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Good Articles to Help You with all those Facebook Changes

Deb — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:34:49 +0000

I’m sure I’m not the only one that has been puzzled and confused by all the Facebook changes that are going on. And with more coming in the next few weeks, I’m sure the confusion will continue. The good thing is, there have been some great articles written to help us get through and figure it all out. So every time I found an article this week that was helpful in explaining all these changes, I bookmarked it so I could share with you. Here’s my list so far, I’m sure I’ll be adding to it when the new Timeline comes out!

Major Facebook Upgrade: This Week in Social Media written by Cindy King at Social Media Examiner

Customize Facebook News Feed with Your Favorite Pages written by Janine Gregor at Business Darlings

Five Facebook Changes and What You Need to Know written by Andrea Vahl at Social Media Examiner

What I Like About the New Facebook Timeline Profile, Privacy Settings, and News Feed written by Kristi Hines at Kikolani.com

How to Use the Facebook Timeline: A Complete Walk-Through of the Redesigned Profile written by Josh Constine at Inside Facebook

As the changes continue to roll out over the next few weeks I’ll add to this list, and please if you’ve come across any articles that have helped you, add them in the comments below, so that we can all help each other figure these changes out!

Who is Making a Big Deal out of Small Business?

Deb — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:38:22 +0000

Every week it seems I come across a new website full of information for the Small Business owner and Entrepreneur. Websites that you could lose yourself in for hours reading and learning about different topics such as: bookkeeping, small business taxes, marketing, and social networking. Since I’m sure that I’m not the only small business owner always looking for new idea’s to benefit my business, on a weekly basis I’m going to share a favorite website that I’ve found to be worth exploring.

This week that website is Small Biz Bee where they are “Making a Big Deal Out of Small Business.” They share all kinds of lists, video’s and idea’s that I’m sure you’ll find beneficial to your business.

Take a few minutes to explore and then let me know if you liked the site. And if you have other suggestions for good websites geared towards small business owners please share them in the comments. Thanks!

Marketing and Networking Articles and Tips!

Deb — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:13:20 +0000

Here are some articles on Marketing and Networking your business, from a few of my favorite blogs, that I’d like to share with you. Hope you enjoy!

Maximize your Chamber membership and see big results from Monday Morning Mom

7 different ways to attract prospects to your business from Aspiring Business by Shawn Kinkade

Four Excel Tools You Can Use from Freelance Switch

Is “Contact Us” the Only Lead Generation Form on Your Website? from Hubspot

WWD Roundup: Surviving the Coming Shakeout from Webworker Daily

Reaching The People Who Get It from IttyBiz

If your not yet subscribed to these blogs, I would recommend you do so. They always share great information.

Reminder board with post-it notes, will it work?

Deb — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:36:49 +0000

I’ve been trying to come up with a really good system to keep myself organized so that I don’t forget to do all the little things for my business that make a difference.

What am I talking about? Marketing and networking of course! In order for a business to grow, we need clients, if we don’t market our services and network with others; we’re not going to accomplish that.

So I decided on this little idea, that I’m sure isn’t original, but it just might work for me. I’ve got this huge bulletin board that I’m going to put up right where I can see it everyday and am using post-it notes to ask myself short little questions like this:

• Did you contact a least 2 new potential clients or referral partners this week?
• Did you comment on someone else’s blog this week?
• Did you go to a networking event this week?
• Did you spend an hour researching leads this week?
• Did I write in my success journal yet today?
• Did you read and contribute to your favorite forum?

This also goes along with the Get Clients Now program that I’ve been using to get my marketing butt in gear! Knowing myself, seeing these reminders everyday should help me keep on track. Also on my board will be a list of weekly and monthly goals, my To Do list, a calendar of personal and business appointments for the week, and my never ending grocery list!

What would you put on your reminder board? Do you think post-it notes will work? Or will they end up taking over my life?

Task #2 of the Sticky Business contest completed!

Deb — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:57:43 +0000

Task 2 of the Men with Pens Sticky Business contest asks you to write a brief plan of how you expect to convince prospects that your business is different then your competition. If you had 60 seconds to convince a prospect, what would you say?

First of all, I want to say that I don’t necessarily think of other Virtual Assistants as my competition. I like to think of us as a family all working towards the same goal. The goal being to offer our services and assistance to business’s, to help them grow, and to help them free up valuable time to enjoy life and family. Gem’s does offer a service for local clients though that you don’t normally see from a Virtual Assistant, and below is my 60 second approach to that!

“The majority of Virtual Assistants and their business’s work strictly virtually. Working virtually means that you may never meet your assistant in person. All work and projects are completed online using e-mail, fax, remote access and other internet based technology.

Gem’s Virtual Office is different in that not only does it offer services virtually, but on-site assistance is also available for local clients if and when they need it. Gem’s believes a solid relationship is built on trust, mutual respect, and solid communication. This can be acquired working together virtually, but I can think of no better way to start working on the relationship then being able to meet face to face and shake hands!”

Hopefully you are following this contest and enjoying it as much as I am. It has given me the opportunity to take a second look at my goals for myself and my business, and to strength those goals by getting them down on paper once again! Can’t wait to tackle Task #3, thanks again Men With Pens!

Marketing with Get Clients Now!

Deb — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:26:56 +0000

Since my Holiday Resolution is to concentrate on marketing, I purchased the book Get Clients Now by C.J. Hayden. Its a 28-Day Marketing Program for Professionals, Consultants, and Coaches.

The program consists of picking your marketing strategies, the Success Ingredients needed and daily and weekly actions that you will use in your new marketing plan. If you need a kick to get your marketing started and a easy to follow plan that will keep you on your toes then this might be the program for you.