Social Networks – Are You in the Right Ones?

Let’s say you, the business owner, want to start marketing your business using social media and, more specifically, social networks. So you hire a virtual assistant or a social media assistant to help you get going and she sends you a proposal with a list of networks she will get you on. Or maybe you do it all yourself… Continue reading

Virtual Assistant Rates and Elance Work

Can a virtual assistant (or any other virtual professional for that matter) get decent work from Elance or is it just a waste of time? That’s not a rhetorical question, but something that’s being actively discussed on various forums and blogs. I am particularly interested in reading all the negative comments which basically revolve around the following issues:

1. Rates are too low;
2. Rates are too low;
3. Rates are too low.

The blame is then distributed… Continue reading | 3 Comments

10 Social Media Tasks You Can Outsource to Virtual Assistant

Some of the social media-related tasks that you don’t have time for and that can be outsourced to a virtual assistant or a social media specialist:

1. Article research, writing and distribution
2. Autoresponder set-up and writing
3. Blog post writing, formatting, optimizing, scheduling
4. Chat room, message board, forum moderation
5. Content writing, editing, formating
6. Content management, including re-use and repurposing
7. Newsletter writing, editing, formatting, scheduling

10 Signs You Need a Virtual Assistant

It is time to look into hiring Virtual Assistant if you

1. Feel overwhelmed, spread too thin, and overworked in your business;
2. Missed an important networking event because you had to update your shopping cart;
3. Spend more time e-mailing your affiliates (or your web designer) than talking

Should You Hire Virtual Assistant on Retainer?

While some virtual assistants accept one-time projects, most prefer ongoing arrangements with their clients. The benefit, from the virtual assistant’s point of view is obvious – a more predictable income stream and a more even workload.

But is there any real benefit for you, the client, in establishing ongoing relations with your virtual assistant? After all, you will be committed to paying for a certain number of hours per… Continue reading

9 Benefits of Working with Virtual Assistant

Thinking about working with a virtual assistant, but not sure how you’d benefit from it?

1. You will have more time – concentrate on your core business tasks and let Virtual Assistant handle the rest. You will soon discover that you now have plenty of time left. You will realize that you finally have an opportunity to take on new clients, write a white paper, attend a conference, or

Virtual Assistants Can Write Too

The cat is out of the bag now – virtual assistants provide copywriting services! What’s more, there is a significant demand for exactly this type of virtual assistant. You are the living reading proof of this fact. If you bothered to read this far, it is likely you are either

• a VA who offers or thinks about offering content writing services
• or someone looking

9 More Ways Virtual Assistant Can Help Market Your Business

Virtual assistants can help with more than just administrative tasks. More and more virtual assistants offer internet marketing support services for their clients, including

 1.  Affiliate Management support – a virtual assistant specializing in this area can help you set up your affiliate program, build relationships with new and existing affiliates, and manage all the materials, including banners, e-mailes, etc. 
 2.  Social Media support - this goes beyond simply setting up profiles… Continue reading

Avoiding Virtual Assistant Outsourcing Disasters

Time and again, [tag]Virtual Assistants[/tag] list time- and money-savings as two main reasons for [tag]outsourcing[/tag]. Yet another reason is skills. A small business owner either has to be a jack-of-all-trades (yeah, the master of none) or outsource to someone who’s got the skills she doesn’t.

Every day more and more business owners come to learn that they simply can’t grow or even survive without some form of [tag]Internet marketing[/tag]… Continue reading

What Can Virtual Assistant Do for My Business?

Virtual assistant is defined by work that she does. But what is it exactly that virtual assitants do? I keep coming across discussions attempting to define the profession. There are basically two definitions:

One is by AssistU – an online VA traning program for admin support professionals – that limits the scope… Continue reading | 1 Comment

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