Upcoming Work-At-Home Seminars

I’ll be conducting a series of in-person seminars at Piedmont Virginia Community College this fall.

Create or Find a Work at Home Job Saturday, September 25   9:00am-noon

Companies are hiring virtual workers to keep productivity up while saving on costs. Learn which companies use telecommuters, what jobs are available now, how to identify your skills and how to protect yourself from scams. Includes worksheets, handouts and free access to an online directory of resources. Go to www.pvcc.edu/wfs or call 434.961.5354  to reserve your seat in these workshops which will be held in the Stultz Center at PVCC.

Earning Income Online Saturday, October 2    9:00am-noon     $49

Discover how to find work or launch a business online using your existing skills and interests. Identify the assets that are potential money-makers, determine the best way to make money from your ideas, use free and inexpensive online tools to generate income and develop a plan of action. Includes worksheets and handouts. Go to www.pvcc.edu/wfs or call 434.961.5354 to reserve your seat in these workshops which will be held in the Stultz Center at PVCC.

Become a Virtual Assistant Saturday, October 16   9:00am-noon    $49

Do you have the skills to provide office and administrative support? If so, then a virtual assistant (VA) career may be right for you. Learn what a VA does and how to get started. Identify the skills you have and the services you can offer, who needs your services and how to get them to hire you. Gain business start-up basics and learn how to set your fees and get paid. Includes worksheets and handouts. Go to www.pvcc.edu/wfs or call 434.961.5354 to reserve your seat in these workshops which will be held in the Stultz Center at PVCC.

Get Paid to Tweet – Review of Let’s Get Social

If you haven’t listened already, check out my interview with Kate Buck on being a social media manager. This is a fast growing job/business option. Businesses know they need a social presence, but they don’t have the time to create profiles, manage friends and comments, and other social media tasks.

Prior to interviewing Kate, I purchased her program, Let’s Get Social, which is a training program for people who’d like to become social media managers. Let’s Get Social offers video tutorials that takes you through the process of starting your own social media management services. The videos include:

Video One: An introduction that explains what social media management is and what you’ll do as a social media manager.

Video Two: Branding information that helps you set up your own professional looking social media profiles and business site.

Video Three: Tips to creating service packages including what to offer and what to charge.

Video Four: An overview of the daily activities of a social media manager with tips and tricks to using systems and tools to streamline the work.

Video Five: Finding clients and how to have clients coming to you.

Video Six: How to manage your business including billing, contracts and more.

Each video also comes with a printable outline to follow along and take notes as well as an mp3 audio version. Some videos come with additional resources such as videos on how to manage profiles on various social media outlets and sample forms.

The package includes resources such as tools and and how-to’s to set up your business and manage it efficiently. Plus it has a list of books Kate recommends to stay on top of the social media trends.

There are options for an additional price that  include coaching and access to the “insiders club”.

What I liked:
Overall I liked Let’s Get Social. I think the videos provide enough information without being overwhelming. The resources, profile set-up videos and client forms compliment the product well. While you’ll likely need to study social networking in more depth particularly if don’t currently use social networking in a business, you’ll get enough from Let’s Get Social to get started. Because social media changes quickly, you’ll need to study to keep up on current trends anyway.

What I really like about Let’s Get Social is that it fills a need in an area that is new and growing. I see jobs everyday for social media managers. These jobs are looking for people to help manage Twitter and Facebook accounts as well as blogs. Let’s Get Social gives you the information you need to get these jobs and/or build your own business. (Remember, you’ll make more per hour running your own social media management business than you will working a social media manager job.)

What I didn’t like:

I would have liked to have seen transcripts of the videos or audios (as opposed to just an outline). That’s a personal preference. I prefer to read informational products rather than watch videos.

Also, the sales page is a video and again I’d like the option of a sales letter so I can skim for the details and get to the buy button.

Learn more about or get your copy of Let’s Get Social.*

*Disclosure

Effective Email Marketing Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated

There are very real concerns about list building and promoting to the people on your mailing list. And all the conflicting information out there doesn’t help matters when you’re trying to do the right thing.

Whether you’re new to list building or have been at it for awhile, it’s completely normal to hesitate about sending offers and even feel a little guilty about doing it.

Here are a few things to keep in mind:

1) If you have not yet made the attempt to promote your business to your subscribers, don’t act hastily by inundating them with an onslaught of email promotions. Start out slow and test the waters first. An initial email letting them know you will be sending them valuable offers will open the lines of communication and lessen the shock value of promotions appearing in their inboxes.

2) A subscriber who is not interested in receiving your offers will have the opportunity to let you know, and most will not hesitate to be very forth coming. Just as they had the chance to “opt-in” to your mailings, they will now have the chance to “opt-out” of your promotions.

This will help you weed out subscribers who aren’t customer material. The good news is that most people will appreciate and be receptive to your offers given.

3) Once your list knows what to expect, you can begin the actual task of promoting. That doesn’t mean you can send them multiple offers on a daily basis until they exile your address to the world of SPAM. However, it does mean that you will have to stay on top of contacting your list and make a point of doing so frequently enough to stay current and fresh in their minds without filling their inboxes with clutter.

4) It’s important to maintain a balance between content-driven emails and those containing promotions. Selling to your list requires a delicate balance. Mix it up without mixing messages. In other words, alternate between information and promotions but don’t blend the two.

You do not want to take the risk of your message getting lost. You want to remain to be a voice your subscribers can trust without becoming too sales-driven and you also want to make sure your offers are clear without getting lost in your content.

I know that selling to your list can be intimidating because I used to feel that way too, but you have to remember that you’re running a business and emailing your list is not charity work.

If you have not yet made the attempt to promote your business to your subscribers, or you feel in the wrong when you do, it’s time to overcome your fear of selling to your list so you can make more money. Head over to Email Marketing Sweetie and learn how to grow your list, reduce your workload, and boost your income.

About Melissa Ingold : Melissa Ingold is the CEO of Internet Marketing Sweetie, and she is a full-time entrepreneur with over 8 years of experience working online. She has built a successful online business through information product marketing, affiliate marketing & management, membership sites, and content marketing. Read More About Melissa

Turn Interests Into Income on the Internet

The number of people earning a living online is exploding. Every day people are turning their skills, interests, passions, and even rants into an income. You can too, even if you’re not tech savvy or don’t have a lot of money.

I’m doing a live 3-hour seminar on “Turn Interests Into Income on the Internet” March 6, 2010, 9 am to Noon at Piedmont Virginia Community College. In the course you’ll learn how to:

• Identify the assets you have that are potential money-makers
• Determine the best way to make money from your idea
• Use free and low cost online tools to turn your idea into income
• Develop a plan of action to turn the dream into a reality.
• And more!

To learn more or to register, visit Piedmont Virginia Community College online or call 434-961-5354.

Turn Interests Into Income on the Internet – Free Teleclass

The number of people earning a living online is exploding. Every day people are turning their skills, interests, passions, and even rants into an income. You can too, even if you’re not tech savvy or don’t have a lot of money. I’ll be doing a free teleseminar through Global Teleclass on “Turn Interests Into Income on the Internet” Jan. 19 at 10 pm eastern time. In this course you’ll learn how to:

• Identify the assets you have that are potential money-makers
• Determine the best way to make money from your idea
• Use free and low cost online tools to turn your idea into income
• Develop a plan of action to turn the dream into a reality.

The course is free, but does require registration. To learn more or to register, visit Global Teleclass Turn Interests Into Income on the Internet.