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How your business can grow its returns with email marketing
Email marketing gives you immediate access to your audience by allowing you to send your content directly to their inboxes, which can lead to increased conversions and brand loyalty. According to research email marketing has the highest return on investment than any...
12 tips to deal with time sensitive tasks
Always leaving things to the last minute? Struggling to meet those time sensitive deadlines? Sick of sweating over it all? Constantly wishing you’d organized your sh*t earlier? Do these questions sound like you? Time to change. All successful and strategic businesses are not working in the NOW, they are actually months and some even a […]
2023 Australian Social Media Calendar Dates
Key Australian and World dates to recognise and celebrate!
Why email marketing is a MUST for any business
Email marketing is an essential tool that all businesses should be using. Enabling you direct connection with customers and have a better ROI.
Why email marketing is important to your business
Email marketing is a great platform for personalized messages to reach your customers and potential customers in their inboxes.
What is an Online Business Manager and Do You Need One?
If you’re a small business owner, you probably don’t want to feel like a slave to your company. You want to be able to take vacations, spend time with your family and even take an occasional all-nighter on the couch when necessary (like, um… never).
Benefits of hiring an Online Business Manager
As a business owner, you have to juggle multiple tasks and responsibilities. It can be hard to balance all of that with running a business. That’s when hiring an online business manager comes in handy. Here are some of the benefits: More Focus on the Important Stuff...
Benefits of Social Media for Business
Social media has become as commonplace a part of our lives as the internet itself. It’s also a powerful tool that can help you build relationships with your customers, increase your visibility and even garner new customers
Why Canva is your essential business visual tool
On September 14, 2022, Canva brought together its global community for Canva Create 2022: The Future is Visual. What a fantastic and engaging event. The smallest details certainly made it fun, from the presenters where the colours to match the icon updates they were...
2022 Australian Social Media Calendar Dates
Looking for content ideas for your social media, here are key dates for Australia. January – Creativity Month 1: New Year’s Day2: World Introvert Day4: Trivia Day6: Technology Day10: Houseplant Appreciation Day10: Cut Your Energy Costs Day20: Penguin Awareness Day24:...
How to create a GIF file using Canva
Need to create your own GIF file, here are some step by step instructions on how you can create your own GIF file using Canva.
How To Create A LinkedIn Newsletter
Ready to connect with your audience on LinkedIn? Learn how to set up your own LinkedIn newsletter so you can send regular communications to those subscribers wanting to learn more about you and your ser
10 ways to advertise your business for free
Getting your business out to the wider community can feel daunting and for some a costly exercise. It doesn’t have to be this way. Here are 10 ways to advertise your business for free. These are no one-time gimmicks, but things you can implement constantly as a marketing tool. Email Signature Don’t just have your contact details […]
How to set up an opt-in for your business
Creating an opt-in is a great way to build your own mailing list. If you are not sure how to do this, then please click through to learn how and why.
Giving your customers the ‘experience’, not just the service
There is a big difference between customer service and customer experience. A customer experience is that memorable occasion that has them bragging about their experience, referring your business and returning for more.
Why I love using MissingLettr for my business blogs
MissingLettr is a wonderful business tool to help you to repurpose your blogs and youtube videos. A business tool that I love using.
How to stop your newsletters landing in spam folders
Struggling with your business newsletter landing in spam folders. Here are some tips you can try to avoid this happening.
Why blogging is good for your business
Struggling to decide on whether to introduce a blog to your business? Here are some benefits for why you should.
3 Things Remote Business Owners Need in a Home Office
Being a business owner is no easy feat in regular circumstances, but owning and managing an enterprise remotely in a global pandemic presents more of a challenge. Thus, it has become necessary for business owners to draw the line between their work and personal lives,...
Why I love having a virtual business
10 years in business and I still love passionate being my own boss and working for myself. Some of the key lessons I learnt along the way.
30 Blog Topic Ideas
Writing a blog can feel daunting for business start-ups, or even those who are frequent bloggers and finding themselves block on topics to write about. Here are 30 blog topic ideas to help you get your blogging on track.
Social Media Image Sizes for 2021
The most recent image size specifications for social media networks in 2021 including Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, etc
5 ways I use Evernote in my business
Evernote is known as the modern day workspace, and it is definitely a program I use daily within my business and highly recommend.
How to archive your mailchimp contacts
Here are simple instructions to archive contacts in your Mailchimp. Click on your Audience Icon Click on All Contacts, or on the right-hand side button 'View All Contacts' In sub-menu, click on New Segment Click on Email Marketing Status is the status drop-down menu...
10 steps to ensure you correctly take risks in your business
Risk are a part business, taking risk doesn’t mean you have to exposure yourself in way that you fear. Learn how you can do it the right way.
What does a virtual assistant do?
Wondering what a virtual assistant is and how they can help you in your business? A virtual assistant is a …..
5 items to include in your newsletter
Struggling to come up with content ideas for your newsletter? Have no fear! Help is here. I have 5 items to help you get started.
10 Things You Should Have On Your Website
Building a website is not a cheap investment, especially for start-up businesses. Therefore it is so important that you are doing it the right way the first time. It's also important to note, that not all website designers offer all the things you need. Some may...
The why and how of building an email list
What is the importance of building an email list and how will it benefit your business? Find out why and how you can get your started.
Why You Need a VA to Manage Your Blog and Newsletter
Learn what you can do to enable you to focus on your business strategic growth whilst your VA takes care of your blog and newsletter for you.
How can a Virtual Assistant help you in your business?
Ready to start working with a virtual assistant? Not sure what you can outsource? Here is an overview to get you started.
5 Easy ways to source social media content for your business
Struggling to come up with content ideas for your social media? Here are 5 easy ways you can source content.
How to set up your Mailchimp Account
Mailchimp is the All-In-One integrated marketing platform for small businesses, to grow your business on your terms. It’s free for your first 2000 subscribers, it enables you to use it’s automation functions for signs and sending welcome emails. It integrates with...
Determining when you are ready to hire a Virtual Assistant
Determining when you are ready to hire a Virtual Assistant. Find out why I don’t recommend hiring one at the start of your business.
How to clearly communicate your expectations to your Virtual Assistant
To ensure you have a successful working relationship with your virtual assistant, it is important that you communicate your expectations.
10 reasons why you should hire a virtual assistant
Find out 10 valuable reasons you really need to hire a virtual assistant or online business manager for your business.
60 Inspirational Australian Women Quotes
Be inspired by 60 Australian Women. These ladies are from all walks of life, from stage & screen, to golf and politic. I hope you find them as inspiring as I do.
How to start working with a virtual assistant
Learn how to prepare your business to work with a Virtual Assistant. Learn what you can do to create a successful working relationship.
10 Steps To Help You Control Toxic Business Relationships
Suffering a toxic working relationship? It’s awful, right? Here are 10 steps you can take to handle this relationship.
How to set up canned responses in your MAC Mail
Constantly sending the same message over and over, why not set up ‘canned responses’. Let me show you how, with step by step instructions.
How to set up canned responses in Gmail
How to set up canned responses in Gmail ~ Here are step by step instructions on how you can set up your templates for frequently sent emails.
How to download videos from Closed Facebook Groups
Creating Facebook lives or videos in a private Facebook group, however you want to repurpose it for elsewhere. Here are some instructions on how to download videos from closed Facebook groups. To do this, you need to use Google Chrome. 1. Open up your video in your...
6 things NOT to do when hiring a virtual assistant
You are finally giving yourself that well deserved reward of having an assistant help you in your business. Before getting carried away in outsourcing everything, here are some things to be aware off that will help prevent you having an awful first time experience in outsourcing.
6 ways to look after your existing customers
As businesses owners we focus on growing our business and getting customers in the door. How we love a new customer!!! Then there are time when we are faced with the challenges of trying to gain more customers, and what we are forgetting and neglecting are our pre-existing customers. We most definitely should not be neglecting those amazing customers we already have.
Why you DO NOT just grab images from Google or Pinterest
You are creating content for your social media, perhaps you’ve written a new blog and need an image to accompany it, maybe you are promoting a new product and want some images to promotional purposes. Raise your hand if you are guilt of just googling images and...
The Power of Customer Service
We all know when we experience amazing customer service that we naturally tell people about it and recommend the service. This also happens when we experience bad customer service.
What are some of the key ingredients to making your customers experience a memorable one?
How to create a landing page in Mailchimp
Ready to launch a product or offering to your target market? Using a landing page is a great way to sell your pitch, Mailchimp have a great landing page creation in their systems. Find out the step to building yours.
Creating an email campaign in Mailchimp
Here are some step by step instructions to help you confidentally set up your mailchimp email campaign/newsletter.
50 Call To Action Phrases for your social media and blog posts
Struggling to think of call to actions for your content? Here are 50 Call To Action Phrases you can use on your social media and blogs to help increase engagement from your audience.
How a business coach can help you in your business
Finding yourself struggling in your business to get ahead? Work with a coach can help you eliminate what is holding you back. Find out how.