Category Archives: social networking

5 Great LinkedIn Tools

LinkedIn has proven to be a great business networking tool for me. It is different from other social networks that I use in that there is no real personal connection being made with people. What I mean by that is … Continue reading

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Spruce Up Your LinkedIn Profile

As I mentioned in my last post, I recently got a great tip from a LinkedIn connection about how to make my profile look more professional. It’s such a simple fix and I never really knew it existed until this … Continue reading

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Ask a Stupid Question …

The other day I put an open question on LinkedIn … very simple, or so I thought! My question was this: ‘Do you use automation in your social media strategy? Do you think it’s a good thing or a bad … Continue reading

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The audio’s the thing … who said that?

It seems that more and more websites I visit lately have an audio component. Some of them auto-load and some of them you have to click to start. When you work virtually, that can be a scary concept when all … Continue reading

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Do Your Service Offerings Include Virtual Events?

Teleseminars, webinars, podcasts, online radio or talkshows, and webcasts are really changing the way many business owners conduct their meetings and training sessions. Setting up, managing, and delivering virtual events is one of the newest service offerings on many Virtual … Continue reading

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Are you a VA in Ottawa? Check out OVA!

This week I was able to attend the Ottawa Virtual Alliance (OVA) October breakfast meeting. OVA is the association for Virtual Assistants who are located in the Ottawa area. We keep in touch via email, but we get together several times a year for … Continue reading

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Learn to Create Facebook Fan Pages!

VAClassroom is offering a new course that will teach you to create fantastic Facebook pages! Facebook fan pages can be used as a great marketing tool for your product or service, because so many people are connected to social networking … Continue reading

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Social Marketing Plan – What’s Yours?

Wow is it possible that I haven’t posted since mid-May? I guess so! June kinda got away on me … attending FoVA in Niagara Falls the first week of June certainly had a lot to do with that for me. … Continue reading

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I’m out there!

Last week I went to a Women in Business networking breakfast, hosted by our  MPP, Lisa MacLeod. Although I network online all the time using Twitter and Facebook and LinkedIn, I have not done too much business networking in person … Continue reading

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Twitter in Plain English

I have been on Twitter for a few months now, and this is about the best description that I have seen to date, of how Twitter works, and why people love it! As a virtual assistant, I have found Twitter … Continue reading

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