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Article Title: Holiday Marketing Magic For New Year Success
Author: Diana Ennen
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Can you believe it�s November already? The holidays are here
and then the start of a new year will be upon us. Now is a
perfect time to reflect on your business and see if it is all
that it can be. Is it running at full speed and do you have all
the clients that you need?
If not, it�s time to get those engines moving and start into
action before the New Year begins. I know, it�s the holidays
and there�s a lot�s going on. But also it�s the perfect
opportunity to connect with your clients and get a head start
on potential work for next year. You will find that
communication is so much easier when you can utilize holiday
greetings, holiday goodies, and holiday presents. Holiday gifts
and candy will ease the way to a �Hi, how have you been? Send me
more business!� Or for those new potential clients, �Hi, how are
you�You need ME.�
First, reconnect with ALL your clients and let them know how
you appreciate them and perhaps how you can help them with
other needs they may not even know you offer. Send a
personalized holiday card or greeting. For local clients stop
by their office and drop off presents, popcorn tins for the
staff and/or their favorite coffee for their afternoon
pick-me-up. For potential new clients, drop off a Holiday cup
full of wrapped candy with your business card or perhaps get
your business name printed on the candy bar. Also, consider
sending a specialty cake, such as a coffee lover�s cake from
Make a Diaper Cake Biz, http://www.makeadiapercake.biz. You can
make your own or have Barb Ireland create one for you.
For all you Virtual Assistants or word processors out there,
don�t forget to stop by any small post offices or UPS shops and
offer to put your business cards there. Many of these places
will add your business card holders directly to the counter.
Think how much traffic is going through these places shipping
out those presents and what great exposure that can be. And the
best news is that they usually do allow business cards with a
business card holder. Just think about it, people waiting
impatiently in line, pick up your card and BINGO�New Client.
Other tips include:
Read and research new things. So many great promotions
are going on now with the holidays and New Year coming. Look to
them and see what�s out there and how you can apply it to your
business. Take advantage of the teleclasses and seminars that
are offered by the pros. Yes, they are going to try and sell
you something, but by golly the information you receive will be
worth it and you don�t have to buy.
Join Associations: Join the association that you�ve
heard about by so many but haven�t made the commitment yet.
Start the New Year with a firm commitment to attend at least
one engagement a month or more. See what a difference it can
make in your business by talking with pros in your industry or
networking with businesses, who might utilize your services or
products.
Get moving online. Go to the message boards and chats
and network. Meet people and introduce you and your business.
Offer tips and suggestions and actively be a part of the forum.
I�ve been in business since 1985 so this year I will be
celebrating 21 years in business. I owe a lot of my success to
being active on the boards and letting people get to know me
and trust me. My message board is up and running and eager for
more virtual assistants to stop by and learn how to become a
virtual assistant. It�s at http://www.Publicity-VA.com.
Your Website. Now it can all go to waste if they these
potential clients get to your website and see a unprofessional,
poorly built, error-ridden, mess of a site. Take a look at your
website and see if it is the best that it can be. I constantly
update mine at http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com to try and
provide tips and suggestions for those starting a virtual
assisting and also tips on publishing and, of course, our new
books in our online bookstore. I know the importance of
changing it frequently, so people will come back to see what�s
new.
Look to the overall appearance, the professionalism of your
wording, the explanations explaining the benefits you provide,
etc. In fact, everything in your site needs to convince a
client to work with you. Now ask yourself, does it do that? Is
this something I can be proud of? Too often we throw together a
website, just to have it done. Remember this can often be a
client�s first impression of you. Is it selling you well?
So this year as others are shopping and preparing for the
holidays, you can instead be preparing your business for the
New Year. What a gift that would be for YOU�to start your
business off with a bang and lots of new clients you secured in
your holiday marketing efforts.
November is a great time to reflect back on the year and plan
for the next. Why not plan to make next year, your best one
ever! Good Luck and Happy Marketing.
About The Author: Diana Ennen, Author of numerous books
including Virtual Assistant - The Series: Become a Highly
Successful, Sought After VA. Visit Diana at
http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com.
Diana@virtualwordpublishing.com. Free booklet available on
starting a virtual assisting business.
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