Virtual Assistant Passive Income

Virtual Assistant Passive Income Experiment

There is a lot of stuff out there about how video sites are better than blogs for dominating search engines.

I will admit that they are less work, but I am not sure that they have the staying power of a blog that has built itself up as an expert site.

So I signed up for a trial account at one of the video posting sites and broadcast a video about how Virtual Assistants can develop passive income to improve their bottom line. Video Link: Virtual Assistant Passive Income

The goal is to target a reasonable longtail key phrase: Virtual Assistant Passive Income

Within 48 hours, one of the videos did land on the second page of Google at the #20 spot. But unless I also do a blog post about this subject, I cannot really compare which one is better. This blog post is going to be my test. The results will change day to day, so I am not posting the outcome here. You will need to go out and look in Google yourself for virtual assistnt passive income and see where things fall.

One point is this. I am using this blog to strengthen the MySpace video that showed up first, so even if the video ranks higher eventually for passive income for virtual assistants, it might end up being because this blog post gave it some extra juice.

Since I posted the same video to 5 different sites with similar keywords, I will know that the blog helped if it turns out that the MySpace video is much more strongly ranked than the others.

I know that this is just a micro-test and does not prove anything, but it is always interesting to see people do experiments, and I am very curious what will happen in this Virtual Assistant Passive Income experiment.

Open Source Software Marketing

If you know me you know that I love two things:

Technology and Marketing

I just wrote a post over on the virtual buzz assistant blog about how virtual assistants can market open source software.

Of course, Virtual Marketing Assistants can help nearly anyone market their product or service better, but I really wanted to dive into how to help a specific situation more.

iLearning Global

If you are interested in really creative ways to market a product, you should take a look at iLearning Global.

It is an MLM - which initially turned me off. However, it is a really exceptional structure because it rewards people for recruiting only 5 people and then really helping those 5 build their 5.

Still, I did not join right away because of the stigma around MLM companies. However, what won me over is the quality of the product - just look at all the world class trainers involved. I would pay for the training access even if there was no MLM involved.

Read my iLearning Global Q&A

I am going to take this seriously. Sure, I feel a bit dirty being associated with ANYTHING that is MLM, but I am looking at it as a way to help people be more successful and really it is nothing more than a clever affiliate program.

Marketing Lesson

Here is a big marketing lesson. If you create a really high end product with big name people involved, you can convince people to sell it fairly easily. And the people that I am teaming up with are really taking this thing seriously. They are meeting regularly, producing marketing material, strategically working together and all trying to help each other make a lot of money.

Creating buzz is all about creating advocates. And this thing is building a strong group of highly talented advocates very quickly. Getting in early and with a strong group is going to be critical to someone's success with it.

If you want to work with me on it, click here and consider joining if it is a good fit for you.

How to Get Virtual Assistant Projects

How do you find an get more virtual assistant projects?

I did a post over at the Virtual Buzz Assistant Network called Virtual Assistant Job Postings and even if you are not a virtual assistant, you should read it if you are writing proposals and soliciting new work.

As I wrote it, I confess that I realized I was not doing half these things well either. That ends today. (OK, tomorrow, I am writing on an NFL Sunday)

Also, if you have not submitted your free virtual assistant project request over there either yet, you really need to do that. We have people in that network that are talented at assisting you at getting better internet marketing results and they are usually very reasonable.

Free Marketing Plan

Here are links to a few articles about planning your marketing effort.

• Free Internet Marketing Plan
• Virtual Assistants for Internet Marketing
• Internet Marketing Results

Enjoy.

Marketing Mastery Advisory Board

Buzzoodle has launched a new product that is ideally positioned for those marketers, business owners and entrepreneurs that crave interaction and brainstorming on marketing topics with peers.

It is called the Marketing Mastery Advisory Board and it is really special. If you have not tried been on a marketing committee as a board member, you do not know what you are missing. It is very creative and beneficial.

Currently we are running two Advisory Boards - Akron and Cleveland. Let me know if you are interested in one of those or interested in us helping you start one up.

Why Employee Evangelism?

Employee Evangelism is a dream come true for companies that have a committed, enthusiastic workforce.

Employee Evangelism will increase sales, increase relationships, increase brand visibility and result in people caring more about the organization, because they start to care more about the people in the organization.

Starting an Employee Evangelism program is not that hard. Take a small group of people that are already doing it, probably in a less organized and intentional way, and train them in the tools and messages that make it easier and more effective. Once that team is doing employee evangelism well, have them mentor others in the organization and grow your buzz with each person.

How to Promote a Blog

Check out the new article on the Virtual Buzz Assistant blog - How to Promote a Blog. While it suggests using Virtual Assistants to do some of the work, it is a good list on how to promote a blog online and offline.

How to promote a blog is a list of online and offline activities that you could also do yourself.

Employee Evangelism

OK, this is a big deal. Really.

At Buzzoodle, we have just launched an Employee Evangelism program.

It is a hybrid of our one-on-one buzz marketing mentoring program and our employee evangelism workshop. It is especially sweet and special because it is better than those other things.

Go over and read the benefits on the site. You will see what I mean.

It is inexpensive because of the group aspect and using technology to manage the program. It is also incredibly valuable because if you got between 5 and 20 people creating steady buzz, even a little bit each month, you website traffic will increase, your sales will increase, and you will even occasionally hit a home run and end up in big media.

Go take a look at the program. I am very proud of this because it is finally a way to bring a cost-effective, incredibly valuable program to bigger businesses.

Employee Evangelism is only going to get bigger. Social Media is growing, and you cannot expect just your marketing department to keep up with it. You have to create a culture of social participation.

Virtual Assistant Blog

I just did a post on the Virtual Assistant Blog and invited other people that have a virtual assistant blog to post a link to their blog in the comments as well.

My hope is that it becomes a great resource where you can find a comprehensive list of great virtual assistant blogs.

Our Virtual Assistant Blog has grown very fast even though it is only 4 months old and in a crowded marketplace. I think we got really lucky by focusing on virtual assistants that are 100% internet marketing focused.

Even if you are not interested in virtual assistants, take a look at that blog. We have a PR 4 already and FAST growing blog traffic. You can do this for nearly any industry.

Work.com - Virtual Buzz Assistants

First, check out our new work.com entry on Virtual Marketing Assistants.

It is a nice place to put together an article with action steps and resources. It is also an excellent example of a place that virtual buzz assistants can post articles for you to get more buzz.

Real Estate Buzz and Web Updates

If you are in the real estate market and thinking about how to do a good job on the web, you need to read this article called Real Estate Virtual Assistant.

The fact is, Real Estate Agents have a lot of work to do if they want to maintain a great web presence. And doing things like blogging can generate a lot more interest in their services as well as help promote the properties they are currently representing.

Virtual Assistant Marketing Jobs

Top 10 Virtual Assistant Marketing Jobs.

These are the top 10 things an internet marketing trained VA can do for you. Ultimately which ones of these are best depends on your goals, but you cannot go wrong with this list of marketing activities.

What is your internet marketing formula?

Read about the internet marketing formula on the Buzzoodle Buzz Marketing blog.

This article compares the normal business profitability formula to the internet marketing profitability formula.

If you are wondering how little changes in your internet marketing can change your profits, take a look at this article. If your idea of internet marketing is having a 10 page website, it is probably not for you.

Why Blog? A Buzz Marketing Video

- Watch a video on why to blog -

I do presentations all the time about blogs and social media.

In fact, next week I will be talking to a bunch of executives about why they need blogs in their organizations.

Since I only have 30 minutes, I am breaking it down into answering the 7 most common questions I get, and inviting them to follow up with me after.

Since I have been trying to improve my video skills of late, I did a shorter version of the presentation. If you are on the fence about blogging, watch this presentation. It should answer your questions and be realistic.