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IAC Professionals VA's know web 2.0!

Do you have a Virtual Assistant acting as your web 2.0 champion or one that is still behind the curve?

Sadly many Virtual Assistants still don't know what web 2.0 encompasses or how it can help your business. Here you will find interesting ideas to grow your business and stay on top of the wave of Social Marketing, Social Networking, Social Media and many other activities and applications that make up web 2.0 in 2009 and beyond.

Super IAC VAs leap over tall tasks with the greatest of ease and will stand by your side through this journey of growing and learning the things you need to be doing today to ensure your viability for the future.

Don't Miss Out!

We've filled our page with tons of valuable business resources and insights to the value of Virtual Assistants. We've even shown you how to get a FREE VA, don't miss out...keep scrolling!

My mission

At IAC Professionals Virtual Assistant Firm, our mission is to excellently assist small to medium sized business owners by helping them regain their time, save money and eliminate the stress of managing day-to-day and long term projects.

We achieve this by focusing on our clients as individuals, acting as an extension of their business and working in the background to help them achieve their desired success.

Is Your Business Benefiting From Social Media?

Social Media Tips

Tips to best utilize Social Media

Tip #1 - Utilize your profiles, even your bookmarking profiles. Make sure you upload a photo, preferably one of yourself. Add links to your sites and other social platforms, use anchor text when possible. Include a tagline and a bio.

Tip #2 - Did you know that Mixx (bookmarking site) now allows integration of your Twitter profile? Use it! Other sites are catching on to this as well, utilize them! Include your Twitter profile name in your profiles.

Tip #3 - Use blog plugins like Twitter Tools and Twitter Meme to show off your Tweets, automatically update your Twitter account with new posts and make it easy for visitors to Tweet your content.

Tip #4 - Stay involved in your communities. Build recognition and trust with interaction.

Tip #5 - Be helpful to others, even with things that are outside of whatever you are promoting. Don't just focus on pushing your services or products.

Tip #6 - Take interest in what your fellow site members are doing. Show your interest. They'll generally reciprocate - human nature causes us to be curious!

Tip #7 - If you like something that someone else is doing or offering, share it with your friends. They'll appreciate it A LOT and will likely share your stuff too...what goes around comes around.

Tip #8 - Bookmark your profiles, including your "bookmark" profiles. You have a chance for additional exposure, and you're feeding the sites your links.

Tip #9 - Create videos! They can be screenshot videos, tutorials, walk-thrus of your site, Powerpoint videos, or videos of you talking...just get some videos! Videos are "the thing" in social media today, and they can help your link building and rank!

Tip #10 - Utilize various Social platforms to reach wider audiences.

Tip #11 - Use pictures! People like visuals.

Tip #12 - Compliment others. Who doesn't love compliments?

Tip #13 - Comment on others profiles and pages. Who doesn't love comments? You'll generate interest in you by being interested in others. Be sure to actually show that you've read their page/post and show your genuine interest. Keep it relative. Don't spam!

Tip #14 -- When commenting on a blog, enter your primary keyword in the "Name" box so that it will hyperlink to the website you enter in the "website box". Hello SEO.

Tip #15 - Don't try to be on every single social site and network out there; pick a handful to start with and you can add another here and there if you find others that might be beneficial to you or your business. Spreading yourself too thin doesn't allow you to be an active part of your communities, which is important in social networking and marketing.

...we will consistently update these tips. Do you have tips? Let us know, we'll include them and give you credit with a link back to your site (be sure to give us the link)!

Social Networking Tip

Don't just focus on trying to constantly add friends; build relationship with the friends you have and are accumulating. Your friends will notice you more if they have had a personal connection with you instead of just being another number on your friends list.

*A VA can help you with this*

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What kinds of things can you outsource to a Virtual Assistant?

There are many things you can outsource to a VA that will allow you to focus on the core of your business and growth. In short, anything that doesn't HAVE to be done by you can be outsourced.

Of course, a VA can assist you with sales, lead generation and follow-up, customer service, transcription, bookkeeping, phone work, blog setup and maintenance, email fielding, and document preparation but here are some other ideas of time consuming tasks that you can delegate.

* Personal life organization. A VA can calendar your friends, family, clients' and business associates' birthdays, anniversaries and other special events. They can help you keep track and even ensure those greeting cards and presents get sent out! They can even help you shop for these items.

* A VA can send out thank you cards for participation in your events or other occasions.

* A VA can research business related information as well as personal - like finding a new doctor, a place for your speaking engagement, finding a travel agent, finding and contacting potential venture partners and anything else you might need information on.

* A VA can assist you with your social networking. Let's face it, social networking can be a full-time job, if not at least a part-time one, if you want to stay active within your communities. Many people are turning to VAs to assist them in their online social activities to ensure a larger network and expanded visibility.

* A VA can assist you with preparing for your speaking engagement and ensuring everything is in place. If you're responsible for setting up the entire event, there is a lot to do! Besides having the place reserved, you need to market the event; prepare event information; prepare handouts; ensure you have the materials you will need like a whiteboard (and something to write with!); a projection screen if necessary; beverages and snacks and/or breakfast or lunch if you are providing this; and more! Even if you're only responsible for your part of the speaking event, you will still need to mange some of these tasks to ensure a success!

Don't sell yourself, or your VA, short by limiting your partnership. A Virtual Assistant can contribute to many aspects of your personal and business life, freeing you up for more important tasks and even more free time.

See what IAC Professionals can do for you!

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Virtual Assistants

-Allow you to regain your time spent on detailed tasks
-Save money
-Relieve the headache of administrative, accounting and marketing tasks
-Eliminate Stress of project management
-Achieve Clarity around your financials

So what are some of the things IAC Professionals bring to the table?

Here's a peek at just some of the expertise we deliver to your business:

Whatever your needs, whether they're one-time needs or ongoing needs, we have a Professional for you. And we don't just throw someone at you. We have a system to ensure you're happy - from Project Managers to tried and true Virtual Assistants specializing in their field. And you're not working with a different VA every day, you're working with assigned VAs who will provide consistent support through your journey - and they all have backups within our team so no worries about sick days or vacations; you're still covered and we make sure they know what needs to be done so you don't have to!
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting and Taxes - No need to fret, we'll take care of your numbers. From Accounting System Setup to Payroll, Payroll Taxes, Sales and Income Tax Filing, Budget Prep and Analysis, Certified Financial Statements, Audits, Reviews and more.
  • Administrative Assistance - Document Preparation, Secretarial Duties, Internet Research and everything else under the sun...and the moon.
  • Transcription - with a turnaround time that fits your need! Whether it's a one person recording, multiple or groups, IAC has you covered. You can even phone it in! And we can handle your voicemail messages, clearing out your Inbox!.
  • Customer Service - we'll take care of your customers, Answer your Phones, Respond to Emails,Follow-Up with Prospects, and more!
  • Social Media Marketing - Social Media must be part of your plan today but it's very time consuming. Among other things, Social Media helps you spread your word, network with others and connect to your customers and potential customers. You can reach unlimited amounts of people all over the globe with the help of Social Media and we'll take that time consuming task off of your hands. We will build your homes and maintain them.
  • Need a Blog setup or Maintained? Press Releases, Article Submission? Website Maintenance? Yes, IAC Professionals has you covered!

Articles on the Value of Virtual Assistance

Articles that give more detail on the Value of a VA, how they help your business and why VAs are THE New Resource.

13 Ways a Virtual Assistant Can Help Your Online Business
Just 13 of the things a Virtual Assistant can do for you.
What do Successful Businesses Have? And how does Virtual Assistance tie in?
Find out the master key to a successful business.
How a Virtual Assistant Help the Small to Medium Sized Business Owner
Just a few of the things VAs are bringing to the tables of businesses everywhere.
Virtual Assistants becoming the new standard for Administrative and Accounting tasks once performed in-house
Companies in all markets; Real Estate, Finance, HealthCare, Marketing, Insurance etc. are realizing that hiring a virtual assistant saves them time and money while still being able to offer clients superior service. (click link title to read full article)
How a Virtual Assistant can Increase Your Productivity
As a small business owner, you are likely still performing a large proportion of tasks on your own. Many business owners go through growing phases where they don't want to make the financial investment in hiring staff so they take on more tasks that they actually have time to do. But, if they were able to perform hiring earning tasks such as sales and marketing instead of administrative tasks their overall bottom line would grow. (click link title to read full article)

Are you at Everyone's Fingertips?

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Social Media

*Gives you added Exposure, putting you in front of a wider audience

*Offers great Networking capabilities - across the world

*Puts you at everyone's fingertips

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