How Can a Social Media Virtual Assistant Help?
You’ve probably heard over and over that social media is about authenticity, sincerity, and transparency. Maybe this has prevented you from getting a little extra help with your social media needs; you aren’t looking for someone to go out and impersonate you online. You want to be sure that you are the one maintaining control [...]
Tips for Hiring a Social Media Virtual Assistant
Engaging in online media and maintaining your social presence online is time consuming, and it can quickly become overwhelming as well. This is especially true if you are new to using social media. A Social Media Virtual Assistant (SMVA) is someone who can get you set up on different social networks, streamline systems for maintaining [...]
Facebook’s Changes to the News View
On Friday, Facebook made yet another change to how users see their news feed on their homepage when the log in. Previously, when you logged in you saw all the latest news and posts from your friends and from the fan pages you follow. Additionally, there was the “Highlights” section off to the right hand [...]
Understand Your Email Campaign Statistics
Analytics Help You Understand Your Effectiveness and Reach
It is reported that nearly 20% of email marketers do not know how well their email marketing campaigns are working simply because they do not track them. The importance of reviewing and analyzing the metrics of your email or e-newsletter campaigns is a major component of knowing whether [...]
Capture Your Day
Yesterday I was lucky enough to meet with some great local freelancers in downtown Portland. One of the people at the meeting was Marlynn Schotland, owner of Urban Bliss Design and founder/CEO of Mamapreneurs, Inc. She was armed with her iPhone to document her day which she later posted to this great photo sharing site [...]
Social Media- The New Media Revolution
If you’ve been thinking at all that maybe, just maybe, you need to figure out if you and your business should be getting involved is this whole “social media” thing, you should watch this video. It really makes the point about how social media is here to stay. What are your thoughts about the necessity [...]




