Visions Virtual Assistance Blog

I went to Raincamp Boston on Monday. I highly recommend that everyone go to the one in their area. Sure, it’s Real Estate specific but I learned so much there. Ben Kinney is so knowledgeable about how to use social media to get business. Although my brain was fried at the end of the day, [...]

About a third of my inquires lately have been by people wanting me to teach them WordPress so that they can maintain – and even customize – their own sites. Makes sense. Most people create blog sites because you want control. You’re tired of being held hostage by a web designer who’s too busy to [...]

I’ve decided to join Jeff Herring’s “100 articles in 100 days” challenge. If you haven’t heard about it, here’s his Ning group http://100articles100days.ning.com/.  The hash tag is #hahd (for hundred articles/hundred days). The rules are simply to write 100 articles between now and July 1st and then submit them to Ezine Articles http://www.ezinearticles.com. Some have [...]

New media marketing is all about writing great content. Great content gets noticed. It gets comments on blogs. It gets people to give up their email address to get more great content. But if Content is King, how does a non-writer compete in this new media marketing world where it’s write or perish? Sandra Dodd, [...]

When you write a blog post you’re kind of hoping that people comment, right? But I know that sometimes life and business get in the way and you can’t always get back to your blog to make sure you are answering your comments in a timely fashion. Did you know there is a setting in [...]

Do you sometimes feel like you are talking to yourself when you blog? If you’ve been promoting your blog on the internet yet you have few comments – or most of your comments come from your friends, you can end up feeling like blogging is a waste of time. I am going to show you [...]

You get an email telling you that you have a new comment on an old post. You don’t recognize the person, and that’s ok. You don’t know all your readers. The comment is off, but you aren’t quite sure if it’s spam or just someone with bad English. It’s not inappropriate, just not quite the [...]

I came across this blog that turned a 12 part series into an ebook. They give the ebook away free you have to join Scribd for the ability to download it. michaelmartine.com/how-to-start-business-blog-ebook/ I’d rather just give you the link. This guy has a pretty good blog, you may enjoy it.

Have you ever avoided posting to your blog because it’s just too much trouble getting to the right posting page? In 4 easy steps you can create a desktop shortcut that will take you directly to the posting page with one click. Hint: You can click on any of the images to see a larger [...]

The first benefit of blogging is that you are building a relationship with your reader. In this world of faceless internet users, it is a way for your customers to get to know you on a more personal level. So much trust is lost when our customers can’t see our facial expressions and body language. [...]