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Posts Tagged ‘social networking’

Answers about a Virtual Assistant

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

I’m continually bombarded with so much on Social Media Marketing, e-marketing, etc. that I tend to just plug along, learning a little each day. I’ve a friend who lives a few hours away that frequently gives seminars on the topic. I’ve wanted to attend, but have always had a conflict.

My question to Mari-Lynn Harris was: “What does a Virtual Assistant do?”

She has provided an outline of what she does. I’m sure some do more and some do less. I know I’ve done a lot of this, but certainly not all of it as it is continual learning and time consuming. However, I know it works and feel the need to keep moving ahead.

If you need a VA, I certainly would recommend Mari-Lynn. If you plan to hire someone you know or who is close to you, her response will give you information on some questions to ask.

So, let’s see what Mari-Lynn does as a VA.

Discover how you can use a Social Media Marketing Virtual Assistant (VA) to reach more clients, to get found and sell more.

If you’re like most people you have a wealth of products, ideas and information that you can deliver, you just don’t know have the time, or how to reach your audience to communicate with them. Or maybe the terminology is over your head and so you refrain from jumping in. Or you feel nervous in trying it out, it’s not about being perfect it’s about being yourself.
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.” Alan Watts

Here are 5 ways a Social Marketing VA or Consultant can save you some time so you can get back to growing your business and to get more clients.

  1. A Social Marketing VA can give your business a social presence and a place for people to find you and your services and products.
  2. They can manage your profiles with updates, blog posts, event listings to promote your business and improve your company image.
  3. A VA can submit articles to directories to give you a higher expertise status and draw traffic.
  4. A Social Marketing VA can keep current with all the methods and tools related to your business to ensure you are utilizing them to fully benefit your business.
  5. A strategic plan will give you a vision of where you want your business to be.
Are you a creative personality? Like a foodie who want to share their passion with their customers, you have content like success stories and want to share them with your global community. Your customers can be located anywhere. The point is you really want to grow your business by being more active to get more clients. I’ll help you to do this as a VA or Consultant by inviting you to use a variety of Social Media tools to get found. And perhaps find a new audience that really wants to engage with you.

Mari-Lyn Harris
Heart@Work
“I’ll show and teach you how to use Social Media”
t: 510-564-7880

I hope this was informative for you. You can contact Mari-Lynn directly at any of her websites.

Maralyn D. Hill, President
International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association
Books By Hills Success With Writing Where & What in the World
Member: Society of Professional Journalists

Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards,
“$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book,”

Success Tip – Social Media and Editors

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Social media is so social, it is easy to cross boundaries.

I’ve found that Linkedin is highly professional, Facebook is both personal and professional, and Twitter–I don’t know how to classify other than it gets results.

I’d suggest not assuming that because an editor or media contact has a profile available that you really know them personally.

You can build a back and forth conversation. But, always, request politely if you may make a pitch to them on a certain story.

They will let you know if they are interested or not.

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Maralyn D. Hill, President
International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association
Books By Hills Success With Writing Where & What in the World

Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards,
“$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book,”

SLOG-Goals: Identifying Needs & Competition -6

Monday, February 16th, 2009

We need to really stress the importance of using networking sites. We both resisted. Maralyn started slowly and Brenda more recently. But what we really want to encourage you to start with one, learn it and move on to the next.

Join social networking groups so you can build an online presence. List some you belong to or are willing to join.

Remember, editors go on line to see how large of a presence you’ve developed.

So, go slowly but do start and let us know how you are coming along.
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Maralyn D. Hill and Brenda C. Hill

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