Marketing
Telesales Dos & Don’ts
Newsflash: Following up your marketing letters or postcards with a phone call can double their effectiveness. So you wrote a fantastic and compelling letter, researched your target market to find…
Read MoreVirtual Assistant Bloggers Wanted!
We need you! For 2016 Society of Virtual Assistants is looking to recruit 6 bloggers to help us keep the site content fresh and interesting. We’re looking for VAs who…
Read MoreThe low down on paid directories…
As a new virtual assistant, how do you get your name out there to bring clients to knocking down your door as fast as possible? Directories may seem like a…
Read MoreSocial Media Strategy revisited…
I was looking back through some old posts and stumbled across some instructing VAs how to use Facebook and Twitter… Just for a laugh I thought I’d see if the…
Read MoreVirtual assistant video
If you want to explain what a virtual assistant is in a quick video on your website, we’ve done the hard work for you – a very simple, minute long…
Read MoreWhy advertising doesn’t work for small businesses
As a former Ad Girl, you would think I’d be gung ho about businesses advertising their wares, knowing exactly what media would work for a virtual assistant business. But yet,…
Read MoreIs networking killing your virtual assistant business?
A few weeks back I had an interesting conversation with a fellow new mum virtual assistant. She was complaining about how tough it was to get childcare so she could…
Read MoreCompetitive Analysis
One of the most important things you can do as a new virtual assistant is research, research, research. Oh, and then some more research. Part of your business plan should…
Read MoreAre you an established VA?
Looking for VAs who have been in business a long time… We’ve got a lovely little badge to give you to celebrate! As soon as you hit 10 years, we’ll…
Read MoreSEO Magic
A VA asked me today how she could get more hits to her website, it had been up for several months and was averaging just a few hits a day……
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