Are You Genuinely Connecting With Your Customers?
My business philosophy has always been this: “If I am not connecting with my clients, consumers and team members, then I am not doing my job.” A true entrepreneur puts relationships ahead of profits because he or she knows that strong relationships just naturally lead to healthier profits in terms of partnerships and referrals. Unsure how to build trusting and enduring relationships with your audience? Here are some tried and true recommendations: Let your voice be heard. Record videos if you are comfortable in front of a video...
read moreWorking From Home Grocery Savings Tips
“Why is my food bill so high now that I am working from home? I thought that I would save money on food, gas and dry cleaning by working from my home office.” I get this question a lot from new virtual assistants who are now experiencing the highs and lows of owning their own business. While it can be a very heady time for you, few of us have the luxury of beginning our virtual assistance practice without experiencing some panic over just how to pay the bills. Just because you no longer have that comforting steady paycheck...
read moreFree Mind Mapping Tool
Being an inveterate list maker, I find mind mapping to be invaluable when creating new business plans for myself and for my clients. One free resource that I highly recommend is Freemind that I found at SourceForge.net. I use it a lot, but mostly when I am mapping out an Infusionsoft campaign for clients. Go to here to download. It does require Java so be sure to download if you don’t currently have it. Depending on what platform you are running, click on the link that works best for you. Once the .exe file is saved, locate the...
read moreSress Busters for Virtual Assistants
Being self employed is stressful. No question about it. Building up your Virtual Assistance practice can require much more of your time and attention than you ever thought possible when you hung up your VA shingle and opened your virtual doors for business. One of the things that my business coach told me that REALLY stuck with me is that as a woman entrepreneur it is imperative that I practice what she termed “extreme self care” in order to manage the stress that owning two small businesses brings into my daily life. Once I...
read moreHow to Sell your Digital Photography On Stock Photo Sites
There was a great question about how to use thousands of flower photographs posted on my Virtual Assistant group on Facebook recently and it lead me to write a quick post in order to help. And as you can see, members of the group quickly offered up some helpful advice. Many of your hobbies can be turned into business ideas that can make you money. As a digital photographer you can sell those beautiful photographs online. Here are some ways to do that. Digital photography allows you to capture a variety of images in a variety of formats. For...
read moreHandy HTML How-To Guide For Virtual Assistants
As a highly technical Virtual Assistant you are more than likely working in WordPress for your clients. While the visual pane in WordPress has those wonderful buttons to automatically format your HTML code, working in the widgets requires at least some basic knowledge of HTML. Here is a handy reference list of very basic HTML commands. To learn more about HTML, I recommend that you utilize the many resources available on the web. Making text bold To make text appear bold, use <b> and </b> around the text. For example: Make...
read moreThe Virtual Assistant SWOT Analysis
How aware are you of how your Virtual Assistance practice is doing? Do you have a strategic plan or are you just winging it? Have you given consideration to creating a SWOT Analysis to identify where you really are in your business? A SWOT Analysis is a simple but useful framework for analyzing your businesses strengths and weaknesses, as well as the opportunities and threats you need to be aware of to successfully move your practice forward. It is the first stage of planning and helps entrepreneurs to focus on key issues. SWOT stands for...
read moreReal Results Fitness
Real Results Fitness website is built on the WordPress platform using i3Theme 1.8 Classic (Center Edition) 1.8. web. Some of the Plugins Used: Akismet All in One SEO Pack cforms Easy Contact Feedburner Feedsmith Google XML Sitemaps ibots.tst SEO Page Links To PageMash Random Image Widget Sexy Bookmarks Twitter Updater w/ TinyURL Ultimate Google Analytics Wishlist Member About Real Results Fitness Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, Real Results Fitness helps real people achieve real results with their signature program. The Real Results...
read moreVirtual Assistants Hiring Other Virtual Assistants
But, where do you start? Let’s dig a bit deeper to get your mind wheels spinning. If we can get you out from under some of that heavy load of working all the time, life will be a whole lot easier, right? And let’s be very realistic here. There are some tasks that simply fall below your skill level and that you should not be doing. If, as a virtual assistant you are charging $45 – $75 per hour for highly technical tasks and find yourself scrambling to get all of your work done by the end of the day because you spent hours doing...
read moreHow Do You Conduct Your Initial Client Call?
Virtual Assistance Industry Best Practices As a virtual assistant, how do you approach your initial consultation with a potential client? Do you know your services inside and out and are able to clearly and cogently articulate to the client just what the benefits are to them by working with you and/or your VA team? Are you confident in your skill sets and willing and able to interview the client just as carefully as the client is interviewing you? Are you confident enough in your retainer and project fees that you can state them without...
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Denise Griffitts, "Your Partner In Success", is a Virtual Assistance Industry Expert, Web Developer and Social Media Marketing Professional who leads a large team of internet savvy professionals. We become your strategic partner and work with you to build and grow your online presence.
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