Earlier this week, I had a nice long chat with a friend and colleague of mine who started her business around the same time I started mine. We were discussing some of the things we've learned over the past year and one of the topics was something along the lines of advice we'd been given ...
Category Archives: Networking
Make a Referral Week
I am a big fan (if you can call it that) of referrals when it comes to working with someone virtually. Most of my clients are referred to me by former or current clients. Its also a mutually benefical process because it gives each person an idea of what to expect from the other if ...
A planner for freelancers
I have come across some great time management and productivity resources, some of which I've been able to implement and some that just don't work well for me. So what I've ended up doing is combining some of my favorites. Here's what I do: Yearly Business Planning At the end of 2008, I had written a blog post ...
Custom Twitter Backgrounds
I've added something new to my design services - custom Twitter backgrounds! I've had so much fun making them for my own Twitter profile that I decided it was time to help others personalize their Twitter space. Order your custom Twitter background today!
Nominations for Twitter “Must Follow” List
I mentioned Profitable Mommy Blogging in my earlier post and right now I'm working on a series about using Twitter for blogging. One article in the series will be a list of people every blogger should follow. Now keep in mind, this list is for Moms who are new to blogging ...
Profitable Mommy Blogging, MUIB
Just a quick post to introduce everyone to a new podcast and website, launched by Kelly McCausey, about Profitable Mommy Blogging. Kelly will be hosting a podcast interviewing lots of interesting guests and discussing the various ways to monetize a Mommy Blog. There will also be helpful posts by other bloggers, including me, ...
Attorneys & Web 2.0
An article in the September 2008 issue of the ABA Journal reveals that only 8% of law firms and 2% of attorneys maintain a law blog. Wow. That's a lot lower than I would have expected, especially since this same survey shows that 96% of attorneys are doing their legal research online and over ...
Blog marketing
I recently read a discussion on a group for legal bloggers in which an attorney was asking for comments on his blog. I haven't met a blogger yet who didn't appreciate comments. We all have our own personal measures of validation whether its traffic stats, RSS subscribers or how many comments we receive. But there's more ...
Make networking work for you
Earlier this week I was thrilled to find out that I was awarded the Virtual Assistant Blog of the Week award from VA Networking. This is such an honor for me because of my admiration and respect for the VA Networking Group and I'm proud to be a part of it. My business ...
