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You are the expert

If it makes you feel uncomfortable calling yourself “the expert” in your particular field or industry, try writing it down, reading it a few times over and then possibly even saying it out loud. With internet marketing, it’s crucial to be an expert and equally as crucial to let people know that you are an [...]

Sound marketing advice from a guy who knows

I first became aware of Joe Hage on Biznik (which I’ve talked about many times on this blog before and if you’re still not joining me, well…) and he’s now a client of mine. He’s a Marketing Guy. That’s not his official title, of course, but he knows his stuff. Just look at his resume [...]

Free SEO tutorial worth your 15 minutes

Really, if you’re SEO-challenged, website-challenged in general, or simply want to know what the heck SEO is and how to make your website a bit more search engine friendly, view this free 15 minute SEO tutorial given by eBizITPA.

Faith is integral to success

What would happen if you Declared your intention to be successful (or to get X new clients next month or to make $$ money this year), Actually believed that it is already yours, and then set yourself up to receive it – feeling the way you will feel when you finally receive…but feeling that way [...]

lovely blog designs

This is totally not related to VA success at all – that is my disclaimer. But it’s good to have non-work-related fun every now and again, right? I am always patrolling the web, looking for great new WordPress themes. I always find neat ones, and if they’re free I download them and if they’re not, [...]

Are you “Stumbling” Yet?

If you haven’t discovered one of the better social bookmarking tools out there – StumbleUpon.com, I have good news – it’s not too late. There are two good reasons to use Stumble: Find content worth reading. People “discover” web pages, thereby giving it an automatic thumbs up. That gets a web page into Stumble circulation. [...]

Virtual Assistant Site Review: Vadirectory.net/blog/

This is the 2nd post in my VA site review series. It wasn’t that easy deciding which site to post here – I’m very particular, I suppose! I am particularly interested in good blogs to review, so if you have a suggestion, please leave a comment with the URL to the blog so I can [...]

Do you have an internet marketing plan? (Revised)

Hi there – I will set aside my normal banter and sarcasm for this post because it’s really important and I don’t want the message to get lost. Do you have an internet marketing plan? I guess It’s OK if you don’t, but I highly suggest creating one ASAP. I’ve discovered in my work that [...]

Virtual assistance: fear of the commodity?

The definitions of commodity, in and of themselves, are not all bad. But we are going to concentrate on the one that is relevant here. From Merriam-Webster Online: commodity:  a good or service whose wide availability typically leads to smaller profit margins and diminishes the importance of factors (as brand name) other than price I’ve [...]

Virtual Assistants Need to Differentiate with a Brand

Have you developed a brand image for your practice yet? What sets you apart from the pack and makes you different? Have you noticed…there are what seems like a bazillion virtual assistants out there! Your clients are looking for a solution – how is it that you meet their needs as opposed to the next [...]