This post by Sarah Russel, is part of ‘VBL Guest Post Season 2′. Coming to Chris’s “Virtual Business Lifestyle” site always makes me feel happy. From the smiling pictures of the virtual assistants working for his companies to the positive advice on how outsourcing tasks can revolutionize your business, it’s hard not to leave his [...]
In this incredibly inspirational Guest Post, VBL Tribe member, Benny Hsu tells us his unbelievable iPhone App story. How he went from being a struggling online entrepreneur, trying to create is ideal lifestyle, to developing the ‘App of the Week’ and making thousands of dollars, overnight! Check out his remarkable story…
Last week I sat down with Derek Halpern, who has been making big waves recently online with his Social Triggers blog. I got on a video call with Derek for him to give me and the VBL Blog a good old fashioned marketing grillin’, on what I’m doing right, and wrong when it comes to converting visitors into subscribers on the blog!
I’ve spent hundreds of hours going over logo designs for everything from business cards to letterheads; websites to online products; retail packaging to TV commercials – all in search of the perfect logo that ‘says it all’. Here I discuss the importance of logo design and implementation for growing your business…
When it comes to communication, your Inbox is where the party’s at, lets face it. However, email – and particularly your Inbox, doesn’t have to be the pain that it is for a lot of busy business owners and 9-5 escapee-wannabe’s! It’s simply about putting systems and processes in place. Here are my 6 ‘golden email rules’..!
Corbett Barr has fast become one of my closest buddies online. There’s a few reasons for this… Firstly, he is a super-nice guy with a genuine friendly, helpful demeanor. Secondly, he is a very, VERY smart entrepreneur that came from a corporate background, like myself (so we have plenty in common!), and lastly because he [...]
Here’s the deal… I’ve experimented a lot on this blog. Written posts, audio / podcast posts, I’ve shot videos from all over the world and posted articles from more cities than I can remember! And I’ve had a blast doing it all. However, the is one very important, very BIG change on the horizon for the VBL Blog…
Over the course of the VBL’s lifespan, we’ve enjoyed steady growth. However, its been the last 4-6 months that has been awesome! The fact is, however, that a lot of people that have ‘found’ the blog in that time frame probably haven’t even looked through the archives. So, with todays post, you have no excuses…!
I start the day and if I’m in the zone I milk it for everything it’s got. If it’s one of those days where small things are going wrong and I struggle to get in the zone I’ll read a book, watch the latest launch video, grab a coffee and try again in an hour or two. As an entrepreneur I believe I have to be flexible…
Today we start our 3-part series on how to create a kick-ass free eBook which you can use to help build your brand and promote your blog. We begin with taking a look at Creating the Concept of your eBook, the time-honored question of ‘Quality, or Quantity’ and how important the Design and Layout of your eBook is to the reader…
David Risley is a rare breed in the internet marketing / pro-blogging world. Knowledgable, friendly, doesn’t act like a know-it-all and is an all around nice guy who has had lots of success online, and has been a full-time, 6-figure blogger for the last 6 years, making his entire living online, mostly through membership sites…
Over the last six weeks, I have seen an incredible boost to the sales numbers over at Virtual Staff Finder. Since we launched the service back in September this year, we’ve done good, steady business – but, since the beginning of the year we’ve experienced roughly a 30% increase in sign-up’s. This has done two things…
Hiring your first VA can be somewhat of a nightmare. For those of you who have done it, you know what I’m talking about. Your VA isn’t responding to your emails. The work they’re doing is less than desirable. And you just can’t figure out why it’s so hard for them to understand how to get things done for your business…
Entrepreneurs are a strange breed. We rarely like to let go. Normally we are the king of our own kingdoms because we are excellent at what we do. However, I have a massive reality check for you all… And it’s gonna hurt a little..!
Everybody wants the 4-Hour Workweek dream of being able to make money whilst they sleep or travel around the world. Myself included, if the truth be told. But, lets face it – its pretty hard to do. The fact is, however, it used to be a hell of a lot harder than it is today, [...]
Part of the Virtual Business Lifestyle revolves around entrepreneurship and passive income streams. Video blogging is hot stuff right now – it seems that almost every blogger online today is at least flirting with it in some way. There are several that are utilizing it exclusively, like today’s special guest and good friend, Tyrone Shum. [...]
Location: Home Office – Reading Time: 5mins If you’re already a subscriber of the Virtual Business Lifestyle blog (this happens automatically when you download my free eBook) you would have already received a couple of emails in relation to my new Virtual Assistant match-making service, Virtual Staff Finder, as we did a ‘soft’ launch last Thursday. In [...]
Location: Home Office – Reading Time: 5mins Number of Days in the Office: 17, Total Number of Employees: 208 Happy Friday to each and every one of you! Wow. What a month… These monthly reports are always the posts that I enjoy putting together the most. What I do is jot down notes in my [...]
Location: Home Office – Reading / Viewing Time: All-in, 30mins! First up, apologies for the relative silence last week. The only post that went live here on the blog last week was my excellent interview with “The Rise to the Top” founder and host, David Siteman Garland. So, this week I want to try and [...]
Location: Home Office – Reading / Viewing Time: 7mins In February this year I spent almost the entire month in the US, with my wife, traveling through San Francisco, Miami, LA and New York. On a trip like this we experienced quite a bit, as you can imagine. However, it was one particular experience that [...]
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