Clear your desk in time for Christmas

If you think it’s too early to start thinking about Christmas, you’re wrong! Are you feeling the extra pressure? is your diary full for the rest of the year? and for the beginning of the new year? thinking how on earth are you going to take time off over the Christmas period to spend with your ...

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Is your inbox consuming your working day?

Top tips on getting your inbox working for you and not against you! Are you one of those who keep pressing the send and receive button every few minutes to see if a new email has come through? but yet don’t seem to have time to reply to them? or even action them? do they ...

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Do you have to practice what you preach?

I see so many ‘Social Media Expert’ job titles thrown about, granted there are many amazing ‘experts’ in the field of Social Media Mark Shaw to name one. But, what actually qualifies you to be able to give yourself that title? Do you have to use it as a daily part of your marketing strategy? Do ...

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Guest blog: Isn't running your own business great? by Lisa Dunn of HexagonVA Ltd

Isn’t running your own business great?  The freedom of being your own boss, doing just what you love and not having to bother with stuff you don’t enjoy doing… Hang on though – you still have to fill in those forms that came in a while ago from some official body or other.  Oh, and ...

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If you are serious about your business you WILL get results

Quote: Denis Waitley “A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown” This quote made me think of my life and my business future, if I really wanted my business to succeed I had ...

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What is Social Media?

What do you know about Social Media Marketing as a whole? I’ve put together a quick overview on Social Media. I probably haven’t covered most of it, but hopefully it will provide you with a valuable resource for the tools available to enable you to maximise your efforts in Social Media Marketing. Social Media, a ...

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Facebook: A Group or a Fan Page?

I get asked this question all of the time. ‘Do I set up a Group or do I set up a Fan Page? – and how do I know which one is best for me?’ – First let’s have a look at the key features of each: Key Feature Facebook Page Facebook Group “Ugly” URLs ...

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How to develop trust with a Virtual Assistant

This blog post has come about following a comment made on a business forum. A business owner stated that they would worry about confidentiality and whether or not Virtual Assistants (VAs) can be trusted. I’m not going to stand on my soap box and shout WE CAN BE TRUSTED, trust and understanding, whether it being ...

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The Virtual Revolution – The Web Behaviour Test 'You are a Web Ostrich'

I love taking analysis tests to check out the methods and to see the type of person I am, so today I took The Web Behaviour Test on the BBC Lab Website and this is what I am - You are a Web Ostrich Fast-moving – We can tell from your results that you are ...

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