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How to Make Sense of Social Media Management
Social Media can seem like a nightmare to get right. Everyone is telling you “it’s where you need to be” to gain new clients, but if you’re not careful it can easily take up all of your time. Just learning how to use the different social media channels, writing...
Struggling Start-Up? Here’s My Top Tips To Get Started
Starting a new business can be an exciting time, but when there is so much to think about it can be easy to get bogged down with it all and struggle to get going. Whilst passion and enthusiasm will get you through the early days, having a plan in place and ensuring...
Don’t Be A Stranger – Top Tips For Keeping In Contact With Clients
If you’re wondering why you haven’t heard from your clients in a while, chances are that they’re wondering why they haven’t heard from you! When was the last time you got in touch with one of your past clients? Strong communication with clients is essential but all...
An Overview of Email Marketing
I was taking to another VA recently about some email marketing she was doing for a client and it got me thinking about the different types of email marketing that there are so I thought I’d put some of these into a blog to try to explain them a bit better for anyone...
Outsourcing to a Virtual Assistant using Cloud Computing
One of the main concerns about working with a Virtual Assistant is that it might be expensive setting everything up. There are often visions of costly hardware and programs needed to be purchased before work can begin. But, thanks to the ‘cloud’ and the many options...
5 Top Tips for Better Productivity at Work
Being productive can be challenging when you manage your own business, particularly if you ever work from home. Whilst there will always be distractions, there are some effective ways of becoming more efficient with your workload and managing your time more...
Data Protection and the Small Business Owner
Data protection is one of those issues that concern is all. How often have you received an unsolicited phone call on your private number? It’s something that can be as upsetting as it is annoying, to feel that our privacy has been invaded, and that some very personal...
How to ensure your business is perceived as professional
When you become self-employed you have a choice to make about how you want your company and brand to be perceived. As an employee you will have always been expected to behave a certain way, provide a certain level of service or even complete tasks in the way that your...
The 5 things every small business should have on their website
Your website is your shop window and knowing what to put on it is a minefield. Check out this guide to the main pages every small business should have.
Keeping track of clients without an expensive CRM
Keeping track of your customers can be a tricky and time consuming process without a customer relationship management (CRM) system in place. As a small business starting up, you don’t always have the funds for an expensive system. So what should you be using? A simple...
Email marketing tips
You’ve taken the plunge and started creating an email newsletter. Your mailing list has subscribers and the first few newsletters have gone out. So what’s next? Take a look at how well your newsletter is actually performing by taking a look at the statistics. How many...
Think hiring a freelancer is too expensive?
Have you ever considered outsourcing to a freelancer and been surprised at how much they charge? Surely they should be cheaper! It’s just them doing the work after all, why should they charge so much? I saw a different freelancer charging much less yesterday, I...
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