At LongerDays, we realize that part of hiring a virtual assistant is rooted in convenience. We do our best to keep a client’s time obligations to a minimum, and bug them as little as possible. However, it is inevitable that we will (at times) need things from a client to complete a task they’ve delegated… Typically, we need more information. Whenever a LongerDays team member asks a client for clarification or additional...
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Should you book flights early or wait until the last minute? Is it cheaper to book flights on a certain day of the week? Is there a secret to finding the best flight prices, no matter where you want to go? To find the answer we turned to Rick Seaney, one of the country’s leading experts on airfare. Rick has given interviews and analysis to news organizations such as ABC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The...
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You’re a savvy business owner, right? You’re here reading, doing your homework and comparing the cost of a ten dollar-an-hour part-time employee, to a 30+ dollar-an-hour virtual assistant, it might seem that the employee is the obviously cheaper option. Well… Read on, and learn why hiring a LongerDays virtual assistant might be the savviest business decision you’ll ever make! Listed below are the...
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Most people haven’t even heard of the term “virtual assistant” and those of us who have still hold widely varied ideas about what a virtual assistant is, the level service a virtual assistant should provide, and the position they should hold within a company. Whenever I meet new people, it is always a challenge to explain to them what our company does. With most businesses you say “We’re...
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Last December Google released a URL shortener as part of Google Toolbar and Feedburner. Today, they gave it its own website: http://goo.gl A URL shortener is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: You enter in a long website address, and the shortener provides a shorter link. .gl is the country code top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet for Greenland In plain English, every country has it’s own URL...
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If you haven’t put any thought into how Google’s Instant Search will change SEO efforts, you may want to start now! Here are a five things from David Felfoldi that you might want to consider: 1. Brevity is the Soul of Wit: Search engine users now have a reason to reduce their attention time even further — instant results as you type. Keep your copy brief, to the point, and able to grab their attention. If a searcher can’t...
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