Two days, campers, until the start of the 2006 Tour de France. This Virtual Assistant will be glued to OLN during the entire course of the race and cheering on Team Discovery.
George Hincapie: Bring it home, baby, bring it home!
Are you a fellow TdF fanatic? If so, contact me and let’s share news and highlights.
Good morning, Sharks!
Well now, isn’t THIS interesting. Persons unknown at Land O’Lakes are spending lots and lots of time on this Virtual Assistant’s website. Don’t know why, but I love it! Keep it comin’, folks.
Now, if I could just attract the interest of Kawasaki Motorcycles and have someone on their staff pony up a sponsorship, this VA would be in hog power-machine heaven.
Well, folks, it’s day 2 of:
The Thunderstorms of Gloversville
Egads … I have NEVER witnessed this much rain in a 48-hour time frame. I’m waiting for small wooden structures to float down the street. Any minute now, I’m sure …
As you can imagine, this weather is wreaking havoc on my Internet and e-mail connectivity. Still, I do have one thing going for me: A Landline Telephone! This Queen of the Virtual Assistants absolutely refuses to venture on over to VOIP Land. Nope. No sir. No can do. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: Electricity is the stuff of life.
weather.com tells me we’re to have lovely weather for the upcoming 4th of July holiday weekend. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Good afternoon, Sharks!
Come join us tomorrow evening as Ja-Nae Duane, President/Founder of Wild Women Entrepreneurs, presents the “How to Get the Most Out of Your Networking Skills” teleconference. This special teleconference is open to Wild WE members, as well as the general public.
This teleconference will be recorded and the audio link will be made available to everyone who RSVPs and registers. If you’re not available for tomorrow’s presentation, you’ll be able to purchase the audio link for a nominal fee.
Mark Your Calendar:
Wild Women Entrepreneurs Teleconference
“How to Get the Most Out of Your Networking Skills”
Presented by Ja-Nae Duane, Wild WE’s President and Founder
Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Time: 9:00 PM (Eastern)
Click here to RSVP and register.
I’ll “see” all you Sharks tomorrow night! And yes, all Guppies are welcome as well …
Wildly yours,
Lori Davis
Wild Women Entrepreneurs
Administrative Director and Board Member
Lori/at/TheWildWE.com
The hardcopy July 2006 issue of Business 2.0 is in this Shark’s hot little hands. I highly recommend their superb “50 That Matter Now” article. Bet you’ll never guess who’s in the #1 position …
Good afternoon!
It’s the end of the month and that can only mean one thing: The newsletters for Davis Virtual Assistants and Accent News are about to hit the streets. You still have time to visit both sites and subscribe to these amazing and informative newsletters.
July’s theme for both newsletters is Independence. (Imagine that.) The Accent News team has prepared some thought-provoking articles. I also want to hear from you about my article, “A Day in the Life: Virtual Professional vs. Cubicle Land.” Let me know if my words ring true with you and your situation.
The July DavisVA.com Digest offers subscribers very special discounts valid throughout July 2006, as well as my own take on the American Dream.
It’s Monday, Sharks … time to scamper on over to Davis Virtual Assistants and Accent News, and subscribe!
Good morning, Sharks!
Yes, yes, yes … I will toot my own horn at the drop of a hat. Would a Shark do anything less? Of course not …
What I do very well is paper-push and keep people organized. I was talking with a client earlier this week and told her I believe I’m blessed with the “organizational gene.” (I know that Science will someday prove me right in this assumption!) I know that my killer administrative and organizational skills, coupled with Lori’s Inner Geek, all serve DavisVA’s clients very well.
Even more important? This Director of the Future knows her limitations. Oh sure, I can put up a quick-and-dirty FrontPage or Dreamweaver site for you. But if you really want the goods in website design, maintenance and SEO, I would tell you to scamper on over and talk with Stephanie Cockerl at nextSTEPH. And I can help you work on your copywriting skills and proofread your projects. Or, if you really want to create that buzz you’re seeking, I’d tell you to visit WordFeeder, and check out Copywriting Shark Dina Giolitto and all she has to offer.
Editor’s Note: Blatant horn-tooting comin’ up
What I do — organizing, administrative work, craigslist and HTML training, coaching for virtual assistants, etc. — I do with Shark-like accuracy and attention to detail. I know what skills I bring to the game, and how I can best service DavisVA’s clients and the Associates on my team. You cannot run a Virtual Assistance empire, consisting of 11 Associates and 80+ clients, if you don’t have the skills and energy to make it all work on the back end.
What say you, Sharks? Are you focusing on what you do best and partnering with other small business owners outside your niche?
P.S. To all the Guppies in the back of the room, I want a 500-word essay on my desk by close of business today, telling me how you’re going to improve your business model and how you’re going to move on up to Sharkdom.
Good evening, Sharks!
Man oh man, am I a happy computer babe, or what? I just Googled:
craigslist virtual assistant
And I’m happy to report I’m now on page 1. As Montell Jordan would say, ‘This is how we do it!’
Sweet.
I am very pleased to announce I am now offering coaching programs for Virtual Assistants. While I’ve put in an amazing amount of hard work in Davis Virtual Assistants, I also know I possess the goods and the skills in regards to coaching. I’ve mentored and coached women and men who want what I’ve got: A successful Virtual Assistance practice, independence and have the good fortune to work from home. And now, I’m taking my coaching programs to the masses.
DavisVA’s Virtual Assistant coaching programs are for women and men who:
My coaching programs for VAs are unlike anything on the market today. You’ll receive practical and real world coaching and mentoring in regards to the Virtual Assistance industry, as you and I partner to help you achieve your business goals. All of this from someone who’s been in practice for more than six years, someone who knows how to “work it” and help you become more successful.
Contact me today, and let’s discuss my coaching programs, and to see if you and I are a good fit.
Here’s to YOUR success!
Good afternoon, my killer Sharks!
It’s come down to this, campers: I am throwing down the gauntlet. I can’t take it anymore. This Director of the Future will go postal if I receive one more e-mail message with far too many exclamation points at the end of each sentence! Stop it, stop it, stop it … Do not make me come over to your home and smack you on the hand. Trust me, I’ll do just that …
What are you Guppies thinking when you append your sentence with “!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”? Do you think by doing so it makes your text more appealing, sexy or exciting? Guess what? It doesn’t! When you add so many exclamation points it makes your message appear cartoonish, unprofessional and childish. It’s an incredible turn off, for me and the other folks to whom you’re sending your messages.
Sharks would never do this. NEVER. Sharks are professional, killer and get the job done without the addition of 12 million exclamation points.
Guppies: I appeal to your sense of professionalism and good business sense. Come on over to Sharkland, join the rest of us as we kill in business and STOP with the exclamation points.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming, already in progress …
Good morning!
Who’s with me on ending the spam madness? Insanity ensues each morning, as Norton Internet Security does its thing and protects my Outlook inbox, with its numerous accounts for myself and my clients, from the hundreds of spam messages which come through.
Let’s see … this morning I received various spam messages regarding:
As Susan Powter exclaimed back in the day:
Stop the Insanity!
Dear Bill,
Before you go part-time at Microsoft in 2008, I recommend you throw some of your personal fortune (a fortune which I, and countless others contributed to) to the computer world’s version of the “X-Prize.” There are computer geniuses out there and I suspect if given the appropriate incentives, they could tackle and kill the spam issue, once and for all.
(Okay … maybe NOT “once and for all.” Nevertheless, they just might be able to make a serious dent in regards to the spam messages which are blasted across the globe each day.)
Bill, I don’t want to be a mole-catcher! I really don’t. In addition, I have no need for hoodia, nor for snake-oil contraptions which claim to increase the size of the naughty bits.
Bill, what I want is to live in Computer Peace, not Computer Hell. Rumor has it you have assistants who ONLY monitor the amount of spam you receive each day. Is that true, or an urban legend? Inquiring minds want to know …
Mr. Gates: You can make this happen, and I encourage you to do so by getting the ball rolling.
Have your people contact my people at 866.611.LORI, and let’s talk.
Kind regards,
Lori Davis
Director of the Future
Davis Virtual Assistants
