working on a Press Release for a client, fun job and not something I had done a lot of. I also attended Thrive 2010: The Ins and Outs of Online Marketing (virtual seminar) and was able to download some great resources that really assisted with writing a Press Release. I haven’t listened to the recordings…
attending a half-day workshop on ‘How to Write Words That Sell for Business Owners.’ It was a great workshop, attended by approx. 50 business owners and was held at Glen Eira Council. The workshop covered ‘The 7 Secrets to Writing Great Copy’ and ‘How to Write Headlines’. Bernadette Schwerdt from Australian School of Copywriting ran…
being asked by a client to provide her with additional support while she goes on holiday. She is going overseas in a couple of weeks and has asked me to assist with invoicing, paying bills, opening mail etc. I haven’t done these tasks for her before, I usually do other work so it’s the level…
…meeting a client that I have worked with for nearly 18 months. I LOVE working with her and she was actually my first client. She is a speaker and most of her speaking gigs have been in Sydney, however she was approached to be a keynote speaker at a conference being held in Melbourne this…
Apple have just launched an iPad – it’s designed to fill the gap between a smartphone and a laptop. Reasonably priced and starting at $499, perhaps it’s worth a look? It’s thin, it’s light and it’s fast and all iPhone apps run on the iPad. Won’t be available til March / April so expect it…
Women in Business is a website all about women in business and female entrepreneurs. Membership is free and it’s a great opportunity for business owners to connect with other business owners, share ideas, tips and resources. By joining you will also receive The Weekly Review – a wrap up of the best of online business/marketing…
Here is a list of 23 tasks that SJ Virtual PA has recently completed for clients: Post blogs to their WordPress site and published it. Then tweeted the link to their Twitter followers. Added events and news articles to their website Created a PowerPoint presentation based on their notes and created a branded template and images Created a…
Having worked in an office for nearly 10 years prior to starting my Virtual Assistant business I felt that I had some great services to offer clients. I had organised over a hundred events, managed the diaries of busy Executives that travelled interstate and overseas frequently, created hundreds of PowerPoint presentations and so the list…
Not exactly a WordPress plugin or learning but a really useful tool when working with websites or doing any type of design work and changing colours is ColorSchemer ColorPix. It is a tool that allows you to grab the pixel colour under your mouse and gives you the Pixel Size, RGB, HEX, HSB and CMYK codes. I…
October is internationally known as Breast Cancer Month and Pink Ribbon Day is on Monday 26th October 2009. It’s amazing how people and companies all over Australia support this cause. From people adding pink ribbons to their profile photos on Twitter and Facebook to V8 supercar teams going pink. the suuport and enthusiasm is contagious! There are also…
