How to build a respected company



Building the reputation of a new business can seem like an upward struggle. When you’re new to the market, securing customers is a challenge that will only ease with time; customers and clients will get to know your company and respect your work but only after several interactions. To help speed up the process of becoming a ‘respected company’, there are some key areas to focus on:

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Building a Team for your VA Business.


One of the biggest decisions you will need to make early on in you VA plans is what type of VA firm you really want. There are 2 avenues you can go.

The first one is as a sole VA. This will allow you to take on a certain number of clients/hours and you are done. It will allow you to live with a set amount of money per week or month.

The other is to build a Team VA Firm. This will allow you to either partner with someone with skills different from you to broaden your services or just an extra hand to allow a growth in your client base.

We personally have opted NOT to take on any jobs that we were not skilled at doing. We felt that this allowed us the flexibility not to being tied to a particular person or being held ransom.

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Plan and Implement your Website Series Part 2 of 3

 

Part 2 – Design, Development of your new website.

Welcome back to our series on Planning and Implementation of your website.

Today I am going to discuss the importance of Design and Development of your website, and why this aspect is so important to you.

So many people go into the idea of having a website short sighted, they do not completely understand what it takes to create a proper, useful streamlined easy to use website. When you are not completely prepared you will find that creating a website can be a nightmare even if you use a professional. Some find Professionals to be very hard to work with, but that is really not true, they just know the process and require a lot in the beginning to get going. So let’s start at the beginning.

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Plan and Implement your Website Series Part 1 of 3


websitesAre you debating creating a website for your business, Organization or Personal Use?

Well it is not as hard as you may think, it just takes proper planning and implementation. In this series we are going to cover 3 areas; Part 1, Finding your Domain Name and Hosting company, Part 2, Design and Development of your site, Part 3, Implementing and Publishing your site.

When you build anything from a house, business and yes even a website, you need a strong foundation to begin with, for a website that foundation begins with a name. Lets talk about names for a minute, the name of your website, also called a Domain Name is one of the most important pieces of a website, you want that name to be easily remembered, easily searched out on places like Yahoo, Google, Ask and Bing to name a few. A name should not only describe your site in the least amount of words, but not be consumed with so many variations owned by others as to not make your Domain name Unique.
So many Domain Names have already been taken and chances are you will find that most names you can come up with have variations or your name may already be taken. Don’t let this discourage you, be creative, do some research, it is as easy as going to your favorite search engine and start typing in possible names. Continue reading “Plan and Implement your Website Series Part 1 of 3” »

Marketing Yours and Your Client’s Business



Sooner or later you are going to have to market your business or your client’s. Here are some effective and mostly free tools to help you do that.

Press Release Sites-

All of these sites allow free PR submissions. Some of them also offer an upgrade package for a small fee. This upgrade usually includes more distribution and a higher visibility. If you send out several PRs for your client or you are planning to use PRs as a way to market your business, you may want to look into getting a paid subscription.