by Barbara Burstall | Feb 7, 2019 | Business, Business Management, Cold Calling, Lead Generation, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Outbound calls
Working over the years for many different clients, the one question that continually comes up is, what is the ROI if I was to outsource my calls to you as a Virtual Assistant. Many factors come into play. Targeting the right audience/customer Contacting the actual...
by Barbara Burstall | Dec 15, 2018 | Business, Business Management, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Virtual Assistant
Years ago the way of doing business was very corporate like, it was all about transactions and payments, very stiff upper lip kind of stuff. Nowadays in 2019, it is all about being personal, authentic, being real and I’m not talking about pouting to the camera...
by Barbara Burstall | Dec 1, 2018 | Business, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Virtual Assistant
At this time of the year, most businesses are now focusing their energies on setting some goals for 2019. What they want to achieve, outsource, complete and obtain in the coming year. But for any business to succeed you should have a 2-3 year plan, not just a 12 month...
by Barbara Burstall | Sep 24, 2018 | Business, Business Management, Marketing, Marketing Strategy
This question just came up in a Facebook group today. A member was asking where do you source a VA? There are many ways of sourcing a Virtual Assistant, personally people have found me via Facebook Groups and by referrals. But for many business owners, they really...
by Barbara Burstall | Aug 7, 2018 | Business, Business Management, Cold Calling, Lead Generation, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Virtual Assistant
Lately a few people have said, does making a phone call still work Barb?….. I don’t have much success. To be perfectly honest, yes making a phone call does still work. I’m not saying this because this is a big portion of the VA work that I do. But...
by Barbara Burstall | Jul 30, 2018 | Cold Calling, Lead Generation, Marketing, Marketing Strategy
So when someone asks you as a business owner, what is your unique selling point, or what do you do differently to others within your industry, what makes your business unique to your competitors? Think about how you differentiate your business to others. These are my...