The Best Benefit of Being a Virtual Assistant

There are many benefits that you may get when you become a virtual assistant. One of it is be able to earn money while working at the comfort of your home. However the best benefit that I get from being a Virtual Assistant is FREEDOM.

I am an employee and I know the feeling of morning rush. I’ve experience taking a bath for only five minutes and escape breakfast just to get in the office on time. I rose from bed not because I’m excited for the next day, instead I woke every morning with FEAR.

 

Fear of being late, fear of not meeting the deadline, fear of my boss, and fear of losing my job. But all these fears are just fruits of my greatest fear, the fear of not having money. Larry Gamboa in his book Think Rich Pinoy, he defined FEAR as False Expectation Appearing Real. His point is that most of our fears are not really real but for us they appear real because we believe they are real.

Thanks God, things change when I became a virtual assistant. Though, I cannot deny the fact being a virtual assistant is still an employee. You still have a boss that you need to follow but you are not just an ordinary employee. An employee with freedom to speak out one’s mind for the good and fairness of both parties (employee and employer).

Terminate your employer!

In usual settings, employers are the ones that terminates employee right? But have you ever heard an employee terminates an employer. I guess you heard it already but this is very rare to happen. Terminate you Employer! Yes you read it right. This is the beauty of being a Virtual Assistant, you always have a choice to choose the kind of employer you want. If your boss has bad mouth and making you life miserable then do not hesitate to terminate him and look for a better one.

We are living in a free world and we should not be slaves by our own job or our boss. God has given us abundant resources where we can always choose the best job that works for us. Choose a job where there is life and FREEDOM.

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I Did Not Sleep Because Of My Virtual Assistant GIG.

On the night of May 22, 2011, something strange happened. It was a rainy cold night and supposed to be a perfect time to grab a pillow and blanket and sleep like a baby. 

However, the opposite thing did happened. I was not able to sleep. I was just lying in my bed but my eyes were widely open and my mind was flying away.

I was really active, completely high and it feels like I have taken HIGH dose of energy drink. I wonder if I have drunk a coffee or cola early that night, but I haven't. The truth is, I was not able to sleep because of intense EXCITEMENT. You know the feeling right? I was so excited to see the next morning because the next day of that will be my webinar for blog commenting. 

The Webinar Was AWESOME!

During the webinar, I noticed that some of the participants are also my classmates during my Virtual Assistants Training. Also some participants are experienced Filipino Virtual Assistants and most of them are writers.

The speaker was an Australian and he is the client. he explained the project in details very well. He also taught us some techniques on how to do blog commenting in a most effective way. Another thing I have noticed during the webinar is that Australian English accent is more clearer and easy to comprehend unlike the European English accent.

I can say that because I'm actually dealing with European Clients in my full time job now. And talking to them is really challenging to me because of their accent. Most of the time I need to ask them to repeat what they are saying and that very frustrating for me and form them. So I think communication wise, its much easier to deal with Australian, Canadian, and Americans.

Is Blog Commenting Part of SEO?

The answer is YES! This is the first reason why I grab this opportunity. I know that it is something that will contribute to my SEO skills. In my next post I'll be discussing why Blog Commenting is also part of SEO.

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Where To Put Keywords In Your Blog To Rank Number 1 In Google

As I mentioned in my previous post that I'm going to give you a tactic of what paricular area in your article where you should put your keywords. Well here it is! I also mentioned that my blog Virtual Assistants Training Philippines is now in the first page of Google.

However, I did not mentioned that you should search this exact phraise "Virtual Assistants Training Philippines" in google so that  my blog will appear in the 1st page. If you will use other phrase like "Virtual Assistants" or this one "Virtual Assistant Philippines", then my blog will not appear in the first page of Google page result.

Ask me Why? 

It's simply because I optimized my blog using this keyword "Virtual Assistants Training Philippines". If you type keywords other than thismy blog wont't be in the first page but maybe somewhere in page 2 - page 5. My goal before is to be in the first page of Google using the mentioned keyword. And now that I have acheived my goal, I'm planning to optimize this blog with other keywords related to Virtual Assistant. By the way, when I say optimize, just think of a process of ranking your site way up on-top of Google Search Engine.

To rank your site, you have to consider the proper placement of keywords in your page. You need to do this because you have follow how Google crawls to your site. Crawling is just the same as reading. Google crawls/read your page and evaluate if it contains information relevant to the keyword that peoples search. Basically, Google crawls from the top most and then left to right.

It is adviced that keyword should be present in the following sections of your blog.

        1. In the URL.
        2. In the blog title
        3. In the blog description 
        4. In the blog post title or headline
        5. In the blog content
        6. In the file name of embeded image and video

Put your keywords in these areas and notice how it will improve you're ranking in the Search Engine Result Page (SERP). However, not all times you can put your keyword in these areas. There will be cases that it can be challenging specially in the post title or headline.  The best example of this is this post. Obviously, I cannot insert this keyword "Virtual assistants Training Phiilippines" in the post tittle. If I do that, the readers will not understand my message. 

Note that the readdability of your post should not be sacrficed just for the sake of using the keyword. It is really case to case basis but put in mind that your goal is to put your keywords in those six areas of your blog and it should be readable by both machine and human.
 
Now it's your time to try! 

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My Blog Virtual Assistants Training Philippines is Now in the First Page of Google

In just a span of less than 1 month, my blog Virtual Assistants Training Philippines is now positioned in the first page of Google search engine. It's just amazing to know that the things I've learned in my Virtual Assistants Training and Seminars, are really working in real life.

Of course I have to give credits to my mentors who taught me real online lessons and startegies. I say "Real" because these stratgies are proven and tested that works in real life online scenario, if just applied religiously. 

Today I have 3 Mentors who are experts on their own areas. First is Mr. Jomar Hilario, Internet Marketer Guro. He is being considered as the Tim Ferriss of the Philippines. Second is my friend and more likely an "ate" to me (feeling close LOL!!) because she is very generous and really helped me personally. We call her "Misty" but her real name is Ms. Kristina Godinez, shes an expert on Effective Online Article Writing. The last but not the least is Sir Mark Acsay, who taught me the hands-on and theory of SEO and his really awesome on this field.

To others it may sound no big deal that my blog is now in the first page of Google, but for me it is already a big accomplishment. It means that my SEO strategies are really working and this is just my first step of climbing up the whole staircase.

How did I do it?

I did not applied any rocket science to rank my blog. It was just a very basic On-Page and Off-Page SEO strategies and I'm not going to tackle the details in here since this is a way long of discussions. But maybe some of these days, i may post some of these strategies here. Anyway I just give you the most important thing to consider in SEO. The first thing that you should think before writing your very first blog post is KEYWORDS!! Keywords!!! keywords!!. 

YES, start first with you keyword research. This is the first step, if you miss this stage then you will miss the concept of page ranking. Your keywords must be the keyword that the human searchers used to search answers in Google. If you already have the keywords, the next step is to strategically position them into your blog post.

Watch out for my next post because I'm going to tell you where to put your keywords to improve your page rank in Google.

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How to Use Google Calendar?

Finally, this is my 10th blog post for 10 applications/websites/tools which are very helpful on my journey as a Virtual Assistant. Though my goal before was to share only 10 tools on this blog, I realized that it’s a lot of fun making presentations and imparting my knowledge to others. So expect more tools to come one of these days.

Ok, let’s go back to the main topic. Google Calendar can help you organized schedules for meetings, appointments, events, and other activities that you don’t want to miss. Whether it is personal or business matters, Google Calendar can help you manage your schedules effectively.

Google Calendar is like my personal digital Virtual Assistant that reminds me on my daily schedule. When I am the organizer of an event, it will also remind other participants that they have a scheduled event and this done automatically.

Go ahead, view the presentation below and follow the step by step procedure on how to use this wonderful tool from Google. 

How to Use Google Calendar

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How to keep notes efficiently Using Evernote?

Conventionally we use a piece of paper or a notebook to take and keep notes of things that we want to remember. In a computer, we might be using notepad, MS Word, and other MS Office tools to keep notes organized. 

Those are good tools way back then and somehow I’m still using it up until now, in some cases. However, the whole ball game has already changed; people are now into mobile lifestyle. Carrying a paper notebook or a laptop is just too much inconvenient in the world of mobility. We need a tool that stores our notes where we can access it conveniently anytime anywhere. 

This is the idea behind Evernote, it’s a digital repository which organized all your notes and keeps them searchable so you can find your notes easily. Your files are being stored in the “Cloud” or internet so there is no need to carry your own laptop. Just drop by in an internet café then you can already access all your notes. 

If you hate to go to an internet café, then install Evernote in your smart phones. Evernote works in iPhone, the BlackBerry, phone running Google’s Android operating system, the latest PALM phones, and windows mobile phones.

What if there is no internet connection?

You can still access your notes offline since Evernote synchronized your data. These means that, Evernote on your Smart phone, Laptop, Desktop, and your internet account will all have the same data content. Synchronization of data happens by the time you are online.

As a Virtual Assistant, this tool is very vital to my day to day work productivity. It makes a lot easier to keep track of all my notes and access them fast and convenient.

I have created a presentation for a step by step procedure on how to install and use some of the basic functions of Evernote. Please go through the presentation below and I would appreciate if you can write some comments for this blog post.

How to Use Evernote

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How to Use Talk Shoe?

TalkShoe is a service that enables anyone to easily create, join,or listen to Live Interactive Discussions, Conversations, Podcast and Audio blogs.You could be a pod caster or talk radio host instantly even if you are not a "Techie" person.

Below are the benefits you can get with TalkShoe:

• Community Calls can be recorded and listened to
• FREE recording
• FREE storage
• FREE bandwidth
• Uploading of existing podcast episodes
• Unlimited recording hours
• Detailed statistics reports
• Earn money with TalkShoe Cash 

How it Works.

TalkShoe is really a great tool for Pod casting, audio blogging, or even just simply adding interactivity to any online event. I'm new to TalkShoe but it seems that I feel I'm not a beginner because the application is very user friendly and you can easily find free tutorials online on how to use the application.

You could use this service to interview others, get a discussion going on, host a teleseminar or workshop, record your own audio or even upload an existing pre-recorded podcast/audio recording too. At the end of the day, the best part of this great tool is that its for FREE!!

I created a PowerPoint which is step by step procedure on how to install and use some of the basic functions of TalkShoe.

How to Use Talkshoe

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How to Use Backupify?



 In this post I’m going to share with you another useful tool in the Internet, his name Backupify. Backupify (www.backupify.com) is a website that provides backup on your online data such as Gmail emails or maybe Facebook pictures.

In the presentation below, you will know the rest of the sites that are supported by Backupify. You can open an account for free but the storage space is just minimal (only 2GB), or you may opt to pay a dollar for a much larger storage space.

How Backupify can help you?

When I was still in college, I lost two email accounts because I forgot the passwords. I tried to recover the account by answering the security questions, but still it did not work.

Those accounts contain files and emails for my thesis, and it was really painful because I did the rework from scratch. Fortunately, I have saved some of the files in my thumb drive and still able to deliver the thesis just in time.

If only I have a Backupify that time, there should never be a problem because my files/emails will be backed up.

So diffenetely, Backupify can help recover your data on your Gmail, facebook, and other accounts when S***** happens.

How to Use Backupify

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