Press and Release Entertainment

July 22, 2010

For some time now we have been helping the media gurus at Press & Release Entertainment with their promotional and marketing efforts. It’s been an incredible learning experience, not to mention that some of the projects we’ve worked on have provided us with excellent name dropping opportunities around friends! Press & Release Entertainment was formed [...]

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Understanding Virtual Assistant Rates

July 21, 2010

Many virtual assistance companies charge variable rates. A few, like LongerDays.com charge a “flat rate” for all services. When looking at the “rates” on various virtual assistant websites, you come across various phrases like: Basic, Premium, Executive Assistant and other rates. This means the rate charged by virtual assistance company varies; depending on what type [...]

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SEO by LongerDays.com

July 21, 2010

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is something every website can use. After spending hundreds, or more likely thousands of dollars to have your website developed, you want to make sure your potential customers can find it easily! Not applying basic SEO practices to your website would be like designing a sales brochure, having thousands of them [...]

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Ways to use a virtual assistant: Meal planning

July 13, 2010

What a terrific task to assign your virtual assistant: having them create and plan your meals. Recently, a client assigned this task to us and, the more I think about it, the more I’m appreciating just how smart it is because it will save that client a considerable amount of time and money. We created [...]

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Virtual assistance in the news

July 13, 2010

Lately, virtual assistance has been getting a considerable amount of media attention. As a fairly new way of doing things that not many people are aware of, it is great that the media is helping to spread the word. This post is simply a round-up of some of the better coverage: ABC News – Virtually [...]

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A Virtual Assistant is the Ultimate Productivity Booster

July 13, 2010

High performers are always in search of a way to squeeze extra productivity out of their day. They consume blogs, books, planners, gadgets, and hacks to produce the optimal workflow and maximize their efficiency. Inevitably, they experience a point of diminishing returns — having an organized to-do list, a prioritization system, a calendar, and a [...]

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Virtual assistant for SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

July 10, 2010

You can use LongerDays.com’s virtual assistant service to optimize your website for better search engine rankings. SEO is time-consuming and complex so many people don’t have time to focus on it. This is very unfortunate because search engine optimization pays off when the traffic starts pouring in! Here is how a virtual assistant can help [...]

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Foreign versus U.S. Virtual Assistants

July 5, 2010

Us being a U.S. virtual assistant company, I think people often assume that we are against the idea of outsourcing work to foreign countries. This isn’t the case. We feel that offshore outsourcing and foreign virtual assistance in particular, is an important tool in a small business owner’s toolbox. Many people go about finding a [...]

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Virtual Assistant for Infusionsoft

June 6, 2010

Infusionsoft is an incredible tool for small business owners. It’s powerful and that power comes with a price – complexity. For small business owners pinched for time and needing to get Infusionsoft up and running as fast as possible with the least amount of effort our virtual assistant service is the answer. We are actually [...]

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Tips for Managing a Virtual Assistant

December 16, 2009

Set expectations upfront: It’s okay to set ground rules and communicate what is important to you – your virtual assistant will appreciate knowing how to keep you happy. Just be sure that it is done tactfully as the person you are working with, like anyone else in the world, will be offput if they are [...]

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