Blog Posts

How to gain Facebook likes for your business page

31/5/2018

Getting people to 'like' your brand new Facebook business page isn't as easy as people think and in many cases it can be a rather slow process to grow your followers.

Here are a few things you can try...

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Another year in business

13/3/2018

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Thirteen March 2018 marks another year in business for My Virtual Assistant - and that makes it 9 years so far!

Crikey, how time flies!

Over the years, the promise of friendly customer service has never waivered and neither has the importance of providing my wonderful clients with valuable business support for things like newsletters, brochure/flyer design, editing/ proofreading, and more.

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Top 10 rules for success

23/2/2018

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Simon Sinek is such an inspiration and I recently stumbled across this fabulous video, which I couldn't resist sharing with you.

"He's an author, speaker, and consultant who writes on leadership and management. He joined the RAND Corporation in 2010 as an adjunct staff member, where he advises on matters of military innovation and planning. He's known for popularising the concepts of 'the golden circle' and to 'Start With Why'."

Now, go and pour yourself a cuppa, sit back and enjoy watching Simon Sinek and his Top 10 rules for success...

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The importance of customer feedback

29/1/2018

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Make things easier for your potential clients to see what you have to offer by compiling and offering testimonials from your happy clients.

You can collect these words of praise and display them on a page on your website, or you can provide them to potential clients on an individual basis.

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Have you really looked at your website lately?

4/12/2017

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As I write, My Virtual Assistant has built over 70 websites and it saddens me when I open up a website which has so obviously been 'home-made' by the business owner or built for them by a friend or family member.

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Something to celebrate

13/3/2017

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Over the last 8 years My Virtual Assistant has written articles for VA training manuals, been interviewed on national television, sponsored various fundraising events, appeared in magazines and newspapers, won an award, launched over 60 websites, rebranded the business and answered hundreds of questions from potential VA's about becoming a VA.

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What I learnt on my holiday

25/1/2017

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As its already the end of January, you may have been back at work for at least a week or two already and the Christmas/New Year break might feel like it was a while ago, but I thought I'd share a little 'reinforcing' lesson I learnt during my holiday.

You may already know, my partner and I are keen boaties and as we hadn’t been out on our boat since June we were very excited to leave on Boxing Day.

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'Free' ways to increase your website's search engine rankings

17/6/2016

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Even if you pay lots of money to an SEO company, there isn’t a 100% guaranteed method to get your website to rank high on search engines, but there are some things you can do to help increase your rankings.

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Ever wondered why you need a website?

8/6/2016

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Usually, the worst reason for doing something is ‘because everyone else is doing it.’

However, when it comes to trying to sell your product or service, this is not always the case.

If you don't have a website you are not promoting your business where your competition is advertising, so you'll find yourself left behind.

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The humble photograph

21/3/2016

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I was chatting with someone the other day who was expressing their despair at the decline of the photo album. "Looking at photos on a computer screen will never be the same as flipping through an album that you can hold in your hand."

I agree. It won't ever be the same.

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