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		<title>How to Survive in the Storm during the Economic Crisis</title>
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Surviving the Storm: Creatively Staying Afloat During the Economic Crisis
By Cecile Hairston, Team Double-Click® Staff Writer
Layoffs; cutbacks; 401(k) savings accounts drained as the stock market plummets.  The unemployment rate is announced to be at a 16-year high…
It is no wonder that the questions you ask yourself just about every day are, “Am I going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Lessons from the Top</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eleven industry experts share their insights on the ?must-have? leadership skills in today?s market
by Julie Escobar
?In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.? This Eric Hoffer quote succinctly illustrates the importance of changing with and adapting to our ever-shifting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualassistants.lakho.com/2008/12/leadership-lessons-from-the-top/</link>
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		<title>10 Secrets to Using Twitter to Attract More Followers and Get More Clients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I do wonder at times if some Twitter users have any time to get any work done. Several of the more prolific ones that I follow swear they spend no more than 30 minutes a day on Twitter, but I really find that hard to believe. Many times it seems they are twittering just to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualassistants.lakho.com/2008/12/10-secrets-to-using-twitter-to-attract-more-followers-and-get-more-clients/</link>
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		<title>Key #4 &#8211; Plan It Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New Year has started; have you set your goals for the year? If you are like most people, your goals have been identified. Have you gone beyond thinking and identifying them? Do you have a plan? Or are you simply ?going for it?? Are you committed to the cause? How badly do you want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualassistants.lakho.com/2008/11/key-4-plan-it-out/</link>
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		<title>So I&#8217;m a Control Freak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yep, that?s right, I admit it ? I?m a control freak. I wonder if there?s a 12-step program for that. I wanted to bring this issue up as a benefit to all of those poor people out there (virtual assistants especially) who work for people like me. And for the benefit of all of my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualassistants.lakho.com/2008/10/so-im-a-control-freak/</link>
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		<title>Key #2 &#8211; Delegate!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For many clients, getting started with a virtual assistant can be difficult. Many of my clients are solopreneurs and small business owners who are used to doing everything themselves. They tend to want to maintain doing things for typically one of two reasons: either they have fears that someone else isn?t capable of doing what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualassistants.lakho.com/2008/10/key-2-delegate/</link>
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		<title>Key #1: Communication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing I can never stress enough to both my clients and my virtual assistants, is that the key to the success of their working relationship is communication. Communication is so vital to the success of the relationship that I rank it number one on my list. Every once in a while [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualassistants.lakho.com/2008/09/key-1-communication/</link>
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		<title>What Happened to Etiquette?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Angel Farrington and Gayle Buske 
We?ve had a long running debate amongst our core staff about general worker etiquette. The ongoing topic is that some of the lack of etiquette we see on a daily basis is due to the Information Age itself. We?re so plugged in and turned on but somehow simple business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualassistants.lakho.com/2008/09/what-happened-to-etiquette/</link>
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		<title>Living Life on Our Terms &#8211; Living Virtually</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How often do you wish to be freer? Living in America, we?re afforded more freedom than in any other part of the world. We can go anywhere we want without asking permission of our Government. We can hold any job we want for anyone who will hire us, as long as it?s legal of course. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualassistants.lakho.com/2008/08/living-life-on-our-terms-living-virtually/</link>
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		<title>Setting up Your Virtual Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Team Double-Click?, our clients often ask just how to go about setting up a virtual office &#8211; in other words &#8211; how does a small but growing business owner avoid renting bricks-and-mortar office space &#8211; and with good reason. Even the tiniest of offices ?in town? can run several hundred dollars a month. Add [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualassistants.lakho.com/2008/08/setting-up-your-virtual-office/</link>
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