http://www.onlinebusinessmanager.com/blog Increase Your Capacity for Success & Profit, Your Way Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:34:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a few days ago I completed the first draft of my new book for Online Business Managers (coming out this fall.) I had set myself a deadline of getting the draft done by the end of June, and was typing my final chapter up to 10:30pm the night of June ... http://www.onlinebusinessmanager.com/blog/archives/195 I came across the coolest tool today - Website Grader is a free seo tool that measures the marketing effectiveness of a website. You plug in your URL and it gives you an analysis of how well your site is setup from an SEO and marketing perspective. Here is my report ... http://www.onlinebusinessmanager.com/blog/archives/194 Received this question from a business owner just the other day: As a business owner, how do I find a good business manager?  I am a veteran of finding all sorts of VAs, coders, copywriters and contractors, but the one hump I haven't gotten over is how to find that person ... http://www.onlinebusinessmanager.com/blog/archives/193 Ah the joys of working from home with children, i'm sure many of you can relate! I thought I would have some fun and get an illustration done to show what life is like day-to-day here in the Forsyth household with me and my two girls Sam and Lexi. (There ... http://www.onlinebusinessmanager.com/blog/archives/192 I got quite a nice little treat in the mail today - a copy of Sandra De Freitas' new book Does this Blogsite Make My Wallet Look Fat? Having had a blog now for over 3 years (did my first post in September 2004, yowza!) i'm a HUGE fan of setting up ... http://www.onlinebusinessmanager.com/blog/archives/189 This may be unexpected to the virual assistants 'in the crowd'... but clients are telling us on a regular basis that there is a serious shortage of virtual assistants right now. It's not that there aren't any VAs out there - I know there are more and more people joining this ... http://www.onlinebusinessmanager.com/blog/archives/188 Received this update from a fellow coach/business owner the other day... we had recently done a few coaching sessions on creating products for their business. You asked about products. Well, to be honest, we aren’t working on any, mainly because we felt like we were forcing ourselves into a box that ... http://www.onlinebusinessmanager.com/blog/archives/187 Saw this press release today, and just had to raise my glass to Laura. I've always thought that online work would be an excellent fit for teens/college students... may have to send some work her way. --- Daughter of Founder of Virtual Assistant Industry Follows in Mother's Footsteps, Spreading Telework in "Millennials" ... http://www.onlinebusinessmanager.com/blog/archives/184 Some of you may already be familiar with the One Laptop Per Child Initiative at XOGiving.com. The brainchild of MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte, the mission of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is to provide a means for learning, self-expression, and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world ... http://www.onlinebusinessmanager.com/blog/archives/183 The reason may not be what you think it is... Over the last 2 years, we've talked to over 375 business owners - they let us know there is a severe shortage of VAs with the skills they want and the skills they're willing to pay for.  Here's just a sample ... http://www.onlinebusinessmanager.com/blog/archives/182