Thanks for sharing your success story, Jean. I have been working with an Alaska-based virtual assistant for 9-10 years. We've never met, and the only problems were when some extended personal crises got her pretty far behind. She has saved my behind on a few occasions, such as when one of our e-mail listserves went haywire and started dumping tons of messages on my poor readers. On the red stae/blue state thing...look for places to build commonalities on agreement, rather than highlight differences. I've lived in Atlanta and in rural Ohio, and I have to tell you when I first moved to the Valley, I felt pretty out of the mainstream as a New York Jew vegetarian who didn't know anything about gardening or plowing snow and liked things like Indian food. Now, with a worldwide clientele, I can work anywhere there's a broadband connection and a postal address. Original Message: ----------------- From: Jean Graef jean.graef at montague.com Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:39:19 -0800 To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net Subject: [Hidden-tech] A best bet for virtual businesses ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. ** If you did, we all thank you. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange