Did you know that there are some similarities in the way your manage your brick-n-mortar store and that of your website? In reality, your website is a virtual extension of your brick-n-mortar store and there are some commonalities that exist between the two, such as:

1. Staffing- In your offline business you hire employees to run and manage the day-to-day necessities of your office. You have more important tasks to do than answer the phone or pull your clients records. Problem: How do you staff your virtual business? Solution: You outsource to an experienced marketing virtual assistant who can take your business plan and make it a reality.
2. Marketing- In your offline business you share your message by using direct mailing campaigns, post flyer’s on bulletin board and even host a local event. Problem: How do you incorporate all of those marketing techniques in your virtual business? Solution: You outsource to a marketing assistant who can help setup your mailing list, squeeze page and podcast.
3. Networking- In the offline world you can join your local Chamber of Commerce or even host your own event. Problem: How do you host a virtual event? Solution: Once you have established a relationship with your marketing assistant, she can help set-up, market and co-host your online networking event by using an internet based meeting room.
4. Web Traffic- In the offline world you know you need a physical office that provides an address so your clients can find you. Problem: How do you get more clients to your website address? Solution: You and your marketing assistant create a marketing plan that gets you in-front of your potential clients and keeps you there.
5. Time- In the offline world you have a set schedule posted on your door, plus you don’t have to keep Social Media Marketing in the front of your thoughts. Problem: Your website business is basically open 24/7, so finding the right time to communicate with your potential clients can seem overwhelming. Not to mention you need quality, fresh content posted on a weekly basis in order to make the Search Engines happy. Solution: When you partner with a virtual assistant, you can determine how much of your time you want to spend marketing, networking and communicating with your potential clients personally.

Starting your professional website is an exciting journey that every offline business owner should experience, however, trying to juggle every task that is involved with owning a successful website business can lead any entrepreneur to stress out!

Don’t be “that” kind of online entrepreneur, instead, save yourself the frustration and outsource to an experience virtual marketing assistant from day one of your online business adventure.

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Stephanie Fish is CEO and Founder of Buckeye V.A. Virtual Marketing Assistant. By providing social media and online marketing packages geared towards offline professionals, gives you the ‘less stress’ option to reach online success. Visit http://www.buckeyeva.com and sign-up for my free marketing e-zine and receive the 5 Most Popular Online Marketing Techniques newsletter.

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This year will prove to be a very competitive business market and the sooner you get your business seen by your prospective customers, the better your chances of getting increased sales. There are so many low-cost and no-cost marketing tactics available to you, you just have to make sure they are done correctly and in a timely manner. This is why you need to know who your target market is, where they are blogging, what they are buying and what they are reading!

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