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		<title>How many small business owners are doing everything themselves?</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Let`s make sure we don`t ever co]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Let`s make sure we don`t ever confuse the term "outsourcing" with the terms "delegate" and "hiring" employees.
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				<title><![CDATA[
  A vast majority of businesse]]></title>
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  A vast majority of businesses begin as one or two man operations. Having total control is one of my favorite benefits of business ownership. But there comes a time, if successful,&#160;when one has to outsource various tasks in order to be effective]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Great point, Craig.&#160; Even t]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Great point, Craig.&#160; Even though a Standard Practices and Procedures (SPP) or a Policy and Procedures Manual (PPM) may be a living document, I can`t think of a single business that wouldn`t benefit from having one.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I am in the same boat&#160;doing]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I am in the same boat&#160;doing everything myself. Hopefully this will not last forever and then I can hire my own virtual assistant to help me :)
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				<title><![CDATA[Whether someone is a VA or an ac]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Whether someone is a VA or an actual employee, a good working
relationship usually brings the employee`s knowledge of line-production
processes to the mix. If the employer is smart, they`ll delegate that
process efficiency to the assistant, then work to[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  Craig,
  &#160;
  There is]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  Craig,
  &#160;
  There is a line between Assistant and Consultant BUT many VA`s can help the business owner develop those processes.&#160; By working with a business owner as a partner instead of an employee we can use our]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[.....But let`s not rule out havi]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[.....But let`s not rule out having technology and great
business processes assist us in automating our businesses and taking
some of the load off of the human resource.&nbsp;I suggest that my
clients begin thinking about better w]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Part of what a professional Virt]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Part of what a professional Virtual Assistant offers is the knowledge of technology and procedures that aid clients in streamlining their processes.&#160; As business owners themselves, professional VAs understand how solo entrepreneurs and micro businesse[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  I agree that a Virtual Assis]]></title>
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  I agree that a Virtual Assistant is the way to go to lighten your workload and assist you in staying focused on activities that make you money.&#160;But let`s not rule out having technology and great business processes assist us in automating our ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
...and outsource some of my wo]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
...and outsource some of my work at elance.com so that I can concentrate on the the true money making activity in my business....marketing.I`m way way way behind on this conversation (was looking for something entire]]></description>
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