How on Earth do you get everything done, especially
with limited active employees, or maybe none at all besides yourself? Virtual
Assistants can handle just about any type of task necessary in an office. They
can literally keep your “Office” running on a daily basis, which gives the
owner a lot of flexibility in where they can work from, or in taking time off. Working
with VAs can make it possible for a self-employed business owner to go on a vacation without the
business falling apart.
In general, using social media has become a
necessary part of any marketing plan for small businesses. There are several
social media platforms to choose from, and many companies try hard to keep up
with at least two or three at a time. Social media can be a great way to
connect the public with your website, which otherwise might get little traffic
if people don’t know its out there. Linking your social media accounts to
content on your website is a great start. For more on how social media helps
your business, check out this article.
You might have noticed that home-based businesses are becoming far more common, and that for home-based as well as brick and mortar companies, hiring virtual assistants is becoming a noticeable trend. How might your business might benefit from working with virtual assistants? Your immediate ability to benefit may be affected by your industry.
Outside of customer letters and
general reporting, today businesses are expected to have an online social
presence. Your website might be beautiful and user friendly, but your pages
have to say something that your potential customers want or need to hear. If
you need help with that, you might want to brush up on the Basics of Writing Copy for Your Website. Your
website should post interesting content about your industry that establishes
you as a leader in the field, but what do you do if you aren’t much of a writer
or you simply don’t have the time? Having a virtual assistant or team can solve
this problem.
What
does it mean when a post “goes viral?” For promoters of any brand, having a
post go viral is the “Holy Grail” of marketing. Viral posting is a phenomena
where a message, image or meme reaches thousands, even millions of viewers because
social media users share the link for that post on their profiles and/or groups
that they follow or belong to. A potentially viral post will be shared by
growing numbers of users to multiple groups or pages and eventually on multiple
platforms, which cycle again and again. These posts usually appeal to a variety
of age groups, ethnicities and interests due to its uplifting, humorous,
fascinating or unusually insightful nature. Going viral can be a good thing or
a bad thing for the original poster or those who forward the post. Some viral
posts circulate because of an incendiary or political content. Divisive or
shocking content might not be that helpful for a business. Take a look at this
useful article which discusses The Risks and Benefits of Going Viral.
There’s never been a time in history with more
technical ability or need to outsource some of your company’s workload. If
you’re undecided regarding whether or not you should outsource some of your
company work, you can check out To Outsource or Not
to Outsource. Without the expense of a brick and mortar business, home-business
entrepreneurs have many options to create full service attention for their clients
at far less overhead cost. You may have short-term accounts that require
outsource help on a temporary basis, but today, much more of the day to day
office and account maintenance is easy to outsource on a long-term, perhaps
even permanent, basis.
