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Free coaching session from a Natural Mom

My friend (and occasional client;)) Carrie Lauth of Natural Moms Talk Radio just told me about a special offer she's got going on for the next TWO days. She's offering a free 20-minute coaching session to anyone who purchases her Natural Mom Business Guide. But, like I said, its only for ...

Truth and lies about SEO

It sounds complicated, doesn't it? There is a ton of information out there about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and, as with a lot of Internet business topics, you'll end up feeling overwhelmed and suffering from information overload. Now there are a lot of SEO experts out there that will gladly ...

Advantage VA shifting focus

After much soul-searching, discussion with two successful people I admire very much, and closer examination of both the market and my VA business, I have decided to shift the focus of the services I will be providing. Rather than struggling to find clients as a Virtual Legal Assistant and working on ...

A quick update

I'm in the process of redeveloping my business and taking on some new opportunities which means that over the next week or so, I'll be making some changes to both my services and my websites, Advantage Virtual Assistant and AprilTara. Stay tuned for updates!

Giving the Gift of Time

When someone decides to start their own business, that perpetual wish list most of us carry around in our minds looks a little different for an entrepreneur. The work-at-home mom would rather have a powerful all-in-one printer than a designer purse. The recent college grad who wants to be CEO ...

The (un)Importance of Blog Rolls

Recently my friend Grant Griffiths wrote a blog post at Blog For Profit about using "blog rolls" to promote your own blog. In his post, Grant addresses the effectiveness of blog rolls or blog lists. I have to agree with him that these lists, usually born out of some kind of ...

Exciting News for Advantage VA

If you're reading this via feed, you might want to head on over to the actual website and check out the new look. And while you're there, be sure to stop by the AVA blog and sign up to get your free download of my report, "10 Reasons to Hire a ...

Planning Ahead…WAY Ahead

Over the years, I've held various professional positions that involved implementing or managing some sort of planning system. I've had to design an entire organization system for a scatterbrained owner of a marketing firm. (No, I'm not insulting him. He proudly refers to himself as a scatterbrain and considers it ...

Tips and Hints: Hosting for Home Office Warrior

This week I have the pleasure of hosting a regular feature of Home Office Warrior, "Tips and Hints" which runs every Friday and provides links to resources, articles and blog posts relating to working from home. Links for this week: DoWAHDiddy posted an interview by Mary with yours truly entitled "Do You ...

Think outside the blog

In previous posts, I've mentioned marketing your blog as well as the statistics on how attorneys are using "Web 2.0". But there are other ways, other than blogging, to market your practice or your firm online. As an attorney, you have at least one area of law that you specialize in ...