Holiday Client Gifts

Now that Thanksgiving is over the mad rush to the next holiday is upon us. Gift giving is on every ones mind, but don't forget your clients-both small and large. Client appreciation gifts can be as small or as large as you like ( or as your budget can allow). Simple boxes of holiday goodies or larger scale gift baskets show your clients appreciation and lets your clients know that their patronage is important to you, and helps cement your business relationship. The best client gift takes your client's personal interests into account, and impresses them with your thoughtfulness and sincerity. While giving client gifts at Christmas is popular, you'll find that recipients appreciate them any time of year.
If giving holiday gifts to all your clients is out of reach, an easy and inexpensive token of appreciation is to send a holiday card. This simple method of spreading cheer is a good way to 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.
If you do decide to give gifts to clients, you don't have to break the bank with expensive gifts, there are many reasonable items available online that can be shipped directly to the client. Visit this link for some great gift ideas for under $25! For potential new clients who are local, consider droping off a Holiday cup full of wrapped candy with your business card or some goodies from a local bakery. You can't go wrong with food, the whole office will be appreciative and will remember you!
Remember, the holidays are a busy for everyone, but don't use lack of time as an excuse to pass up this opportunity to show your clients gratitude for their business. We would love to help-we specialize in client gifts, we can research, order and ship them right to their door, we can also help with the holiday cards!
Happy Holidays!!

Managing Your Business Virtually

You may be considering using a virtual assistant, you know you need the help. But you may be asking yourself, how can a virtual assistant help me with the things I need when they are not actually on-site?
Obviously we have computers, faxes and phones but thankfully we also live in a time where there are many web based resources out there that allow users from all over to access email, calendars, files, databases and much much more! Most are easy-to-use, affordable small business solutions. Many have business tools include intranet software, business email service, document manager. The best thing is that most virtual assistants already are proficient with such programs and can start managing the workload right away (and can even teach you the basics and tricks)! Below are some programs that are useful, check them out!

Hyperoffice.com: Offers a simple solution for your email needs. From web-based email, email hosting to online address books, this program gives you a professional look by assigning email domain names of your choice to all your employees. An added bonus is they offer a 60 day free trial.

Smartoffice: This program offers contact database, online calendars as well as provides valuable reporting capabilities that drive better business decisions, and create a customer-centric environment that helps increase sales revenues.

Salesforce.com: This is a versatile web-based program that is popular for (CRM) customer relationship management. In addition to CRM, this offers a online calendar, customizable email options and several other customizable services. This program also offers a free trial.

GotVMail.com: Need a toll free number, calls forwarded to an assistant or a professional sounding voicemail system with mailboxes? GotVMail offers all this at a very reasonable monthly cost, starting at $9.99 with a 30 day money back guarantee.

These are just a few of the hundreds of programs available to make a virtual office 'appear real' and make running a business easy and inexpensive. Not sure what program you need? Just ask us and we can not only recommend one for your needs but set it up for you!