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		<title>Entrepreneur.com Promotes the Social Marketing Niche</title>
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Recently, Entrepreneur.com posted a fantastic article titled, &#8220;Should You Outsource Your Online Presence?&#8220;.  The article highlighted the value of outsourcing your social media marketing to Virtual Professionals.
Check out this quote from the beginning of the article..
 &#8220;Between blogging, tweeting, Facebooking and updating a LinkedIn profile, it&#8217;s a wonder how a business owner has [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Entrepreneur.com Promotes the Social Marketing Niche", url: "http://www.thevirtualperception.com/2009/07/17/entrepreneur-social-marketing/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Consider Your Home Office Security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Virtual Assistants, a majority of us run our businesses out of our home, be it from a designated office, or a designated corner of the living room (hey, whatever works, right?). One major thing that may not be first mind is just how secure our office is. Working from home may give us a [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Consider Your Home Office Security", url: "http://www.thevirtualperception.com/2009/07/15/consider-your-home-office-security/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Small Town or Large City&#8230; Does it Make a Difference?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, someone had commented in another network on this recent post, that provoked a few thoughts in my mind. They suggested that perhaps some of the in-person networking tactics were better suited to those in larger cities where they appear to be more willing to pay more for an independent contractor.
Now, this is just my [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Small Town or Large City&#8230; Does it Make a Difference?", url: "http://www.thevirtualperception.com/2009/03/04/small-town-large-city/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>VA Classroom &#8211; A Fabulous Resource for Virtual Assistants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I have started the Social Media Marketing training class, I have become a raving fan of Craig Cannings and the VA Classroom. I really think is is a great place for new and veteran Virtual Assistants alike to get comprehensive training on important niches like Internet Marketing and Social Media Marketing. This has become [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VA Classroom &#8211; A Fabulous Resource for Virtual Assistants", url: "http://www.thevirtualperception.com/2009/02/27/va-classroom-a-fabulous-resource-for-virtual-assistants/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Q and A With Ruth Martin</title>
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Here at the Virtual Perception, it is my goal to provide great resources to new and aspiring Virtual Assistants, and answer common questions about getting started and how to be successful. Today I would like to welcome Ruth Martin of Maplewood Virtual Assistance, who was kind enough to answer our Q&#38;A With An Experienced VA [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Q and A With Ruth Martin", url: "http://www.thevirtualperception.com/2009/02/26/q-a-with-an-ruth-martin/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Low or No Cost Marketing Ideas for New Virtual Assistants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marketing with little or no budget can be tough.
I get a lot of inquiries from new and aspiring Virtual Assistants asking about how they can get VA work, or if I know of any companies that will hire them and just give them VA work. My question for them is what are they doing to [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Low or No Cost Marketing Ideas for New Virtual Assistants", url: "http://www.thevirtualperception.com/2009/02/20/low-or-no-cost-marketing-ideas-for-new-virtual-assistants/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Great New Blog- 2 Minutes With A VA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to share a brand new blog that is perfect for aspiring, new or veteran Virtual Assistants to get get great guidance and advice from a real veteran of our VA industry.
Candy Beauchamp, of OffAssist, has started up this great new blog, 2 Minutes with a VA. Candy takes to opportunity to answer [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Great New Blog- 2 Minutes With A VA", url: "http://www.thevirtualperception.com/2009/02/19/great-new-blog-2-minutes-with-a-va/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A With Laura Monroe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Virtual Perception would like to welcome Laura Monroe of Creative Agent Solutions, who took a moment to share her experiences about being a Virtual Assistant for our Q&#38;A series.
How did you start your VA business?
I worked as an in-office marketing coordinator for a top producing Keller Williams Broker Team for 2 years. I had [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Q&#038;A With Laura Monroe", url: "http://www.thevirtualperception.com/2009/02/02/qa-with-laura-monroe/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Q &amp; A With An Experienced VA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This  is first in a series that I want to do of Q&#38;A interviews with experienced Virtual Assistants. The aim is to give new and aspiring VAs insight into how they started their businesses, how they run their businesses and how it fits into their lives. This will be the first in hopefully a long [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Q &#038; A With An Experienced VA", url: "http://www.thevirtualperception.com/2009/01/23/q-a-wit-an-experienced-va/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Great New Resource: VA Secrets Revealed!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, a brand new book for VAs was released from fellow VA Alyssa Gregory named, VA Secrets Revealed!. The book is an insiders guide to becoming a successful virtual assistant from one who knows.
What&#8217;s covered in the book includes:

Common mistakes VAs make
Whether the VA Business is right for you
Finding &#38; keeping clients
Marketing on a budget
Secrets [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Great New Resource: VA Secrets Revealed!", url: "http://www.thevirtualperception.com/2008/09/09/great-new-resource-va-secrets-revealed/" });</script>]]></description>
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