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Wow!
June already?! School is almost out -- and we work at home
Mom's of older kids are looking forward to more time with
our children. My oldest son is 12 and seems like he is away
from home all the time. I feel so fortunate that I am my home
business is stable enough for me to be able to be present
for him during his 13th summer!
Over
the past few weeks I have been working on optimizing FreelanceMom.com
and thought that some of the tools I have uncovered would
be helpful for other webmaster Mom's out there. Here are a
few resources, let me know if you like them!
1.
Find out your website's search
engine ranking for specific keywords with this free resource.
2.
Analyze your website's keyword
count frequency. It's crucial to have your keywords interspersed
in your website's alt, meta and title tags, content, and links.
This resource will help you evaluate how well you are doing
and also will let you compare your website with competing
websites.
3.
Evaluate your link
popularity and compare with your competitors websites.
You can also get a report here that shows how your link popularity
has performed for you over time which is kind of neat.
If
you are serious about optimizing your website, I strongly
reccomend webceo.
You can download a fully functional free version of their
software that is priceless.
Optimization
and promotion of your website is crucial to any small business
owner's success. It doesn't matter how pretty your website
is, or how clever your marketing strategy is. You've got to
drive traffic to your website. These resources will give you
an idea of how well you are doing, but then it's up to you
to implement the information and take action! Join us over
in the forums
to share your ideas and success!
P.S.
We have some excellent articles
on website promotion and optimization. Be sure to check
them out.
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WAHM
TIP
Be
swift! One key to a successful career as a Virtual Assistant
is to 'bang projects out'.
If
a client has given you a project to work on, even if
they don't specify a deadline -- do the project as quickly
as possible. While maintaing excellent quality of course.
You
don't know how many projects the client may have on
the back burner that they would be happy to give to
you next! And if they find that your work is both flawless
and quick -- why give projects to anyone else?
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The
Virtual Assistant
By, Lori
Redfield
As a small business owner, outsourcing
work to Virtual Assistants is fast becoming a popular and
intelligent decision. The business owner saves enormous amounts
of money by cutting the costs of offices and equipment overhead
as well as expensive benefits packages.
The
'Virtual Office' creates an enormous amount of personal freedom
and independence for both the small business owner and the
virtual workers. The dedication and commitment that virtual
workers demonstrate testifies to the satisfaction derived
from a home office setting.
Being
on the cutting edge of this profession offers tremendous opportunity
for technical savvy entrepreneurs to secure a viable and stable
home business opportunity. A good business plan and well thought
out marketing campaigns are crucial to the organized success
of a Virtual Assistant in both securing enough clients and/or
work to meet their budget goal as well as adequately being
able to balance clients and deadlines.
Virtual
Assistant's actually would be well advised to embrace a business
partner or utilize a team of trusted colleagues to entrust
overflow work to. The standards of a good Virtual Assistant
aren't easily met and establishing a virtual network of quality
workers isn't an easy task. Any overflow work that you outsource
must exemplify the same care and quality as your own or you
stand the chance of alienating your clients. Read
More...
How
to Build Your Client Base
By, Susan
Carter
Virtually
every entrepreneur can relate to the challenge of getting
your first paying client, myself included. We each start
a business with acquired skills, carefully honed talents
and impassioned enthusiasm for what we have to offer. Unfortunately,
we also start with a lack of references or a proven track
record of business success, which is an ever-increasing
requirement of potential new clients. So the proverbial
Catch 22 prevails: You can’t offer references if you
don’t have clients; and you can’t get new clients
without references.
Now
what? Read More...
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