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Niche VA – Blogs

I first began blogging in 2005 I think it was.  Lost track really.  Blogging for me was the perfect outlet for the frustrated writer inside. I love to write!

I’ve found over the years blogging is a great way to keep fresh content on your site, and to demonstrate your expertise and knowledge in an area.  A marketing guy I was speaking to recently confirmed for me my own thoughts – the importance of keeping a blog to its topic of choice and then start a new one if you have another topic you want to write about, so it can gain its own readership. No point in confusing your readers as to what your blog is about.

Because of my love for blogging and my experience, it means I’m the perfect VA for those who need to set up a blog and need continued assistance.  I’m well positioned to create and set up a blog for a client and then guide them in regular posting and gaining their target audience.

What’s more I can show them what else they can do with their content over time – publish books for example. I have.

So providing support to clients who wish to write a blog for their business, or for their passion, is an ideal niche for VAs who have that knowledge and experience.  What else could you do for a client in helping with their blog?

The blog has a new look!

If you receive this post via email or RSS you might just want to drop by the blog itself as it has a totally new look. The theme is the same as the main website but with some differences and the last 10 posts all on the front page.  To view the full post just click on the title.

I hope you like the new look – it will probably take a little while to get used to.  Although it’s easy to change from one template to another simply by choosing and clicking, it’s another thing when you want to completely modify the template which has been done for this blog and our main website.

5 years of blogging

In 2007 I wrote a blogpost about 2 years of blogging. I came across it the other day and thought, really?  Funny what you forget you’ve written.

I won’t repeat my journey of how I came to be blogging, you can read the original post linked above.  But I can tell you some of what has occurred since then:

  • I’ve published two printed books based on two separate blogs I’ve written. Both are available in bookstores in Australia and through Amazon.com
  • I’ve travelled to Canada to speak at a Virtual Assistants Conference because of my speaking about social media and blogging
  • I’ve created a few more blogs ;-)
  • I am currently researching material for another printed book via one of my blogs
  • I love to see all the comments from readers here and the amount of comments is nearly 3 times the number of posts here (thank you everyone).

How have I kept it up so long? I network online, always keeping my ears and eyes open for possible topics to write about and I set a routine of writing weekly to publish 2-3 times a week.

Flattery won’t get you everywhere

I’m amazed by the amount of  ‘VA’ spammers out there, who are desperate to get their comments posted on this blog.  Regular spam is bad enough but VAs doing this? Your flattery and use of big words will not impress me, nor the html coding you leave in the comments either.

However, if you add value to the article and simply leave your name and URL in the relevant fields, your comments will get published and people can visit your site if they wish.

Spamming on a peer’s site is not the way to get yourself good attention. It will just serve to have you added to the spam list managed by Akistmet or any of the other spam filter programs used by bloggers.

Listed in 100 More Women Bloggers To Watch

WE Magazine for Women’s has a new list of 100 More Women Bloggers to Watch and I’m thrilled to announce that my photo blog is on that list.

I encourage you to visit that list – you’ll see some familiar names but also some blogs you didn’t know about and will find well worth visiting.

Why not go get yourself a cuppa right now, then click on the link below to start viewing 100 blogs written by women?

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