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  By Gayle Buske, President and CEO Team Double-Click® For years the big guys have known how to cut costs and have known about business process outsourcing or BPO. Now, even small businesses can take advantage of what is essentially business process outsourcing. Virtual assistants are BPO for sma...
01/21/2009
We’ve heard the adage “a penny for your thoughts” but did you know that your thoughts, or rather your online thoughts (internet searches) could bring pennies to your favorite charity or school? What if every time you did an internet search, someone donated a penny to your favorite cause? Imagine ...
01/14/2009
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“Life is a promise; fulfill it.” – Mother Teresa, humanitarian Do you ever wonder what you are doing with your life or where you are headed? At some point, even the most self-aware among us wonder if we are on the right path. Goals can help us stay on track but how do we know we are on the right...
02/15/2008
Marketing used to mean sending out calendars that gave your name, address, phone number and a slogan – "You're Premier Real Estate Agent." Today's consumer is more sophisticated not to mention tech savvy. Now you need to demonstrate why you are the premier anything before a prospect becomes a cli...
02/08/2008
By Ruthie Palmatier This is a question that more and more people are asking themselves. Society gives so much attention to success and what it is and how to get it but more and more, people are asking if the price is too high. Whatever your definition of success, if stress is the price paid, the...
02/06/2008
The New Year has started; have you set your goals for the year?  If you are like most people, your goals have been identified.  Have you gone beyond thinking and identifying them?  Do you have a plan?  Or are you simply "going for it?"  Are you committed to the cause?   How badly do you want to a...
01/15/2008
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Are you struggling with the thought of how to train your virtual assistant?  Is that preventing you from getting started?  I hear that a lot.  Maybe you are concerned with the amount of time it might take to train her.  I hear that too.  The first thing to remember is that if don't train your vir...
11/27/2007
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I don't know about you, but environment issues seem to be the core of many discussions around my house.  Here's a great article written by Gayle Buske, of Team Double-Click that I couldn't pass up sharing.   Working GreenBy Gayle BuskeThese days everyone is talking about going green:  green build...
10/05/2007
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For many clients, getting started with a virtual assistant can be difficult.  Many of my clients are solopreneurs and small business owners who are used to doing everything themselves.  They tend to want to maintain doing things for typically one of two reasons:  either they have fears that someo...
09/19/2007
There is so much in the news today about the "down market" in real estate, stocks and about every other industry.  Gayle hit the nail on the head with her article below.  When facing challenges such as these or any other challenges, I am reminded of a quote by Paul "Bear" Bryant (College football...
09/15/2007
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