Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Top 5 Places To Advertise Your Business!

As a business owner, you would want to advertise and market your products and services in a way that requires less investment but is very effective and helpful. Traditional advertisements like billboards, newspapers and other print ads are still effective but there's nothing more influential than the Internet having millions of users worldwide. Here are the top 5 places you would want to place your ads:

1. Social Networking Sites. Creating a free business profile in social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and many others will surely help you in your promoting your products and services. It will cost you only your time to create a profile and inviting friends all over the world while you don't have to worry about paying for the ads.

2. Classified Sites such as Craigslist, WebLeeg.com, Market4free.com, BeatYourPrice.com and many others will be a good choice for your business advertisement. It only requires you to sign up and you can instantly post your ads about your products and services. You can even provide a link from the site to your business website for more details and information.

3. Blogs. Having a blog for your business which is also cost-free will also help you with your business venture. You can have it listed in Technorati to help you invite more visitors to visit your business blog.

4. Search Engine Submission. To expect a higher rate of visitors and customers, you might want to have your business site submitted to the top search engines such as Google, Yahoo, AOL, etc.

5. Free Article Directories. This is probably one of the best things to advertise your ads. Almost all users worldwide search for articles related to their interests. For instance, you have a book on how to create your own chicken coop; you can create an article with guidelines on how to do it that will lead the users to your website and purchase your items eventually.

To Your Success!

Danielle Gambrell, Administrative Support Consultant for Passionate and Driven Women Entrepreneurs and Business Consultant

Copyright 2011 Danielle Gambrell/DG Services All right reserved
http://www.dgyourvirtualassistant.com

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Five Questions Your Administrative Consultant Should Ask Before Taking You On As A New Client?

If you are looking for a good Administrative Consultant to help you make your business grow then you’re in luck because there are thousands even millions of them in the World Wide Web. The only question is how do you know which of these Administrative Consultant’s are the right one for you? Knowing more on how Administrative Consultant’s do their job might help you shorten that seemingly long list of candidates.

Administrative Consultant’s or sometimes called “Online Assistants” are people who offer their services on the internet while working on the comforts of their own home/office. They can do a lot of things and some of these individuals specialize on certain tasks which enables them to do a better job for the right client.

Here are some of the questions that you should anticipate, when looking for a potential Administrative Consultant for your business.

What is the name of your business and what does it do? - This is probably one of the first questions that your Administrative Consultant will ask of you. This also means that they want to know more about your business and analyze the services that they can do for you. By finding out more about your business, they will be able to analyze if “they” will be able to commit to the job and possibly form a long lasting relationship with you.

How will I be able to help you? - Explaining to them the mechanics on how they will work for you, will give them a better understanding of how they will play their role while they are working for you. It is important to understand exactly “what they’re supposed to do” so that the relationship between employer and employee will go smoothly.

Working Hours – Since your Administrative Consultant might be working on the other side of the world, your working hours are definitely different from each other. Stating exactly when you want them and how long you want them to work for you (client’s hours) can affect their answers. More often than not, Administrative Consultant’s have a hard time in adjusting to their client’s working hours, due to the “time difference” between locations. If the Administrative Consultant thinks that he/she will be able to work on the working hours that you set, then that would definitely make a difference.

Payment – All services comes with a price and Administrative Consultant’s need assurance from their clients that they will be paid for the work that they do for them and it must be paid in time. Depending on the agreements between clients and Administrative Consultant’s, the client may or may not give advance payments to their Administrative Consultant’s for the sake of “trust and intention of good will”. If you and the Administrative Consultant that you are consulting at the moment cannot agree on a price, then it is best to find another one who will work for the price that you offer them.

What are you looking for in a Administrative Consultant (skills, specialties and the likes)? – Experienced Administrative Consultant’s might ask this question because they fully understand that some clients are not meant for them. Their experience tells them when they think that they might get along with a potential client or not. If they think that they will not be able to do a good job for you, they might introduce/recommend you to someone else, whom they think is more appropriate for you.

To Your Success!

Danielle Gambrell, Administrative Support Consultant for Passionate and Driven
Entrepreneurs and Business Consultants
http://www.dgyourvirtualassistant.com

Copyright 2011 Danielle Gambrell
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