Behold and Beware

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Nov 2, 2016 | Life and Marketing Lessons

Trick or treats, Halloween parties, television shows featuring the unexplained and the unknown. Except for the first two, scary stories had been the usual happening this time around. This is the time of the year when we scare ourselves. Children, as cute as they are,...

I am now officially a PUBLISHED AUTHOR.

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Aug 25, 2016 | Exceptional Events

I woke up yesterday morning with this first thought in mind: I am now officially a PUBLISHED AUTHOR. I also took a good look on one of my visual boards. There are photos of people there that are reading my book. I was like, “Wow, you did happen last night....

Top 10 Reasons Why You Are Still Not A Virtual Assistant

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | Aug 14, 2016 | Life and Marketing Lessons

I know, I know. I got busy. I got a weekly audio podcast (virtual hugs if you are listening to the show), had almost monthly webinar guestings, aaannnddd of course, got to serve my exceptional clients! Whatd’ya know, I was able to put these things into already...

Life Lessons from Sir Richard Branson

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | May 23, 2016 | Life and Marketing Lessons

One of the top influential business leaders that I admire is Sir Richard Branson. I knew him previously as the owner of Virgin Companies (Virgin Records, Virgin Airlines, Virgin soda, and get this, Virgin Brides!). I came to know of his success story from the book...

UpWork Uprising

by Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo | May 12, 2016 | Exceptional Events

May 4 was supposed to be Star Wars Day. But freelancers, particularly those who have online gigs in UpWork, got the shock of their lives. Effective June 2016, UpWork’s new pricing will take effect. It resulted into Inside Out emotions – anger, fear,...