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What’s In Your Blog?

September 21st, 2009 |

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Be a Blessing and Be Blessed!

Stephanie Fish, Buckeye V.A.

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Tags: affordable seo assistant, buckeye va, buckeyeva, internet marketing virtual assistant, ohio business owner, Social Media Management, stephanie fish |

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Outsourcing = Saving Money Today’s small and home-based business owner has to pay closer attention to their marketing dollars, making sure that every dollar spent is a ‘dollar returned’ (they want to see a return on their investment). One way to see that return on your ‘outsourcing’ dollar is to outsource on a consistent basis. If you are not consistently outsourcing, but rather you’re always in the ‘stop, start,stop,start’ mode, you’re really not going to get a good return on that initial investment. I’m not saying that you can’t or shouldn’t change the tasks you’re outsourcing or the amount of time you outsource, what I’m saying is to be purposeful in the way you outsource. By picking specific business related tasks, such as marketing, to outsource in a specific number of hours per month you’re more likely to see a return.

If your business budget only allows 5 hours a month towards outsourcing, then that’s great! If you have one month that allows 20 hours and the following month 1 hour, then that’s fine also. There’s no ‘set’ hours that you have to outsource, its just the fact that outsourcing consistently allows your business to stay ’infront’ of your clients/customers and in time, you should see an increase in revenue. And that’s the reason you’re in business, right?

Be a Blessing and Be Blessed!

Stephanie Fish, owner of Buckeye V.A. offers a variety of marketing and research services to small and home-based business owners across the USA and Canada. If you’re looking to outsource or learn more about outsourcing please contact me today!

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Tags: budgeting money, make me money, marketing budget, outsource budget, Social Media Management, why outsource |

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Suffering from Business Burnout? COP’s is Here To Help You!

December 12th, 2008 |

Author: Stephanie

Business burnout can be suffered by any business owner, whether you own and manage an online business or brick-and-morter business. Most people would agree that business burnout can occur for many different reasons but the most common reasons are (1) When a person tries to do every task on their own or (2) They don’t know their limitations and try to do everything for everyone, and actually end up neglecting themselves.

Here are 3 common ways to get control over your “business burnout”:

1) Chart- (also known as “plan”) Make a list of every task that needs to be accomplished, whether its personal, household or business related. Once you have everything written down assign a day of the week that you can solely focus on that specific task. Remember, every task should help you reach your goal. Charting your tasks and goals are very important for any size business. Here’s a little exercise that can help you chart your way to success. Get a large piece of paper and draw a bulls-eye with about 5 rings. The middle ring is your ultimate goal, from there each ring would be a step towards your goal. The most outer ring would be where you are today. Beside each task you should give yourself a date that represents the date you would like to begin and end each goal. Making sure you are giving yourself ample time to get a task completed makes you more focused and relaxed, there’s nothing worse than getting yourself upset over a task that wasn’t completed in an unrealistic time frame to begin with. Charting takes a little effort and some getting used to, but the pay off in the end will be worth it. If you are completely unable to focus on charting by yourself, then utilizing the assistance of a virtual assistant or business coach will be to your best advantage.

2) Outsource- Outsourcing isn’t just for the “big businesses” anymore! Every business can benefit from outsourcing, if its done correctly. If you look at your competition or perhaps a company that you admire, you’ll see that they have a team in place, with most projects and tasks being outsourced to another company. The owner does not do every task himself, infact his business is so large in part by having a team of specialists in place so that he/she can now focus on other aspects of the business. Outsourcing does not have to cost you a small fortune, if done correctly in the beginning. That’s why its so important to have your chart infront of you at all times.

3) (Be) Purposeful- Did you know purposeful means “compulsive, determined, driven”? To be successful in business every decision you make should be made on purpose and with a purpose. I find it very intreging how some people just jump into their businesses without a purpose and when they don’t see the increase in sales right away they give up. They might have a goal in mind, say for instance “I want to make $1,000 per week in sales” this is a statement, not a goal. What is it that you really want out of owning and running your own business? It can be as simple as you not wanting to work for someone else. Being a purposeful business owner takes time, a lot of thought and an inner desire to make it to the next level and stick with your business. Being purposeful in charting your business must include having a team in place. You can’t do it all yourself.

COPs isn’t just for law anymore, it’s what helps your business succeed in this world and help you fulfill your business dreams. Remember the next time you feel like throwing in the towel, hanging up a “closed” sign and shutting your business doors, that COPs is right here waiting on you.

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Stephanie Fish, owner of Buckeye V.A. offers virtual assistance in marketing, research, and consulting to business owners who are ready to take that next step in business. To learn more about outsourcing and building your business team, be sure to sign-up for our newsletter at www.buckeyeva.com Article may be reprinted for free as long as the author’s resource box is kept intact and all links remain live and clickable. The Article Source must also be included. All rights are reserved by the author

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Tags: business help, online help, outsource, small business.business burnout, Social Media Management, va, virtual assistant |

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Free Marketing Tips for 2009

December 9th, 2008 |

Author: Stephanie

Hello Fellow Business Owner,

With all the talk about our current economic “crisis” I thought I’d jump in and give you some free marketing advice.

1. Don’t skimp on your marketing! There are several free article and press release submission directories for you to utilize during this time.

2. Create an ebook and give it away at the next online seminar you attend!

3. Find blogs that your target market are active at and get involved. Offer quality comments and advice, and please be kind to the blog owner.

4. Seek interviews! Find the podcasts that your target market listens to and ask to be interviewed. Remember, an interview is to educate your target market, not sell your wares. (Hopefully your interview will plant seeds so you can see a harvest in the future)

5. Educate yourself! Did you know that there are free educational classes you can take?

6. Add content on your blog on a daily or weekly basis

7. Add an ezine/newsletter to your website, you have to be proactive in staying in touch with your potiental customers

8. Dust the cobwebs off your website/blog and make sure its up-to-date in its design

9. Be active on forums. Add your signature and url (read the rules first)

10. Twitter! Post the URL of your newest blog post and/ or about a specific product that you want to showcase
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and Awesome New Year!!

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Stephanie Fish
Virtual Marketing & Research Assistant
Get Your Products Seen!

http://www.buckeyeva.com/services-offered

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Tags: marketing, online marketing, Social Media Management, va, virtual assistant |

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Posts Tagged ‘Social Media Management’

What’s In Your Blog?

Outsourcing on Today’s Budget

Suffering from Business Burnout? COP’s is Here To Help You!

Free Marketing Tips for 2009