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Beeline for Business…Love/Hate Relationship

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As a small business owner do you have a love/hate relationship with your tasks? Are there some tasks you hate to tackle but love to have completed? Even though your tax status reads “solopreneur,” you don’t have to work alone. Make a commitment to work smarter, not harder; to not work harder, work happier. Don’t […]

Beeline for Business…New Year Reboot for Your Computer

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As a Virtual Assistant, being without my computer is a critical circumstance, but it does happen. An S-O-S call to Shaun at North Carolina IT Professionals Inc. is always met with calm demeanor and superior customer service. I’m thrilled to share a guest post by Shaun who shares a best practice for the New Year. New Year […]

Beeline for Business…ABWA NOVA News-Member Spotlight

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Posted in:  Business TipsNewsSmall Business

NOVA News is a newsletter produced by the Northern Virginia Charter Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association. As we recently began a new calendar year and my sixth year as a Member of ABWA, I am honored to be in the Member Spotlight and have a feature article (p.3), “Your Network is Your Number One Resource, Use […]

Beeline for Business … Seasonal Help

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You saw them lending a helping hand over the holidays: bell ringers, shelf stockers, gift wrappers, event staff. Do you, as a small business owner, wish you could hire ‘seasonal help” to support your business? Well, you can and it’s affordable. Utilizing the services of a Virtual Assistant (VA) is like having seasonal help year […]

Beeline for Business…Take Note: Thank You!

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Posted in:  BrandingBusiness TipsSmall Business

Despite the amount of time I spend online and in the cloud, I love stationery! December 26 is National Thank You Note Day. Sending a thank you note is not only common courtesy but also a best practice to establish for your small business. Thanking a colleague for a referral, thanking a customer for new […]

Beeline for Business … Use Your Network

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A resounding statement throughout the recent two-day National Military Spouse Network (NMSN) Military Spouse Career Summit was to: “use your network.” As small business owners, we have paid memberships, belong to professional associations, Facebook groups/communities, forums, listservs, mastermind and LinkedIn groups, just to name a few. So why is our first instinct when we have […]