VA Radio - Talk Radio for Virtual Assistants  

Laura Howard West, President and CEO of Center for Joyful Business will be talking to us about "Creating Your Business Attraction Plan." Laura brings extraordinary vision, creativity and depth of experience to her leadership role at the Center for Joyful Business. Her mission is to assist entrepreneurs in discovering and embracing joy, passion and creativity in their work and, ultimately, in their lives.

WE EXPERIENCED ABOUT 3 MINUTES OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY AT THE START OF TODAY'S SHOW. PLEASE BE PATIENT; THE SHOW RESUMED AFTER THAT ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. THANK YOU!

Today's show was a special 30-minute broadcast.

MODCOM Radio's format has changed (slightly) to include the entire small-/home-/micro-business sectors, which includes the virtual assistant industry.

If you are interested in being a guest on MODCOM Radio, or know someone would be interested, please visit http://www.melanieokane.com and click on the Request to Guest application link.

If you are interested in advertising on MODCOM Radio, please contact me directly at 608.244.1739 or melanieokane@gmail.com. A BTR advertising media kit and rate card can be found at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/advertising.aspx.

E-books covered today included "How to Become a Successful Virtual Assistant," (2005/PDF); and "How to Establish Your Fees," (2007/PDF).

A Free Home Business Tips newsletter, which includes segments on health, technology, family, quick recipes, finances, a thought for the day, and a word of the day, which is a vocabulary building segment is available on both of my Websites: http://www.mad-typing-and-consulting.com and http://www.melanieokane.com. If you sign up now, you'll receive a free copy of "How to Establish Your Fees."

Finally, I directed the audience to the free articles on my Website, http://www.melanieokane.com. These articles were previously published in IVAACast, the official online magazine of the International Virtual Assistants Association (http://www.ivaa.org).

Be sure to tune in next week, where my guest will be Laura Howard West, President and CEO of the Center for Joyful Business. Laura will be talking about "Creating Your Business Attraction Plan."

Until then, Melanie O'Kane out...

This is a special 30-minute show, which features powerful resources for virtual assistants, including two of Melanie's e-books: "How to Become a Successful Virtual Assistant," "How to Establish Your Fees." The first 3 minutes of the show experienced technical difficulties. Please be patient; the show resumes once the issue was resolved.

My guest this morning, Gerry Black of Relax Communications, was a wealth of information about implementing effective online strategies relative to our Websites.  To follow is an outline of our conversation:

* The most important sales objectives of a Website
* Creating effective online sales message
* The questions every Website visitor wants answered
* No-nos when setting up your Website
* Writing for people versus writing for the search engines
* Sure-fire ways to grab attention with your Website
* Elements every home page should have
* The most overused word on Websites
* The importance of obtaining and using testimonials

...and so much more!

Gerry is very personable, knowledgeable, and a pleasure to learn from.  Be sure to listen to the archived show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/melanieokane/2008/03/04/GUEST-Gerry-Black-Relax-Communications.  And while you're there, be sure to add us to your favorite bookmarking and social networking sites and rate the show as well.

Thank you, Gerry, and thank you dedicated listeners!  Be sure to tell all your friends and colleagues about MODCOM Radio, the Internet talk radio program that's all about the Virtual Assistant Industry, which airs every Tuesday morning from 9-10 CST (10-11 EST) at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/melanieokane.  The studio line is 347.326.9029.

Until next time, Melanie O'Kane out.

Backed by a successful 20-year sales and marketing career in advertising and publishing, Gerry Black of Relax Communications has helped many clients grow their businesses by implementing effective online and off-line marketing strategies. During our show, Gerry will talk to us about what Virtual Assistants can do to put Gerry's advice into action. [Relax Communications is a Preferred Partner of the International Virtual Assistants Association.]