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Telesales Dos & Don’ts

By Caroline | 17 November, 2015 |

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…

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Virtual Assistant Bloggers Wanted!

By Caroline | 16 November, 2015 |

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…

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The low down on paid directories…

By Caroline | 2 November, 2015 |

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…

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Social Media Strategy revisited…

By Caroline | 25 October, 2015 |

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…

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Virtual assistant video

By Caroline | 9 October, 2015 |

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…

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Why advertising doesn’t work for small businesses

By Caroline | 4 October, 2015 |

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,…

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Is networking killing your virtual assistant business?

By Caroline | 28 September, 2015 |

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…

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Competitive Analysis

By Caroline | 8 September, 2015 |

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…

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Are you an established VA?

By Caroline | 4 August, 2015 |

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…

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SEO Magic

By Caroline | 15 January, 2015 |

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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