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How to know When It's Time to Seek Support?

01/20/2012 11:36:00

HAPPY FRIDAY!

I hope you are to enjoying your weekend. My birthday was on Tuesday and I'm ready to really celebrate this weekend! .

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So how do you know when it is time to seek support for your business? This is a question every women entrepreneur has to ask herself.

That’s what we will discuss in today’s blog. As a women entrepreneur, we are not only responsibly for our business but also for our families, kids and especially our personal interests and passion as an individual.

Being an women entrepreneur, well, it is a brave and appreciable decision it demands a lot of multi-tasking to be done you will have to be still carrying out all the defined tasks and be accountable for the desired results as well.

Can you really be an all-rounder in business all the time? For me I’m a fast learner but there are just something I just don’t have enough to time or patience to do myself (sometimes family life gets a little hectic, so that can be more time away..lol) and some time, we may or not possess the required skill sets to obtain our desire results depending on the task.

Did you know the average business owner spends 40% of their time working behind the scenes on their administrative needs such as: : ·

Setting of appointments and scheduling meeting ·
Preparing and Formatting Correspondences ·
Reporting and documentation (sales, accounts, invoicing, etc.) ·
Presentation and Proposal creation ·
Web based and other Research and more...

How much time do you spend behind the scenes? I have a tool that I use call for short “ATA”, and it helps me as well as my clients scientifically see just where, what, and how much time I spend behind the scenes as well as charts that show me the number of hours IN & ON business.

Well about 6 month ago I know for a fact I was spending more than 40% behind the scenes. My final report let me know it is time to seek support. Therefore, I did and they are worth every dime because they have given me my 40% in time back!

Thus, it becomes very important for us to understand our strengths, weaknesses and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of our business as well.

Evaluating and analyzing them together, we will have to set practical limitations for every task required to be done in business and define respective timeline.

It is also very important to seek support from people or professionals for the areas of your weakness, which may be very critical for the success of your business such as virtual administrative services seeking help from experts will not only assist your business in growing further but also in seeing different perspective and develop strong business plan with expert advice.

In today’s business scenario, we can promote our business not just locally but globally. So be geared up to take your business to new heights by seeking help of administrative consultant who will be able assist you with social media channels to publish and promote our business across different channels.

While all the help and support you seek at the right time, it is very important that you have you it’s not about the cost it about the time the right support can create for you. the right attitude and positive mindset for carrying your business.

So be all positive and have patience to see the success soon. Good Luck!

How to Get the Right Support

Wouldn't you love to learn…

How to create your delegation plan?
How to make energy efficient improvement in your business
How to increase your billable hours?

I'd like to help you do just that.

I specialize in working with: Women Entrepreneur and Business Professional who are looking for partnership and support with moving their business forward Established women entrepreneur who haven't yet reached the level of success they envisioned and are tired of struggling to figure it out on their own I invite you to apply for a one on one Fr*ee Discovery session

Take The Next Step…

At DG Services, it is my mission to provide women entrepreneurs and small businesses with one-on-one administrative support services and help them shoulder your administrative workload! Therefore, if you are tired of doing your entire administrative task alone, request a complimentary one-hour consultant with Danielle and find out how I can help you shoulder your administrative burdens for free! You will be glad you did!

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Video Marketing is absolutely vital to your success online – and my friend Lou Bortone your best bet for getting you from where you are now to where you need to be. Lou’s my go-to video guy, and he’s launching an innovative new video resource to make video marketing super simple for anyone.

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The bottom line is this: If you want to succeed in business today, then you really need to be doing video marketing – and the best way to do that is with Lou Bortone at the Online Videopolis Video Resource Center!

Advantage of being a Woman Entrepreneur!

01/04/2012 14:25:00

Happy New Year!

I hope you enjoy your holidays. Mine were wonderful. It was great to take some time off and re-group.

While I love being a woman entrepreneur the advantage of being a woman entrepreneur, which as you might have guessed, is independence and flexibility. Another good thing; excitement is what ultimately makes us happy because we like creating and producing by ourselves.

It could be said that entrepreneurship is important, and that it is truly a great thing as it helps bring forth economic growth and development in the long term that presents a great number of benefits to us woman entrepreneur (and the economy too).

We as entrepreneurs are visionaries strive to innovate and take things such as productivity and efficiency to whole new levels and it is always a good thing to control over your great salary potential.

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Take the Next Step!

If you are ready to “LET GO”, then I challenge you to take the first step and request a Free Consultation with me! Find out how I can help you get back doing the work you love with less STRESS. YOU will be glad you did!

P.S: Attention Woman Entrepreneur!

If you are seeking expert administrative support services for your business,

then I would love to speak with you personally for short chat.

All you need to do is click here and submit your request for a Free Consultation!

Five Principles of Administrative Management

11/01/2011 20:23:00

As a women entrepreneur, we are always think about promoting our business in such a way that it flourishes and grows by leaps and bounds.

Do you have the required ongoing support to ensure that all these ideas turn into actions and more important PROFITABLE actions?

Do you know what to do first and what to do next? Do you really know each and every activity that needs to be done to run a successful enterprise?

If your answer to any of the above questions is “NO” then let us have a look at some helpful tips that can help you in making your enterprise more successful:

1. Planning: I understand you and your business needs & goals, your business vision, business targets, clientele, etc. as a whole. On the basis of this I can help you to plan your business daily operations.

2. Organize: I can help you organize your business daily activities for smooth functioning started keeping both short term and long term objectives and profitability in mind.

3. Command: I provide directions to you for doing things in a legal and orderly manner. This helps in ensuring flow of business activities in right direction fetching right kind of results expected out of business.

4. Coordinate: I help you in coordinating with various set of business entities to help you in establishing and running your business.

5. Control: I also help you in controlling flow of activities, ensuring optimum utilization of resources and thereby achieving better results from available finances.

I understand as a women business owner the expectations and criticality of running a business and the importance of each activity that must be completed. So if you would like to find out more about how ongoing monthly support can help you with your overall goals for your business. I would love to invite you to take the next step and request your complimentary consultation with me.

To Your Success,

Danielle Gambrell

DG Services “Your Administrative Solution!

” Providing “Freedom & Flexibility” for Women Entrepreneurs!

Email: Danielle@dgyourvirtualassistant.com

Website: www.dgyourvirtualassistant.com

Can I find out more about your business needs?

09/23/2011 15:32:00

Hello Business Owners,

I need your help, really! Please do me a favor: I want to hear from YOU.

I’m researching small businesses to learn more their administrative challenges and workloads.

So I’ve created a survey where you can tell me what you need from your administrative support consultant.

It should take just a few minutes, but will help me a great deal!

Tell Me More About You and Your Business

Thanks!

Danielle Gambrell,

Website: http://www.dyourvirtualassistant.com

Email: danielle@dgyourvirtualassistant.com

{Article} Rich Site Summary Feeds and Traffic Building 101

08/03/2011 11:34:00

If you are one of those who loves technology and everything that has to do with the Internet, websites, and how they work, or if you are one of those persons who owns a website and want to know what you can do in terms of getting more daily visits then there are a few basic things that you should know about RSS Feeds and Traffic Building.

Now, maybe you are not aware of this, butboth of these elements are of extreme importance for the Internet to function correctly; they not only help those interested always get the latest news andinformation updates, but also help anyone learn how to go about getting more people to visit a particular website.

First of all, what are RSS Feeds, and what isTraffic Building? Well, in case you didnot know what they are, let us start with RSS Feeds. RSS, which like it has already been said, stands for Rich Site Summary; it is a format that is used for regular web content updates. In other words, RSS is a format used in websites that constantly updates information.

What purpose does this serve? Well, simply stated, it allows those interested to always get the latest information that is posted on a specific website. Now, having covered the RSS Feeds basic information, is it important for websites (and users)? They sure are because they make it possible for websites to always present the latest, freshest information; users benefit as they can always get the latest information as soon as it is out.

Moving on to Traffic Building, it can be said that the term speaks for itself. Traffic refers to the number of online users that are coursing through the web at onepoint in time. Building traffic, then,refers to increasing the traffic that websites experience at a given point in time. Now, having explained both of these things it should be clear that the former has an effect on the latter;RSS Feeds has an effect on Traffic Building.

Now, it should also be said that there are other ways of building traffic other than RSS Feeds; social media, SEO Optimization, back links, and media articles are all tools that can be used in order to build traffic in one website.

So, this is the most basic information that you need to know about RSS Feeds and about Traffic Building; this brief compendium of information is what we call Rich Site Summary Feeds and Traffic Building101. Using this information, you will bein a better position to understand what these terms mean, and more importantly,what they implicate to the Internet in general and to online websites inparticular.

If you are thinking of starting your own website, or if you are simply one of those who love to be in the loop when it comes to the latest developments in the Internet and/or websites (web design, configuration, and maintenance), you might want to look more into RSS and traffic building.

To Your Success!

Danielle Gambrell, Administrative Support Consultant for Passionate and Driven

Women Entrepreneurs and Business Consultant

http://www.dgyourvirtualassistant.com

Can an Administrative Support Consultant Really Help Your Daily Business Needs?

07/21/2011 13:38:00

Having a business is like having a baby where you have to makesure that is well taken care of and is given with utmost attention which is why having a good set of personnel will help you and your business grow and develop.

Many would ask if having an administrative support consultant or a virtual assistant is necessary to help you with your business needs - The answer would definitely be a big YES. An administrative assistant will help you unload important tasks from your shoulder. He or she will simply serve as your living organizer and will literally do everything for you.

Administrative tasks like answering calls, arranging your travel plans and other business-related seminars, meetings and conferences will all be handled by an administrative assistant. Moreover, you can also turn over the tasks of bookkeeping and blog designing and creation to your personal assistant. You also no longer have to worry yourself about contacting your clients since excellent customer service will also be part of any administrative assistant’s job description.

You can also count on your assistant in designing your business calling card, entering important data into the excel document and even drafting of documents. Tasks such as managing your email, updating your data, faxing,forwarding of emails, internet research, marketing, information gathering and organization, identification of potential and target customers are all packed under the responsibilities of an administrative support consultant.

It is like having a marketing agent, an HR manager, a secretary, a customer service representative and even a business partner in one single person. You can also expect him/her to do the purchasing of any materials that you request, to handle the payroll, perform all documentations that you need and all other tasks that you would want to be done.

What is more interesting is that you only have to hire one person to do all these tasks for you. You can save more by hiring less don’t you think? And you can even choose to hire an assistant online where you can have the luxury of choosing the best among the thousands worldwide. By having a virtual administrative assistant, you save yourself from investing for office supplies and any other necessities found in a traditional office space.

Isn’t it so amazing to learn that an administrative assistantcan do so much for your business? You can entrust almost everything to your assistant without worrying much that your business might go down.

So what then is left for you to do now? Many businessmen are being deprived of enough rest that they need but when you have an administrative support by your side, you can rest your mind and body and eventually get yourself re-energized and be enthusiastic again. You can be confident that your business ingood hands knowing that your administrative assistant is doing all the hard parts for you.

All you have to think and do is how to run your business the way you like it to be operated, to look for more marketing tools, methods and marketing strategies and most importantly, to keep a good and healthy working relationship with your administrative assistant. With these at hand, in no less time you will see your business grow the way you plan and envisioned it to be.

To Your Success!

Danielle Gambrell, Administrative Support Consultant for Passionate and Driven
Entrepreneurs and Business Consultant

Can an Administrative Support Consultant Really Help Your DailyBusiness Needs?
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Top 5 Places to Advertise In the Internet!

06/29/2011 10:29:00

As a business owner, you would want to advertise and market your products and services in a way that requires less investment but is very effective and helpful. Traditional advertisements like billboards, newspapers and other print ads are still effective but there's nothing more influential than the Internet having millions of users worldwide.

Here are the top 5 places you would want to place your ads:

Social Networking Sites. Creating a free business profile in social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and many others will surely help you in your promoting your products and services. It will cost you only your time to create a profile and inviting friends all over the world while you don't have to worry about paying for the ads.

Classified Sites such as Craigslist, WebLeeg.com, Market4free.com, BeatYourPrice.com and many others will be a good choice for your business advertisement. It only requires you to sign up and you can instantly post your ads about your products and services. You can even provide a link from the site to your business website for more details and information.

Blogs. Having a blog for your business which is also cost-free will also help you with your business venture. You can have it listed in Technorati to help you invite more visitors to visit your business blog.Search Engine Submission. To expect a higher rate of visitors and customers, you might want to have your business site submitted to the top search engines such as Google, Yahoo, AOL, etc.

Free Article Directories. This is probably one of the best things to advertise your ads. Almost all users worldwide search for articles related to their interests. For instance, you have a book on how to create your own chicken coop; you can create an article with guidelines on how to do it that will lead the users to your website and purchase your items eventually.

To Your Success!

Danielle Gambrell, Administrative Support Consultant for Passionate and Driven
Entrepreneurs and Business Consultant

TOP 5 PLACES TO ADVERTISE IN THE INTERNET!

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Bookkeeping 101: Some do-it-yourself, Organization Tips!

06/29/2011 09:37:00

As many would say, if there's a will there's definitely a way. Everything has to be learned and doing your own bookkeeping is surely one of them. You don't need to have a degree in Accountancy to do it but a large ounce of hard work and organizing will help you. Bookkeeping is indeed a difficult task to do but once achieved, it is all worth it. Here are some do-it-yourself bookkeeping organization tips that may help you start to record all the financial transactions of your small business:

Learn by reading. You have to get yourself informed of the basics of bookkeeping just to guide you and help you start the task. The Internet can provide you with these information and resources, just take time to read and understand.

Create a filing system. Establish a filing system that will help you identify every single transaction like bank statements, expenses (amount and date paid) and the like. Ask your tax accountant about the required documents so you can include it in your file. Moreover, create a system for both of your accounts payable and receivable.

Get yourself some good accounting software. By having such software, you will find bookkeeping a little easier since it helps you balance your accounts.

Separate personal from business transactions. This is perhaps the most important thing you have to learn. Don't inter-mingle your personal expenses to your business expenditures and other financial transactions or else it will end up messed up. You will get entirely confused.

Be consistent. Don't do the job half-baked. Every little thing that is related to your business financial transactions must be properly placed in your filling system.

If you think that you can do two things at the same time which is bookkeeping and running your business then do it. These are just the basic steps you have to do if you decide to do your own bookkeeping. It is simply all about organization and discipline.

To Your Success!

Danielle Gambrell, Administrative Support Consultant for Passionate and Driven
Entrepreneurs and Business Consultant

Bookkeeping 101: Some do-it-yourself, Organization Tips!

The Benefits of Using an Administrative Consultant vs. an Employee

05/25/2011 07:48:00

Any business, big or small, needs somebody to help assist with daily transactions,bookkeeping/ accounting, and customer service. With the evolving nature of business transaction and operation nowadays,it is imperative to keep up with the fast paced and ever changing world.

The surge of businesses utilizing the service of administrative consultants rather than hiring the proper employees is now rising. There are many contributing factors as to why many business owners consider hiring the so-called “virtual assistants (VA)”.

Having your own employee who works during office hours and goes to the business site daily is a traditional practice which is still widely being observed by most ofthe corporations and organizations due to the bigger workload and responsibility needed.

A business significantly need in-house or regular employees if daily business transactions are associated with complicated and technical tasks which need continuous hands-on monitoring and an upfront dealing with customers.

On the other side, Administrative Consultants or the Virtual Assistants work in the comfort of their own homes, they do not need to go the office site and work like regular employees do. Sometimes hiring a VA is a more practical option for some businesses which do not have enough workload to merit hiring a normal employee and does not have a proper office while doing business, such in the case of a businessman who works from home and offers services to the clients through online transactions and communication.

Remember, they are also reliable professionals who are doing their business as well. They work independently in keeping track of your business while providing secretarial or technical support. Moreover, you do not have to pay an office space and utility bills as compared when you have your own office. And, youwill be spared from the fuss of paying their taxes as they deal with it themselves and you are not obligated to render them health or life insurances.

It is time to contemplate on the real need and purpose of your business. Working with an online Administrative Consultant provides another alternative which can be more convenient in dealing with the whole business process. Just a note, you will find more time in improving your business while being cost and time efficient.

To Your Success!

Danielle Gambrell, Administrative Support Consultant for Passionate and Driven Entrepreneurs

and Business Consultant

“The Benefits of Using an Administrative Vs. An Employee”

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Ways to Show Your Clients/Customers You Appreciate Them!

05/23/2011 08:39:00

As research proclaims, customers are the life blood of any company. Retaining customers becomes a matter of survival for companies that operate within an increasingly saturated industry. Moreover, studies show that word-of-mouth marketing from a loyal customer base brings infinitely more value than most marketing campaigns.

How a business express its gratitude to clients depends on its business model. A surprise discount on a treasured patron’s bill may work in some cases; however, showing one’s appreciation to clients differs from an occasional freebie in at least two ways.

First, appreciating one’s client should be continuous and is not limited to isolated events. Second, doing so need not cost you a cent. Read on for three inexpensive but effective ways to make your customers feel valued.

Treat your clients like human beings—it’s not quite as easy as it sounds. Businessmen are hardwired to regard each client as a source of business, but overcoming this habit opens up opportunities to build a fulfilling relationship with clients. This involves remembering their birthdays and keeping in touch even when business has slowed down.

Ask them for feedback and suggestions. Your customers will be flattered that you value their input. Of course, your sincerity matters, as this works only if your customers know that you will take their suggestions into consideration.

Embody the essence of customer service. Be willing to go the extra mile in pleasing your customers, even when inconvenient. Show genuine concern when problems arise and always resolve conflict politely.

At the end of the day, spectacular customer service matters only in sofar as you can address your client’s needs. In the long run, however, building agratifying relationship with your clients can give you a leg up on competitors and can bring you good business for years to come.

To Your Success!

Danielle Gambrell, Administrative Support Consultant forPassionate and Driven
Entrepreneurs and Business Consultant

Ways to Show Your Clients/Customers You Appreciate Them!
Copyright 2011 Danielle Gambrell
www.dgyourvirtualassistant.com

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