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Article Marketing: 6 Steps To More Website Traffic

21.08.10 Posted in Social Media and Internet Marketing by Alicia

In a previous post I discuss the importance of internet article marketing and its benefits as a free and simple way to drive traffic to your website, build back links and increase exposure for your business. Many article marketing directories are free to use making it an ideal choice for start ups or small businesses [...]


Article Marketing: Get More Web Exposure For Free

12.08.10 Posted in Social Media and Internet Marketing by Alicia

One of the best ways to increase your website traffic and boost your credibility is through internet article marketing. These days, having a website or blog is probably your most important marketing tool but that doesn’t mean the right people will see it. You have to let people know about your business and get it [...]


Social Media in the UK 2010

04.08.10 Posted in Social Media and Internet Marketing by Alicia

There are some fantastic videos around extolling the power of social media, demonstrating it’s rapid growth and answering the question: ‘Why should businesses use social media?’ (like this video by Eric Qualman) but they have been based on global or US statistics, until now… This video details statistics on social media growth and how we [...]


Tweet Smarter: 5 Ways to Make Twitter Work Harder

28.07.10 Posted in Social Media and Internet Marketing by Alicia

As a social media virtual assistant and self confessed Twitter obsessive I get asked the same question by business owners who are yet to discover the many business benefits of Twitter: How do you find the time for Twitter? The answer is simple: I make time. Twitter has provided me with useful resources, business connections, [...]


Virtual Assistant Services: 12 Blogging Tasks to Outsource

21.07.10 Posted in Social Media and Internet Marketing by Alicia

Being a Virtual Assistant passionate about internet marketing and social media, I know that blogging is a great way of reaching out to prospects. Targetting your blogs to your audience as part of your online marketing strategy can improve brand awareness, establish credibility and provide a platform to build loyal relationships with your prospects. In [...]


Let Me Google That For You!

14.07.10 Posted in Social Media and Internet Marketing by Alicia

Following on from my post on the social media marketing tool Google Search Stories – a really simple online video creator, I’ve found another fun tool, thanks to @UKSalesMentor, Steve Clarke. Let Me Google That For You is not an official Google application, but an idea dreamed up by a bunch of coders one day [...]


Google Search Stories: Create Your Own Video

07.07.10 Posted in Social Media and Internet Marketing by Alicia

I came across this cool tool recently called Google Search Stories Video Creator. It’s been around a few months but it’s new to me. With online video being a popular, growing trend in online marketing, this tool provides a quick, accessible and fun way of promoting services, products or events. Or, you might want to [...]


Email Marketing: 10 Tasks For Your Virtual Assistant

30.06.10 Posted in Social Media and Internet Marketing by Alicia

If you speak to a Virtual Assistant (or their clients) you will quickly realise we have a variety of skills. Outsourcing is one of the smartest moves a business owner can make to grow their business – everyone can’t be good at everything and there are only 24 hours in a day. Finding a Virtual [...]



Blog vs Email Newsletter? You decide

13.11.09 Posted in Social Media and Internet Marketing by Alicia

I was recently asked by a client ‘Why have an email newsletter and a blog, wouldn’t one or the other be enough?’ Good question. Here’s what I told them. And before you think it, this isn’t verbatim… Newsletters and blogs are great tools for reaching your audience but it’s easy to believe that you only [...]