Tips To Improve Your Web Presence

There are many ways to improve your web presence, here are just a few I think are most important…

1. Video– The best way to promote your site is through video blogging. It can be a major traffic driver to your site. Upload videos onto YouTube.com and post them onto your site. As always, link to all your social media accounts. In the video description be sure to place a link to your site. Instead of placing the link at the end, which is usually the way it’s done, place the link at the beginning of the description. This way they don’t have to click anything to see your link, it will be seen below the video as soon as the page has loaded.
2. Blog – BLOG ALOT. Update your site regularly and link it to your social media accounts to get the word out. Ping.fm and Socialoomph are great tools to use to link your accounts.
3. Engage – Post comments on other blogs (make sure comments are appropriate) and link the comment to your site/blog. Don’t just promote your site, build relationships. Keep the conversation going.
4. Ideas – Run out of ideas to blog about? You can write about current events, client stories, community news, funny stories and sometimes even something a little personal (but no too personal). Remember

5 Ways to Get More Followers on Twitter

There are many ways to gain more followers on Twitter. The five I will share with you are some of the most effective techniques we use in our Social Media Marketing/Management Services.  At Cathy’s Office Services, you may choose any or all strategies below when creating your customized plan..

1.  Organize a Contest:  Everyone likes to get free stuff! Give aways are a very good strategy to use when trying to get your brand noticed. Check out the Twitter Guidelines before starting your contest.
2. Connect your blog with your other social media accounts especially Twitter: Create an account on ping.fm and you will be able to connect many of your accounts together. Post onto ping.fm and it will send the post to all your social media accounts ( Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, etc.) automatically which saves you a lot of time.
3. Engage in conversations: In order to succeed on Twitter you need to socialize with your followers by responding to their tweets, mentions, DMs, and RTs, preferably in real time. The easiest way to do this is to add an app to your cellphone and answer as you receive them. There are many excellent Twitter apps available such as Seesmic, TweetCaster, etc. They are very convenient and most are free.

What is a Virtual Assistant?

Virtual Assistants offer a wide range of services to clients from all over the world. Most VAs have a background in administrative assistance but there are a number of VAs with experience in other areas also, such as, web design and marketing.

They take care of your everyday tasks freeing up your time and allowing you build your business. Being that VA’s usually work from their home office utilizing their own software and hardware, you don’t have to worry about expensive overhead such as, office space, office equipment, payroll taxes, employee benefits, sick days, etc. making them very cost effective.