Posts Tagged ‘cost effective’

Last month I attended the Third Wednesday meetup in Halifax at the Foggy Goggle – people from the area interested in and using social media. It’s a group that gets together monthly to discuss and share. At this meet the group was discussing how social media is affecting print media.

There were a few first timers there, including myself,a few others and also Dan Legere  from the Halifax’s Chronicle Herald newspaper. The Herald has been in the news lately itself, due to cutbacks and a few layoffs. But it was great to see someone there listening to ideas of others.  And listen he must have.

Today, I see that the Herald is hosting a live chat on social media.  They want to hear directly from people how they can change.  How can print media translate itself into something new, innovative and cost-effective?

If you have any ideas to help them make changes that will keep print media devloping audiences, please join in.  I will be and am very interested to see how it goes and what people have to say. More importantly, what will happen in the future.

Technorati Tags: cost effective, newspaper, Nova Scotia, Social Media, twitter

I’ve decided that telephone answering has got to be the most requested service I am asked for as a virtual assistant.  Unfortunately, it is also a service I do not provide. It just does not fit into my work schedule, which is also tied to my family’s schedule.

However, there is a solution to all those telephone answering requests – Remote Reception.  Remote Reception  is simply that , people will answer your business telephone calls, remotely from their office. Better yet, I have just the company to help you out - SmileDog!

A business colleague of mine, Jeff Doyle, owns this business and his service is a must for anyone who has trouble answering their telephone. Read the rest of this entry »

Technorati Tags: cost effective, office solution, office support, Small business, telephone answering, virtual assistant

The message about the effectiveness of hiring a Virtual Assistant (VA) to help with business is getting out in the world. I know this because my mother, of all people, mentioned tonight how businesses must be seeing the value of VAs in this economy.

We were talking today -she is still a great sounding board for my business- and she started on this topic.  It was great! Her comments made me realize that all my chatter, networking and explaining to people about Virtual Assistants is working. Professionals and business owners are seeing that VAs can be the lifesaver many of them need. Read the rest of this entry »

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If your business is growing, then you probably have been pondering hiring someone to help.   If you are looking at hiring, have you planned out what your company needs and how you can you best spend your resources to get the most benefit.

What do you need?  Administrative help, or are you thinking, or dreaming, about hiring another “you“, an associate.   Think for a moment… what brings in your revenue; the work you do, or the admin work needed to run your business.

The work you, the business owner does, tends to be the backbone of your income, not the filing, bookkeeping or even writing your monthly newsletter.  Yes, these tasks support your business and help it grow, but you are its driving force.

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Technorati Tags: cost effective, office solution, office support, virtual assistant