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Marta Costa
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Dallas, TX
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- Applications (2)
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- Discussions (14)
- Events (1)
- Groups (17)
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Marta Costa's Groups
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Free Education Resources for VAs
54 members
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Designing, writing and making eBooks
22 members
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Virtual Assistant Subcontractors Available
49 members
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Your Virtual Assistant
18 members
Marta Costa's discussions
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Va-4-Hire Virtual Assistant Blog
How To Hire A Virtual Assistant
Somewhere in cyberspace (or maybe through a friend’s recommendation) you stumbled upon the term Virtual Assistant. It sounded intriguing so you did a little research. The more you read, the more you realized that this could be a fabulous solution for you. You decide it’s time for you to hire a Virtual Assistant. Then you [...]10 Signs That You Need a Virtual Assistant
You just don’t have enough hours in the day to get it all done. You’re spending more time on administrative tasks than on revenue making tasks. You’ve hit a ceiling. You just can’t add anything else to your plate. Your E-mail Inbox is overflowing and you find yourself wanting to just delete everything and start over again. You have [...]Stop Trying to Move Your Own Piano
..Let Your Virtual Assistant Do Some of the Heavy Lifting I recently joined Twitter and have made some new connections. One of them is Elizabeth Potts Weinstein with The Wealth Spa. The first blog post I read immediately rocketed her to ‘my new best friend’ status. Read her take on outsourcing and wealth building here.Destination Ahead….Virtual Assistant Needed
Are we there yet? You know, that point where you’ve realized it’s gonna take a little bit of help to fulfill your goals. You have a clear vision of the direction you want to go in. You know what your goals are and you know the steps you have to take in order to get [...]Virtual Assistance Explained…
I’ve been playing with Twitter this past week, getting my feet wet, so to speak. I downloaded TweetDeck and I’ve been studying up on the features. One of the features allows you to maintaing an open Search for whatever keyword you like. Of course, my first choice was ‘Virtual Assistant’. Lo and behold one of the [...]Social Marketing Explained
This is an awesome video by Perry Belcher. He takes Social Networking and breaks it down into terms anyone can understand. Perry Belcher on Social Marketing **Warning…the language is a little strong, but otherwise he does a really good job of getting his point across.Timely Bookkeeping Tips
Timely as ever, AIPB (The American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers) sent me their most recent newsletter with the following tips I thought I’d share with you. Nontaxable gifts. Fruit baskets, hams, turkeys, wine, flowers and occasional entertainment tickets, such as to a show or sports event, generally are nontaxable as de minimis fringe benefits. Taxable [...]SEO-101
I thought I’d begin the Internet Marketing portion of our series with a basic introduction to SEO. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. This means making sure that your web pages are accessible to search engines and are optimized or focused in ways that help improve the chances that they will be found. Now that was [...]Quick and Simple Ways a Virtual Administrative Assistant Can Save Time and Make You Money
While the term Virtual Assistant is becoming more and more popular, many of us still aren’t sure how to use one in the day to day operations of a business. The Virtual Assistance industry is growing by leaps and bounds. Every VA has their own niche and specialty skill set. This post is the first in a series. [...]Virtual Assistant receives Internet Marketing Certification
Hard work and late nights pays off for Virtual Assistant, Marta Costa of Va-4-Hire today. After several weeks of study, training and testing, she completed the certification program and is fully prepared to offer an impressive array of Internet Marketing Assistant Services. Today’s internet marketers and entrepreneurs are increasingly stressed, overworked and overwhelmed by all that [...]Welcome! VA-4-Hire
Profile Information
- Skills
- Administrative tasks, Bookkeeping, Social Media Marketing, Executive Assistant, Microsoft Office, Internet marketing, Affiliate marketing, Do it all
- Experience Level
- 10-15 years
- Off-shore or On-shore
- On-shore
- Keywords
- A Virtual Assistance and Independent Bookkeeping Practice
- Pricing (Per hour)
- $25-35, $35-50
- Availability (Hrs per Week)
- 5-15, 15-25
Marta Costa's Blog
5 Ways a Virtual Administrative Assistant Can Save Time and Make You Money
While the term Virtual Assistant is becoming more and more popular, many of us still aren’t sure how to use one in the day to day operations of a business. The Virtual Assistance industry is growing by leaps and bounds. Every VA has their own niche and specialty skill set. This post is the first in a series. Each week I’ll be covering the different ways that a business can use a Virtual Administrative Assistant… Continue
Posted on November 19, 2008 at 12:36am — 4 Comments
The new and GREATLY improved Va-4-Hire website.
When I decided to become a Virtual Assistant, I realized that I would need a website. I was frantic to get one set up but I knew absolutely nothing about Web design. I didn't have the slightest clue as to what to put on it either. But, I dove on in, created a site with Google Page Creator, then moved it over to Microsoft Office Live where I was able to do a little more customization. Well, I've learned a lot in the last two months, but I'm still clueless when it comes to Web design! So, when our… Continue
Posted on November 5, 2008 at 1:12am — 5 Comments
Failure is NOT an Option by Patty Benton
Starting any new venture is always exciting but sometimes it can be a little daunting. I found this to be the case when I was researching Virtual Assistance. At first I purchased memberships to all kinds of groups, then I jumped on the eBook bandwagon and bought several of those. Unfortunately there wasn't much to either of them. There was no one-stop, step by step, how-to resource for getting started in this business. At least I couldn't find any that didn't cost a fortune. So, I cut my losses,… Continue
Posted on November 4, 2008 at 3:01pm — 7 Comments
An interesting article about Virtual Assistants
I just came across an interesting article about Virtual Assistants by Brandon Mendelson. Basically he conducted an experiment to compare how a Virtual Assistant would perform as compared to a regular assistant that worked for him. The task was the same, but the results were drastically different. Read about his experiment as well as my comments on his post… Continue
Posted on October 28, 2008 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments
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not bad :D
I thought the very same of your website: great layout and content! I enjoy your blogs as well!
Michele Randolph
www.goldforcesupport.com
Did you know that you are already on page 2 of Google for the keyword phrase "hire virtual assistant".
Not bad considering we are only a few days/weeks into the SEO stuff.
You've been working hard - great job!
:)
JAson
Now that your site is running and you've started blogging lets start cooking with some heat!
Take your RSS feed which have pasted here for you: http://va-4-hire.com/?feed=rss2 and start posting it to popular feedburning services to generate more tarffic for yourself.
Start with www.Pingomatic.com and www.FriendFeed.com
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