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Friday, 22 May 2009, 1:45 pm

Press Release: My Virtual Assistant

MEDIA RELEASE

May 2009

No Better Time To Hire A Virtual Assistant

With the recession causing many job redundancies, there has never been a better time to hire a Virtual Assistant, than right now.

Even though many small businesses and large corporations have been forced to reduce their on-site staff numbers, doesn’t mean there isn’t still work to be done. The trick is to make the most of remaining employees and to reduce costs by outsourcing wherever possible. That’s where a Virtual Assistant steps in. To read more…Hiring A Virtual Assistant

Yeah! I completed the Online Business Manager Certification Process.   View my profile on the International Association of Online Business Managers.

I am so pleased to be one the world’s first Certified Online Business Managers.  The training was conducted by Tina Forsyth and Andrea Lea who coined the term “Online Business Manager” (OBM).   I purchased Tina’s book, “Becoming an Online Business Manager” and knew instantly that I wanted to take the training, learn the skills that online businesses are looking for and become a certified business manager. Prior to starting my virtual assistant business, VBS Virtual Assist two years ago, I worked nearly 30 years in the offline traditional office space as a high level administrative professional.  I knew instantly as read through the pages of Tina’s book that in my heart, I was an online business manager.   I have always had a passion to help business owners grow their businesses using my administrative, organizational and management skills and have enjoyed a great and long professional administrative career.  Tina and Andrea are leading the way for aspiring OBM’s and the businesses that need them to enjoy bigger growth in their online multiple streams of income businesses.

I am thrilled to have experienced this tough, but phenomenal training and feel so prepared to help virtual business owners to grow their businesses to newer or more profitable levels.   The certification process has been  such a growth experience for me.   Click on the video below to quickly determine if you and your business are in need of an OBM.

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Brenda Violette, VBS Virtual Assist, LLC and Eric Lopkin, The Modern Observer, both from Middletown, are excited about starting this new networking group in Middletown, Connecticut to provide networking opportunities for Middlesex Businesses.

At the current time this group is an open networking group. Come, have a drink if you wish, and explore the opportunities of networking with other business owners in Middlesex County.

Meeting times will be Tuesdays, starting September 29th at 5:00 p.m. at the Forbidden City Restaurant, 335 Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457-4556.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

When hiring a virtual assistant, it’s very important to get someone whose skills, work habits, and personality is a good match for your needs. Hiring someone to help with the administrative tasks of your business is an important step, and it is one that makes many small business owners nervous at first. However, if you choose wisely, you just may find that adding a virtual assistant to your team is the best investment you could possibly make in your business.  Read full article, “How To Hire A Virtual Assistant”.

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

We have all experienced it and we don’t like it – bad customer service.  For instance, you are receiving no attention or respect from the cashier at your local grocery store, you are patiently waiting for someone to call you back from a voice message you left days ago or you’re trying to make contact with someone regarding an online purchase that does not meet your satisfaction.  We are faced with what appears to be a new casual level of customer service; it makes no difference whether the transaction is online or offline.  We all complain about this lack and we usually don’t complain just to ourselves.  In comparison, when we experience great customer service, we rejoice and tell others.

A much overlooked marketing strategy for business owners striving to differentiate themselves from the rest of their market is this small but powerful concept – provide excellent customer service.  Develop the old, but tried and true mindset of dealing with present and potential customers – “the customer is always right”.

I pride myself on the fact that I strive to provide excellent customer service in everything I do from the initial phone call inquiring about services at VBS Virtual Assist to the extra mile taken when completing a customer’s project.