlooked items. Thanks Katy! Author bio: Taryn Merrick is a Professional Mac Virtual Assistant, Social Media Virtual [...]

Virtually green?

June 16, 2008 No comments yet

The Worldwatch Institute has a great article for novice greenies on how they can help the planet, by listing ten items you can do to go green. Some of my favorites are  buying in bulk, buying used, and saving water and electricity. How can partnering with a Virtual Assistant help you go green? Well, for [...]


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