Electra Ford, founder of the Virtual Office Center, announced that she has successfully completed the Virtual Event Specialist Certification Program, a 4-week training program that equips Virtual Assistants and Online Professionals with the key skills and tools necessary to offer their clients important Virtual Event Management services.
More and more companies and small businesses are choosing to hold Virtual Events rather than the more expensive offline events and conferences. In fact, “Virtual Meetings and Events [will] replace 2.1 million airline seats by 2012” (Gartner, Feb. 2009).
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Today’s post is from guest Jan B. King.
Especially if you self-publish, you will want to set up a financial model. While no one can tell you with any certainty how many books you can expect to sell, you can be precise about what you will spend to get an idea of how many books you must sell to break even and then turn a profit.
More important, you need to consider opportunity cost. The time away from your business that you spend authoring a book will be time away from clients. But it is time invested in the intended return of more and usually larger client projects once you are re
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Here is the second installment of my video series. I hope it is helpful and I welcome your comments.
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Once a business owner opens to the idea of using social media, setting up profiles, using Facebook fan pages and time efficiency tools like Hootsuite, who to connect to and how becomes the next set of questions? Are you connecting based on similar and complimentary interests and industries? Or, are you using automation tools? Are you responding to posts, answering questions or constantly posting and advertising? Here are some suggestions on how to build quality relationships with people that subscribe to your lists and give you an opportunity to meet a new customer through your social network
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Renew Mind, Body, and Soul at the I Can Do It!
Conference in Tampa November 11-14, 2010
Hay House invites you to join your favorite authors at the I Can Do It! conference. This is the conference that will change your life! If it’s enlightenment, awareness, and inspiration you want for your mind, body, and spirit, you’ve come to the right place! Click here for complete details.
Here’s just a sampling of what you’ll discover at I Can Do It!:
Living at your highest levels of happiness and success
Why we’re not limited by the accepted laws of physics an
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In my last post I requested feedback from my subscribers and I appreciate their responses (see two below). This week I reviewed my email marketing statistics and between the responses and the analysis information I felt inspired to share tips on how to engage and use this analytical information to convert subscribers into clients.
Each month I recommend you review your email marketing statistics. Most email marketing companies provide this information but in case they don’t you can add a tracking URL to your email marketing by visiting the Google URL builder tool website then follow the ins
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I am creating a video series to help business owners establish a strong internet presence. Here is the first video in the series. I hope you find it useful and I welcome your feedback.
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It’s obvious that social media marketing provides a new way of building customer relationships and doing business. Companies are creating communities with their customers on Facebook and asking fans to share their stories. However, what does this mean to your business? If you have a social media marketing strategy, you will be able to answer this question specifically. Here are some four ways to start a social media marketing strategy to measure its effect on your business.
Purpose: Identify the reason you want to use social media marketing. Do you want an online presence mainly for brand r
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One of my favorite Internet radio shows is Michael Neill’s SuperCoach on Hay House Radio. I like Michael’s suggestions because he simplifies problems so they don’t feel like problems anymore. Below is a video of Michael explaining the reasons people are blocked from attaining their goals and how to eliminate these blocks. I hope you enjoy the video.
If you are seeking ways to remove blocks to reach your goals click on Genius Catalyst for some ideas. I also recommend Hay House Radio for inspiration and advice that may help you dissolve perceptible problems.
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Article marketing provides numerous benefits for an online business. The most popular benefits are link popularity, to build an expert reputation, and to increase website traffic. However, to be successful in your efforts it is best to have a strategy to use. Below is a strategy to help you start adding this activity to your marketing plan.
Article Subjects: For some, article marketing can be taxing in the beginning. Use these simple steps to ease your burden.
Schedule your articles: Use your service list to decide the article topics. Part of article marketing’s purpose is to build you
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