Business Tips
How to Win Back 10 or More Hours a Week
50+ Things You Can Outsource Today Written by: Jeanine Connolly Earlier this year, SEM Rush reported that 81% of business owners work nights and 89% work weekends. As a small business owner, you may be thinking, how in the world can 11-19% of business owners NOT be working nights and weekends? Well, we can’t breach…
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If You’re Doing Everything, You’re Wasting Time
Learn This Simple Rule to Grow Your Business Written By: Jeanine Connolly As a small business owner, growing your business is a top priority. It’s always been that way, but the circumstances of the past year have challenged everyone – even savvy entrepreneurs. The stakes are high and the unknown factors are daunting. We get…
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Graphic Design Basics for Your Small Business
Written by: Diana Kovacevich, WISE Marketing Virtual Assistant Graphics are essential for your website, blog, and social media. Well done graphics can convey your brand’s visual presence and add credibility to your brand. Learning some design basics will help ensure your graphics are as appealing and effective as possible. Before creating your graphic designs,…
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Digital Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses
Written by: Diana Jaquith, WISE Executive Director Everywhere a business owner looks, new company growth ideas are presented. With so many new ideas, you might not know where to begin. Here’s a list of three tried-and-true digital marketing techniques that can help you elevate your small business, no matter the industry. Try Win-Back Email…
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Why Digital Marketing is Important for Small Business Owners
Written by: Diana Kovacevich, WISE Marketing Virtual Assistant Digital marketing might sound intimidating, especially for small businesses, but once you break down the basic aspects of digital marketing it becomes much easier to create a strategy and implement it. Digital marketing is a cost-effective, scalable, and measurable way to reach your target audience. While…
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Outsourcing to Your Virtual Assistant 101
Written by: Kary Glawe, WISE Sr. VA Lead and Project Manager In 2020, many of us learned a great lesson: We can’t do it all. As much as we may think “I’ve got this,” we often get a healthy dose of “nice try” back from the universe. Learning to focus on which parts of your…
Read More21 Things a VA Can Do For Your Small Business in 2021
Written By: Andi Adams, WISE Marketing Lead Being a small business owner is a true calling, but the overwhelm of wearing so many different hats can make a person weary. If only you had more hours in the day – or room in the budget for an assistant! We have just the solution. Take a…
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A Complete Guide to Time Blocking
Written by: Kaitlin Hudson, WISE Digital Marketing Specialist The flexible schedule that comes with self-employment can be a blessing and a curse. If you’re new to entrepreneurship, the freedom can even feel paralyzing. With no concrete schedule, it’s easy to lose focus and feel stressed about your to-do list. In this blog, you’ll learn…
Read More2020 WISE Year in Review – An Interview with Directors Diana Jaquith and Laura Early
Written by Andi Adams, WISE Marketing Lead 2020 has been a whirlwind of a year – one none of us expected. The twists and turns, the pivots and changes, and hopefully we have all grown together from it. We know many have faced challenges, as many small businesses have had to close their doors. Thankfully,…
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Take the Quiz: Freelancer or Agency?
Written by: Andi Adams, WISE Marketing Lead At some point, all successful business owners seek out help for their business. Many begin the search when they are ready to scale or can’t do it all themselves anymore, but there are multiple options for where to find this help. Business owners can bring on new recruits,…
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