Virtual Assistant Directory Advertising – is it worth it?
We’ve had a few virtual assistant directory sites pop up offering advertising recently. I typed out a long response on whether I thought it was was using these on one of the Facebook groups and thought it was worth posting here too: Why not use a Virtual Assistant Directory? Over the years we’ve had VA […]
Social Media Ideas for VAs
Stuck for social media ideas? We’ve created a social media cheat sheet for VAs because we know you guys struggle with blank pages! Hundreds of posts you can download and use in your business. Filter them for your biz. Adapt them. Add pictures and videos. Schedule them! What’s on SVA’s social media cheatsheet? So what’s […]
How to Write a Great Virtual Assistant LinkedIn Profile
IntroductionThe quality of your LinkedIn profile can present a thin line of whether you land the job of your dreams or miss out on golden opportunities. To get the most out of your virtual assistant career and stay open to new, amazing job positions, it’s important that your LinkedIn profile is on fleek. According to […]
LinkedIn Profile Success
Marketing Benchmarks for virtual assistants
Virtual Assistant Marketing Stats We all know we should track our marketing – but how do we know what’s good and if we’re doing well? I’ll give you an example: I had a really good giggle recently at a social media training event… The “experts” were boasting that one of the blogs they managed “got […]
Finding blog content
Virtual Assistant Blogging A recent survey by Hubspot showed that companies who increased blogging from 3-5 posts/month to 6-8 posts/month saw their leads almost double. But how do you create fresh content which is of interest to your target market?
Twitter – the insider tricks!
Okay – so in this post we have a vision of Twitter as a High Street with lots of shoppers and traders buzzing… And you as a VA are one of those traders. So how do you solve the most common problems? Are you getting enough footfall traffic through your store? Are the people browsing […]
Start podcasting – Learn how to podcast as a virtual assistant
Podcasting for virtual assistants 1. What Is a Podcast? A podcast is an audio file that’s made available on the Internet for anyone to listen to or to pay to download. Podcasts exist for everything from sermons to short stories, music to mad rantings. Anyone with a Web page can create a podcast, becoming one […]
Twitter – join the conversation
Twitter for Virtual Assistants Virtual assistants have realised that if they want to target online clients, they need to speak to them via social media… and of course, that includes Twitter. It’s been dismissed as a waste of time, wittering about cheese sandwiches and what you had for lunch. Advocates defend it saying they get […]
Why does my website not show up when I google “Virtual Assistant”?
So you’ve found your name, you have built your website, and eagerly await some emails… and wait… and then you google “Virtual Assistant” and all your hard work and careful design does not seem to be registering with the giant cash cow of Google. ARGGH!!!