What You Can Learn from this Hit-Maker

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on July 15, 2010 in: Coaching

Summer and music. They go together. Good summer music should evoke the hot, sunny days that students enjoy between semesters. For the kids, a summer “anthem” should capture everything great about the months that you spend on the beach with your friends. For grown-ups, a good summer anthem should remind us of those carefree months [...]

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Heather Podcasts: Managing a Virtual Team, Advice by Deb Walker – Virtual Team Manager (Episode 5)

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on June 14, 2010 in: Podcasts

Heather is joined by Virtual Team Manager, Deborah Walker on this podcast episode, where they discuss ways to effectively manage a virtual team. Deb Walker came on to ContemporaryVA over a year ago and was given the overwhelming responsibility of managing a completely virtual staff of about 50 individuals. Heather asks Deborah questions such as:
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Heather Podcasts: Initial Consultations: Do you give away too much information? (Episode 4)

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on June 7, 2010 in: Podcasts

Heather is joined by Copywriter and Strategist, Aaron Hoos on this podcast episode, where they attempt to discuss the concept of problematic initial consultation calls. They acknowledge that a consultants sales process brings a ton of variables and try to devise ways to overcome the obstacles. Questions such as:

How to filter out the tire kickers [...]

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Heather Podcasts – From the hotline (Episode 3)

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on June 2, 2010 in: Podcasts

In this episode I am answering a few of the questions that I received in the past two weeks via my feedback hotline.  The feedback that you all have given me on my feedback hotline has been useful, but I especially love the questions – it says to me that you like what I have [...]

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Heather Podcasts – Good, Fast, Cheap – Pick 2 (Episode 2)

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on May 24, 2010 in: Podcasts

In this podcast I am talking about the theory of Good, Fast, Cheap  – pick 2 – and my experiences as a service provider and as a client.
I discuss some options that service providers have in attempt to accommodate budgets and try to overcome the ‘cheap’ issue.
I also discuss as a client, going forward with [...]

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Heather Podcasts – Episode 1 (uncut)

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on May 12, 2010 in: Podcasts

Idea of the week

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on April 10, 2010 in: Idea of the Week

Another form of self expression! Yippeee! I am so excited.
I know, I am super corny, but I am always looking for ways to engage with my readers without cluttering my site or blog.
Have you ever seen those sites that have so many forms, banners, polls and things that you don’t know where to [...]

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