Archive for the 'Using the Right Tools' Category
How to Justify your Virtual Assistant Rates
Yazan: michelle | 11 June 2008 | No Comments
Categories: News for Clients, Using the Right Tools
Because I have specialized skills, such as setting up shopping carts and creating product demos, I usually charge my clients $45.00/hr (a little less when they buy a package). To some small businesses owners, that may be used to having employees at much lower hourly rates, it may seem like a lot.
To justify what I [...]
How to Set Up an Autoresponder and Actually do Something with all those E-mails
Yazan: michelle | 04 May 2008 | No Comments
Categories: E-mail Marketing, Using the Right Tools
I have several clients that have been collecting e-mails for several years now and are doing nothing with them. These are all e-mails of people who at one time or anther have expressed interest in what my client was selling or the service they were providing. These e-mails are gold and they are just sitting [...]
I Really like this Website Building Software for My Clients Who Want to Update Their Own Site
Yazan: michelle | 28 March 2008 | No Comments
Categories: How to Misc., News for Clients, Register a domain and get Hosting, Using the Right Tools
I build a lot of Websites and I mean A LOT. For most of them I use DreamWeaver and for the really complex ones I outsource it to my database guy. Along with these Websites comes a lot of follow up maintenance whenever my client wants to change anything. Recently, when clients mention that they [...]
Maybe you need a Virtual Assistant Video Like This?
Yazan: michelle | 26 March 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: News for VAs, Using the Right Tools, Video and Webinars
Do you find yourself spending a lot of time talking with potential customers answering the same questions over and over again? Do you start developing a rapport with a potential client then at the end of the call when you tell them your fees they comment “Oh, but I can get this done in India [...]
How to Add YouTube Videos to your Blog Post
Yazan: michelle | 21 March 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Improve your VA Skills, Using the Right Tools, Video and Webinars
I’ve gotten some inquiries about how I add videos to my blog. I’ll start out by saying that I start by using Microsoft Live Writer to create all my blog entries. I just find it easier than going into Worpress every time to write the posts. It just sits open on my desk, then any [...]
Why to Get your Clients Using Wordpress Instead of a Traditional Website
Yazan: michelle | 20 March 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Using the Right Tools, Wordpress
I was a Web developer for about 6 years and I still love doing it, but I decided about 4 months ago to do this site using Wordpress, which is really known more as blogging software. Here is why I made the switch
1. It’s free and it comes with lots of free templates.
2. It is [...]
How to Package your Client’s Information Product
Yazan: michelle | 16 March 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Improve your VA Skills, Selling Products, Using the Right Tools
One of the Virtual Assistant skills I enjoy using the most is helping my clients create their first information product. I found a really good demo on how to help your clients package their products.
In this video, you’ll take a look at:
The strong psychological force that makes product packaging crucial.
How you can save hundreds of [...]
How to REALLY work Anywhere
Yazan: michelle | 09 March 2008 | No Comments
Categories: News for VAs, Using the Right Tools
If you are a Virtual Assistant I’m sure that one of the main reasons you got into this field was the ability to work when and where you want. And sure, we get to work anywhere in our house and backyard where we can connect to our wireless and, yes, we can work at [...]
Great Tools for Virtual Assistants
Yazan: michelle | 13 February 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: Using the Right Tools
In the first of this series of demos I want to talk about a favorite tool of mine called Quicknotes Plus. As you will see from the demo, I have these little useful post it notes all over my desktop and I love it. some people might find that the way I use them is [...]
