Virtual Assistant

How hiring the right virtual assistant can benefit you and your business

Why you should get a VA

A VA will free up your time so that you can work on other important business matters. It doesn't matter if you currently spend two hours a week or 50 hours a week doing repetitive tasks, you should not be doing it. There are much more important matters you should be tending to if you truly want to grow your business. Hiring a good virtual assistant will make this possible and will help prevent you from getting burnout.  read more »

"The 4-Hour Workweek" is a book that made a big splash recently. It had a message that resonated with many small business owners and entrepreneurs because the book explains how to outsource projects and daily tasks that need to be done, in order to run a business. This outsourcing would then free them up to put their skills to better use, while using the skills and talents of others.

The basic idea behind outsourced projects is to line up other people to handle some of the  read more »

The two biggest search engines, Google and Yahoo, will enter a two week alliance that are great news for all Google Adwords and Yahoo publisher users. For the time up to 24 April 2008 Google and Yahoo will share advertising space on there websites.  read more »

Simple-to-Use EBook Cover Software to Create Beautiful 3D eCover Graphics
Cover Action Pro allows you to make great ebook covers as well as well as creating a portfolio of different eBook covers, to promote your product.  read more »

Voice Over Talent

The Latest Newsletter from the The Immediate Edge included a great article on Outsourcing Voice Talent by Lisa Hartwell http://audiblemarketing.com.

Hiring someone for you voice over work can be difficult if you don’t know where to go. Luckily Lisa explains it all for us. Here is her helpful advice for finding a voice over for your internet project.  read more »

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die author: Chip Heath Dan Heath rating: asin: 1400064287 binding: Hardcover list price: $24.95 USD amazon price: $16.47 USD

Made to Stick-Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.

Looking for ideas for a niche here is the book for you.It shows you why some ideas are better than others.It will help you decide whether an idea is a good one or not. The book covers 6 main areas of a good idea.

* Simplicity: the idea must be simple. The main point should be clear.

* Unexpectedness: the idea must unexpected.It makes people to stop, think, remember and possibly change their previous ideas.

* Concreteness: give real concrete examples and experiences to make people remember and understand.  read more »

The Immediate Edge – Review
I have been a member since February 2007. It is the only membership site I have, so I don’t waste time wading through useless or irrelevant information on other memberships because “The Edge” is the only one I need to look at. I just don’t bother with any others. It delivers the content I need. I can keep update date with what’s happening and being delivered on  read more »