Biz Center concept continues to sweep office solutions
Dec 31st 2011 | from the print edition
Oh for a co-worker
NINE hours of isolation or 30 minutes trapped by the office bore? The attentions of the boss or the distractions of daytime TV? The choice between slogging to the office and working from home can be pretty unappealing. For increasing numbers of people, the answer is “co-working”.
The concept of co-working is elastic but at its broadest means working alongside, and often collaborating with, people you wouldn’t normally. Users book a space in a co-working office, plonk themselves down where they can and start beavering away. (Opening the laptop in a Starbucks is not quite the same thing: enough stick-in-the-muds go to coffee shops to drink coffee that it is not a proper working environment.)
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Getting Social Builds Your Business
Consumers want superior service. Build your reputation with social media.
A recent consumer survey found that a full 85% of us are willing to pay more for a product or service if it means a better customer experience. That means that no matter what you’re selling, what customers think of you and your business is as important to them as your actual product and its price tag. Obviously the cornerstone of getting a reputation for stellar customer service is to provide great customer service, but how do you inspire confidence before someone has tried you out?
Who is Erica Douglass and why should you get to know her?
I had the opportunity to meet Erica Douglass (Erica.biz) a few months ago at Brad Slavin’s The 4 Hour Work Week meet-up. Her introduction just about knocked me over. As you will see if you review her web site www.Erica.Biz, she developed a business at age 20 that she sold at age 26 for $1,100,000!
I will be updating some of Erica’s Emails and her words of wisdom to our site. I feel that she can be a wonderful asset to all of our clients and friends. I encourage you to accept her FREE offer to become a member of her “community” and actively listen, learn and participate. See more of Erica’s marketing pearls of wisdom by visiting our MARKETING PAGE.
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
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.
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
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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