Marketing your small business is important to raise your brand awareness and build a pipeline of qualified leads that can turn into customers. If you’re struggling with a limited budget, time restraints, or even a lack of direction, a solid marketing plan can provide guidance as you scale your business. Here are 5 tips to consider when initially starting your marketing plan: Know Who Needs Your Help  Understanding your target market’s pains, problems, triggering events, and priorities is essential in effectively marketing to them. Spend time networking and talking to other small busine ..read more

A virtual assistant’s job is to support their clients in the most productive and effective way possible, so most VAs are great at researching effective web-based programs or apps that will help them increase their daily productivity. Below are 3 web programs/applications that virtual assistants find to be extremely helpful when preforming work for their clients. Canva  Canva is great for creating graphic designs without having a professional designer on staff. It is a drag-and-drop type graphic design tool which allows the user to produce impressive professional designs. The free account ..read more

Working with a virtual assistant can literally save you hours of your work week.  But, you may be wondering who works with a virtual assistant (VA)? We can tell you from experience, almost anyone who runs a business, or has work tasks that they would rather outsource can benefit from working with a VA. Below is a brief list of some of the professions our clients work in. Coaching Realtors Chiropractors Authors Health care professionals Sales Financial Advisors Advertising/PR Computer IT Consulting Design Entrepreneurs plus many more…. A VA can do anything but bring your coffee, even thoug ..read more

With many companies asking more employees to work from home as the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, we thought we would share our expertise on how to be productive while working remotely. Feel free to reach out to us if you need more tips or have questions about best practices for working from home. We are happy to be a resource to you. Or share any tips you have that have helped make your work from home experience a success ..read more

Today, I’m giving you my top three tips on how to have a successful interview and find the right virtual assistant for you. After watching the video, let me know how you prepare for an interview. As always, if you ever need help with interviews or finding a virtual assistant, I’m just an email away ..read more

Let’s chat about the power of delegation: what could you be doing more efficiently this year by delegating tasks and projects to someone else on your team? When you have a virtual assistant on your team, you can scale and grow your business enormously compared to doing everything yourself. So, what can a virtual assistant help with in your business? Create systems and processes Filter and organize communications Manage social media accounts Create graphic elements for social media, newsletter, and website Project management Write content for blog, newsletter, and website Event planning Hote ..read more

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  It’s that time of year where many people begin thinking about everything they have to be thankful for. Although it’s nice to count your blessings, being thankful and grateful throughout the year could have tremendous benefits on your quality of life. So think about what you are grateful for that this month, next month and throughout the upcoming months as you start each day. As the owner and CEO of Assistant Match I want to thank everyone that is part of the Assistant Match community for trusting in us. I am grateful to be able to provide you with the resources you need. We have a dynamic c ..read more

Are you going “batty” over all that you still have to accomplish this month, or are you “treating” yourself to a little break with a business that can maintain it’s success without your full-time involvement? I love this time of the year, because I can enjoy the excitement of dressing up in costumes with my family and friends and watching the kids have fun trick-or-treating. My business is structured with virtual assistants that all have a very specific role, so it allows me to have the flexibility to enjoy this time of the year. But, I know many of you are doing most of the work in your busi ..read more

With a remote team spread across the country, it isn’t unusual to have some of my team members starting or ending their day before or after me. This got me thinking: I’ve written and talked a lot about how to hire for a remote team and how to collaborate as a remote team, but I haven’t shared much about how we deal with the fact that we’re scattered over different time zones. My video message this month discusses that exact topic. I hope you will watch it and see how working in different time zones really doesn’t disrupt a team if you prioritize tasks, and everyone understands deadlines and ..read more