Virtual Assistant Jobs: Find One and Make a Living

Copyright © 2010 Allthetopbananas.com Finding the right virtual assistant job is a challenging task. You've most likely heard many stories about people being deceived to send a substantial sum just to discover that it's a sham. The usual targets are the income seekers who are being provided with some “too good to be true” money making chances or non-existent jobs. You are probably asking yourself, are there genuine possibilities on the web? The answer is yes, as long as you know where to look for them. Although it's never very easy to find legitimate virtual assistant jobs, your persistence and dedication will find their way earlier than you imagine. Therefore, the first thing you should do is to look and explore the company's web page. As they provide such program, it's only appropriate that you see connections to and from other legitimate businesses. Try to find testimonials and confirm their validity. When you have decided to register, the business should not collect any application or membership fees. You are only interested to receive their weekly job listings. Be wary with companies that will get payment before you even see that record. Most probably, if not all, you're on the edge of getting ripped off. You can also try registering with bidding websites. Once you have become a member, you will be able to login, take part in the debate and offer your bet for the wanted job. You will be surprised how many people are looking for competent and skilled assistants like you. One thing to bear in mind though, is to bid only to those jobs you think...

The Top 5 “Musts” For Your Job Search

Want to get your job search started on the right path? Here are 5 great tips to help you on your way: 1. Networking Business Cards: These are essential tools for exchanging your information with a new contact. Cards should be on good card stock with your name, title, industry, area of expertise, telephone number and e-mail. A logo is fine. Those in a creative field can show their style here. 1. Networking Business Cards: Use good quality card stock in a white, ivory, grey or other classy shade that matches your resume paper. State your name, title, industry and area of expertise. Indicate your contact number and your e-mail. Note: If you are in a creative field it's ok to be a little more artsy in card color and graphics. The card is an essential tool for exchanging your basic information with new a contact and it eliminates searching for a pen and a piece of paper. 2. LinkedIn Profile: This is the #1 professional online network going and millions of people around the world are members. They have their professional profiles listed, where they work, where they used to work, what schools they attended, what professional and educational groups they belong to and recommendations from former co-workers, clients and associates. You can learn a lot from a well-crafted profile including new contacts, companies to research and organizations that have members with the same interests and goals as you. 3. Your “Pitch”: You know how to answer when someone asks you what you do when you are employed. You work for this company in this role doing these...

Tips for Great Exhibits with Trade Show Banners

A trade show is one of the best ways your company can show off its latest products, services and activities to your target audience. Members of the public and trade, company and press representatives attend these events to scrutinize and learn more about your product to decide if they want to buy it. So, you want to make sure you capture the attention of everyone who walks past with a strategically designed booth and eye catching trade show banners.   The artwork on your trade show booth is all important as it represents the face of your organization or company. A booth needs trade show banners with the right mix of imagery, color and text, along with your company's logo, in order to draw in visitors to your stand. If your neighbor's trade show booth looks more professional and exciting, you can be sure that visitors will wander right past your display: research shows that you only really have about 3 seconds in which to catch a visitor's attention. Here are some tips for designing a great exhibit with trade show banner stands: 1. Know your target audience – Think about what kinds of words, messages, images and text will appeal to your audience. If you're selling a product, have photographs or video demonstrations of your customers using that product. Or if you sell a service, consider having photographs of satisfied customers with short testimonials or keywords. Being creative, innovative and out-of-the-box is all important. If you sell internet marketing services, for example, you want to show that you're hip, media savvy, and in touch with the latest trends. So,...
Elevator Pitch – Oh My!

Elevator Pitch – Oh My!

I decided to accept the challenge of completing the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog (Darren Rowse) that Lisbeth Tanz and Michelle Shaeffer of the 31 Days Blog Challenge put together. Day 1 is to write an elevator pitch for your blog. Well, I am stuck!  But I will try. My blog is for any small business owner or home-based business owner that is looking to take their business to the next level by standing abreast of the ever-changing “rules” of a growing business. The information that I post is to empowers business owners to grow in business and life through marketing, mindset, and success coaching factors that I provide. With that said –  here is my business statement: I am a Certified Social Media and Internet eMarketing Specialist. I am a Certified Virtual Events Specialist and Coach. My skills are used to help coaches, speakers, internet marketers and writers grow their businesses without having to worry about the day-to-day operations of admin support. I provide them with admin support, ecommerce and internet marketing skills, which allow them to work their business using their skills to grow their business and increase revenue. The bottom line is that I help to build credible reputation management and create online...
A Very Rare PLR Package

A Very Rare PLR Package

Image via Wikipedia Put on your thinkin' cap for just a moment.  What do these have in common… A “perfect game” in baseball Doppelgangers  Haley's comet sighting Your “soul mate” The Hope Diamond  Even if you know nothing about the first four, hopefully that last one was a giveaway.  These are all rarities, right?  These are things that don't come around very often.  They are unusual and, because of that characteristic, they are considered quite valuable.  Everyone once in a while something comes along that is added to the list of “rarities”.   The one I want to tell you about today happens, well, once every TEN YEARS.  It was ten years ago this month, August 2000, that Jimmy D. Brown started his first successful internet business which launched his “career” as a full-time internet marketer. Profits Vault became one of the most popular early IM membership sites and was an active part of his business until he closed it down last year.  Today he's reopening it to celebrate his TEN YEAR anniversary!  He's put together a package of products, reports, mini-courses, and articles that are mostly UNRELEASED content that he's either personally written or co-written.  All of these come with full PLR (private label rights) licenses!  Get the details  here.       If anyone knows about private label rights content, it's Jimmy. He didn't create the autoresponder.  And he didn't write the first salesletter.  And he didn't create the first popup.  He didn't do a lot of the things that have become common to internet marketers.  But he DID start the PLR (private label rights) market back in 2003 and he DID...