How to get your Email opened

The subject line “Thanks” was the number one, highest open rate subject line this month. If you use a service like Constant Contacts or other software that lets you personalize your Email message, including “Thanks” and the person’s name will increase your chances of getting your Email opened. If you need more information about Email and Social Media Marketing contact Malia Holleron 619 401 4000

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5 ways to grow your small business

5 Ways to Grow Your Local Business with Social Media

Let’s face it; most small businesses do the bulk of their business locally. So, the thought of gaining access to Facebook’s 300 trillion users (may be more by now) isn’t that relevant or useful.

However, if those local businesses could use the some of the new powerful online tools and platforms to gain access to the 200-300 social media users in their town, now that might just make some sense.

There are many ways to filter, sort, aggregate and otherwise take advantage of social media tools that can specifically benefit even the smallest neighborhood oriented business.

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Business maxims for the New Economy!

These are compilation from Tim Ferris (The 4 Hour Work Week) and others. Which has the most impact on you?

Doing something unimportant well does not make it important

Income without time has no value

The sure way to completely fail is to try to make everyone happy

Email is everyone else’s agenda for your Day
Contract with distribution teams, not employees

The customer is not always right

The perceived complexity of a task will expand to the time you allot it

Who reads you stuff is more important than how many read your stuff

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Hiring a Virtual Assistant

How to Find and Hire a Virtual Assistant for Your Small Business
Gregory Go (Wise Bread)

Aug 11, 2009 –
If you’ve read Tim Ferriss’ 4-Hour Work Week or any number of productivity blogs, you’ll get a sense of the excitement small business owners have for hiring Indian virtual assistants. The hope is to hire an entry-level, college-graduate backoffice employee for around $5 per hour. But it’s not as easy as putting up a flyer at the local community college. Working with someone remotely (ie., not physically in your office), and in another country, presents some unique challenges.
In the end, it’ll cost about $10-15 per hour, but you’ll have an employee that is a college graduate (sometimes with advanced degrees) at around minimum wage. And if you hire a firm, instead of an individual, you can get multiple expertise in “one employee.”

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