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		<title>Making a difference, one dog day at a time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I flip the calendar from July to August, it’s usually met with a groan and exasperated sigh.  Why? Because August is the worst month. Ever.
August is like the Sunday night of the calendar year. When I was a kid, it meant a few short weeks until school started. Throughout my career, it usually meant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rescuedeskva.com/blog/2008/08/04/making-a-difference-one-dog-day-at-a-time/</link>
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		<title>Free-spirited leadership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine is editor-in-chief of a popular local arts-and-entertainment magazine in the Milwaukee area. She is an extremely gifted writer, and the first thing I always flip to when I get my copy is “The Editor’s Desk” letter, where she draws on her sharp wit and quick intelligence to muse about everything from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rescuedeskva.com/blog/2008/07/12/free-spirited-leadership/</link>
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		<title>Networking by the numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since launching my business earlier this year, a huge part of my time is spent networking. After all, I own a heavily referral-based business, and the more people I meet, the larger my client base grows.
But, I recently went through an interesting exercise with a consultant friend of mine, who asked “How much are these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rescuedeskva.com/blog/2008/07/02/networking-by-the-numbers/</link>
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		<title>A baseball cap and cheap watch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like most small business owners, I’m always conscious of presenting my best self to clients and business acquaintances. I have a quality (albeit relatively small) collection of jackets, skirts and business suits, I never leave the office without my bag filled with business cards and brochures, and I walk into every meeting and event fully [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rescuedeskva.com/blog/2008/06/27/a-baseball-cap-and-cheap-watch/</link>
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		<title>Educated Mischief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My office sits at the top of a hill, right on the edge of a nice little neighborhood. As I sip my morning coffee, I often catch myself staring out the window contemplating something I read in the morning paper, or taking a few minutes to think through the best way to tackle my day’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rescuedeskva.com/blog/2008/06/09/educated-mischief/</link>
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		<title>Homeward Bound</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you ever hear about how successful gazillionaires got their start, it’s not unusual to hear their story start with “I built my first gizmo on the tool bench in the back of the garage…” or “My first office was the cramped corner of our basement…” or “My business was born between meals at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rescuedeskva.com/blog/2008/05/20/homeward-bound/</link>
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		<title>An Economic Renaissance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I perused my morning newspaper, a small headline caught my attention.
“The Bottom Line: Optimistic Entrepreneurs”
Finally…some good news!
It was just a short brief, but it summarized a survey by American Express of small business owners that showed America’s small business owners are “optimistic in the face of the economy’s downturn, with the majority planning to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rescuedeskva.com/blog/2008/05/08/an-economic-renaissance/</link>
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		<title>Recession and the VA: Dig for Ideas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all heard it. The dreaded “R” word. The only thing the experts can’t agree on, though, is if we’re facing a recession, in the middle of a recession or, in some cases, on the tail-end of a recession. Either way, businesses are walking a fine line between cutting costs and working to make strides [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rescuedeskva.com/blog/2008/04/24/recession-and-the-va-dig-for-ideas/</link>
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		<title>VA vs. EA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of my job as a virtual assistant is marketing my business, my experience, and my services. But, the other part of my job is education.
When I tell people I am a virtual assistant, I sometimes find myself on the receiving end of a confused – albeit interested – stare. They think they’ve heard of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rescuedeskva.com/blog/2008/04/15/va-vs-ea/</link>
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		<title>The branding babe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent some time working for a woman who was, hands down, one of the most brilliant corporate marketers I’d ever worked with. She was highly creative, fiercely intelligent, beyond experienced and always, always had her eye on the goal. Granted, she could also be hell on wheels &#8230; she didn’t shy away from pushing for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rescuedeskva.com/blog/2008/04/11/the-branding-babe/</link>
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