Facebook advertising is hot right now, but if you’re not sure where to begin it can sure make your head spin. So, today I’d like to introduce you to Jennifer over at FB Ads Lab because she is offering some great services that make Facebook marketing stress free for her clients.

Facebook ads are a fantastic source of instant, qualified, targeted traffic for your website and FB Ads Lab can help you make sense of things or if you prefer they can handle your Facebook advertising campaigns for you.

Wherever you are with your Facebook marketing efforts I definitely recommend taking a peek at the FB Ads Lab FB Basics on how to get Facebook traffic, it’s a good checklist for getting started!

So, now that you’ve seen what Jennifer and her team is offering take a few minutes and think about a service you offer that could be niched down in a similar way to offer a specific service.

While offering a variety of services is fantastic, sometimes when you niche down you find yourself being more productive, streamlined, efficient, and ultimately able to help more people, which hopefully in turn means more income for you too.

Have a great weekend!
Kind Regards,

Here are just a few:

1. Advertise in Ezines.

There are online newsletters everywhere that accept advertising. The key is to purchase advertising in publications that reach your target market and to create your ad to showcase your expertise. Don’t try to be everything to everyone or you won’t attract clients.

Ad Example of what Not to Write: “Hire me to lighten your workload. I can do everything that you don’t want to do. Let’s talk!”

Ad Example of what works: “Are you ready to get more leads to your business? I will handle your ezine advertising campaign for you. No more searching for targeted ezines, no more writing and tracking your ads. I’ll handle it all it all. My clients experience a boost in subscribers after I complete my ezine advertising campaigns that will pay for my services. Check out my website for testimonials and free tips.”

2. Write and Submit Articles.

The key is to stay on topic. Don’t write and submit articles about health or pet care. Present a problem in your article and solve it. Make sure your author bio is very compelling to attract potential clients.

Recommended Resource: If you’ve never tried article marketing, I’d suggest this course to get started – www.EasyArticleMarketing.com

3. Network where *successful* people hang out.

A huge mistake that VA’s make is to hand out on forums where there are other people struggling to make money. Instead, join a membership site for your target market and you’ll find yourself in the "inner circle"

Recommended Resource: My favorite forum for masterminding and brainstorming is Lynn Terry’s SSWT Private Masterming Forum.

4. Advertise at Shelancers.com.

One of the easiest ways to get your name in front of business owners looking for help is to join Shelancers.com.

Again, it is crucial that you list your specialty in order to stand out from the other service providers. But, if you can find a problem that business owners face, and offer to handle it for them, you’ll attract loyal clients who will continue to work with you.

These are just a few of the ways you can boost your client base quickly. What are some of your favorite methods? Please share them below.

Have a great weekend!

Kind Regards,

One thing I learned early on in my online career and something you’ll hear so many internet people say (including some of the big name marketers) is that the people around you are going to be negative, tell you that you can’t do it, it’s a waste of your time, that’s not a job it’s a hobby, etc, etc, etc…. You get the idea. That kind of thing is only going to sabotage any success you have early on and it’s going to make you feel miserable, and honestly, it’s the reason a lot of people give up and quit before they reach any success points at all.

I don’t want you to go through that and I’m here to support you, lend an ear whenever you need it, but what you really want to look for is a community of people, multiple people with the same kind of thinking, similar goals, and a bright shiny outlook on the world of virtual business. Of course you can comment and chat here on VAhelper.com, but there are several communities out there that you might find helpful as well. Here are just a few….

and I’m sure there are many more out there. If you have a favorite community that I haven’t mentioned, please post it in the comments section here.

I spent a lot of time thinking I could do things by myself, I didn’t need support, I didn’t need any of that, and because of that I spent a lot of time locked away from everyone, feeling miserable, feeling frustrated, and not getting anywhere. Opening up and joining a community helped my business flourish, relieved a ton of stress from my life, and improved more than just my business.

I hope you’ve had a productive week and have a fantastic weekend. Talk to you again soon.

Kind Regards,

Of course, you can go out and learn something new to offer your clients. That’s always a great idea and I definitely recommend learning new things all the time, whether they are services to offer or ways to promote your own business.

You can partner up with another virtual assistant that offers services different from your own to expand both your offerings and her offerings to clients. These sort of work swap relationships work out great in the long term and can be very profitable for both parties involved.

You can outsource the work. Hire an assistant of your own and outsource the work them playing the role of project manager. This is a great way to expand your business, because there are only so many hours in the day and you can’t work all of them every day.

This is just the tip of the iceberg on this train of thought! There are still many more ways to grow and expand your business as a virtual assistant and we’ll be talking about them a little at a time.

I hope you’re having a fabulous weekend and I’ll be back with more again soon,