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Alyson Mead
Member since 18th April 2006
Occupation: President, ASL Marketing, Inc.
Alyson Mead is founder of http://www.FindYourProsperity.com, http://www.AssistantGirls.com and http://www.GrammarGods.com. In her 18-year career as an award-winning writer, she has published hundreds of articles in over 25 outlets, including Salon, AOL, MSN-NBC, BUST, New York Daily News, Bitch, The Sun, In These Times and more. She has received the Columbine Award for Screenwriting, the Roy W. Dean Filmmaking Grant, and a Writer's Digest Award.
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09th June 2006
"Thanks," we all say, when someone does something nice for us. But do we mean it? Sometimes, we rattle it off in a rushed way, which communicates anything but what we really want to convey. And normally, we wait until November to truly show our thanks.
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Views: 101
09th June 2006
One of the most underused skills we have as humans is the art of listening. We may think we listen, to music on the way to work, to our boss' droned speech about company morale, or to our significant others when they're telling us the details of their da...
Views: 101
16th May 2006
Sooner or later, if you work as a virtual assistant, you are bound to come in contact with at least one Difficult Client. These are defined by the following behaviors:
1. Impatience & Irritation
2. Angry Emails
3. Yelling
4. ...
Views: 83
07th May 2006
I'm sure you've had this experience, too. It's the first few days in April, spring is happening, and everything's cool … for about five minutes, when you realize that your taxes are due in about two weeks.
I've been there. I feel your pain.
You ma...
Views: 227
27th April 2006
Is this you? The whip-smart businessperson with all the best intentions and no business plan?
I am continually surprised, whenever I speak with my consulting clients or attend a public speaking engagement, to discover that many people start a new bus...
Views: 80
27th April 2006
Knowing the potential volatility of the Valentine's Day holiday, I'm going to skip the candy and flowers and head straight to the heart of the matter, for lack of a better metaphor. Everyone can get behind the concept of money, right? As in, more money ...
Views: 62
20th April 2006
I believe there is creativity in every person and so, apparently, does Simon Cowell (or maybe he knows it makes great TV!). The crazies on American Inventor aside, I believe that people's creativity may may be suppressed, out of fear or embarrassment, or...
Views: 144
20th April 2006
Maybe there's a person alive who doesn't want to make more money, but I haven't met him yet. Each of us, in one form or another, is very likely to take on more hours, another job, borrow money to start a new business, or invest our money to retire early....
Views: 97
