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In today’s landscape of blurred economic boundaries, American corporations and small businesses can support the domestic economy by hiring a virtual assistant (VA). A VA living in the U.S. understands the business environment and the domestic culture. There are many benefits to hiring virtual assistants instead of managing your own staff. Here are five reasons to consider outsourcing your staffing needs.  To read more click, FIVE REASONS TO HIRE A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

Profitability, scalability, efficiency. These are key words every business owner must embrace.  In today’s market, as independent business owners transform the marketplace with their ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit, such applied concepts are increasingly  important. No longer do the mega companies dominate the market with their huge campuses, massive pools of employees or complicated processes. Today’s businesses must be agile, adaptable and increasingly savvy.

On the same front, today’s workers must be flexible, creative and dynamic in their workplace to keep up with the demands of the changing times. Yet, with the rise of gas prices and the shifting emphasis to achieving quality of life, you’ll find workers today are looking diligently for improved models of relationship with their employers. They want freedom and stability in one package.  Click here to read more  VIRTUAL OFFICE

Your website is a tool for potential clients to discover the products or services that you offer.  However, it takes more than a website to persuade your target market to purchase your products or retain your services; it takes a “Call of Action”.  A call of action is your power of persuasion; it is a way to strongly suggest to your websites visitors to participate within your website.  Your call of action can include buttons stating “Join Our Mailing List” or your call of action can encourage your customers to purchase your products, such as “Add to Your Shopping Cart.”  Read more, “Develop Your Call of Action for Your Website”

Building a website is more than just adding content and pictures to a webpage.  Your website will represent you and your business image; therefore, your website should be planned, strategized and designed to express your distinctive style. Your material and content should be researched prior to developing and publishing your website on the World Wide Web.

Listed are 10 suggestions to help you organize your website plan.  READ MORE…

Generating a steady flow of good traffic to your site requires long term internet marketing strategies. There are, however, a few simple things you can do to quickly gain traffic to your website. Some of them include forum marketing, pay-per-click advertising, and guest posts in popular blogs.  To read more of this article, click on following link to  Generating Website Traffic

Whether your business provides a service or product, your reputation depends greatly on your clients’ loyalty and dedication. Personal recommendations and word of mouth referrals are your most effective marketing source.  However, this creates an expectation that you must live up to.  One of the assets of your business is your current customer base. Many business owners understand that the concept of business assets should include their business reputation.  READ MORE…

Do you and your business do “the right thing” when faced with a difficult decision? It’s a simple question, which many business owners struggle with. Conducting good business practices and being a good employer is more than your product or people, it is the guideline and foundation in which you do business. The bottom line is the impression your customer, client or business prospect received from their experience with you and your business.

Set a higher standard for yourself and your business.  Be ethical – keep your word and don’t venture into gray areas. Protect your personal and professional reputations – Have dignity and pride in your work.  The upside of good ethical business practices – You are already ahead of some of your competitors!

The next time you are faced with a difficult decision, “Do the Right Thing” and do it with extreme pleasure!  This will pay you and your business back ten-fold. Why? Each customer, employee, or client has the potential of telling at least 3-12 other “potential clients” how well you treated them.

Remember – Being ethical rewards your company with more business.  Thus, allowing for your business to grow and prosper.

Managing your business can be an overwhelming task if you do not have the most effective business strategies in place. Online business management can be a life line for your business and help revive your businesses growth potential. Many business owners are turning to Online Business Managers (OBM) to help manage their day-to-day business affairs. An effective support team will enable your business to achieve the next level of success. Online Business Managers make it possible for you to delegate your everyday tedious tasks to an experience qualified team of professionals. READ MORE

I am thrilled to announce that I am participating in the Online Business Management Certificate Program. I read “Becoming an Online Business Manager”, by Tina Forsyth last year. I love the book and I love the OBM Model. I have been working with a couple of clients on the OBM level and look forward to perfecting my OBM skills in this certification process.

Brenda M. Violette, Online Business Manager

VBS Virtual Assist, LLC

Business owners who are not afraid to stand out in the crowd are perfectly positioned to sign that new client. In today’s economy and competitive market, your new and existing clients are searching for a new “inventive” way to gain leverage over their competition. This demand can work to your advantage. Read the rest of this entry »