Your Partner In Success Radio Show Welcomes Dr. Jack Singer

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Oct 29, 2009 in Your Partner In Success | 0 comments

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

I am delighted to welcome to the show nationally renowned Sport Psychologist Dr. Jack Singer.

Dr. Singer is a licensed Clinical, Sports and Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, author, trainer and consultant. His expertise includes a Doctorate in Industrial / Organizational Psychology and a Post-Doctorate in Clinical / Sports Psychology. Jack has been recognized with Diplomates from the American Academy of Behavioral Medicine, the Society of Police and Criminal Psychology, and he has been awarded with a special Diplomate in Sports Psychology from the National Institute of Sports Professionals. He has a special Certification in Clinical Hypnosis from the American Academy of Clinical Hypnosis and Jack has taught in the Psychology departments of seven universities, including four years as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Dr. Jack Singer has been in private practice and consulting for 33 years and the rich variety of Dr. Jack’s experience ranges from training serious athletes and teams to consistently reach peak performance levels… to working with couples and families to resolve relationship issues, to designing teambuilding ‘re-TREATS’ for Fortune 1000 corporations, and large legal and medical practices.  He recently joined the team of experts at the Virtual Assistance University and will be working with small business owners on a variety of issues directly related to their success, both personal and business.

Dr. Singer is also a great motivational speaker who can engage a crowd through comedy and motivation. A proud member of the National Speakers Association, Dr. Jack is renowned among North America’s top motivational speakers and has spent twenty-five years speaking for and consulting with Fortune 1000 companies, athletes, professional associations and human resources professionals from Miami to Malaysia. His research and self-help articles appear in business, medical, human resources and sports journals across the United States. In fact, you can download a free Power Breathing hypnosis sample here.

We will be covering a range of topics pertaining to the health and well-being of busy entrepreneurs.

Stress mastery.

Staying positive during uncertain times.

How to build your resiliency to face the challenges in your life.

How to unleash the creativity that is within.

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, Oct 30, 2009

Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm PST

Where: Your home office telephone or computer.

Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Call-in Number: 347-843-4988

Time permitting, we will take questions so please be sure to join us in the chat room.

We look forward to “seeing” you!

Your Partner In Success Welcomes Rosalind Gardner

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Oct 21, 2009 in Your Partner In Success | 0 comments

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Rosalind Gardner

Known as the “Queen of Affiliate Marketing” Rosalind Gardner has been a leader in the affiliate marketing industry since 1998 and is recognized best through her best-selling affiliate training manual, “How I Made $436797 in One Year Selling Other People’s Stuff Online” as well as her contributions as the Affiliate’s Corner columnist for Revenue Magazine.

As a speaker, consultant and prolific blogger, Rosalind teaches new affiliates to build sustainable online businesses through blog monetization and merchants how to structure their affiliate programs to attract and retain loyal Super Affiliates like herself.

A January 2009 trade magazine pegs Rosalind as the female affiliate marketer (since 1998) with the most experience!

We will be covering some very important topics that will be of interest to online entrepreneurs of all descriptions. Rosalind will define affiliate marketing and teach us how to make money with blogs and discuss what sorts of products she promotes on her own blogs and websites.  She will also discuss the various types of affiliate programs and offer recommendations on how to get started with affiliate marketing.

This is a MUST LISTEN TO interview!

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, Oct 23, 2009

Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm PST

Where: Your home office telephone or computer.

Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Call-in Number: 347-843-4988

Time permitting, we will take questions so please be sure to join us in the chat room.

We look forward to “seeing” you!

Beware of Phishing Emails Telling You That Your Mailbox Settings Have Changed

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Oct 19, 2009 in Internet Mastery | 0 comments

This morning I opened my email client to view a flurry of phishing emails similar to this one:

From: customersupport @ yourofficeontheweb.com [mailto:customersupport @ yourofficeontheweb.com]

Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 12:02 PM

To: mail @ yourofficeontheweb.com

Subject: The settings for the mail @ yourofficeontheweb.com were changed

Dear user of the yourofficeontheweb.com mailing service! We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox (mail @ yourofficeontheweb.com) settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings click on the following link:

I have removed the link so it doesn’t get clicked on accidentally but can tell you that there is a very long URL that they are asking me to click on.

Best regards, yourofficeontheweb.com Technical Support.

A different email for another address looked like it was a newsletter type of thing and informed me that my default setting for my mailbox had changed and I needed to download and execute a new settings file for my mailbox.

DO NOT click on anything in these emails. If you are in any kind of doubt about your email settings contact your web developer or hosting company but exercise extreme caution with these types of emails.

You can also report phishing to US-CERT who is collecting phishing email messages and web site locations so that they can help people avoid becoming victims of phishing scams.

Methods of Reporting Phishing Email to US-CERT

In Outlook Express, you can create a new message and drag and drop the phishing email into the new message. Address the message to phishing-report@us-cert.gov and send it.

In Outlook Express you can also open the email message and select File > Properties > Details. The email headers will appear. You can copy these as you normally copy text and include it in a new message to phishing-report@us-cert.gov.

If you cannot forward the email message, at a minimum, please send the URL of the phishing web site. If the suspicious mail in question includes a file attachment, it is safer to simply highlight the message and forward it. Some configurations, especially in Windows environments, may allow the execution of arbitrary code upon opening and viewing a malicious email message.

This information courtesy of US-Cert.com

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If You Need Help, Please Press 1!

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Oct 15, 2009 in Internet Mastery | 0 comments

Automated customer assistance …. does anybody else recognize this as an oxymoron? Just thinking about having to call my credit card company, telephone company or any other company for that matter makes me shudder and start monitoring my blood pressure. I know we don’t have to deal with these types of calls everyday, but even periodic bad experiences with touch-tone or voice-activated customer service centers can result in long-lasting frustration and resentment. Frankly, I have a small but growing list of companies that I simply won’t do business with because of the difficulties communicating with them. And we are not even discussing outsourced call centers in India in this post. That is a whole other topic and one that I may have to think about long and hard before posting. I tend to say bad words when this issue comes up.

What to do?

Go to get2human.com to find out if the company you need to call is listed. Once you are there you can consult the database of secret phone numbers and codes that immediately get an actual, live person on the line for customer service at nearly 1000 major companies.

For companies that are not currently listed on this website, call the main number, then press 0 (zero) after the voice message starts. You may have to press it several times to override the system. It that doesn’t work, try 0# (zero pound), 0* (zero star), #0 (pound zero) or *0 (star zero). Another trick that sometimes works is using voice activation: Say, agent or human.

Good luck!

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Invest In Career Training and Ongoing Education

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Oct 15, 2009 in Internet Mastery, Virtual Assistance Industry | 1 comment

As a very busy Virtual Assistance firm, we receive hundreds of resumes and inquiries from people who have decided that the Virtual Assistance Industry is something that is very interesting to them. The unfortunate truth is that only rarely receive do we receive a resume that outlines the skills, hard and soft, that my firm requires. In fact, this one crossed my desk this morning.

I am interested in becoming a VA. How does this work? Do you send the work to me weekly or are there larger, longer term projects to be had?

Please let me know – thank you!

Clearly this person has no concept at all about what it is that we do. I hate to admit that we are seeing more and more of this type of resume which is what prompted me to write this article. People are losing their jobs at a truly frightening pace and turning to the internet to either supplement or replace their income and the Virtual Assistance Industry on the face of it looks like something that could be easy and fun to do.

Job seekers are reading online that there is a very high demand for Virtual Assistants without understanding what the qualifications and skill sets are that set us apart from our competition. Simply possessing entry level office skills does not an entrepreneur make and that is exactly what we are. We are highly trained, highly competent, highly motivated professionals who regularly self-invest in career training, certifications and continuing education.

One of the best pieces of advice that I ever received is this: “Invest in yourself”.

When employment opportunities are scarce, investing in yourself can mean continuing your education, staying on the cutting edge of your chosen field or developing a new area of expertise. In any case, investing in yourself requires time, energy and often a financial commitment. Self-employed professionals who pursue continuing education stay on the frontiers of their fields more effectively. Their pursuit of new knowledge signals to clients that they take nothing for granted, that they are not stagnant and they are working daily to self-improve. When you invest in your own career training you are increasing your market skills and will earn consistently high professional fees.

While there is no formal path to training for small business ownership or entrepreneurship, training with successful professionals can give you a helpful edge in your market. As more companies and individuals rely on new technology and the internet to do business, job growth in the Virtual Assistance Industry is expected to grow rapidly.

My colleague’s advice, offered so many years ago, continues to ring true. We must invest in ourselves and, as a corollary, in our employees and team members in order to reap maximum returns.

Virtual Assistance University

Virtual Assistance Certification Training

The Virtual Assistance University is a collaboration of experts from a variety of backgrounds. Some of the faculty members are virtual assistants, web developers, WordPress platform experts, social media marketing experts, technologists, profit growth consultants, sales trainers and business development coaches. We even have a nationally renowned Psychologist who will teach you how to overcome fear and self-resistance. Each faculty member contributes years of practical experience to accelerate your growth and success.

The Virtual Assistant Certification course is a structured 20 week performance improvement program in which goals are set, actions are taken and results are realized. You will be provided with a performance plan, a disciplined implementation process, daily measurement systems, and a very unique accountability process along with specific tasks, tactics, tools and strategies to attain your business goals.

Social Media Marketing Certification Course

During the course of this 4 week intensive course you will learn how to balance your online social media marketing efforts. Every online marketing campaign needs balance. To stay relevant with your core audience, you need to interact with them and create impressions across several marketing channels. By experiencing the brand’s message across several marketing channels, the likelihood of being able to recall the brand (you) and your message is greatly increased.

Have questions about the Virtual Assistance Industry? Email them to me at info @ virtualassistantindustry.com.

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