Articles Archive for March 2010
Business Ideas, eBooks »
If it’s one thing moms can do, it is stick together. Making life run smoothly with kids, home and career can be a tall order. Communicating with other moms helps to ease the stress. If you are looking for a business venture, why not make money helping moms just like yourself?
What will you offer to these moms? Well, your product is as close as your memory. Your expertise is the product you can market to moms everywhere. There are situations that you have encountered and overcome as a mom that …
Coaching, E-courses, Expertise »
5 Services Virtual Assistants Should Offer But Don’t
The art of doing business on the Internet has come a long way. Businesses large and small are doing more online, they are demanding more useful, exciting websites. There’s simply a lot more riding on today’s business websites than a collection of text and images. With that comes the increasing need for technically savvy help to manage it all and a smart, forward thinking VA should be sharpening her skills and offering services like these:
Backup – Far too often have I saved myself …
Online Events »
We’re getting back to some basics with this party. Who’s taking care of you? Do you take time to enjoy a little bubble bath here and there, read a book, give yourself a manicure? It can be the little things or much more extravagant, but taking time for yourself is important.
We’ve geared this event around you and only you. Shop some great new products with spring lines from our vendors. They’ll also be giving you some great tips for pampering. Join us to open …
General Biz »
As a business owner, you’re one day going to get some negative feedback. While your initial reaction is probably to get mad or upset, negative feedback can be taken as a good thing. It means that your customers are helping you improve your business.
The most important thing to remember when getting negative feedback is to not get angry. Sure, getting mad may give you an energy burst to be more effective and get more things done, but it’s more likely going to get you worked up over …
Sites For Sale »
I’m still getting rid of deadweight here in the Val camp. I sold two of my sites on Monday and that has me even more motivated. It felt incredible to let them go and especially to someone that has similar vision to what I created them as. Definitely not a requirement for sale by any means, but an awesome side benefit.
Today I have just some domain names. I’ll be adding more at a later date as well.
WahmWritingJobs.com $20 obo
Twittertini.com and TwittertiniParty.com $40 obo
If buyer is …
General Biz, Goals and Prioritizing, Motivation »
As a VA you work on a clients projects and follow all the procedures to a “T”. There’s no short cuts taken as your client is expecting every step to be completed on a project. You definitely want them to get your full attention and your best work.
But when it comes to your own, are you in a hurry to get it done and cut corners? Hmm, I wonder how this post came to light? lol
Yes, I found myself doing just that a couple of weeks ago. …
General Biz, Motivation »
Honesty in business is important. In the small business world, news quickly gets around about business owners who value their customers and conduct themselves in an ethical way – the same holds true for businesses that are not so ethical.
In a competitive world where small businesses need to stand out in order to survive, honesty is even more important. Here are a few tips for running an ethical and honest business:
1. Treat people with respect – You’ve probably been taught to treat people how you’d like to be treated. …


