Being Personal while being Virtual…

I hear it all the time…

“Virtual is about efficiency and streamlining…”

“I prefer email to telephone calls or snail mail…”

“We don’t even order stationery anymore…”

“Of course I told my clients Happy Birthday, I sent them an ecard…”

“Of course I have not forgot the need for a personal note card here and then, that is why I subscribe to sendoutcards.com…”

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Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 1/08/10

How to Get More Comments on Your Blog

8 Things to Avoid When Building a Community

10 Simple Ways to Feel Alive

The Power Of A Post

Setting the tone for the year ahead

Sherlock Holmes on Copywriting

A Freelancer’s Guide to Dealing with Difficult People

Learn SEO from Your Spouse

Read more of my favorite posts on HeatherVilla StumbleUpon.

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Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 1/01/10

A Year in Review

Coming Back From the Holidays: How to Get Back to Work

12 Days of Virtual Assistance

DEBATE: The Epic Battle Between Short and Long Posts

Social media needs fewer rockstars, and more rockstar ideas

What You Need to Know about Business in 2010

Five Can’t-Miss Mobile Marketing Trends For 2010

10 New Year’s Resolutions for Small Business

Bonding By Being Tied

There are so many good ideas and suggestions to start off on the right foot for success in this new year that began today.  I have only listed a few here, but you can read more of my favorites on HeatherVilla StumbleUpon.

Happy New Year!

Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 12/4/09

Why Your Worst Clients Should Still Get Your Best Service

Busting 20 Customer Service Myths: Review of BAM

The 7 Harsh Realities of 
Social Media Marketing

Adrenalin, Pie and the Holiday Season

Internet Marketers Must Listen Before They Speak

Ho, Ho, Help!

RAOKA: Beauty

10 Tips for Creating Calls to Action That Convert

Ok, I’m stopping there! There was just so much good stuff this week!

Hope you enjoy. You can read more of my favorite posts on HeatherVilla StumbleUpon.

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Not all Butts are the same. Mine is picky!

In our household, we do Christmas for the festivities – that is the decorations, the smells, the music and the family time. Gift giving has not been huge for the last five years or so, mainly because when we want something, we get it instead of waiting until Christmas. However, on occasion we can find things that we overlook. For example, the hubby wanted a Mac, but he never got it, so that is what he is getting under the tree. For me, it was a new office chair. I personally loved my old chair but it was old. I had it for 7 years. It was ripped, it squeaked horribly loud, and it probably was not the most ergonomic chair for someone that sometimes spends 12-14 hours a day sitting in it. But she was my friend: Click here to read more »

The mirage of perfectionism

Perfectionism sounds like a great ideal to strive for in business and in project management but it is a mirage – a hazy image on the horizon that will never be achieved.

It doesn’t matter whether we’re talking about a large business, a small business, a start-up, a department, or a project that is being managed within an organization – businesses need to work towards high quality completion but NOT perfectionism.
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Reaching the Peak: When Delegation Shines

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If you follow me on twitter you have seen a ton of recent tweets about @emailcenterpro, about ‘click – click – move – move’, and about Inbox 0!

Some of you may be wondering: How I am doing that? Others may already know because you subscribe to my Tips in 10 email newsletter. I won’t write it out in detail (but if you want to get the step by step instructions, just subscribe to my Tips in 10 newsletter using the sign-up form on the right hand side of this blog post).

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Today’s #bizlunchclub discussion: Automated Prescription Vending

User @kahji asked about Automated Prescription Vending machines on today’s BusinessLunchClub discussion. Great question! It made me think about the pros and cons, and I sent some in a tweet but am expanding on it here.

Pros:

  • Lower cost: Less cost for storage, pharm-techs, etc.
  • Reduced human error: I can’t read those doctor’s prescriptions and I’m not sure that pharmacists can, either.
  • 24/7 service: Assuming that these are in a publicly accessible place 24/7. (Although, in some neighborhoods, that might be a con, not a pro). Click here to read more »