I've mentioned from time to time the various VA forums I belong to. It's where some of my material comes from to share on this blog. Today I want to share on the benefits of forums like these. If you are a VA and if you are working alone, then becoming a member of 2 or 3 VA forums would be very beneficial to you. Don't mix up the forums with the networks. Many networks have forums attached to them but not all forums are attached to a network. The forums are usually free to join and some … [Read more...]
Social networking – good or bad?
We've recently had a very interesting discussion on the VA forum about the use of photos on websites and that then grew into a discussion on social networking. Is SN good or bad? Is it necessary or time wasting? Does it work? And then recently on LinkedIn a question relating to the same thing was asked and I thought I'd share with you my response there and some of my response at the VA forum. "Spam is probably the 'worst' part about it. Geez people/spammers, get a life! But apart from that … [Read more...]
VA Networks – a ready resource
When I was first growing my VA Network it soon became obvious to me that I had to find a way to put all the members in touch with each other, without having to pass on email addresses all the time or get them to remember to 'reply all'. It was around that time (late 1996) that I was invited to join an online forum for home based businesses at Boxplanet and I saw first-hand what I needed for my team to be able to chat to one another. So our forum was started and shifted to a few places before … [Read more...]
