One of my favorite clients Jennifer Davey, of JJS Coaching
shared this great article with one of the Linkedin groups
we belong to. With her permission, I am sharing it with
my readers, along with my own thoughts on this
very important subject.

You Can’t Do It Alone, By Jennifer Davey

To make money (more than you’re making now) you need someone to help you.
That someone can be a coach, a virtual assistant, a programmer, a copywriter
or any other kind of support staff. It might even be a mix of “someones”.

Tending to all the details involved in running your business can take up a big chunk
of your day. It can take time away from marketing, creating and other activities
that only YOU can do in your business. Bringing on support staff to help you,
or a coach to give you support and direction, can be the boost you need
to take your business to the next level.

You may be thinking, “I can’t afford to pay a coach, or some other type of support staff.”
But remember, this support will help you get clients, build your business and make more income. It’s an investment that will give you a terrific ROI.

Think about it: If you had certain tasks off your plate, would you have more time to market? If you could have someone implement some of your marketing tactics for you, would that be a time-saver? Would it bring in more clients and more income? If you had a coach helping you design a business plan, a marketing strategy or just helping you get out of your own way, what would that do to your bottom line?

Still having trouble justifying support? Check out this finding from the ICF’s (International Coach Federation) Coaching Client Study: “The ROI (return on investment) for companies (that are coached) can be significant….. with a median return of 7 times the initial investment. In fact, almost one fifth (19%) indicated an ROI of at least 50 (5000%) times
the initial investment while a further 28% saw an ROI of 10 to 49 times the investment.”

WOW! It makes you think about how much you’re missing out on NOT having support.

Schedule a FREE Discovery Session to explore how Jennifer can help you get clients,
build your business and make more income.

Thanks, Jennifer. So many of my clients have reported increased business and creativity
once they start outsourcing things that they usually do not LIKE to do or are not at their very best at.

I have helped clients with research, their social marketing maintenance – so that they can spend their time on the fun, interactive facet of this practice, scheduled appointments & booked interviews and a lot more as a Virtual Assistant.

When you think of all of the outsource-able duties you spend your valuable time on,
when you could, instead, be free to perform the ones you really want to do or excel at,
having a helper or even several, may be the way for you to go to grow your business.

Remember, I am a Virtual Assistant who LOVES to do editing, proofreading
and transcription assignments along with research, blog posts, article submissions
and social media maintenance!

Why not Schedule a Project now?

Jan Tallent
Tallent Agency Virtual Assistance

573-775-4520 jan@tallentagency.com

The goal of any article writer is to have his or her articles
read and loved by readers; however, there are some cases where
this is more important than others.

Many internet users, namely webmasters, use articles to create
back-links to their websites. These back-links are used to increase
website traffic. The only problem is that many article directories
only allow links at the end of an article. This means that for you
to benefit from article distribution and back-linking, your readers
must make it to the end of your article.

If you are a webmaster who is using this technique, it is
extremely important that you go the extra mile to ensure
that your articles are interesting and easy to read.

Speaking of interesting, the best way to determine whether
or not your article is interesting is to be sure that YOU like it.

After you have created your article, you will need to proofread it.
(Remember that I can do this for you at a very affordable rate.)

After you have thoroughly proofread your article, you are urged
to review it one more time. This time, you will want to examine
it as a reader, not the article writer. If you find your content
dry, dull, or boring, there is a good chance that your readers
will as well.

An article that is easy to read is also important.

You can write a captivating article, but if it is difficult to read,
it won’t do you any good. When it comes to easy to read articles,
grammar is an important component. Whether you are planning on
selling your articles, using them for your own personal use, or
submitting them to article directories, you need to take the
time to proofread your articles. Many internet users claim
that the number one turn off is articles that are poorly written.
There is no quicker way to lose a reader than to have an article
that is poorly proofread.

In conjunction with readable articles, grammar wise, it is also
important that you examine the words that you use. To sound
professional, many article writers use big, technical sounding
words. This is okay to do is some cases, but it is typically
advised against. The only time that you should use big,
technical words is if you are writing an article that will be read
by experts in the same field. The second biggest turn off for
readers is content that regularly contains words they do not
know or understand. In a way, this is similar to creating dry,
boring content. If your readers cannot understand exactly what
you mean, they may find reading your article to be useless
or a waste of their time.

The best way to write captivating articles is to write from your
heart. When it comes to article writing, even just a little bit
of creativity can go a long way. Creativity is what can turn an
otherwise boring article into one that your readers will not
only enjoy reading, but one that they may also recommend to
others.

P.S. When writing articles, creativity is extremely important.
Even if you do not consider yourself to be a creative person,
you are urged to sit down and brainstorm. You may find that
it is the best way to develop captivating article ideas.

I am running an unadvertised special where you can have from
one to an unlimited number of web pages, blog posts, profiles,
book pages or any other readable document proofead & edited
for ONLY $1.00 per page! NO job is too big or too small,
if this is a special you want to take advantage of, just
shedule a project and we can work out the details.

Remember, I am a Virtual Assistant who LOVES to do editing,
proofreading and transcription assignments!

Jan Tallent
Tallent Agency Virtual Assistance

573-775-4520 jan@tallentagency.com

I just followed a new follower on twitter who makes a living tweeting for companies. I would love to do something like that but ONLY for companies. I prefer to do my own personal tweeting and would only want an assistant for the endless maintenance we perform for our social media networks.

Between twitter, facebook and linkedin, I spend an hour or more per day just accepting or rejecting new connections, greeting those I choose TO connect with and updating my profiles or statuses as needed.

This is what I offer to do for others who need some help keeping up with their social networks. I would not want to tweet for others as them – I “retweet” anything I see
in my twitter stream that I want to share with my “TweetHearts”, as I call those who
I interact with.

If you want someone to weed out the spammers and gamers, do research to help
find you compatible connections, create or edit your profile or any number of other
helpful duties, just contact me via my handySchedule a Project link and we can work out what you need done and what I can do to help you have more time for the FUN part of social networking, which, to ME, at least, IS the connecting and interacting.

If you are new to social networking or need some great ideas, I have a great eBook
on just this …

Discover 350 Powerful Social Media Tactics You Can Implement To Your Business
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Remember, I am a Virtual Assistant who LOVES to do editing,
proofreading and transcription assignments!

Jan Tallent
Tallent Agency Virtual Assistance

573-775-4520 jan@tallentagency.com