by Dortha Hise | Jan 12, 2013 | Business
As I look back through the years, I’d certainly say I was pretty fortunate to have a lot of great teachers / instructors in my life. Here are a few and why they impacted me profoundly: Colonel Phillip Shaw, USMC Ret., my NJROTC instructor in high school…he was stern...
by Dortha Hise | Jan 11, 2013 | Business
I’m sharing some personal factoids about myself here…these are some questions that I came across and thought would be fun to answer: Q: How has your life been different than you imagined? A: Well, in a lot of ways, actually! I never dreamed I...
by Dortha Hise | Jan 10, 2013 | Business
I can’t tell you how bummed I am that I missed celebrating January 3rd as JRR Tolkien Day! I’m a true Lord of the Rings and Hobbit fan! I have only read The Hobbit, but I have seen all of the Lord of the Rings movies, as well as the first installation of...
by Dortha Hise | Jan 9, 2013 | Business
If you had one day free to spend any way you wanted, how would you spend it? My Perfect Day would start by sleeping in, then having coffee and a well thought out, healthy breakfast with my hubby. Then we’d head to the gym for a 2-hour workout. I’d spend...
by Dortha Hise | Jan 8, 2013 | Business
Today is Elvis’ birthday! Yes, I am an Elvis fan, and growing up I can remember humming along or singing aloud to Elvis songs that made no sense how I knew the words to them. I attributed it to my mom listening to lots of Elvis music while she was pregnant with...
by Dortha Hise | Jan 6, 2013 | Business
We recommend a pretty rigorous posting schedule for our clients. We recommend posting to your business page on FB 5/week, posting in content-relevant groups within LI 3/week, posting content on Twitter 15 times per week with a dedicated and unique hashtag for your...
by Dortha Hise | Jan 5, 2013 | Business
There are a lot of schools of thought on blog frequency. It can really be dependent on the type of business your in…how much content do you have to share? I recommend for my new clients coming on board to start with 1/week, then move up to 3-5/week. Most find that...
by Dortha Hise | Jan 4, 2013 | Business
Wow, last year was such an incredible year for me personally and professionally. My business grew tremendously in 2012. In the summer of 21011, I brought on my first team member, Alison Jones-Lockwood. Since then, I have now have a team of highly competent and capable...
by Dortha Hise | Jan 3, 2013 | Business
Now that I am back after enjoying 10 days off to recover from all that 2012 brought, I am ready to jump back in and get going on working toward a successful 2013. I have exciting goals for me and my team to work toward this year. Have you set your goals for 2013?...
by Dortha Hise | Dec 18, 2012 | Business
A peer of mine recently asked for a visual representation of why having a VA would be not only helpful, but CRITICAL to her business. I can list of the many reasons, such as giving YOU the time to focus on activities you enjoy and those that produce income, but for...
by Dortha Hise | Dec 11, 2012 | Business
After I read the blog “Make It Easier for Your Prospects to Buy From You For Goodness Sakes!” by Katrina Sawa, I really called into question what I’m doing in my business and what I’m not doing in my business. As it is the year end, and I’m reflecting on ideas for the...
by Dortha Hise | Dec 4, 2012 | Business
We often to event promo for our clients. This usually entails proliferating events via social media, as well as posting the event on various event promotion sites. There are tons of places to post events, and we’ll discuss some of our favorites. First, I’d like to...
by Dortha Hise | Nov 21, 2012 | Business
About 8 months ago, I signed up for a service called grateful160 which sends by email a prompting for me to reply in an email what I’m grateful for at that moment. I’ve been in practice with it every day, twice a day, for the past 8 months and I have to...
by Dortha Hise | Nov 20, 2012 | Business
I’m excited to share with you all that I recently partnered with VA Collaboration, the place for collaborative virtual assistants and virtual workers. This site is THE place to get everything you need to be a successful VA – we’re going to provide you with news,...
by Dortha Hise | Nov 13, 2012 | Business
A podcast is a unique type of digital media that can become part of a series, in a video or audio format that can be subscribed to and downloaded from your website. The word “podcast” comes from the term “broadcast” and from the iPod® to create “podcast.” You can...
