Tag Archives: Plagiarism

Does This Hurt Our Relationship?

As you may know, I frequently have to deal with new Virtual Assistants (and sometimes not-so-new Virtual Assistants who damn well know better) who have stolen or plagiarized content from me. It’s my policy to give folks one chance to make things right. Beyond that, I hand it over to my intellectual property attorney. If [...]

Turning Money Away (I know! Crazy, right?)

Something must be in the water. A couple weekends ago, an internet marketer paid for advertising (without getting approval first) in The Portable Business™, our ezine for clients. He didn’t submit the form until later. When I went to the link to see what he was wanting to advertise, it was one of those contemptible [...]

FREE Teleseminar Tomorrow: Defend Against Plagiarism in 3 Easy Steps

When:  Thursday, May 21, 2009 (tomorrow!) Time:  5p PST | 6p MST | 7p CSTA |  8p EST Duration:  1 hour (call in 10 minutes early to secure your spot) Who’s Invited? EVERYONE! Cost: FREE! Register Here: http://www.virtualassistantnetworking.com/teleseminar.htm Tomorrow, in our continuing VACOC Guest Expert Teleseminar series, Jonathan Bailey of PlagiarismToday.com will be joining us [...]

Geez, You Practically Have to Bonk Some People Over the Head!

Man, I tell ya… whaddaya gotta do to get through to some people?! So a new Virtual Assistant registers for our VACOC Peer Networking Club the other day. She meets all the registration criteria, but when her site is checked, turns out she’s using verbatim content taken from my personal business site. I mean, seriously?! Did ya [...]

Plagiarism is Plagiarism is Plagiarism

There is a very troubling, disturbing trend that has been brewing and building in Internet-land. Clients are trying to engage Virtual Assistants in an activity that is unethical and unlawful. What is this activity? It’s plagiarism–otherwise known as copyright infringement. Here’s what’s going on… there are clients (and these do seem to be most often from the Internet marketing sector) [...]