At every GHVA Group meeting, we hold a discussion on a specific business topic.
Most recently, we answered the question What is your favourite business book? Here are a few of our selections.
Welcome to the final day of our 5th Anniversary Blog Tour!
Today is also International Virtual Assistants Day, which acknowledges the dedication, experience, expertise and determination of virtual professionals worldwide, and exemplifies their integrity and commitment to provide superior administrative and other business support services virtually.
Thank you for stopping by to celebrate with us!
Outsourcing grants businesses the freedom to dump non–core, yet important sectors of its administration on companies specializing in that area.
Welcome to Day 12 of our 5th Anniversary Blog Tour!
LinkedIn has long been the most business-oriented social network. Originally biased towards professional males and job seekers, it has evolved considerably over the last few years and is currently undergoing a wave of changes slanted towards helping it not just compete with Facebook and Twitter – but carry more weight.
So why should you used LinkedIn if it sits in fourth place behind Facebook, YouTube and Twitter?
LinkedIn captures an audience tired of the spam and irrelevant chatter across Facebook: One that is serious about business. There is still a social element (which LinkedIn is working hard to increase) but it consists of a focused group of people who are passionate about their professions.
If yours is a B2B business, this is an ideal social network for you. Let’s take a look at the top three ways to use it.
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Welcome to Day 11 of our 5th Anniversary Blog Tour!
Setting up a virtual assistant business is a lot of work. It can take months from the time you decide to become a VA to the time you’re actually ready to launch. If you’ve reached that stage, congratulations! It’s a big step and one that deserves celebrating.
Now that you’re ready to get down to business, you’re probably eager to land your first client. Unfortunately, posting flyers in your neighbourhood or even launching an awesome website are unlikely to bring you immediate results. Apply one or more of the following strategies and you’ll soon find yourself on the way to success.
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Welcome to Day 10 of our 5th Anniversary Blog Tour!
There are many wonderful reasons to outsource some of your daily tasks to a Virtual Assistant.
If you are thinking you would like to free up some of your time take these some of these benefits into consideration.
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Welcome to day 9 of our 5th Anniversary Blog Tour!
Are you thinking of hiring a Virtual Assistant or wonder if you are getting the most value out of the one you already have?
Here are three tips to help you work more efficiently with your Virtual Assistant:
- When giving a new task be clear and concise. Think of the Who, What, Where, When, Why and How involved. By answering all these questions up front it will be less likely your assistant will need to interrupt you for clarification later.
- Present one task at a time, making sure your assistant fully understands what is expected before you move on to the next item. As an assistant, I like to repeat back what I think is expected of me to my client to make sure we’re both on the same page.
- If you need something in a hurry, make sure that it is clear that the task is high priority; ask for an estimated delivery time and regular progress updates if necessary. But try to resist the temptation to ask for status updates too frequently—interruptions will only make your task take longer.
Good communication is essential when working virtually. Find what works best for you and your Virtual Assistant and you’ll soon be wondering why you didn’t hire one earlier.
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Welcome to day 8 of our 5th Anniversary Blog Tour!
If you’re like most marketers, you’ve been using Twitter for a long time now… Perhaps even stopped using it.
Tweets go by so quickly. Auto-tweets have removed the novelty from Twitter, drowning users in a sea of impersonal, shallow tweets. You’re only allowed 140 characters to say what you want to say (around 90, if you want people to recommend when they Retweet). And everyone seems to say the same thing; mostly endless links to blog posts nobody reads.
Fortunately, a small percentage of the Twitterverse knows exactly how to leverage Twitter. If you run a B2B-type business, many of these may make up a large percentage of your potential client base.
The rest make up a strong networking community, whether or not your business is retail or service-based. So learn to use Twitter like the crème de la crème, and you’ll soon discover these top three tips really do work.
Welcome to day 7 of our 5th Anniversary Blog Tour!
Congratulations! You have written a book. Or maybe you are only just thinking about it. Either way, you need to promote it or no one will know.
There is a lot of work involved in the promotion of a book.
- book or author’s website
- media kit
- press release
- book reviews
- social media
- virtual book tour
I am sure your head is swimming with the thought of it. And most of this needs to be done before you publish. You realize you need help.
Here are my top 3 reasons why you should consider using a VAA (Virtual Author’s Assistant) to promote your book.
Welcome to day 6 of our 5th Anniversary Blog Tour!
With record-breaking statistics on the number of ads being viewed each month, online video has become a very powerful tool for small business owners.
Web based video productions are usually short and informative. They’re a marketing strategy that lets you connect with potential clients in a personalized, professional way to build rapport.
With video being used more often than ever before, the opportunities to engage potential clients in a more meaningful, entertaining way are endless. They’re easy to host and can be used to:
- build your brand
- introduce yourself and tell your story
- drive traffic to your website and welcome visitors once they arrive on the home page
- showcase your products and services
- drive traffic to your website
- teach customers how to use your products
- advertise specials and discounts in ways that text and pictures alone can’t
Now that we know what online video is and how they can be used, lets find out the top 3 benefits of using video for your business.
Welcome to Day 5 of our 5th Anniversary Blog Tour!
Do you regularly blog as a way of marketing your business? Good for you! If not, what’s holding you back? Is it lack of time? Lack of ideas? Lack of confidence in your writing abilities? Maybe you’re just a little intimidated by the technology of blogging. But none of these issues needs to prevent you from having a great blog!
Have you ever considered partnering with a virtual assistant to help you get your blog off the ground, or to keep it going? Maybe you should! A VA can support your blog in any or all of the following ways, depending on the particular obstacle you’re struggling with.