Blog Posts Across Alliance of Virtual Assistants

Free Sales Page Template & Checklist

Hey all, it's been a while! I am still alive & well. I wanted to share this amazing free offer from the Internet Marketing Sweetie... I love it and will use it often! Have a nice weekend! Continue

Posted by Frances Palaschuk on June 7, 2008 at 5:24pm — No Comments

create marketing messages that wow

Imagine being able to talk about what you do in a way that intrigues your ideal clients to keep listening without getting a blank stare or the “I’m so confused” nod. The OperateItRight Guide to Articulating What You DoTM helps you create six (6) key marketing messages that compel your ideal client to act on your request. You’ll create messages that will make your target market believe you understand their problems and only you can fix them. The six marketing messages you’ll create with the Ope… Continue

Posted by Beryl Powell on June 4, 2008 at 12:19am — No Comments

Getting Started as a Virtual Assistant

So you want to become a virtual assistant. You have done your research, written a business plan, and made the decision. Now what? This is sometimes the hardest question that new virtual assistants face. A lot of new VAs get stuck on this and take a long time to get to the next step. This is where the VA "Getting Started" Package comes in. We have come up with the ultimate VA "Getting Started" package for just this reason. We do most of the work for you! From the Website right down to the marke… Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on May 28, 2008 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Marketing - it's not all about YOU!

I remember reading one of those typical glossy teen magazines as a shy, 15 year old girl, and seeing an article about how to get a boy interested in you. Of course, back then, finding a boyfriend and getting him to ask me to “go with” him was one of the MOST IMPORTANT things in my life. Well, that, and finding the brightest, most blinding, neon pink, cut-off sweatshirt, clear jelly shoes, and enough Aqua Net hairspray to make my hair bigger, stiffer and higher than ever before, for our school’s… Continue

Posted by Yvone M. Kon on May 23, 2008 at 10:32pm — No Comments

Happy Virtual Assistants Day!

Today is Virtual Assistants Day! Make sure to take some time to recognize yourself and other VAs in some way. Maybe you should go out and treat yourself to a cake or something. Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on May 16, 2008 at 9:11pm — No Comments

OfficeArrow.com

Found a great site for the busy Office Professional (such as Office Managers, Executive Assistants, Small Business Owners, Administrative Assistants) who crave interaction with peers and need help with their job but have little or no support within their organizations, OfficeArrow.com is the one-stop destination where they can find information, ask questions, get answers and discuss relevant topics which will enable them to do their jobs better, faster and more efficiently. Continue

Posted by JamesHill on May 16, 2008 at 11:05am — No Comments

It's Been Too Long!

I have been so busy lately with work, weddings, and wee ones that I haven't had the time to get to AVA. I am so glad to see that some of you are really putting your stamp on AVA and making it your own. I really want to encourage everyone to join or start a regional group. It will be a great way to get to know your "neighbours"(Canadian spelling). I still have not given away the 50 e-books that I wanted to. I am hoping that this will happen soon and then we can start having some contests and sc… Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on May 10, 2008 at 11:07pm — No Comments

What makes your small business unique?

So, I was visiting Naomi Dunford’s blog over at IttyBiz and she had a great post a couple of weeks ago about how some of her readers had no idea what she actually did for a living. Basically, she wrote that if people had no idea what she did for a living after reading her blog all this time, they probably didn’t know what they did for a living either. I can’t tell you how many meetings I’ve had with new… Continue

Posted by Yvone M. Kon on May 4, 2008 at 8:40pm — No Comments

Email Marketing - A Follow Up. The Experts Weigh in.

As I scanned through my Google Alerts today, I found not one but TWO blogs about email marketing. According to Mike Alvero’s blog over at Internet Marketing Tips, email is not only the most effective marketing tool, but also the most efficient marketing tool for online businesses - when sent to a GOOD, TARGETED list of subscribers. Robert Fleming at the… Continue

Posted by Yvone M. Kon on May 4, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Email newsletter marketing: to send or not to send? That is the question.

Recently I’ve noticed a lot of questions on LinkedIn and a few other forums about email marketing. The number one question seems to be whether or not it’s a good idea. So, I decided to tackle this somewhat controversial issue myself. First off, since I am a Virtual Marketing Assistant, I believe email marketing can be very beneficial to small businesses - IF it is done the right way. Heck, I rely on email for 99.9% of my communication with clients and poten… Continue

Posted by Yvone M. Kon on April 28, 2008 at 2:34am — No Comments

What the heck is a Virtual Marketing Assistant, Anyway?

O.K, I admit, I only heard the term “Virtual Assistant” or “VA” a few months ago. Unbeknownst to me, I’ve actually been a VA for years now without even knowing it. I realize that doesn’t bode well for me with potential clients, but hear me out. Sure, I’ve heard of “freelancers” and “independent contractors”, but a VA? Never heard of it! And neither have a lot of other people either. The term is fairly new. 99% of the time when I tell someone I’m a Virtual Marketing Assistant I get the same quest… Continue

Posted by Yvone M. Kon on April 26, 2008 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

Watch Out for This Scam!

I recently responded to an ad in the local paper to conduct research survey from home. I went to the compny's website and filled out the form for more information. A few days later, I received an envelope in the mail from this company. Inside was a bank draft for $2,500.00, a letter explaining what to do with the bank draft and a customer survey to complete and send back. I was supposed to cash the bank draft and go to my local Western Union office and send $2,100.00 to a certain person in Onta… Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on April 26, 2008 at 10:05am — No Comments

Feedback Needed!

I am thinking of offering a new service to new VAs. It is called the VA "Getting Started" package. Please take a look at what it offfers at http://www.righthandmanva.com/vagettingstarted.html and private message me or email me with your comments. Please be honest and direct. I won't be offended. Thanks! Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on April 22, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Administrative Professionals Week; Let's Celebrate!

I was a member of the IAAP for 8 years while I was in the corporate world and let me tell you what a great network of admin professionals here in Ottawa. I left the group back in 2005 when I was going on Maternity leave. I had been a member for 8 long years and participated in many workshops, events, training, and annual Admin Professionals conference. It was really great becasue my employer paid for it :) They paid the annual membership, t… Continue

Posted by Frances Palaschuk on April 21, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Happy Administrative Professionals Week

Administrative Professionals Week starts today. It is an international celebration of the hard work and value that administrative professionals bring to the business world. It is celebrated during the last full week in April with Administrative Professionals Day falling on the Wednesday of that week. Celebrate yourself this week and the accomplishments you have had in the past year. I was thinking of creating a blog hopping tour for this Wednesday. If you woould like to be involved, add a comme… Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on April 20, 2008 at 1:07am — 1 Comment

21 in 24 hours

I REALLY want to reach the 50 member goal by this time tomorrow. How can we get 21 new members in the next 24 hours? - Invite ALL your VA friends and associates - Blog about AVA - Post about AVA in other VA groups you belong to - Add the AVA badge to your website I really think we can create quite a community here at AVA and if we all can help out, it will be a great online home for VAs. Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on April 17, 2008 at 9:35pm — 1 Comment

Crossing Them Off One by One

I seem to be making progress with my to do list this week. As I mentioned earlier I have a lot on my plate. Here are the items I was able to cross of so far: - A new blog design ~~- 3 Blog upgrades to WordPress 2.5~~ - ~~Virtual Assistant "Internet Marketing" training course~~ - Submitting an Author's blog site to a huge list of directories - ~~Posting at least 2 new articles to my business blog~~ - ~~Setting up an autoresponder system for a new client~~ - Keyword research for a lo… Continue

Posted by Frances Palaschuk on April 16, 2008 at 1:58am — No Comments

New Service - Page Peel Ads

I am now offering a new service -Page Peel Ads. These are the ads that appear as a folded back corner in the top right of your webpage. Now you can advertise without taking up space on your webpage and without pop-ups or hovering ads. For only $50.00 I will create and implement an ad for your site based on what your specifications. What you get: a)Small Corner Ad b)Custom Large Advertisement Graphic c)Implementation of the Ad If you just want the code to implement the ad yourself, the cost is… Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on April 15, 2008 at 10:55am — No Comments

AVA Button

I have created a button for those of you who either don't like the badge provided or if it doesn't work for you. E-mail or message me for the html code. Here is what it looks like:

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Posted by Darrell A. Williams on April 14, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Hide and Seek

Well, another benefit of working at home as a virtual assistant... Today, my husband was watching my daughter but I snuck in a break for lunch.. My daughter is only 26 months old and already counts to ten... It was so cute to see her hiding against the wall counting to 10. I decided to teach her to play hide and seek. She thought this was the greatest except everytime I told her to hide and that Mommy will find her she kept running out saying, "here I am Mommy." Who else gets to share a mid d… Continue

Posted by Frances Palaschuk on April 14, 2008 at 4:02pm — No Comments

Just Another Manic Monday - I Wish It Were Sunday...

Wow, I took the whole weekend off. Well, mostly ~ aside from keeping up with my social networking and taking some new Internet Marketing virtual assistant training courses I had a really low key weekend. This is not common for me and won't happen again for a long time :) Balancing my work life with my 2 year old daughters' schedule does not leave a lot of room for down time. I resigned from my long time, full time position in the corporate world to be able to stay at home with my daughter. N… Continue

Posted by Frances Palaschuk on April 14, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

AVA getting noticed already!

B.E.T.A. DailyDaily Dose Of Business, Entrepreneurship, Technology & Asides has added a post about AVA to their blog. They have obviously picked up on one of the press releases I released. It is great to see publicity out there on something that is only a few days old. I think we are on to something. Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on April 14, 2008 at 12:23am — 1 Comment

My Virtual Cubicle

Taken from M.Y. Blog Working at home has its advantages. It’s been at least three months since I had to buy a new pair of pantyhose. My hair is healthier than it’s ever been since I’m no longer trying to tame it into submission every day with a blowdryer, straightening iron, then a curling iron (crazy, I know, but I actually need both a straightening iron and a curling iron to make my lifeless thin hair look li… Continue

Posted by Yvone M. Kon on April 13, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

50 Before Friday!

Let's see if AVA can reach 50 members before Friday. Invite all your VA friends. Blog about AVA on your blog. Add an AVA badge to your website. Let's get the word out about AVA and see if we can make AVA the place for VAs to hang out online. Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on April 13, 2008 at 7:55pm — 2 Comments

Late Night Networking - it works for me!

I always find myself networking at night. With so many social media channels available it's hard to choose the right ones and find the time to keep your profile fresh. Depending on my mood, and what I wish to talk about and share I visit different groups. Tonight, I received an evite from Ruth to join this group and the email caught me at just the right time so I seized the opportunity and am happy I did - thanks Ruth :) Last evening, I received the press release from Darrell in my Google Re… Continue

Posted by Frances Palaschuk on April 13, 2008 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

FREE E-Book for First 50 People that Join!

The first 50 people to join AVA will receive the e-book "Essential Article Marketing Secrets" by Darrell Williams as a free gift. Don't miss out, sign up today! Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on April 11, 2008 at 3:26pm — 7 Comments

Make Friends With AVA!

AVA (Alliance of Virtual Assistants) is the newest social networking site for Virtual Assistants. AVA is like Facebook or Myspace for Virtual Assistants. The goal of AVA is to provide a place to share, support each other, and socializing. You can create specific groups for like minded people, you can get you opinion out in the forum, and you can make your AVA page reflect you. AVA is made for you and is very easy to customize so the rest of us can get to know you. AVA is new and needs a persona… Continue

Posted by Darrell A. Williams on April 11, 2008 at 12:48pm — No Comments