Virtual Efficiency

As you know, the business of blogs has grown and evolved significantly over the last 24 months. A quote from the WordPress.com site puts it best…

“Blogging is growing both in the US and especially internationally. Tens of thousands of new WordPress blogs are created every day – by regular bloggers, companies, large media publishers, and many others. In addition, we seeing a trend that’s potentially even bigger than blogging: Publishers are starting to use WordPress as a platform to create all kinds of sites beyond blogs – large and small company sites, online magazines, social networks, travel sites, scrapbooking sites, contact managers, startups, multimedia archives, video sites, sports sites.”

Isn’t this cool? Ten of thousands of blogs being created DAILY! Businesses are using blogging technology to create company websites, social networks, video sites, membership sites and so much more.

The sad reality is that a good portion of these blog sites won’t last more than a year as they are lacking some key success strategies for optimizing and marketing their blogs.

Well now there is a great remedy for that problem….

VAClassroom.com has recently launched a new 2-week mini-course titled, “Blog Marketing Tips, Tools & Tactics”

As I have reviewed course, I see two valuable reasons for taking this program:

1. This blog marketing mini-course will give you some advanced and current marketing and optimization skills that you can offer as a high value and “in-demand” service to a fast growing base of blog site owners.

2. Many of you may currently be using a Wordpress blogsite as your primary online business presence, which is very smart! This two-week training program will essentially provide you with a blog marketing tune-up and blueprint for your site, so that you can increase your targeted traffic, business visibility and new client leads.

This two-fold purpose will have a strong impact on both your business visibility as well as new income opportunities!

The two-week training program is scheduled to begin on August 10, 2009 and will finish up on August 24th. The program includes both self-paced and live components.

The registration doors are officially OPEN NOW and seats are going fast. They have 60 seats available for this training program.

To get all the details on this important new training program, just click on the link below:

VAClassroom.com – Blog Marketing Mini-Course

Also, take advantage of this $10 discount off an already very reasonable price. Here is the discount coupon code: VABLOG

When was your last vacation? Can’t remember? OK. When was the last time you took a few hours to yourself to do only what YOU felt like not what you SHOULD do? Can’t remember either?

Please read the next line slowly.

Beware, while you take time off, the earth will continue to turn and your clients will be there when you come back.

Actually, your clients need you to take time off. Not because you’re getting on their nerves but because when you’ll come back, you’ll be more productive, more creative. Everyone can profit from your time off.

Taking time off doesn’t have to be 2 or 3 weeks of vacation. It can be taking the afternoon off for a walk in the park or lounging around on the beach. This is what I like to call a mini-vacation. When you do this, you’re giving your brain a break from the “busy work” thinking. It can then access the creative part and often, this is when you get some of your best ideas.

If you feel it’s impossible to take a few hours off here and there to get the creative juices flowing, you might want to consider hiring a VA to take on some of the workload. And if you’re afraid to take a vacation, read this post.

This post was inspired by a conversation I had earlier today with a VA friend via Twitter’s Direct Messages. At one point, she wrote:

I don’t know about you, but I need down time to keep creative.

I thought it was a great idea for a post so I wrote it. Thank you Pat for the inspiration!

Until July 11, I will pay the shipping of  the Global Manager – The Planner to Manage Your Time and Your Personal Life (anywhere in North America).

I only have 40 copies left and I want to make room for other products.

I will also donate 2$ to Children’s wish Foundation for each English planner sold.

This is what I call a Win-Win-Win situation. You get your copy of the Global Manager shipped to you at no extra charge (shipping is usually around 10$), I get some extra space in my office for my birthday (July 13th) and we help a sick child get closer to realizing a dream.

I just got news this morning that I am this week’s VAccolade Business Entrepreneur Award recipient and that I am featured on the VAnetworking blog.

This is given by VAnetworking.com to show professional commitment to excellence as a Virtual Assistant (VA) business entrepreneur. It not only recognizes participation at VAnetworking , but also recognizes the professionalism with which the Virtual Assistant, presents him/herself on the web thereby giving them more credibility amongst their competition online. (Source : http://www.vanetworking.com/vaccolade.htm)

This honor means a lot to me because I was nominated by clients, business colleagues or peers. The fact that this award arrives a few days before the Forum on Virtual Assistance, a place to”meet, learn & grow” makes it even more special.