Recently my friend Grant Griffiths wrote a blog post at Blog For Profit about using “blog rolls” to promote your own blog. In his post, Grant addresses the effectiveness of blog rolls or blog lists.
I have to agree with him that these lists, usually born out of some kind of friendly recripocal agreement to exchange links between bloggers, are not the most effective way to create links back to your blog. When he posed the question on Twitter, I responded that I no longer use blog lists on any of …

If you’re reading this via feed, you might want to head on over to the actual website and check out the new look.
And while you’re there, be sure to stop by the AVA blog and sign up to get your free download of my report, “10 Reasons to Hire a VA”.
I’ve made quite a few changes to Advantage Virtual Assistant and I have even more in store.
I also have space available for new clients and new projects. We all know how busy and hectic things can get during the holiday …

Over the years, I’ve held various professional positions that involved implementing or managing some sort of planning system. I’ve had to design an entire organization system for a scatterbrained owner of a marketing firm. (No, I’m not insulting him. He proudly refers to himself as a scatterbrain and considers it a side effect of being a creative genius.) I’ve revamped an entire medical billing process after taking over a supervisory position from someone else. And I’ve worked for several attorneys who all have their own methods of functioning and staying …

This week I have the pleasure of hosting a regular feature of Home Office Warrior, “Tips and Hints” which runs every Friday and provides links to resources, articles and blog posts relating to working from home.
Links for this week:
DoWAHDiddy posted an interview by Mary with yours truly entitled “Do You Need a Virtual Assistant?” (Short answer? Yes, you do!)
And from Home Office Warrior’s own Grant Griffiths From Cubicle To Home Office - Essential Questions To Ask Yourself
From Elizabeth Pott Weinstein’s The Wealth Spa, “How to Delegate: Why Are You Doing …

In previous posts, I’ve mentioned marketing your blog as well as the statistics on how attorneys are using “Web 2.0″. But there are other ways, other than blogging, to market your practice or your firm online.
As an attorney, you have at least one area of law that you specialize in and may consider yourself an expert in that field. One method of using your expertise to reach potential clients and other attorneys is to host a webinar. As the phrase implies, a webinar is a seminar presented on the web. …

An article in the September 2008 issue of the ABA Journal reveals that only 8% of law firms and 2% of attorneys maintain a law blog.
Wow. That’s a lot lower than I would have expected, especially since this same survey shows that 96% of attorneys are doing their legal research online and over half of the solos who participated in the survey have websites.
Ironically, a vast majority of the attorneys responded that they receive their information from websites, newsletters and discussion lists. But who provides the information contained on those …

I recently read a discussion on a group for legal bloggers in which an attorney was asking for comments on his blog. I haven’t met a blogger yet who didn’t appreciate comments. We all have our own personal measures of validation whether its traffic stats, RSS subscribers or how many comments we receive.
But there’s more to it than just saying “Hey, I wrote some blog posts. Can you please go read them and leave me a comment?” Blog comments are like compliments. They have more meaning when they are sincere …

As part of the development of the National Association of Virtual Legal Assistants (www.navla.org), I’ve been reading some legal blogs, sometimes referred to as “blawgs”, and speaking with some attorneys to get a better idea of how attorneys feel about hiring VAs.
I decided to take a quick survey on the NAVLA website but I’d also like to share it here. It’s a very quick survey and it’s not limited to attorneys. I’d like to invite anyone to take a few moments to answer it.
And feel free to expand on any …