Social Media Specialist Las Vegas | Your Virtual Girl Friday
A Social Media Marketing, Traffic Geyser, Wordpress Loving Virtual Assistant
Recently Damien Rufus contacted me after he purchased the replay of my Pinterest Webinar and asked if I would beta test it and co-host a webinar on Pinterest with him. Needless to say I was “Geeked” and I said yes.. So let me tell you about this minor Pinterest miracle and what I loved about [...]
I am loving all the bonuses and new features of CommentLuv Premium! If you missed your chance to purchase CommentLuv Premium when it was in pre-launch for the insanely low price of $40 that included the developers license you will have another opportunity soon. Just visit CommentLuv and opt in to be placed on the [...]
Wilson Mattos & Jason Fladlien are hosting an Auction Webinar on October 20th. They have gotten some of the BEST products they know from some of the most respected marketers…Jason and Wilson made the marketers discount their products by up to 90%. The catch: they are going to “auction” off these different products on this [...]
Are you like most people and wish you had an SEO Master holding your hand through the whole set up process? Well Kim Doyal met Lou Anne Mckeefery at the recent WordCamp in Northern California. and they have teamed up to bring this much needed training to everyone. What I am most excited [...]
I received an email from Jason Fladlien and Wilson Mattos about attending the 6in6coaching.com Live Event in Las Vegas. Since, I Rapdily Crush on both of them (Ok me goofing off because their company name is “Rapid Crush”) but I have affectionately dubbed them “The Wonder Boys” there is no other way I can think [...]
Are you looking to establish your credibility and expertise? One of the best ways to establish yourself as an expert in your niche besides blogging daily is to answer questions on LinkedIn.com. LinkedIn.com has an “answer” area where all the questions asked within various groups, both opened and closed, are listed if you do a [...]
With so many opportunities online for business owners to create profiles it becomes a distraction for them and many times these profiles don’t always get finished, let alone used. To experience success in your business it is important to not get distracted by all the shiny objects. My suggestion is to focus on what works, [...]
Last year I attended Practical Profits Las Vegas and did a recap post via The Las Vegas Tweetup you can see last years recap there. I have been to a few Internet Marketing Live Seminars and there is always a “Pitch Fest” just enough information to make you feel like you just had to buy [...]
This year’s Summer Skill Camp 2011 has a great lineup of eight 90-minute clinics including: – Success Strategies for Creating a Social Media Monitoring System – Creating and Promoting a Compelling Facebook Contest – Tips and Tactics for Building an Effective Social Media Measurement System – Discovering the Fine Art of Setting Rates and Building [...]
You all know how much I love the #Foodtrucks here in #Vegas, (I’m in Twitter mode, that’s the reason for the hashtags) and this is the “Story of The Ohana” my daughters and I found via Twitter. Last year when I started tweeting with and reaching out to Jolene of @Sloppijos, Marianne from @SnowONOShaveIce joined [...]
Guest Blog Post By Nicole Dean Today, I’m sitting at my computer, about to launch a new site and I’m going through Clickbank, looking for potential affiliate programs to promote. Not only am I considering personally promoting the products that I find, but I may recommend that customers who purchase my PLR articles at EasyPLR.com [...]
Spring has sprung and I’m wanting to spring a special.. (yes that is totally goofy) So let’s get to the special I am offering on my services: My hourly rate is normally $45 so this month I obviously have lost my mind because of the wind that has been in the Las Vegas Valley, or [...]
In March I did a post on “How To Search In The New Twitter and Save Your Searches” and mentioned that there is an advanced search option that required another blog post, so here it is! http://search.twitter.com/ is where you can get started in your advanced search. Also http://search.twitter.com/operators and what are operators? Operators are [...]
You will Crush Rapidly on Jason Fladlien and Wilson Mattos the creators of WP Member Champ the Perfect Integration With Aweber and PayPal! I first came across Jason about a year ago, and knew immediately that I was going to adore him: 1) He shares his first name with my McDreamy Hubby. 2) His laugh [...]
To do a search in the new version of Twitter just locate the search box which is at the top of the screen to the right of the Twitter logo. Enter your search terms then click on the magnifying glass to search and click your mouse. On the search results page, you can click “Save this [...]
The ability to create a Twitter list allows you to customize your timeline. When creating your lists you can add those you follow and see all the associated tweets at once. I love Lists, one reason is as my following grows I may miss tweets from people I want to stay connected to on a [...]
How many hats will you try to wear when producing your webinar? Are you aware of the many different hats that you would be wearing? Let’s go over them together: • Investor — Who is the person who carries the most risk of loss or gain when you plan your webinar? • Producer — Who [...]
Over the last couple of weeks LinkedIn has released some nice features! I have done a screencast video to share with you (I am visual). So first here is a screen shot of a profile I am sharing with all of you for a local non profit here in the Las Vegas Valley. It [...]
Yes I am having a Sesame Street Nightmare, remember I am a mom in a blended family with 5 kids. But in all seriousness I got to Blog World 2010 with out spending a dime last year. Do you want to know how? Let’s recap! I am a Blog World Groupie! 1. I signed up [...]
You can discover how to use blogging to attract and engage quality customers, and quickly grow your business by attending Blogging Success Summit 2011 is the web’s largest online conference dedicated to helping businesses succeed with blogging, brought to you by BlogWorld and Social Media Examiner. Hundreds of your peers have already signed up, including [...]
One of my new favorite bloggers online is Kim Roach. Kim is one of those rare finds in the IM space that consistently provides tremendous value in everything she does. She’s a country gal at heart but don’t let that fool you… She’s been beating out many of the big-name gurus with her southern belle charm. In [...]
On January 12, 2011 you will have the opportunity to attend Social Media Marketing Las Vegas and receive social media marketing tips, tools and techniques. I had the chance to talk with Eric Peterson and David Koloski this morning, thank you guys for taking time to talk this morning. They are two of Las [...]
I am so excited to share this new opportunity for you to pick up Jason Fladlien’s newest course ‘7 Simple and Easy Ways For A Beginner To Build An Email List Fast‘. I’ve recently took a class with Jason, and this is a product that Jason’s given the class members (like myself) the opportunity to [...]
Klout is a website that claims to measure the influence of Twitter users. (You can be one of the first to have your professional network integrated into your Klout score, by joining their Beta invite list for LinkedIn.) They show this as a Klout Score from 1-100, using over 35 variables to come up with [...]
The intention of a business when creating a company page on LinkedIn is to be located and create awareness allowing them to build relationships. By creating a company page you are allowing LinkedIn to promote the interests of your business. LinkedIn business profiles have the ability to appear in Google search results. You could view [...]
Choosing how to get your business advertised on the internet is not an easy decision. There are so many different advertising platforms offering you incredulous amounts of traffic in exchange for large amounts of your advertising budget. With so many options available it’s difficult to know who to believe and who to trust. I’d like [...]
You probably have noticed my new popup? I love it! The first time I saw it was on Kim Doyal’s site “The WordPress Chick” when I was watching her review of this “Kick Arse” premium WordPress plugin as she entitled her post. So I went to the sales page and this adorable young boy Michael [...]
I love using the location based social networks! Today I want to share Gowalla with you. Gowalla – Go Out. Go Discover. Go Share. I get a weekly email from them called “Your Week With Gowalla” that gives me an overview of my activity and my friends. They thank me for making Gowalla part of [...]
Are you a hashtag user? Have you ever wished that you could automatically follow the community using a specific hashtag? Say you are at a conference and you haven’t gotten to connect with everyone but there is a hashtag being used to follow the conversation, wouldn’t it be nice to just click a button and [...]
You all know how much I adore my friend @KimDoyal, she’s not only a friend that I never would have had if it wasn’t for Social Media Marketing but she is one of my teachers! Kim is always a wealth of information when it comes to WordPress and she is far from stingy with it! [...]
Recently I participated in @VACLassroom ‘s Online Video Skills Clinic taught by @MichelleSchoen aka VADemoGirl.com. This was a hands on clinic that covered the following: Video Planning Process Video Creation Process Video Editing and Distribution Process Video Content Ideas As you can see we received a lot of valuable tools and tips for creating, editing [...]
Ok so you all know I am Geeked about going to Blog World this year. I mean it is only obvious. 1. It was in my bio on Twitter for @TheLVTweetup 2. Badges on both of my websites and fan pages for The Las Vegas Tweetup and Your Virtual Girl Friday I could keep going [...]
My Love Affair with Twitter grows deeper and deeper all the time! I Love that @Anywhere let’s me refer my favorite Tweoples to you on my site with out you even having to go into Twitter to give some “Follow Love” to them. It’s like Follow Friday double dipping! Not to mention, that if you [...]
I have fallen in Love with Cinchcast.com. Recenlty, I took a podcasting course from VAClassroom I highly recommend it Andrea Kalli was our instructor and she always over delivers! Hopefully they will release “Podcasting Marketing Success Strategies” course again soon, so you can enjoy it yourself. I get distracted so easily, the reason I brought [...]
It is evident that Virtual Events Support and Management will be one of the hottest niches in 2010. The stats are revealing of how many businesses are shifting their focus to delivering all types of Virtual Events to their different audiences. The problem is that the bulk of these businesses lack the skills, knowledge and [...]
Have you noticed that the Internet World has grown at staggering rates in the first decade of the New Millennium! When VAClassroom first launched their original Internet Marketing VA Program in May of 2008, they predicted that small business owners would become increasingly interested in hiring virtual teams to support their Internet Marketing efforts. Well, [...]
VAClassroom Co-Founder Craig Cannings mentioned in a recent webinar that he was reading a 2010 Predictions post from one of his favorite blogs, Social Media Today, and they were forecasting what trends would take shape in the coming year. Interestingly enough, the 2nd prediction on this blogger’s list was that “The Social Media Specialist position [...]
While podcasting has been around for about seven years, there has been a stigma that podcasts are only viewed by Internet Marketers and technology people. Well, that might have been true initially, but times have changed! One of the greatest catalysts for the rapid growth of business podcasting in 2010 has been the iPhone. Waves [...]
Harvey Mackay’s book, “Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You.” is officially a NATIONAL BESTSELLER. He’s in the Top 10 on the Wall Street Journal. Harvey credits this video marketing campaign with Traffic Geyser as a huge part of the success. Now Mike [...]
1. Local Search (thanks to mobile marketing) is growing exponentially in 2010. 2. Social Streams are now indexed and listed in Google and Bing. 3. Social Media Sites generate high local listings in the Search Engines. If you are participating this means an increase visibility for your business on a local level that can drive [...]
Everything is based on Great Content! How effective your Fan Page will be on Facebook is is going to be based on your content. Let’s review the steps it takes to build a brand and build a community. Sharing Connecting Conversing If you are looking for instant gratification, you won’t find it with Social Media. [...]
When Twitter first started, users worried about how they would track their followers easily. You could not organize the people you where following into groups. Now with Twitter Lists, you can categorize your followers in many ways. They can now be grouped into distinct categories. Bonus! Lists allow you to include people you’re not following. Why [...]
Today where there is so much competition online, anything you can use to give you an extra edge will work in your favor. And one way to dominate the SEO game is though the help of Traffic Geyser. Traffic Geyser is a revolutionary way to get your videos promoted for an unlimited amount of viewers [...]
Are your clients increasingly asking for technical services? Requests like… “Can you pre-populate the sign up form with customer details from the shopping cart?” or “Can you put this video on Amazon S3 for me?” Let’s get real. These requests aren’t going away. If anything else, as business online mature, they are just going to [...]
What is the #1 over-looked online marketing strategy today? COLLECTING EMAILS!!!!! *Everyone* should be creating and building targeted email lists. It is something that is overlooked by 99% of new marketers online and even many larger companies, as well. What are some reasons for creating email lists, beside the fact that targeted email promotions CONVERT [...]
So you’ve got a Facebook Fan Page, now what? It’s definitely not like “The Field of Dreams” just because it’s there doesn’t mean they’ll come. 10 Tips For Promoting Your Facebook Fan Page: 1. The first thing you will want to do is become a fan of your own page. So when people come [...]
I am always asked “Why Should I blog for my business?” There are a few reasons why. Lets start with how a Blog can keep your website fresh. When you go to the grocery store you expect fresh new produce right? Well if your clients visit your unchanging aka static brochure type website they won’t [...]
Your Kingdom is your Blog, and WordPress.org is the King of Blogs and along side your King you will find his loyal Queen “Social Media Marketing.” Using WordPress.org gives you the ability to stay in touch with your website visitors. You can use Wordpress.org as your main website in place of a traditional boring static [...]
http://www.vaclassroom.com/socialmarketing/cmd.asp?af=904521 Your Virtual Girl Friday has successfully completed the Traffic Geyser Certified VA Training Course, the very first Technology-Specific training program developed in partnership with TrafficGeyser.com. Since 2007, there has been a rapid increase in the importance of Social Media Marketing and the use of online video to promote businesses. According to Traffic Geyser co-founder [...]
A Social Media Marketing Specialist will help you define your primary objectives and create a strategy for participating in social media. Besides creating a strategy for you based on your goals, they will make sure to focus on appropriate social sites to reach your business objectives. Upon establishing your social media accounts they will make [...]
Fan pages are one of the hottest pieces of Real Estate online today. Facebook has over 300 million users, did you know over ten million of those users become fans of Facebook pages each day? Here are five reasons why Facebook Fan pages are such a powerful channel to increase your visibility and raise brand [...]
This couldn’t be a bigger “Fallacy” the truth is small businesses that participate in social media marketing can cultivate loyalty and create the viral effect that comes with word of mouth marketing. Along with this truth ” small and large business owners are becoming more and more conscious of social media.” They are faced with [...]
As of October 2009, did you know that: – There are 30 billion online videos watch per month in the US. – Almost 60% of all web traffic is video. – 200 million users view online video each month in the US. – Video Listings (You Tube) can show up in Google and other SEs in minutes. So what [...]
Are you an admin of a Facebook Fan Page? Have you noticed an new icon next to your share button? When you click on the arrow that is pointing down it gives you two choices 1) “Everyone” 2) “Customize” When you select customize you can choose which fans you’d like to see your posts based [...]
Sometimes Your Chocolate ends up in Your Peanut Butter, nothing you can do about it.. Remember those commercials (ok I’m totally carbon dating myself here) where one person would be eating peanut butter out of the jar and then another would be eating a chocolate bar? Then some how they became clutzy and the chocolate [...]
Great post on The Mogul Mom today “When Should You Hire A Virtual Assistant”
This is a great referral for all Virtual Assistants!
Visit the post here is a preview:
As a small business owner, it is always a balancing act between time and work. My work is never done; there are always tasks I could be doing. And now,
It is always exciting to uncover hot and profitable new niches to tap into for your Virtual Business. Well, Internet Marketing, Ecommerce Support and Social Media Marketing continue to be very in-demand” services niches and will continue to be for quite some time, I am particularly excited about this new niche emerging in the Virtual Event Industry.
This application is “Fabulous” for us Fan/Business page Admins on Facebook. With it we can share our updates with our Tweeps on Twitter. Facebook has given us the option to decide which updates we share with our Tweeps “Notes, Links, Photos, Events, or Status Updates” if your like me you’ll want to share all of them.
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, [...]
I was super thrilled to see the July 7th article in the popular online magazine, Entrepreneur, which highlighted the value and power of outsourcing Social Media Services to a talented Virtual Professional.
Check out this quote from the beginning of the article..
Twitversation For Your Website: Tweetboard
Tweetboard allows you to have true “Twitversations” on your website!
An application for you website that is fun and allows you to have an engaging micro-forum. So what does Tweetboard do with your Twitter stream? It pulls it in with in 1 mind of real-time. Your tweets are reformated into threaded twitversations “nesting” (as the tweetboard site explains). Twitversations that splinter off your original twitversation are included in the thread.
Are you using RSS Feed directories to syndicate your blog? Do you have a Business/Fan page in Facebook? If you are utilizing the notes application in Facebook your readers can subscribe to your notes via RSS feed, just like you are importing your blog into your notes via RSS Feeds. I subscribed to my own notes (and was in Internet Explorer, tried in Fire Fox but it didn’t give me the link for the feed, maybe someone who knows how to get that can comment) and choose IGoogle to follow the subscription.
As promised we are going to discuss “Some Best Practices for Tweeting”
When one Tweets, they want to be doing so regularly and consistently, this would start out at 5-10+ tweets per day.
Moderation is the key! So when you promote your blog posts and products do so in moderation.
You are joining the tweet-versation so you want to be conversational and in context when talking about products.
So lets get started with Facebook, recently I made a post regarding the benefits of having a business page aka “must have piece of Real Estate” and Facebook business pages are a must have piece of Real Estate for Direct Sales consultants! I would like to encourage you to read that post after you finish here.
As Direct Sales consultants we are taught to focus on these 3 things booking parties, sponsoring new consultants, and selling our companies products. If we aren’t doing these things we are not in business. As a Tastefully Simple consultant stepping into her Social Media Marketing Virtual Assistant shoes those 3 things are important but not the only way. You invest in your business by going to trainings, conventions, so why not invest your time to learn about social media and the benefits you’ll reap for your business and your team? Social Media Marketing is a compliment to booking parties, sponsoring new consultants, and selling products, and can/will open new doors for you and your team.
Have you set up your business page on Facebook? I would like to share the Benefits of this must have piece of “Real Estate” for your company.
Here are a few key benefits of setting up your business page in Facebook:
Business Pages are quickly indexed by the Search Engines based on the keywords used in the Business Page Title.
Just Tweet it helps you find other Twitter users like you! You can add your name to their directory and get found! The directory is set up by categories: Accountants, Virtual Assistants, Wahms, etc… Go search justtweetit.com. You can become a fan on their Facebook page
I love being a Virtual Assistant and introducing my clients to the benefits of participating in Social Media Marketing. Read More…
CommentLuv Tip from Andy Bailey
I have been enjoying getting these tips from Andy Bailey in my email inbox on how CommentLuv Premium continues to evolve and enhance it’s users blogs! This was the subject line of the email: “Can’t be first to reply? Then be the first to reply to the first reply.. if you know what I mean.. [...]