Archive for April, 2010

99Tribes: Expand Your Twitter Tribe

Posted 29 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

Earlier today, Georgina detailed the method that she uses to find new contacts on Twitter. If her technique doesn’t suit you you could use a Twitter directory. A new services in this crowded space is 99Tribes, a “discovery engine” for people on Twitter.

3 Ways to Improve Your Focus So You Get More Done

Posted 29 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News | Comments Off

How often do you feel like you’re spinning your wheels, but not going anywhere? Here are a few ways to improve your focus.

A New Approach to Email Marketing

Posted 29 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

There’s a ripple moving through the marketing world, and it’s bringing change. According to industry experts, customer service is ” the new marketing “. When you take care of your customers, they feel good about you. When they feel good about you, they stick with you. With email marketing , thoughtlessly pushing the same message at your entire customer base is no longer enough. [...]

How to Find People on Twitter

Posted 29 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Video | Comments Off

This video will show you some of the sites where you can find targeted people to follow on Twitter and like-minded individuals to connect with.

Are You Nearing the Bursting Point?

Posted 28 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News | Comments Off

Since my bursting point story came out last month, I’ve had Virtual Assistants email tell me they relate to my experience … and others have asked me “Cindy, how do you know when you’re nearing the bursting point?“ I remember when I first hit my bursting point … I didn’t really know what I was dealing

Kill Your To-Do List

Posted 28 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

Most people reading this will have a to-do program, or a paper list or text file, listing not only projects and tasks but separate lists for home and work and possibly half a dozen different contexts.

SEO, Keyword and Competition Research Services for Websites

Posted 28 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News | Comments Off

Starting a successful website is not quite as simple as registering a domain name and uploading your site files. The most successful websites, particularly those that generate their traffic through multiple methods, are built with research and planning behind them. From keyword research to competition analysis, any successful commercial web…

How to appropriately and graciously say "no."

Posted 28 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News | Comments Off

Last week, I wrote about at what point it’s appropriate to say yes, when someone wants your time and attention. Danielle asked if I had a gracious way for delivering a “no” response, and I promised to write about that this week. First, I want to say that saying no to what doesn’t fit for you is one of the absolute best ways to give yourself…

Prepare for Next Year’s Taxes

Posted 27 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News | Comments Off

With tax season behind us, it is worth taking a few minutes to prepare for next year. As the deficit rises, it seems pretty difficult to imagine that our taxes won’t be going up in one form or another. A little preparation can help make sure that you pay no more than your fair share.

Spotting a Scamming Buyer

Posted 27 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News | Comments Off

You’re probably thinking that you read that wrong… How on Earth can a BUYER be scamming you? They want to send you money for your item / product and it all seems easy and to good to be true. They offer you MORE than what you wanted and they will send you payment immediately.

7 Sneaky Disruptions That Can Negatively Impact Your Work

Posted 26 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

It’s not always so obvious when little changes or disruptions in our personal lives start negatively impacting our ability to work productively. Here are just a few of those sneaky disruptions.

Need More Clients? Fish Where the Fish Are!

Posted 26 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News | Comments Off

The number one question I get asked about Virtual Assistance EACH week is: “How do I get clients?” The answer is very simple. You have to “fish, where the fish are!” And you have to “fish” consistently. Many VA’s find it difficult to market their services and thus struggle to consistently attract clients. This…

Virtually Successful 90 Day Bootcamp for Virtual Assistants

Posted 26 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Events | Comments Off

Introducing the First-Ever: Virtually Successful 90 Day Bootcamp Do you wish it was easier to find great clients? Or maybe you’re overwhelmed with the idea of marketing yourself and your business? And do you sometime wonder if you can really do this … build the long-term, successful business that everyone seems to have but…

Blogging on the iPad

Posted 26 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

Prior to the launch of the iPad bloggers started thinking about how convenient the slate might be for blogging. I wouldn’t want to use the iPad as my only blogging tool, but I admit I am finding it more useful than I thought it would be.

Virtual Assistants – Your Clients Are Asking For It

Posted 25 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Events | Comments Off

Your clients are asking for it … Your competitors are charging handsomely it … You never thought YOU could do it … UNTIL NOW … One of the things we LOVE to do is to help Virtual Assistants with learning new skills, finding new clients and building their business. When it comes right down to it, we’re pretty lucky…

Erin Blaskie Launches Business S & M (Online Business Systems & Models)

Posted 25 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Events, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

Virtual biz veteran pro Erin Blaskie of BSETC.ca has just launched her new venture, Business S & M: Systems & Models for the Online Entrepreneur. Her new business is aimed at providing how-to products and workshops for a variety of Internet marketing projects, including process models for developing Group Coaching Programs, Webinar Processes, Virtual Event Promotion and a Newsletter Process Guide.

Keep Going: How to Create and Maintain New Habits

Posted 25 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

Web workers are creatures of habit. Those of us who are lucky enough to control all aspects of our work — schedule, location, process, and output — depend on such habits. How, then, do we then maintain our good habits while avoiding the bad ones?

Grouping Your Tabs? Try Firefox Add-on Categorize

Posted 24 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

If you’re trying to organize your browsing using the tab grouping method, you should give Firefox add-on Categorize a try. It’s a heavyweight bookmark organization tool that includes “tab sets,” which enable you set up groups of tabs and switch quickly between them.

Virtual Event Marketing Formula – Yes, There Is One

Posted 23 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Events | Comments Off

Do you know the secret to filling a virtual event? It’s not who’s speaking at your virtual event. It’s not even the platform you’re using. The secret in filling your virtual event lies in your marketing and sadly, this is the one area that virtual hosts ignore. That’s why I’m happy to share my virtual event

Take care of yourself and let go of low-fee clients

Posted 23 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News | Comments Off

Let’s say the hardest thing first: if you raise your fees, it’s possible you may lose some clients. And I hear the fear over losing anyone. However, if you raise your fees by ten percent or less, it is likely that you’ll lose very little business. (And it’s also likely that if someone leaves over…

What’s Google Wave For? New Templates Provide Some Hints

Posted 23 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

Will provided some possible uses for Wave back in January, but a new addition to the tool — a set of templates that provide starting points for your Waves — reveal what Google must consider to be the main uses for the product.

Virtual Fabulosity: A New Style & Resources Site for Virtual Professionals

Posted 23 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

Emily Morgan, Founder of Delegate Virtual Business Solutions and Entrepreneurs Entourage, is launching Virtual Fabulosity, a new website devoted to all aspects of the VP lifetyle, including tech, training and style.

Keep Up with The IVAA Summit on YouTube #IVAA10

Posted 23 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Media, Video | Comments Off

For those of us not at the IVAA Summit in Phoenix – we can be part of the fun with the official YouTube Channel.

Check it out:  http://www.youtube.com/ivaalivesummit

How to Use Virtual Events to Attract Clients & Get Famous Fast with Susan Bratton

Posted 23 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Media, Podcasts | Comments Off

Crave authority? Visibility? Want to attain a power position? Want to be a leader with your own personal brand? Well, you can find out how virtual events can help you do this in an interview I did with Susan Bratton. Susan is my favoritist digital diva. We met at the 2007 Podcast & New Media Expo

Cool Tool: Passpack

Posted 22 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

Are you ready to finally get control of the hundreds of passwords you have written on stickies, buried in email and floating around in your head?

Untiny Deciphers Shortened URLs

Posted 22 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

The usage of URL shortening services like bit.ly and TinyURL has exploded over the past couple of years. They’re useful for shortening lengthy URLs, but as the user cannot tell what destination the link points to, they can also be used for malicious purposes

Email Marketing For Real Estate Agents

Posted 22 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Resources & Tech | Comments Off

A successful real estate professional should focus on customer trust in the same way an internet marketer does. In both fields, trust and reputation are important. And once both are built, you should have no problem growing your marketing sphere of influence.

Software For A Virtual Business: SEO Elite

Posted 21 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Internet Radio, Media, Podcasts, Video | Comments Off

The minute I heard Susanne Myers on Nicole On The Net I knew she needed to be a guest on my podcast. She’s an expert on SEO keywords and she’s sharing with us the software used to help her own business.

Andrea Kalli Blogs The IVAA Summit (Video)

Posted 21 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Events, Organizations | Comments Off

I wanted to give all of my readers a heads up about what to expect over the next week on this blog. I’m heading to Phoenix tomorrow for the IVAA Live Summit ( #IVAA10 ). My goal is to do as much audio and video blogging from my iPhone as possible. [...]

Have you had your first Event yet?

Posted 20 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Organizations | Comments Off

Many businesses have chosen to plan an “Event” as the next step in their marketing strategy. This works very well for Coaches, Speakers, Sales Trainers, Authors, Internet Marketers, Virtual Assistants and many other types of service-based businesses as well as businesses that are launching a new product. In the recent past, marketing an Event started out with

DVVAA Sponsors “5 Simple Steps to Attracting More VA Clients” with Sydni Craig-Hart – Apr 28

Posted 19 April 2010 | By The Editor | Categories: Breaking News, Events | Comments Off

DVVAA (Delaware Valley Virtual Assistants Association) presents: 5 Simple Steps to Attracting More VA Clients with Sydni Craig-Hart of Smart Simple Marketing & EAtoVA.com on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 5:30pm (PDT)/8:30pm (EDT). [...]