Entrepreneur.com

JULY 15, 2025

In almost every industry, buyers have endless choices — and less patience for cold calls, generic email blasts or outdated lead forms. Three ways to build thought leadership authority You dont need a PR team or a massive media budget to get started. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

2025

Success

JULY 25, 2025

Social Media Manager Wrangle Instagram, TikTok or Facebook for small businesses. Virtual Assistant Be someone’s organizational lifesaver—emails, schedules, data entry, whatever they want to outsource. You can sell on Etsy or local Facebook groups. Bonus points if you have a sixth sense for TikTok trends.

2025

Entrepreneur.com

JULY 31, 2025

Brands that start acquisition campaigns in August or September give shoppers time to learn the story, budget for full‑price pieces and hit November already warmed up. Shoppers can join by simply entering their email address at checkout or at any time while browsing. Timing helps, too.

Holidays

Success

JULY 19, 2021

Learning how to budget your attention is an essential skill in the Attention Economy. Because every once in a while when you look again, you might get a winner (or a good email) so you keep checking in case there’s a random surprise waiting for you. Remember that Facebook makes money on all of the ads you see.

Social Media

Success

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If your budget is too limited to offer competitive salaries, what other perks do you offer ? As a personal example, I had a client who offered two night classes with equal marketing budgets. The client reaction was to pour nearly all of the marketing budget into the failed offering rather than grow the successful one.

Budget

Success

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Understanding the psychology behind the funnel can help expand awareness, grow an email list and sell your services. How to promote your business online: Newsletters and email marketing Sharing insights and valuable resources organically encourages readers to recommend you to their network.

Promotion

Success

JUNE 15, 2023

Donating keeps you on active email lists so that you find out about opportunities happening in your area and events that might be of interest,” O’Sullivan says. “I We attended different colleges and had no mutual friends, even on Facebook!” “If you do feel you benefitted from your school or organization, start giving back financially.

Resume

The Leader Assistant Podcast

OCTOBER 8, 2023

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Joe talks about recruiting, training, and managing virtual assistants, email management, tips for business process standardization, and the biggest mistake he’s ever made in working with an assistant. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live.

Email

Success

JULY 27, 2022

If you are on a shoestring budget, utilize services like Stark Office Suites or Regus, which will keep your overhead to a minimum,” she says. “I Cliff Michaels, the former president of EO Los Angeles, recommends HootSuite as a simple one-click to push messages on Facebook, Twitter and other social media.

Basecamp

Success

JUNE 17, 2022

When brainstorming for original, web-hip names, consider repurposed real words (Amazon), misspelled words (Flickr, Digg), compounds (Facebook), blends (Pinterest), short phrases (MySpace), suffixes or prefixes (Mashable) or made-up words (Meebo). An explicit, familiar term worked best for us, because we were on a budget.

2004

Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

After all, nobody wants to write down "Wasted 90 minutes in Facebook” instead of writing that client report! List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2.     B Which is more important: “a-Plan Agenda” or “c-Draft budget report”?  

Management

Office Dynamics

APRIL 19, 2017

While there’s certainly a case to be made for banning phones from the workplace – confidentiality concerns, Facebook faux pas, employees who spend more time on Snapchat than spreadsheets – some smartphone apps, when used properly, can make your job a lot easier. What date is the budget report due? When is that important meeting?

Administrative Professionals

Success

AUGUST 5, 2024

million Facebook group members into a social media community for small, local brands and created Socialite Agency, which, spoiler alert, was acquired by digital marketing agency Strikepoint in January 2022. Then, she started pounding the pavement, sending cold emails , making cold calls and asking people to give her company a chance.

Social Media

Andrea Kalli

MARCH 26, 2010

He’s doing this on a shoestring budget. He pays for each time he connects to the internet or does email. Also, Richard didn’t have Facebook or Twitter, either. iPadio provides a phone number he can call in to record audio and push it to his blog and Facebook. No unlimited data plan, no cool apps to download.

Social Media

Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Ask everyone to brainstorm all the things they can think of that needs to happen eg for a conference – programme design, sponsorship, risk identification, evaluation method, speakers, budget, topics, travel and accommodation etc. Email: minutesmadness@xtra.co.nz. Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/minutesmadness.

2015

Practically Perfect PA

JULY 31, 2017

I have been getting a lot of emails from assistants wondering how they can watch the Summit in their time zone. We are also going to set up a private Facebook group for the Virtual Summit attendees so that you can all meet each other online and exchange your thoughts on the content. I’m over the moon!

Time Zones

Eat Your Career

JUNE 4, 2012

Here’s something that happens to me at least several times a month: I get an email from a blog reader. While I recognize that coaching isn’t always in the budget, it’s not really within MY budget to do my work for free. Share this on Facebook. Email this to a friend? Oh, and by the way, I can’t afford to pay you.”.

Budget

The Leader Assistant Podcast

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

CONNECT WITH JODI Jodi on LinkedIn Jodi on Facebook Book recommendation -> Living Loving and Learning by Leo F. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com. LEADERSHIP QUOTE If service is beneath you, leadership is beyond you.

2015

The Leader Assistant Podcast

MAY 28, 2023

John Quincy Adams CONNECT WITH JENNIFER Jennifer on LinkedIn My Bilingual VA Website Instagram Facebook Twitter ABOUT JENNIFER Jennifer Chamberlin launched My Bilingual VA in 2016 after working as a Personal / Executive Assistant in Paris for 15 years. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live.

2016

Eat Your Career

MARCH 22, 2012

Let ME worry about the budget stuff. Share this on Facebook. Email this to a friend? I’ll help you put together a business case for the request. I’ll talk to your HR Director, your executives and any one else involved in the decision. Just help me get a foot in the door. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Tweet This!

Administrative Professionals

Andrea Kalli

OCTOBER 19, 2010

This way you can keep your costs down if the budget is tight right now, and come back to get the other packs later…as long as they’re still available. Email Marketing. Article by Andrea Kalli Take a stroll over to my Facebook. Ideal for: New VAs. VAs that don’t have the time to write articles. Topics include: Social Marketing.

Social Media

Andrea Kalli

OCTOBER 19, 2010

This way you can keep your costs down if the budget is tight right now, and come back to get the other packs later…as long as they’re still available. Email Marketing. Article by Andrea Kalli Take a stroll over to my Facebook. Ideal for: New VAs. VAs that don’t have the time to write articles. Topics include: Social Marketing.

Social Media

Productivityist

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

I recently posted a photo of my iPhone 4S home screen on Facebook and Twitter, and people started asking about why certain apps had a home there. Dispatch: My email app of choice, even though it''s iOS only. YNAB: My budgeting and finance app of choice. And you don''t want your budgeting program out of mind.

Budget

Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 12, 2014

You don’t hear those horror stories anymore about people being sacked because of something they wrote on Facebook. I’ve already started to receive emails from Twitter to promote Practically Perfect PA via their new paid for advertising structure. Be fun but be professional when using Social Media. Twitter Ads.

Social Media

Virtual Moxie

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Stay away from email! Last Monday, he sent me an email asking if I would like to help him out with a one-time project that required someone with an outgoing personality!

2009

Andrea Kalli

MARCH 25, 2010

Rather than reaching out to potential customers through social media, they favor a mass media approach — banner ads, pop-ups, and email lists. Big companies ignore small marketing channels in favor of large-scale marketing opportunities. >> New Clients – START HERE Ready to get started?

Social Media

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 3, 2012

It does my heart good to know that I have made a difference in your lives and I greatly appreciate receiving your emails, letters, Facebook posts or LinkedIn messages. I love that I can take the next several weeks to reflect on all those people who have supported me and Office Dynamics over the years. Thank you very much.

Holidays

Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

This is great for budgeting purposes and makes it really easy for each department to keep a track of their own spending on travel. We charge your card when the journeys done & email you a receipt. Email: sales.uk@gettaxi.com. Bye bye cash! gettaxi.com. Call: 020 7788 8987. You can also follow Get Taxi on… LinkedIn.

Travel

Virtual Moxie

AUGUST 4, 2009

And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Stay away from email! Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

Keyboards

The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Some have lost jobs, didn’t get promotions or pay raises, or lost funding due to employer budget cuts. Join Me on My Social Media Networks " target="_blank" class="fb_share_link" onclick="return fbs_click()">Share on Facebook Simple template by Josh Peterson. ’ Here are a few things to think about, can you relate?

IAAP

The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Have you ever asked your supervisor to pay for a training or workshop that would enhance your professional or personal development only to get rejected saying there just wasn’t enough money in the budget? How to deal with it: Provide written materials and information about the training or workshop you wish to attend.

2010

Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Give yourself an annual budget for professional development and use it. Share this on Facebook. Email this to a friend? For just a little more, you can attend classes, workshops, webinars, seminars, etc. There are literally hundreds available to you right now for under $100. Don’t expect your company to reimburse you.

Networking

Productivityist

JUNE 2, 2021

It’s a CRM designed to help you stay on top of each part of your email process, without ever leaving Gmail. Streak gives you the tools for tracking, mail merges and snippets, to save you time and scale up your email efficiency. From the easy-to-use app you create Facebook, Instagram and Google ads, and OTIS’ A.I.

2020

Virtual Moxie

JANUARY 24, 2011

And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Stay away from email! Stay away from email! cutting way back on what you spend, living on a tight budget, etc. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

Lifestyle

The Leader Assistant Podcast

APRIL 16, 2023

Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. You can email me at podcast@leaderassistant.com. LEADERSHIP QUOTE Speak your mind, even If your voice shakes. SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to The Leader Assistant Podcast so you don’t miss new episodes! Either way, I’d love to hear from you!

Negotiating

Productivityist

MAY 19, 2021

From the easy-to-use app you create Facebook, Instagram and Google ads, and OTIS’ A.I. technology intuitively optimizes your daily budget to whichever platform is performing best. This episode is brought to you by OTIS , a digital marketing assistant to help you target, optimize and measure campaigns. ” – Geoff Woods.

Budget

Productivityist

MAY 5, 2021

From the easy-to-use app you create Facebook, Instagram and Google ads, and OTIS’ A.I. technology intuitively optimizes your daily budget to whichever platform is performing best. We discuss daily emails, visual planning, writing with ‘the hook’, learning from journalists, and how Janet time crafts. Talking Points.

Social Media