Let me ask you a question: Do you know how to use Microsoft Office? You just said “Yes”. I’m not psychic…here’s how I knew that: Over a BILLION people use Microsoft Office (in other words, EVERYONE) Which is precisely why I get that annoying twitch in my eyelid every time I visit a Virtual Assistant website…
Today I want to talk a little bit about a Marketing tactic that doesn’t work: Insulting Your Prospects. Well duh! It sounds pretty obvious – you shouldn’t make your potential clients feel dumb, right? Well let me share a recent experience I had that felt more like a slap in the face than an…
In case you didn’t notice…the holidays are here. Which means most of us are adding a lot of ‘socializing’ to our schedules in the form of work parties, school concerts, huge family gatherings and a few shin-digs with friends and neighbors too. Inevitably – someone is going to be asking you the question: ”So…what do…
Do you have a blog? Or here’s an even better questions: Do you post new content on your blog consistently? If you answered “Ummmm”, “Errrrr”, “Sort of” or “NO” to either of those questions then I highly recommend you sit yourself down and start pumping out some content to put on your blog. LOL –…
Many months ago when facebook was still new and novel, my hubby found some way to check the number of times I had logged into my facebook account. Get ready for it…17,000. (By now I’m sure it’s at least triple that number!) But you know how it goes, you have to check your facebook…
If you are a business owner, especially in the early stages of your business, you are going to have to wear many hats. When we first start out we are: the CEO, the Bookkeeper, the Marketing Department, the Secretary, the Sales Team and even the cleaning staff. Given that there are so many roles to play, I’m…
I know you probably answered ‘yes’. Finding more clients seems to be one of the most frequently asked questions I get. My thoughts on this are that you really need to do two things to score a full practice of clients. Yes – you have to ‘work it’ sometimes, get out there and hustle…
Want to send clients running? I didn’t think so. But many of us are doing just that by the use of sucky slogans on our websites and in our marketing. It’s time for all of us to ‘tweak the speak’ (update the wording!) on our websites and turn things around for the entire VA industry….
