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2012
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Jan
Today is a new day. Whether it be the beginning of a New Year is really irrelevant because you can put into motion the 3 Cs on any day. All it takes is putting these 3 things into action.
No, I don’t profess to be a master teacher, by any means, on how you can achieve success this year. From looking at our own small virtual assistant business, I’ve found that for us, there are 3 Cs you can incorporate into your action plan to achieve success this year.
Communication
Communication is key to achieving success. Every day, you are working with staff, colleagues, competitors, clients or vendors. Talk to each other for heaven’s sake! Whether you use a smart phone, a telephone, email, Skype, in person or internet messenger, don’t leave room for misunderstanding which can lead to ruffled feathers, hurt feelings, or worse yet, cause you to do irreparable damage to the reputation of your business.
Don’t misunderstand. You should not have to be the only one to demonstrate good communication skills. This is a two-way street. The client also needs to communicate so we can provide them with the best service they want and expect. This, of course, would apply to the other groups I mentioned — your staff, colleagues or vendors need to speak up too.
Customer Service
I had a real dilemma as to whether to put this as the 1st C because it is so vital in order to achieve success this year, but I decided to put it second because it really only makes sense. One of the items you need in order to provide excellent customer service is good communication. You could say they actually go hand in hand.
Take the time to understand your clients’ needs. This key element pertains to whether you are in the virtual assistance industry, information technology (IT) industry or whatever other field you are in. You MUST provide superior customer service. You must provide a comprehensive customer service experience for your client!
Commitment
So based on the first 2 Cs I gave you for what you can do to achieve success this year, that brings in the element of commitment as our third C. You’ve got to be in this for the long haul. You are going to have up days and you are going to have down days. You need to be committed and work hard for that ultimate success you want to achieve. You can do it! As Margie Warrell, the best-selling author of Find Your Courage:12 Acts for Becoming Fearless in Work and in Life said, “Your failures don’t define you. Your response does.”
So repeat after me. The 3 Cs you can do to achieve success this year are communication, customer service and commitment. If you want, take each C one at a time and work on it so it becomes a habit. Then slowly incorporate the other 2 Cs so they become a way of life. Be diligent, consistent and look forward to the success you know you can achieve this year.
Pam Lokker is a master writer and proficient virtual assistant. Borlok Virtual Assistants is the place to get global expert VA services with quality and on-time delivery.
Clients are even more precious than gems. Client retention is critical for small- to medium-sized businesses.
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2011
23
May


A Small to Medium-sized Business (SMB) is usually very busy during the day, and they need a good phone they can use to communicate with clients. But is there such a phone? I mean, after all, Straight Talk is a pre-paid cell plan – not an actual phone. Is there hope that such a phone exists?
Meet the Samsung Prepaid Phone with Keyboard, R451C
The Straight Talk Samsung Prepaid Cell Phone has a wide variety of features that you can use to communicate with clients — all without having to sign a contract. That means you don’t have to worry about extra fees for things such as activation, reactivation, cancellation, daily access or overage.
Features
This attractive-looking phone has some of the features that all your other cell phones have like a slider QWERTY keyboard, bluetooth wireless technology, a 1.3 -megapixel camera, Mobile Web services, Voicemail and Call Waiting, Battery talk time up to 4 hours, Standby time up to 14 days, and the charger and services guide. You will need to purchase the Service Talk Service Plan (minutes, text, data and service days) in order for you to use the phone.
Advantages
Let’s take a look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of this phone.
1) Economical - I went to Walmart’s online website and searched for “straight talk phone.” There are several there, but the Samsung R451C listed for $79.88. You will find others there that might appeal more to your taste; however, you will pay more for them with the exception of the Samsung R355C. You will need to purchase a Straight Talk Service plan to activate it.
The Service plans come two 30-day Service Plans: the $30 All You Need Plan with 1000 Minutes, 1000 Messages plus 30MB of data, or you can also choose the $45 Unlimited Plan with Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited Messages & Unlimited Mobile Web Access. Okay, so you want more versatility? Choose one of the 3 additional Unlimited Plans which offer unlimited talk, text, and/or multimedia messages and Mobile Web Access during 90, 180 days and 1 year of Service.
2) Phone capabilities are multiple - You can call out, receive calls, view calls that you missed, view the call that is incoming, and use your own voice to dial. In addition, you can text.
3) Size – This cell phone is small enough that you can slip into your pocket. It measures about 2″ x 4.5″
4) This CDMA phone uses the Verizon towers, although I did find that if you have any questions about calls dropping, users of this phone found that Verizon support was not a help.
5) What if you don’t like the ringtones that come with the phone. Can you download ringtones to your computer and transfer them to your phone? The answer is yes. You can also swap ringtones with your friends.
6) The Samsung R451C does not have a sim card, although Walmart does offer the R451G which does have a sim card.
Disadvantages
1) Currently, if you are a small business owner and need to make or receive an international call, you are going to be out of luck as Straight Talk only allows nationwide calls.
2) There is no capability to record videos.
3) A busy businessperson will not have any way to install any apps, so you won’t be able to install JAVA files for internet messaging, etc. The phone has a very limited internet browser.
4) Text messages you send are a minute size of only 160 characters and are not saved in streamed or chat format meaning they are saved individual text messages appear in your inbox and are not threaded.
While this article is not meant to be an all-inclusive review of whether or not Straight Talk has a prepaid cell phone that SMBs can use to communicate with clients, it does give you a view of the Straight Talk Samsung R451C. Would I recommend this for a small business owner? I can’t advise you on that; you have to make your own decision. Personally, I would do more research to see if there might be something better.
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Pam Lokker is a skillful writer and proficient virtual assistant. Borlok Virtual Assistants is the place to get global expert VA services with quality and on-time delivery.
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2011
9
Mar
Everyone has been talking about it. Since Google changed their algorithm, there’s been a lot of concern whether or not article writers and virtual assistants should stay away from writing good wholesome articles altogether.
So what is Google’s purpose?
Google is intent on improving ranking for article writers. What will happen is that quality should take a big step up. I’m sure you’ve noticed trying to search in your favorite search engine for a term and getting very low-quality articles. Some of them don’t even pertain to the search keyword(s) you typed in. Google believes that this is just the start and readily admit that new updates will be coming down the pipeline that should improve quality even more.
What Is a Content Farm?
According to Wikipedia, a content farm as it relates to the World Wide Web “is used to describe a company that employs large numbers of often freelance writers to generate large amounts of textual content which is specifically designed to satisfy algorithms for maximal retrieval by automated search engines. Their main goal is to generate advertising revenue through attracting reader page views.” Unfortunately, many of these content farms can promote articles of low quality due to excessive spinning or poor writing abilities.
How will this affect article content distribution sites?
Places like Distribute Your Articles (DYA) believe that content farms are in trouble. DYA has always encouraged their members to always submit original content. Their coaches are put through an extensive training program so they are comfortable recognizing errors that can cause an article to be rejected by publishers and site owners. Included in the training is how to correctly apply Article Alchemy™ technology. The end result is that the article writer can rest assured that their articles have been intensively reviewed to make sure that high quality is maintained.
Other content distribution places are raising the bars in their review process to ensure that they are not penalized by Google with a low rating. This will include places like EzineArticles who has recently announced several changes they have implemented to improve their ranking. One of the biggest changes was to increase the minimum length of articles from 300 to 400.
So what is my strategy going to be for me, as well as my clients? I will follow the course of DYA and recommend to my clients that we only submit original content to multiple sites, depending on the client’s memberships. However, my advice to them will also be to blog, and post their articles on social media like Facebook and LinkedIn.
Do I believe that Virtual Assistants (VAs) should be concerned with Google’s new algorithm? I would more say that VAs should become aware but not necessarily concerned. So, for me, that means business as usual. What do you think?
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Pam Lokker is a skillful writer and proficient virtual assistant. Borlok Virtual Assistants is the place to get global expert VA services with quality and on-time delivery.
Market far and wide and use the Internet to promote your products and services.
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2011
27
Feb

Now, I’m going to discuss further with you about what a virtual assistant should look for in a phone system. While there are a few different options that you can look at such as a landline, a cell phone or VoIP, I’m going to suggest that you look at an online phone service.
An online phone service should be inexpensive.
It goes without saying that you need to watch your expenses, especially in a down economy. Look for a service that will have a wide variety of options at an economical price.
An online phone service should have a wide variety of features.
It’s interesting what peoples’ thoughts are as to what they should have as features. At the least, you will want options like voice mail, caller ID, call forwarding, and perhaps the ability to have conferencing or fax capabilities. You will want to have the ability to customize your phone service to fit your needs.
An online phone service should have a customer-service oriented support desk.
There’s nothing worse than trying to set up an extension or have something go wrong with your phone system only to have no one to help you out when you get into trouble. Who are you going to call — or email — or phone? Does your online phone service have 24/7 service. You might even want to check and see if they have answers to common questions in an easily-accessible place that you can look at. Or, better yet, do they have live chat?
An online phone service should be user-friendly.
I’ve used online phone services that are extremely difficult to figure out, and you couldn’t get any support; so you want a phone service that is user-friendly. It should be easy to use and to operate. I have found Phone.com to be very affordable, easy to use, and versatile.
As a virtual assistant, it is critical that your clients be able to reach you sometimes by phone. If you can’t always be available by phone, they should be able to leave you a message and have a return call within 24 hours. You should shop around for the best phone system that will handle the things you need it to handle; however, you should always look for a phone system that is inexpensive, flexible with multiple features, have a support system where you can get help, and be user friendly. After all, your phone system is going to be the first impression that a client gets of your virtual assistant business. You want to start out on the right foot with them.
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Pam Lokker is a skillful writer and proficient virtual assistant. Borlok Virtual Assistants is the place to get global expert VA services with quality and on-time delivery.
Provide a comprehensive customer service experience for your clients. Make yourself accessible.
2011
10
Jan
I’m sure you all remember the article that my virtual assistant mom wrote previously, Don’t Call ME Uncommon to Arizona. If you haven’t read it, go check it out so you get the background for this article and then see below why I say that a certain so and so should get off my feeder.
You have to be a hummingbird to LAND on a hummingbird feeder
This bird is not even a hummingbird! As a matter of fact, I have TWO Gila Woodpeckers that are brash enough to drink out of my feeder. Yes, I guess you could say that they really are beautiful with their little red dot on the top of their head; and they’re even kind of cute in their own way; however, they are big oafs compared to me and should not be on my feeder.

by .Larry Page
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According to Whatbird.com, Gila Woodpeckers can be a resident of southeastern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. They are supposed to prefer low desert scrub with saguaro or mesquite trees for nesting. So what are they doing at my adopted mom’s house slurping all my food?
The hummingbird feeder is for a small — hummingbird!
Remember how big I am? I’m a mere 3.50 inches, and I’m a little bit bigger than some of my other friends. This big oaf that my mom calls Rufus is a gigantic 8-10 inches. Yikes! At 2.5 oz, when he lands upside down on the feeder and then tries to right himself so he can drink, he almost spills the nectar. My mom can see all this when she’s gazing out the window when she’s working and doing virtual assistant tasks like writing, transcription, and other things.
Gila Woodpeckers are supposed to eat — not drink — food.
Gilas are known to eat insects, bird eggs, fruits, and berries — blech. Do you see there anywhere where they are supposed to drink nectar specifically made for me? I just can’t, for the life of me, see why they want what’s rightfully mine. Can you? I mean, gee, just because they have a sweet tooth, and quite the sweet tooth.
Gila Woodpeckers are just plain bullies.
I get so mad at Rufus. When I go to drink out of the feeder, he actually chases me. That’s not fair. I’ve seen where he and his friend actually park in the tree in the front yard and guard the feeder so that I or my best friend can’t even get in a drink edgewise. So my mom hung another feeder thinking I and my friend could get some food and now they guard BOTH feeders. Yesterday, my mom saw both of them on the SAME feeder. Where’s the justice in that?
In conclusion, I repeat — Rufus, get off my feeder, you big oaf!
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2010
28
Nov
The number one goal is probably to make a profit, right? How do you do that though? How do you market your products and services far and wide on the Web and beyond? There are multiple ways to do this, but let’s look at just a few.
1) Talk up your products and services
Now this can be done in a wide variety of ways, both on and off the Web. You talk to someone every day. You have a prime opportunity to talk up what you do or sell by speaking with your friends, family, and customers. Maximize your opportunity by handing out business cards whenever you get a chance. Now whether you do it over the Internet or verbally is up to you. You can market your products and services by networking.
2) Socialize online in the social networks
Social networks are springing up everywhere these days. You know about the popular ones like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, but you don’t want to leave out socializing on forums, live chats, or other individual’s blogs in your niche. Remember what you really want to do here — market far and wide on the Web and beyond.
3) Write frequently and use multiple methods
a. Articles
There are many different ways you can write to spread the word about what your small business does. Writing articles can be a very effective way to do this. To make it even more effective, you will want to have your articles published and spread across the Internet like wildfire. One way to do this is through the use of article distribution companies. One such company that is making its mark and moving up quickly in page rank is Distribute Your Articles. Another possibility is Content Crooner. They each have different styles for disseminating your articles on the Web and beyond, but they each have gained monumental success. Distribute Your Articles has a novel approach of article syndication where they will not only mass distribute your articles to article directories, they will also include distribution to niche content sites and live posting, which creates many backlinks to your website. Content Crooner on the other hand proclaims to have wider distribution and better search engine positioning that maximizes your potential for backlinks, and they do this all through the utilization of nine key words as their guiding principles that anyone can implement in their business.
b. Press Releases
A virtual assistant can capitalize any time they add new services, new products, add upgrades — there are lots of different ways that you can let people know what’s happening by writing a press release anytime a noteworthy event takes place within your small business. Just like articles, they can be submitted to multiple press release sites out there – a lot of sites will allow you to submit them for free. Press Releases can be sent to editors at newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television stations — hmmm, are you beginning to see the possibilities here?
4) Advertise your products and services far and wide
According to Wikipedia, “advertising is a form of communication intended to persuade an audience (viewers, readers or listeners) to purchase or take some action upon products, ideals, or services…Advertising can also serve to communicate an idea to a large number of people in an attempt to convince them to take a certain action.” What are some ways that you can do this? Take a look a just some of the possibilities:
* Banners
* Popups
* Emails
* Newsletters
* Classifieds
You do not have to pay a fortune to advertise. There are many methods widely established that will fit your budget and allow you to increase the visibility of your VA business.
A virtual assistant needs to be creative these days on how to make a profit while marketing products and services on the Web and beyond. This can be done economically and with a variety of methods. Some of the methods we looked at were to talk, socialize, write, and advertise. A VA needs to almost gain the gift of gab by talking about their small business whenever possible such as with friends, family, and customers, and sometimes, even competitors. Utilizing social networking will allow a VA to further their visibility, as will writing and distributing articles and press releases. Last but not least, a virtual assistant can ensure they will become successful in marketing their products and services widely by advertising. Shouldn’t you get started?
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Pam Lokker is a skillful writer and proficient virtual assistant. She is co-owner of Borlok Virtual Assistants (Borlok VA), the place to get global expert VA services with quality and on-time delivery.
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2010
24
Oct

There are several things you can do to ensure that your website will be a gold mine and provide bountiful traffic and cash — and not be a bust. Let’s take a look at some of the things you can do to protect your website from turning away traffic.
Ensure your links are active!
I’m afraid one of my pet peeves is when I go to a website, click on a link to go read more about something or purchase a product and boom, zilch, nada. I just sit there and don’t go anywhere or I get the dreaded 404 error. What a letdown!
For those of you individuals out there that advise newbies that mistakes are okay, Stop It! A working link is vital to the success of your site.
Check your links on a scheduled basis!
I can hear you now. I don’t have time to go through all my links to check them. Woe is me. Listen to me people. One bad link will turn a visitor to your website or blog away never to return. We need to do everything we can to make our sites a pleasure to be on.
If you, yourself, don’t have time to check those links, then outsource to someone that will. You can find lots of providers that will do this work for you at a very economical price — places where you can Find Virtual Assistants on oDesk
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Random check multiple links
A link that does not work will turn people off from ever coming back to your site, or even your article, report, eBook, or what have you. Take the time to check multiple links every so often to make sure nothing has changed to make them inoperable. The investment in time that you make to do this will go a long way to get potential clients for your services or potential buyers for your products.
So what are you going to do to ensure that your website is a gold mine and not a bust? Are you going to take extra care when your create your links to ensure they are active and work right, or are you going to rush into things and not preview your work? Remember the old adage, “haste makes waste.” Are you going to do routine checkups of your links on a regular basis? Or, are you even going to periodically check 2-3 links to make sure they work? Hmmm? I recommend you highly follow all three recommendations so your website, blog site, or article is widely successful.
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Pam Lokker is a skillful writer and proficient virtual assistant. Borlok Virtual Assistants is the place to get global expert VA services with quality and on-time delivery.
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2010
10
Oct
The virtual assistant industry is highly competitive right now, especially with corporations starting to look overseas for cheaper, faster freelancers. It’s up to you to make sure that you avoid being late for that interview with a potential client.
Below are some suggestions that you can possibly use to be prepared and be early, not only for client interviews, but also webinars, conference calls, and seminars. Let’s take them one at a time.
Let’s start with the night before the interview.
One way to start mentally and physically get ready is to do things ahead of time, right?. Draw up a checklist of things that you want to have for the meeting and cross them off as you do them.
Get plenty of rest. For some of us, it’s human nature to go to bed and lay there thinking through everything you want to say the next day. Do the mental rehearsing before you go to bed so you can have a good night’s sleep and feel refreshed the next morning.
Lay things out for your interview or meeting preferably the day before, but at least in plenty of time prior to your meeting so you’re not rushed.
If you have a headset, have it hooked up and ready to go. Print out whatever your need for the meeting – presentations, resumes, etc. Have a notepad for notes and at least two pens. I have been in a meeting, only to find that my pen ran out of ink. Shucks! Invariably, there wasn’t one available in the drawer next to me. Then I had to pull up Word in a hurry and start typing my notes and switch back and forth to something else on my desktop that I may have needed.
Start the day out relaxed and on schedule.
Now I know that’s not an easy task when you have kids to get off to school or your husband off to work; however, the benefits of starting relaxed is that you’ll stay relaxed. Things will flow much easier. Once you get behind, it seems like you can never catch up to where you should be.
Do your research ahead of time on the prospective client.
It’s so easy to use the Internet to research whether or not your client has a company website, a blog, or participates in chat or forum rooms. You will also be able to determine whether or not they are members of social network sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others. All of this information should be put in a folder after you take the time to do some reading on them so you can gain an insight into your client. Don’t wait until half an hour before the interview; you will be late and sound totally unprepared.
Do your homework, mental preparation, and physical preparation ahead of time so you can avoid being late to an interview over the phone. You want to shine like the sun and show that you can be organized — not sound harried, rushed, and totally unprepared.
Let’s take a brief run through again what I’m suggesting so that you are not late to a phone interview. Early preparation was the first tip I suggested, with my recommending that you create an atmosphere that will allow you to feel in control of things and relaxed. Get a good night’s sleep the night before and have everything you need laid out ready for that all important meeting with your potential client. Check out any references to your client and/or their company on the Internet. The early bird can get the worm. Remember that when you’re looking to get that all-important next client.
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2010
9
Oct
Most likely your interview will take place over the phone. Now, you might think that not having to be in the physical presence of your interviewer might be an easy thing to do. You might be surprised, however, to learn that a telephone interview can actually be more difficult than being across the table from someone as a telephone interview has its own unique skill sets you should know about. So let’s look further into how a virtual assistant should prepare for a phone interview.
Don’t Wait Or You’ll Be Late
I would say that you should be at your desk at least 5-10 minutes ahead of the interview. You don’t want to sound rushed, and you don’t ever, ever want to be late. That will give the interviewer good reason to not want to hire your services. You’ll want to have your headset set up ahead of time and have a notepad and pen handy for notes.
Be Prepared
Please listen to me when I advise you to prepare ahead of time. You will want to have the job posting, their website (if they have one) and any other important details that might help you to put your best face forward. One such paper might be a list detailing your strengths and weaknesses, as well as your recent accomplishments that are similar to what the client is looking for you to do.
Practice Makes Perfect
Always, always, always practice sounding out what you might say ahead of time. Try to think of questions they might ask. Practice how you might answer them. It will help make you sound much more self-assured. Use your family or friends as sounding boards as you practice in front of them.
Don’t Eat Or Drink During the Interview
Refrain from chewing gum, eating your lunch or snacks, or drinking your soda on the phone during the interview. The sounds of chewing, slurping, etc., could not only stand a chance of being heard on the other end of the line, but it will also cause you to slur your words making you less likely to be heard clearly.
Be Neat and Tidy
This one might sound silly, but it really isn’t. So, hear me out. Run a comb through your hair, put on a clean shirt or blouse, wash your face, whatever it takes for you to feel good on the outside. That feeling will make you feel better on the inside as well. When you do this, your self-confidence will be quite evident during the phone interview. Don’t forget to have good posture so your voice will carry. Watch your tone. You want to have an animated voice at a consistent pace and level.
Shut Down Communications
While you undoubtedly have IMs that you have open, email open, your cell phone on your desk, and Skype open, take care to ensure that these methods of communication won’t be a major distraction during the phone interview. Shut down your email, either close your IMs or put them in a busy or offline status, and either leave your cell phone in another room or turn it off. Now is not the time for distractions to occur. Let your family know that you can’t be disturbed, and maybe put the dogs out in the back yard for a while.
So let’s take a look at what a virtual assistant should do to prepare for a phone interview. We’ve discussed that you should be on time and prepared. Check out the interviewer’s company on the Web and even look at their website(s) or blog(s) if they have any. Practice what you might say if a certain question comes up.
The final sections we looked at were what you can do to create a good impression and avoid distractions. A virtual assistant must do everything they can to land new clients in this highly competitive business. Now go out there and ace that phone interview.
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Borlok Virtual Assistants has the global expert services with quality, on-time delivery that you require. Get more tips on increasing your knowledge in the world of VA and come see us at Borlok Transcription or at our blog Borlok VA.
2010
6
Sep
Any virtual assistant that pursues the art of article writing and article marketing knows the importance of getting good backlinks to their website or their blog. There’s an easy way to do it without doing the laborious, time-consuming effort of submitting articles to many, many article submission sites manually.
Oftentimes success with article writing is as simple as choosing the best article distribution service to blast your articles out to hungry publishers and content site owners globally. Let’s see what you should look for in choosing a good service.
Choose a well-known article distribution service.
Your articles are a critical piece of your marketing campaigns. It’s up to you to promote them in the best light so they receive the recognition they deserve. There are many article distribution services out there. You will want to check Alexa and Google page rank and choose one that is most talked about on the Web and maintains high rankings.
Ideally, you want to be comfortable with the content distribution service that you choose. Research thoroughly and don’t make hasty decisions.
Choose a service that has an up-to-date distribution list.
There’s nothing more frustrating than to sign up with a marketing service that claims to have lots and lots (and lots) of publishers on their distribution list and the links don’t work or there’s no such publisher.
Check out multiple places on the list to ensure the service you’re considering is keeping their list current.
Check to see if they offer review services.
Even the best of writers needs a fresh set of eyes to go over their articles to make sure that their articles will pass the rigorous requirements that publishers and content site owners have in place. When submitting manually to sites, it’s next to impossible to keep all the guidelines straight. A good service that serves as those extra pair of eyes will prove to be invaluable.
I, for one, appreciate the extra help from a reviewer that lets me know that I’m doing too much advertising in my article or I’m using a particular word(s) too many times.
Can you distribute your articles on your own schedule to coincide with your article marketing campaigns?
A good service is going to provide you with options that fit your needs — not their needs. The ideal service will let you set a schedule in advance, in some cases even up to a year.
Sounds good, doesn’t it?
Is the service you’re looking at affordable and offer a variety of different price plans?
With the economy the way it is, everyone tends to watch their expenses a lot more closely. Having different price plans that can be monthly, quarterly, annually, or even lifetime is important. Your potential candidate needs to offer variety.
While there may be free services out there, I guarantee your articles probably won’t receive the recognition they deserve.
What type of article syndication plans does your potential service have for the future?
While it’s important to get your article out to article directories, you will want to consider going with a business that will take it one step further and send out your article to sites owned and managed by internet marketers. Why? They take great care to bring new visitors to their sites in order to create profits. Going with an article marketing service can open new opportunities for you that maybe you haven’t even dreamt of yet.
There are many more features that one company might offer over another. It’s up to you to do the legwork and find the very best article marketing distribution service that will meet YOUR needs. Choose wisely so that your articles will receive the recognition they deserve. Now, get out there and start researching.
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Pam Lokker is a skillful writer and proficient virtual assistant. She is co-owner of Borlok Virtual Assistants, the place to get global expert VA services with quality and on-time delivery.
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