As a Virtual Online Technology Assistant and a small business owner who has had a good deal of success using social media I’m often asked by others about how to use social media successfully for their own businesses. Often I feel I have disappointed them when I explain why I feel social media has worked…
I’ve talked about Twitter Do’s and Don’ts before. Today I want to talk about making sure you’re not a Twitter menace. So just what is a Twitter menace? Those people that are using Twitter as a bullhorn rather than a communication device. Are you guilty of the following? Hourly auto-posting of advertisement type tweets Responding…
I hear you out there. Those unspoken responses to my previous post. You know, the one where I said that getting clients wasn’t about price? Yeah, that one. And you’re thinking, “Those points are well and good if you have clients already, but how do you build trust in the beginning. You know, when you’re…
If you follow me on Twitter you’ll have noticed that for the past week or so I’ve sent out a tweet that looks like the one below every day: The virtual-assistants Daily is a compilation of tweets, links, RT’s and information shared on Twitter by the other virtual assistants I follow there. I started it…
I’m surprised at the number of business people who have admitted to no longer adding content to their blog because they are now on Twitter. I’m not sure where or why these folks got the impression that Twitter is a substitute for blogging. Perhaps it has something to do with the following 5 reasons to…
listening to the weekly podcast “Word on the Tweet“, a show that focuses solely on all things Twitter, the Multnomah County, Oregon Social Media Coordinator Position was one of the topics of conversation. If you’re not familiar, Multnomah County is looking to hire someone to use social media networks like Facebook and Twitter, which may…
I’ve spent the past four days moving into my new place in Conover, North Carolina. I must admit, I forgot just how stressful moving can be. I was nicely surprised this morning, as I work surrounded by boxes, to see that I have been quoted in an article by Lesley Spencer Pyle published by Entrepreneur.com…
In my last post, regarding virtual assistants on Twitter I used the term professionalism as something that those searching for a VA should look for when scrutinizing the many choices available to them. But in this day and age of social media, just how important is professionalism. I mean, don’t the masses of home office…
I use Twitter. I use it to communicate with others, get my questions answered and learn new things for my business and for me personally. These things are all great. But there is one more way that I use it, that gave me the basis for today’s post. I monitor it for feedback on virtual…
I’ll admit it, when I first signed up for Twitter, I couldn’t see how this 140 characters or less communication tool could possibly benefit my business. I almost wrote it off as a techie fad. Almost. Luckily my association with Home Office Warrior made me curious enough to give it a go. Several months and…