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Just a quick post to share this wonderful resource. It’s a Free Membership (Valued at $997) and Angela is giving it away to one lucky person tomorrow. Will it be YOU?
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Who’s Angela?
I met Angela years ago during a Webinar hosted by my business mentor. Angela was a virtual assistant and just starting to branch off into training others. The course she created was Gimp Graphics Mojo. This was the first course I took from her. I went on to take her WebDesign Mojo course for WordPress and her Email List Mojo (retired) course.
Earlier this year I had the honor of working with Angela in a short internship for her new Laptop Lifestyle Business Club. I learned so much about membership sites and the work involved in maintaining them.
Here’s what Angela had to say about my internship:
“I have been a Virtual Assistant and I’ve also outsourced quite a lot of work over the years. I know what it’s like to have a good client, and I know what it’s like to have a “challenging” one. The organized clients are EASY… they tell you exactly what to do, where to get your info from and give you step by step guide to follow. Well, that wasn’t me. I need help yet I didn’t make it easy to help me. Sara took my unorganized message, lack of system and not only did the work but helped me create a system to make it easier to do next time! Sara took what instruction I gave and did an excellent job of what I needed and sent it all back in a neat package. I completely recommend her if you need help with your online business. Thanks so much Sara!”
So, head on over to her site NOW (Winner will be selected October 14, 2016):
If you know of a someone who would enjoy this membership, please share it with them. ^_^
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3 Genuine Ways to Shatter Unemployment for Good
3 Ways to Beat Long-Term Unemployment and Create Your Own J.O.B.
Long-term unemployment is not a passing phenomenon. It is here to stay. You can give up or you can deal with it. One way to deal with long-term unemployment is to create your own J.O.B.
Oftentimes the zeal for job search declines after the first 3-months. You tend to forgo showers, getting dressed for the day, you start sleeping later, and either over or under eat. This leads to feelings of depression or apathy and it goes downhill from there.
Step 1: Work Your Passion
Start out by finding out what you are passionate about. Yes, this sounds silly especially when rent is due and your children are asking for academy/activity fees.
Do you enjoy crocheting, writing patterns, sharing tips and resources? If so, now may be a great time to develop that hobby into a side gig.
When I first became unemployed in 2007, I started crocheting and writing more. For a few years, I taught crochet locally and sold crochet items online. Eventually, I began writing more and using Google Ads to monetize blogs and articles.
Step 2: Focus on What Comes Easily
Ask yourself the following questions:
- What about your hobby or interest do you love?
- Do you enjoy the completed project, the work, the problem solving involved or do you enjoy showing someone how to do it?
Whatever it is, keep it in mind while planning your next steps.
Step 3: Find the Capital to Start
Although you are starting out small, your side gig needs capital to start. Unless you have an income (not Welfare/Unemployment/Retirement which is your current living budget) banks are unlikely to loan you anything. Get creative!
- Ask family or friends to invest (an investment means you will pay them back)
- Start a Kickstarter(TM) campaign
- Sell excess clothes, furniture, cars, tools, electronics, etc.
When companies stop offering your interviews and jobs don’t get in a funk, Create your own JOB. Use your imagination, your creativity, and your natural gifts to helps others. In doing so, you will find a job that will bring you out of long-term unemployment.
What keeps you from finding (or creating) a job?
The Weekly Five Issue 5
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Inside:
- Founts
- Hack Your Lunch Break
- Gmail Aliases
- SEO Checklist
- Crop Images Inside WordPress
Founts
Founts is a lovely little application I found while preparing a post on making a Facebook Banner.
Add this to your toolbar and whenever you visit a site and think “What’s that Font?”, click on fount and it will tell you.
Life Hacks for Your Lunch Break
10 Life Hacks to Maximize Your Lunch Break by Sarah Landrum for The Work At Home Woman
This is a great article from Sarah Landrum for the website The Work at Home Woman. She shares 10 tips for maximizing the use of your lunch break whether you work from home or work in an office.
My favorites? Napping, Smiling, and Reading.
How to Make an Alias in Gmail
I had a client who uses many aliases to send an email out. Instead of creating a different account for each alias, he had me make aliases in his existing Gmail account.
Gmail does have documentation on how to do this, but I found this video tutorial by Ben Lippert on YouTube explained it better.
SEO Strategies You Didn’t Know About
This SEO checklist was shared in one of the Virtual Assistant Forums I belong to. It’s really a helpful guide to help ensure your website, photos, videos, and audios are optimized for ranking in the search engines.
Crop Images Inside WordPress
Lynn Terry is a fantastic business woman, one I highly recommend following if you need help in prioritizing, productivity, and internet marketing. She’s been online for 15+ years - she knows her stuff.
In this post, she shares how you can edit images right inside your WordPress back office. A great time saver.
Read her post here
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