An Interesting Conversation between Terry Green of Fastype VA Services, Inc. and the Podcast & Blog Hopping VA
Today’s post is another one of my deviations from the norm. International Virtual Assistants Day (IVAD) is right around the corner on May 18, and so is the 2nd Annual Online International Virtual Assistants Convention (OIVAC) – Thursday, May 17 – Saturday, May 19. (And, as one of the nominees for the 2007 Thomas Leonard International Virtual Assistant of Distinction Award, I must say I’m very excited.) To promote both International VA Day and the OIVAC, Sharon Williams, OIVAC Chairperson, has embarked on a 45-day Podcasting and Blog Hopping VA Tour, and today – stop #26 – is my day. I’d like to welcome Sharon and thank her for taking the time out of her very busy schedule to stop by and answer a few questions about Virtual Assistance and the upcoming VA Convention. Take it away Sharon!
Thanks for extending an invitation to visit today, Terry. It’s always great to stop by a friend’s and rest for a while. Oh, oh, I took a sneak peak at your list of questions, so I guess I won’t be able to rest after all. Let’s see, where shall we begin?
6 Changes You Can Make to Increase Business Profits
I read once that something like 30 percent of all drinkable water gets wasted on the way to the consumer by leaky pipes. Likewise, your business may be letting potential revenue drip away, to be lost forever, all over the place. Use this
checklist to make sure you are taking best advantage of all the opportunities for earnings that would be arriving safely if you only plugged up those holes.
1. Improve your follow up. According to the National Sales Executive Association, only about two percent of sales occur on the first contact. Eighty percent of sales require at least five contacts before the transaction occurs. That means that if you put out your sales message just once or twice, you’re barely out of the gate. Those who might eventually buy are hardly even beginning to pay attention. You must repeat that message again and again before it wakes up busy people to what you are offering.
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7 Ways to Spot a Brokeback Entrepreneur (And How To Avoid Them)
7 Ways to Spot a Brokeback Entrepreneur (And How To Avoid Them)
By Leesa Barnes
Are you bitter that your network isn’t producing results? Angry that the people you’ve been networking with isn’t sending business your way? Tired of working long hours on your business only to see your bank account almost empty and your bills piling up?
The problem lies with you – yes, you. You have been giving too much away for too long and you’re now attracting brokeback entrepreneurs.
Who’s a brokeback entrepreneur? This is someone who operates using a frugal mentality, but refuses to spend any money to operate their business.
You’re a smart entrepreneur with an awesome product or great services. However, the only way you can start to reap the financial rewards you deserve is to rid your life of these brokeback entrepreneurs.
First, you need to spot them. Then, you need a strategy to avoid them, or if they’re infiltrating your life already, you need a plan to get rid of them. Here are my 7 tips based on what my friends tell me.
There is No Such Thing as a 24/7 Professional
by Sandy Geroux
Do you want potential customers who call you to have more control over your life… or would you rather have more control over who calls you in the first place?
I recently read an article that shocked me, in which a real estate trainer claimed that if agents didn’t want to be 24/7 REALTORS, then “that was their choice… if they wanted to LOSE BUSINESS!!”
What? Did I read this correctly? Are we actually advising people that they must be on call 24/7 or “be prepared to suffer the consequences?” On the contrary, I submit that you must be prepared to suffer the consequences if you DO try to be 24/7 – because this feat is literally impossible for any human being… not to mention, completely unreasonable for any customer to expect from you.
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How To Teach Profitable Teleseminars
Do you like teaching? I do! I have been teaching others since I explained a math problem to classmates at my elementary school. Since then I have taught many subjects — math, English, computer programming and more. Once I started my business, it didn’t take me long to incorporate teaching and mentoring into my offerings.
I teach teleseminars as a part of my offerings. Teleseminars are classes, that are taught over the phone. Teaching teleseminars can help you further promote your expertise and brand, as well as get more clients and newsletter subscribers.
