Authentic Pre-Owned Handbags - Dress Like a Celeb for Less

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Authentic Pre-Owned Handbags - Dress Like a Celeb for Less

Women today go to great lengths to carry a designer handbag inspired by their favorite celebrity. To be spotted with the same bag as their trendsetting favorites makes them feel unique and special. Plus, most women realize that the stars have it right when purchasing good designer handbags. They know that the quality of the bags and overall design will not only last longer, but will be a good investment. However, many women don’t feel they can afford an original designer handbag, thus, don’t even try to get one.

We are here to change that and to tell you that you absolutely can dress like the stars, on a budget you can afford. You just need to know how to do it.

Here’s our tips for dressing like a star for less:

1. Buy a pre-owned bag. Here you get to own something expensive and original, but at a fraction of the price you would have to pay if it were new. Pre-owned means it’s an original design, however, it’s been owned before. And as most who purchase designer bags take excellent care of their handbags, this can be just like owning the original. The key to look for is that it’s an authentic pre-owned bag.

2. What does authentic mean? It means that the handbag you have purchased has been authenticated to be original. A professional has reviewed the handbag and made sure that it’s what it says it is.

3. You want pre-owned not fake. There is a huge difference. Watch for words such as replica, knockoff, etc. The price considerations will often alert you too. You will not be able to get an authentic Chanel handbag for $49.00. Not going to happen. Plus, even if it looks good, a fake will have obvious design flaws that shout out fake. Besides that, there’s nothing as good as carrying the real deal.

4. To get the celebrity bags you crave for less, do your research. Look through magazines & read up on the handbag you wish to purchase. Even when purchasing pre-owned, you want a handbag that will carry you through a few seasons and also has features that are right for you. Consider your personality and what you will be using the bags for. For an everyday bag, you will often want something that is larger with more features, such as cell phone holders, etc. A night out on the town handbag can be smaller, but still needs to have the requirements you need.

5. Notice what the stars are wearing with their handbags and consider that when making your purchases. For example, you’ll often notice stars carrying different Chanel handbags while wearing fashionable jeans. Yet, they are able to wear that same handbag for special occasions with a change in outfits. This helps you to find a versatile bag that can be used for many different occasions. Also, by knowing the type of occasions you routinely attend, and your general casual style, you can perfectly match the bag to you.

6. To get the best pre-owned bags, make sure to shop at reputable resellers. There the purses have been inspected, authenticated, and carry a guarantee that you will be satisfied. Learn to look over the site & check the photos of the bag you desire. Here you will be able to spot obvious signs that the bag is not authentic.

So the next time you see the bag of your dreams on one of the hottest celebrities, know that you too can dress like the rich and famous toting that authentic designer bag.

For more information on finding an authentic designer handbag of your dreams stop by Chanel & More at the shops of Malleries or contact Diane Duckett at chanel_more@yahoo.com for personalized attention and to find the perfect fashions just right for you.


Chanel fashions are known for their style and timeless elegance. Stop by Chanel & More today at http://luxury.malleries.com/chanel-more-s-209.html and add to your collection of authentic designer handbags today. Diane Duckett is also available at chanelmore@yahoo.com to personally assist you. Article is free to be reprinted as long as bio remains.

Speaking at the Summer Speaker Series

I’m delighted to be speaking at the Summer Speaker Series - May 22, 1:00 p.m. Amazing speakers
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New PR — Everything You Need for Great PR Today with Diana Ennen — 1:00 PM Eastern
Getting publicity today is different than it was even a year ago. To succeed you need to learn all you can on what works, and what doesn’t. We’ll provide a step-by-step approach to social networking, creating and submitting press releases online and off, and how to brand your business in all you do.

If you’re looking to get more exposure for your business, then you need to join me. Also, if you feel like you’re always two steps behind with social networking, we’ll give you some of the tips to keep you on top of things. It’s easy once you know how and that’s exactly what you’ll learn. Finally a few of my PR Secrets that have gotten our business featured in some of the major magazines and newspapers and CBS4 news.

EXCLUSIVE interview with Deborah Perez & Family healing with Dr. Jack Singer

Fellow HBWM Member has a very exciting interview lined up this week. Good luck Rebbekah

EXCLUSIVE interview with Deborah Perez & Family healing with Dr. Jack Singer

Rebbekah Lynn White
http://www.healyourselftalk.com

Toledo, Ohio, (May 15. 2009) Dream Vision 7 Radio Network on our flag ship stations WBNW 1120 am Boston and WPLM 1390 Plymouth Massachusetts enthralls listeners this week when Deborah Perez, daughter of the suspected Zodiac Serial Killer and Dr. Jack Singer Deborah Perez’s Psychologist, joins Rebbekah White on Heal Yourself Talk Radio on air May 22 at 1 p.m. Every family has secrets, but Deborah’s journey with Dr. Jack Singer from realization to acceptance is phenomenal! Listeners can interact with questions by blogging at www.healyourselftalk.com.

Deborah Perez was watching “America’s Most Wanted” in 2007 when she saw a picture of a man who looked just like her adoptive father… but on TV he was referred to as: The Zodiac Killer. After many sessions with Dr. Jack Singer and her faith in God, Deborah has decided to share her story so that she may help to heal families of both victims and relatives of serial killers.
Deborah is a mother of 5 and a real estate agent. Despite being abandoned by her birth father, Deborah went on to have what she thought was a “normal middle-American life”… until memories and clues started to haunt her. From there she “dug deep within” and began to heal. Rebbekah states: “This takes the meaning of heal yourself to a whole new level! Deborah truly has an amazing journey of healing to share… and for all the right reasons: herself, her family, others, and her conviction of right and wrong based on her faith in God.”

Helping people to heal is one of the sole premises of the Heal Yourself Talk Radio Show with the show offering advice on how to nurture and heal your mind, body and soul. Prior guests have included James Twyman, Patch Adams, and Tippi Hedren. Upcoming interviews include Dr. Judith Orloff, Dr. Eric Pearl and many more celebritites are on the horizon in the near future.
The interview will air LIVE on WBNW 1120 AM out of Boston for those who are not in the Boston area you can still listen LIVE by going to either Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network or WBNW 1120 AM and clicking on the LISTEN LIVE link. The recording will be placed up on Heal Yourself Talk Radio after the interview’s completion.

About Heal Yourself Talk Radio- Heal Yourself Talk Radio first aired on August 10, 2006. Owner and host Rebbekah White started Heal Yourself Talk Radio from her passion to help others realize they have the power to heal their mind, body and spirit. Rebbekah believes that anyone can desire it, believe it, accept it and receive it if they have the right tools in their life.

Virtual Assistant Articles & Press Releases

Happy International Virtual Assistant Day Fellow Virtual Assistants

I'm posting any virtual assistant articles & PR today here. If you have one email me - diana@virtualwordpublishing.com

Prime Admin Solutions, a virtual assistant service, finds cure for ‘Corporate Anorexia’

Oakville, Ontario (CaymanMama.com) — During these tight economic times, companies of all sizes, management teams and salespeople are constantly trying to find a way to cut costs while maintaining productivity and profitability. Often times, cutting back involves scaling down overhead and eliminating staff in favor cutting other “revenue generating” costs.

Unfortunately, most of the positions that are left in the wake of a corporate scale down are administrative assistants and the stress of that workload is felt by remaining employees who soon realize how much they rely on administrative support.

When this happens, high paid professionals end up doing their own administrative work or the remaining administrative assistants are left reprioritize and take on an increased workload. The domino effect can be extremely disruptive and can result in negative consequences like employees calling in “sick” due to stress or leaving their position altogether. This ultimately hurts the bottom line for many companies.

The fact is, companies develop “corporate anorexia”, and it is a slow but certain killer.
Julia Wooster of Prime Admin Solutions, a virtual assistant service, says there is a better option.
Her service helps companies by blending convenience and efficiency; Prime Admin Solutions carries out the administrative duties at a fraction of the cost of a salaried employee, freeing up the full time staff’s schedules.

Prime Admin Solutions Professionals are proficient in:
Formatting Presentations
Completing Reports
Updating Contact Management Systems
Transcriptions

As an added plus, off-site virtual assistant services save money because they decrease the need for overhead, including workstations and equipment.

Virtual assistant clients pay only for what they need, resulting in money savings and overall increased productivity. The result is a win/win situation both for Prime Admin Solutions clients and their clients.

About Prime Admin Solutions:
Prime Admin Solutions, founded in 2007 by Julia Wooster, is a virtual assistant service located in Oakville, Ontario. Technology allows her to deliver services to clients in any location via toll-free fax, telephone, Skype, email and online collaboration systems. Her clients range in size from one-person consultancies to larger businesses. Visit www.primeadminsolutions.com for more information.

Contact Information:
Email: jw@primeadminsolutions.com
Telephone:905-618-0308 or 1-877-701-3332

Mothers Day Special Radio Show

Mother's Day Special: Author Melody Carlson to appear on The CWAHM Network, Friday May 8th

Omaha Nebraska, (May 2009) - Listeners to The CWAHM Network Talk Radio Show are in for a wonderful Mother's Day treat this Friday as renown Christian author Melody Carlson joins them for a special Live broadcast. Carlson will share about her new non-fiction project, Dear Mom. In her new book, Carlson lets moms in on "everything their teenage daughters want them to know but will never tell them." Listeners will have the chance to win one of 5 copies that will be given away.

A little about the book: Raising a teen daughter can be like trying to chart a course underwater. You can drown in an ocean of one-word answers, defensive conversations, and unpredictable outbursts..and never get anywhere. This book helps you cut through murky, deep, uncharted and seemingly unsafe waters so you can hear what your daughter is really trying to tell you.
The CWAHM Network Radio show is produced by Jill Hart, founder of CWAHM.com, a website devoted to Christian work-at-home moms. CWAHM has 15,000+ unique visitors monthly and offers weekly topics on work-at-home issues. The show is co-hosted by Diana Ennen, President of Virtual Word Publishing. VirtualWordPublishing.com specializing in publicity and marketing as well as virtual assistant coaching. The weekly show was created for all parents who have the desire to work from home. Hart states, "Helping moms find better ways to connect with their kids and do business better is our primary goal."

Every Tuesday at 11am EST, the live show features Christian entrepreneurs, authors and other inspirational guests. Past guests include Women of Faith's Thelma Wells, self-publishing expert Dan Poynter, organizational expert Marcia Ramsland and author Allison Bottke.

Listeners can tune in for the LIVE special at 11:30 EST, Friday May 8th or listen to the archive anytime at http://blogtalkradio.com/cwahm . Sponsorship opportunities are available by contacting Hart at jill@cwahm.com.

Social Networking Changed Everything – The New Marketing & PR Model

Here's my new article - Feel free to reprint as long as bio remains. Comments welcome! Thanks!

Social Networking Changed Everything – The New Marketing & PR Model

It’s pretty obvious that the marketing of today has changed. You have newspapers going virtual/web only, Twitter and Facebook replacing postcards and phone calls, and potential clients now being the main target of your press releases as opposed to editors. It’s all changing and to do PR today, you need to change with it. The good news is that it’s never been easier. The bad news, you need to learn a new way to do things. Fortunately, there are tips that can make it easier and I’m here to show you a few.

First, no one can deny the power of social networking. And those that do are just plain wrong. I’ve been in business since 1985 and I liken this to way back when emails became a way of life. Many still contended they wanted to do it the old fashioned way and nothing would beat a letter. (I know it’s hard to even imagine this today.) It wasn’t long until they realized their error, but by then their competition was way ahead of them. Don’t make the same mistake now. You absolutely need to get with it and get on board. I can practically guarantee you within weeks you’ll be hooked and wondering why you ever hesitated. It’s so easy, and the potential so great, you need to start today.

Let’s break it down. Twitter first. Forget all the “I don’t care what they ate for lunch excuses,” that’s where your competition and peers are and you do need to be there too. Sure you do have a few tweeters who will update you on the latest hot dog they ate, but that’s rare. What you do have is more and more businesses networking and connecting with each other in ways never thought possible. It’s also more than just networking back and forth, you can have chats, host events, get more publicity for your articles and press releases & even announce your seminars and radio shows. And that’s not even the half of it. There are entire books written on this, so my first recommendation is to get them. Why struggle and find your way around when you can easily read the tips from those who know exactly what you need to succeed.

Also, while you are getting your feet wet, don’t jump in and start posting and selling and ranting and raving. Take it slow. Sign up, take a sit, remain quiet for a short time and read what others are posting. Follow the leaders in your industry and take advantage of their knowledge. It can almost feel like walking around with them all day and looking over their shoulders for their secrets. What’s cool is they give their tips freely, why wouldn’t you want to take advantage of that? As an example, if someone were looking for information on starting a virtual assistant business or getting publicity for their business, they could follow me at Twitter.com/dianaennen
Now the key many forget is that not only do you need to follow them, you need to listen earnestly to what they are saying. Go to the sites they recommend. Actually do the things they suggest. And most importantly, if you have the opportunity to contribute and honestly have something of importance to say, do! Even if they aren’t following you, once you list their twitter name @name, it will go to them. Best yet, you might get a retreat or even better a RT and follow back. As many say, those are the ultimate compliments.

Now it’s important to learn the social media lingo – Hashtags, Retweets, Fans, Follow Friday, this is just a few of the many names you need to know to do business better. It can be overwhelming. No, in fact it is overwhelming. However, if you keep it simple and take it a step at a time, you can do it. When you see a term you don’t know, look it up right then. Write down your interpretation and do the investigating to find out more about it. Here are just a few to help you on your journey.

What’s a retweet? That’s when you find somone’s information useful and you want to pass it onto your followers. So basically RT (retweet) is good content that you pass on. Many RT just to RT. Don’t be one of them. You know your followers and what they want and need, that’s what you should be RT’ing. We highly recommend signing up for TweetDeck for ease in doing this. A click of a button and you are there.

Next you need to know about Follow Friday. This is definitely one of my favorites. Think of Follow Friday as your day networking at a business get-together, only better. You get to stay in the comfort of your own home, and you get to immediately make the connections, not when you get home with a handful of business cards. Try and plan your week so you can participate. Remember this can be even more effective than a Chamber meeting or an expensive business seminar. So plan a lighter load on Friday whenever possible. You want people to mention you so mention them. Also, don’t just list 20 screens of twitter names that you want people to follow. Tell your followers why they should follow them. What do they offer that your followers would be interested in? Remember to put #followfriday in your posting. (By the way, see that # in followfriday. That’s what is called a hashtag. Cool huh!) And finally, you want people to retweet your followfriday postings, so keep your count to 120 instead of 140 so they can easily do this. In fact, do this for all tips or postings you wanted retweeted.

Finally, try and post on Friday mornings. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ll often go down my postings to find those I want to list. I know I want to list them before hand so it’s not that I’m just going down my friends column, but often times I don’t have their information readily available. By posting on Friday you are giving it to them.

Finally, sign up for Trilalerts for your keywords. Start following those of interest. For example, I’m a virtual assistant, so I’ve signed up for virtual assistant updates. Now I can follow other virtual assistants easily. I do the same for Publicity, etc. Who do you want to connect with? That’s who you sign up for. Follow the media. Sign up for Facebook and Twitter for the newspapers and TV stations in your area. Look for business reporters who tweak and follow them. Learn their style and what they are looking for in their articles.

Also, follow some of the owners of the many article and press release directories who tweet. Some of the best are on there and giving away secrets to success left and right.
Facebook is pretty self explanatory. The key here is to spend some time to expand your network. Fortunately you get notices when someone responds to your posts, so try and go and follow-up as soon as you can. However, be careful that you don’t get sidetracked doing this too often. Build relationships. You can have thousands of friends and fans, but can you honestly connect to all of them. I know I sure can’t. Twitter also now allows your tweets to be sent to your Facebook page too. This is definitely a plus. Just make sure that you don’t do this to all of your postings, only the ones you feel would interest your friends on Facebook.

Article Submissions, Press Release Submissions - I also say you need to send out articles and press releases religiously. Many question how some succeed with this and others don’t. What’s the difference? The main thing is that they know what to do. They realize the difference that page ranking can make and don’t waste their time on sites that don’t get results. They sign up for Google Alerts under their keywords and then check out the sites that frequently get spidered. Then they send to those places and add those sites to their database. We do have a fabulous PR informational package that is free to anyone who emails us.

Marketing a business and social networking doesn’t have to be expensive if you just remember to network and use all the tools available to you. In fact, it can be fun as you get to meet new people and develop new ways to sell you and your business. Also, keep in mind if you don’t want to do it yourself, there are excellent qualified pros and virtual assistants available to assist. You don’t need to do it all. You just need to do it!
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Diana Ennen, specializes in publicity and marketing and is the President of Virtual Word Publishing, http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com. Ready to jumpstart your PR campaign, then email her at Diana@virtualwordpublishing.com. Free PR Informational Package available. Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/dianaennen . Article is free to be reprinted as long as bio remains.