Check out the Show Notes for more information about this episode.
Brandon and George are two best friends who started a blog called Pants Off Entrepreneurs. They are setting out on a journey across the United States to interview fellow entrepreneurs to find out how and when they decided to take fate into their own hands and start their own business. Their hope…to inspire others to follow their dreams. In Episode 56, I talk with both Brandon and George about their inspiring project.
Show Links:
Pants Off Entrepreneurs: http://pantsoffblog.com, Pants Off Entrepreneurs on Twitter, Pants Off Entrepreneurs on Facebook
Startupnation: http://www.startupnation.com
SBA.gov: http://www.sba.gov
SCORE: http://www.score.org
Virtual Assistant Forums: http://www.virtualassistantforums.com
Public Libraries (list of public libraries in the US): http://www.publiclibraries.com/
Sponsored by:
Virtual Assistant Forums: http://www.virtualassistantforums.com
Virtual Assistantville: http://www.virtualassistantville.com
Produced by:
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance: http://www.dvictoriava.com
Hosted by:
Darlene Victoria Gonzalez
Sponsored by:
Virtual Assistant Forums: http://www.virtualassistantforums.com
Virtual Assistantville: http://www.virtualassistantville.com
Produced by:
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance: http://www.dvictoriava.com
Hosted by:
Darlene Victoria Gonzalez
If you are new to social media and social networking chances are you have quite a few questions. Like – where to start or better yet, what is social media exactly? Sure, you probably have heard of sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, but did you know that there are tools to help you determine what network is best for you or that having a social media strategy (especially if you are a business owner) from the very beginning is important to your social media success?
In this episode Janet Fouts, social media coach, speaker, blogger and author answers those questions and more. Even if you aren’t new to social media, today’s episode may shed some light on some questions you may have been pondering about your own social media success; like the best way to separate personal and business life in social media and minding your social media manners.
Janet, many thanks to you, it was great having you on the show.
Show Links:
Janet Fouts: http://www.janetfouts.com, http://www.socialmediacoachingcenter.com, http://www.tatudigital.com, http://www.twitter.com/jfouts
Janet’s book Social Media Success: http://bit.ly/9eUIFU
Radian6: http://www.radian6.com/
Trackur: http://www.trackur.com/
Buzzlogic: http://www.buzzlogic.com/
SM2: http://www.techrigy.com/
Social Mention: http://www.socialmention.com
Sponsored by:
Virtual Assistant Forums: http://www.virtualassistantforums.com
Virtual Assistantville: http://www.virtualassistantville.com
Produced by:
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance: http://www.dvictoriava.com
Hosted by:
Darlene Victoria Gonzalez
Sponsored by:
Virtual Assistant Forums: http://www.virtualassistantforums.com
Virtual Assistantville: http://www.virtualassistantville.com
Produced by:
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance: http://www.dvictoriava.com
Hosted by:
Darlene Victoria Gonzalez
Episode 49 is a very special episode jam packed with my favorite business resources. Resources range from project management solutions to client gift ideas and many are ones I use in my day to day business. Below is a complete list of all the resources mentioned in this episode along with their web links. What is your favorite business resource? Tell me about it by leaving a comment on this post.
Project Management
ClientSpot - http://www.myclientspot.com
Central Desktop – http://www.centraldesktop.com
Project Pier – http://www.projectpier.org
Mentioned, but not highlighted:
Smartsheets – http://www.smartsheet.com
Basecamp – http://basecamphq.com/
Staction – http://www.staction.com
Time Tracking
MyHours.com – http://www.myhours.com
Time Stamp – http://www.syntap.com/products_timestamp.htm
Shopping Carts
1ShoppingCart – http://www.1shoppingcart.com
Shopify – http://www.shopify.com
Paypal – http://www.paypal.com
ZenCart – http://www.zen-cart.com
e-Junkie – http://www.ejunkie.com
Email Marketing
Constant Contact – http://www.constantcontact.com
iContact – http://www.icontact.com
Aweber – http://www.aweber.com
Vertical Response - http://www.veritcalresponse.com
Mailchimp – http://www.mailchimp.com
MadMiMi – http://www.madmimi.com
PDF
PDF995 – http://www.pdf995.com
CutePDf – http://www.cutepdf.com
Scribd – http://www.scribd.com
FTP
CuteFTP – http://www.cuteftp.com
Filezilla – http://www.filezilla-project.org
RSS
Google Reader – http://www.google.com/reader
Free RSS Reader – Available on iPhone and iPod Touch App Store
Juice – http://www.juicereceiver.sourceforge.net
Music
I Heart Radio – Available on iPhone and iPod Touch App Store
Jango - http://www.jango.com
Pandora – http://www.pandora.com or Available on iPhone and iPod Touch App Store
Podcast Directories
PodcastAlley – http://www.podcastalley.com
iTunes – http://www.itunes.com
Blog Talk Radio - http://www.blogtalkradio.com
Podcasts worth checking out:
Quick and Dirty Tips for the Public Speaker – http://publicspeaker.quickanddirtytips.com/
Stuff Mom Never Told You – http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-mom-never-told-you.rss
How Stuff Works -http://www.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-should-know-podcast.htm
Client Gifts
Instagift – http://www.instagift.com
Fairytale Brownies – http://www.brownies.com
VOIP
Grasshopper – http://www.grasshopper.com
Skype – http://www.skype.com
Google Voice – http://www.google.com/voice
Social Networking
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com
Virtual Assistant Forums – http://www.virtualassistantforums.com
Twitter Applications
Hootsuite – http://www.hootsuite.com
Tweetie – Available on iPhone and iPod Touch App Store
Tweetdeck – http://www.tweetdeck.com
Friend or Follow – http://www.friendorfollow.com
MyVBO – http://www.myvbo.com
Mixero – http://www.mixero.com
Some additional resources not mentioned during the episode:
DimDim – webinar solution – free service for webinars with up to 20 people – http://www.dimdim.com
YouSendIt – for sending large files - http://www.yousendit.com
DropBox – for syncing and sharing files between computers – http://www.dropbox.com
Google Docs – http://www.google.com/docs
Sponsored by:
Virtual Assistant Forums: http://www.virtualassistantforums.com
Virtual AssistantVille: http://www.virtualassistantville.com
Produced by:
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance: http://www.dvictoriava.com
Hosted by:
Darlene Victoria Gonzalez
Read more about this episode on the Blog.
Sales and the service oriented entrepreneur. Putting those two together can seem scary to first-time and even veteran business owners. If you don’t have a product to sell, but a service rather, putting yourself out there and doing sales can be scary. But, it doesn’t have to be. In Episode 41 Jerry Kennedy of Inside Out Business Solutions sheds some light on conducting sales and offers some advice on how to think about sales differently.
Show Links:
Jerry Kennedy – http://www.jerrykennedy.com
Sales Management 2.0 Podcast – http://www.podcast.salesmanagement20.com
Motivation 101 – http://www.motivation101audio.com/m101/
PodcastAwards - http://www.podcastawards.com
Virtual Entrepreneur Survey: http://wserver.scc.losrios.edu/~smedlel/VA_Questionnaire/VirtualBizQuestionnaireEntry.htm
Sponsored by:
Virtual Assistant Forums: http://www.virtualassistantforums.com
Produced by:
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance: http://www.dvictoriava.com
Hosted by:
Darlene Victoria Gonzalez
For more information read the post on the Blog.
VA Round Table is back once again, this time featuring Sundi Hayes, Dawn Riley and Shari Sultana. This time the topics turned to Healthcare coverage for small business owners, inspiration, business communication and more! Another great conversation with three awesome Virtual Assistants.
Show Links:
Sundi Hayes: http://www.myofficezilla.com
Dawn Riley: http://www.vainparadise.com
Shari Sultana: http://www.modernmarketingsupport.com
Twitter Resources
Feedly: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8538
Hootsuite: http://hootsuite.com/
Sponsored by:
Virtual Assistant Forums: http://www.virtualassistantforums.com
Produced by:
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance: http://www.dvictoriava.com
Hosted by:
Darlene Victoria Gonzalez
Read more about this post on the Blog.
This month’s VA Spotlight is Lee Drozak of My Office Assistant. This is Lee’s second time on A Virtual Perception. Previously she shared her insight on a variety of topics during the 2nd Edition of the VA Round Table. This time the focus was on Lee and her business. She shares how she has overcome her love/hate relationship with blogging, talks about her business and how she splits her time between business and family. We also discuss the ever important topic of Business Ethics. Lee is an inspiring business owner, full of resources and wisdom that each and every one of us can learn from. Oh, and Lee is super organized too!
Show Links:
Lee Drozak – My Office Assistant
Lee’s Blog – My Office Assistant Blog
Ed2Go – Online Courses
Mashable – http://www.mashable.com
Problogger – http://www.problogger.net/
Sponsored by:
Virtual Assistant Forums
Produced by:
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance
Hosted by:
Darlene Victoria Gonzalez
