Virtual Assistant Training Blog
Ready, Set, Market!
Marketing is easy when you have a plan. A marketing plan that is. It's hard to showcase your business if you don't have a clue what to do or when so let's talk about creating a marketing calendar. The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to create your own...
Your Social Media Presence – Getting the Word Out
I've been talking to many prospective clients this week in preparation for business planning for 2010. Not surprisingly, one of the biggest service online business owners are looking for is social media help, more specifically how to use Facebook, Twitter and...
Virtual Assistance Budget Conundrum Solved: 3 Ways to Create Value With Just a Few Hours a Month
Every virtual assistant wants to create results for her client. Every client wants the same. But when the client's budget is tight, what kind of outcomes can you realistically expect for only 5 or 10 hours a month? This is where a lot of client-VA relationships go...
12 Days of Virtual Assistance
On the first day after the holiday my VA prepared for me: an SEO ready website On the second day after the holiday my VA prepared for me: two ghostwritten articles and an SEO ready website On the third day after the holiday my VA prepared for me: three personalized...
The Christmas Season – and burnt cookies:
Mmm Christmas morning: Time to watch our kids open the presents we have purchased for them, and basking in the glow of praise when they eat the special Christmas morning breakfast we have lovingly prepared. For so many of us, Christmas brings feelings of warmth, happiness and love – but what happens when you are an entrepreneur, and all of a sudden Christmas now includes a business struggling in a downturned economy, or client deadlines that have crept up on you and loom now dangling timelines right in front of the sugarplums that should be dancing in your head? What happens when the feeling of being overwhelmed turns the Christmas season from a glorious meal – into dry burnt toast?
To Gift . . . or Not
It's in the air. Feel it? The holiday magic, the endless wish lists, growing paper mounds of Black Friday holiday sales ads, and the escalating anxiety of whether to business gift . . . or not. Who makes the cut when giving business gifts? Is there a clear cut way to...
Monitor Your Stats with A Google Analytics Assistant
Here's a recent email I received from a client. "I think it is very important now to monitor our visitors and the habits of our visitors to our new website and blog. As my Virtual Assistant, I would love to hear your input about how we can go ahead creating such a...
Membership Sites Made Easy
Many online business owners just dream about the idea of creating their own membership site but are stopped in their tracks with the complexity, cost and chaos involved in implementing such a task. However, if you have the content and plans for the make-up of your...
Outsourcing Brain Teaser: Where Does Virtual Assistance Go On the Financials?
As the virtual assistance industry evolves so are the service portfolios being offered by VAs. That is, today's veteran virtual assistant is much more than a task master; she is an efficiency expert possessing specialized skills and knowledge that enable her clients...
Sometimes a Business Needs a Booster Shot
Taking a cue from the healthcare services who are preparing for flu season, ask yourself if enough preventative measures have been put into place to ensure you have a healthy thriving business? Does your business show a few signs and symptoms that operations aren't...
