If you’re part of a large and busy team or just started your own business as an entrepreneur or co-founder, you know that there are a lot of things that keep you busy during the day. Sometimes, the things that keep you busy are the very same things keep you away from your work. These tasks can easily handled by someone else, giving you back your time, your energy, and your creativity to work on bigger (and probably more important) projects. If you work at a corporation, you may or may not have an assistant already, but even if you do, it’s likely that you share the assistant or that he/she doesn’t have any marketing experience. With the increasing importance of having a digital presence and existing in an online work environment, a VA with social media/marketing experience is key. Here are four ways that a detail-oriented virtual assistant can help you reach your goals (and lower your stress levels!)…

Branding your offline experience is important, so why not make branding your online experience a priority too? It is important that you take advantage of the updating your social media pages with the right timeline cover sizes to capitalize on your already captive audience of fans and the new universe of potential customers who might find you via search.

In order to prevent the misinterpretation of special characters such as a space, bracket (< and >), or % in the URL (which stands for Uniform Resource Locator – it is the address you see in your browser’s address bar indicating the location of the website you are visiting), browsers parse certain special characters using escape characters. This explains why when you click on a link such as: domain.com/page one.htm you see it parsed in the address bar as example.com/page%20one.htm. In this case the %20 is the escape character for the space…

Shoeboxed.com is one of our favorite B2B apps of all-time and we were thrilled to recently have the opportunity to chat with the founder, Taylor Mingos about his company, small business trends and more. He even offers a tip to help you out on next year’s taxes…

Freelancing offers individuals an opportunity to define their own schedules while pursuing projects of their choosing. From writing to mobile app design work, more and more companies are looking to hire out creative work to individuals online. Elance and oDesk are two major players when it comes to connecting companies with freelance writers, designers, marketers, and much more. If you can do something, and do something well, there is a good chance someone is looking for you to step in and tackle projects both large and small. Elance and oDesk provide a marketplace for individuals to showcase their talents, and companies to mine talent pools for the right fit for the job they have. We reviewed both companies and have detailed our findings, offering you our insights on everything from getting paid to finding the right niche for your freelance work…

In today’s super-competitive business world, you have to work harder than ever to stand out. There are tons of other companies who provide the same services you do. So to get more customers, you have to find a way to shine brighter than the competition. The less you look and sound like everyone else, the more you’ll be seen and heard. You have to stand out to be outstanding. (Note: our NEW logo was designed by Stephen Lockwood – easy to work with and super talented and strategic) The right graphic designer can help. But how?…

For most people the term “bitcoin” conjures up images of microchips and nameless programmers in front of glowing computer screens. While those assumptions aren’t entirely wrong, it turns out that the bitcoin is much more complicated than that. The story of this six-year-old Internet-based currency’s origin sounds like it belongs in a spy movie. Bitcoin has the potential to transform the way we use money forever…

In March 2015, I had the opportunity to attend the “Movistar Digital Media Summit” held in Lima, Peru. This chance to listen and learn from the people who work on the most popular social media platforms today (Facebook, Twitter & Google Plus) provided a wealth of knowledge that I would like to share with you. Whether you are a social media expert, business manager or a content marketer, I hope you find these key takeaways from the conference beneficial for the growth of your business, and in particular, your social marketing and strategic efforts…

Apple stock is at an all-time high, iPads and iPhone 4’s are flying off the shelves. In fact, there were way more iPhone 4 orders than Apple (or AT&T) were prepared for. This should bode well for Apple, right? Yes, as long as the iPhone 4 works as intended. During testing done by various industry professionals and reviewers, the iPhone 4 came out with glowing praise. But now that it’s in the hand of millions of users, the verdict is not all that Steve Jobs might have hoped for…

The 24th annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2013 (WWDC) held in San Francisco, California, is now completely underway after the keynote address at the Moscone Center announcing a large amount of new technologies from the computer company Apple, Inc. Tickets to the conference sold out in just 71 seconds. The conference runs from June 10-14, 2013…

Apple has made the news quite a lot lately with rumors surrounding the conditions of the factories producing their products. We want to take a look at the response from petitioners who are demanding that Apple address these concerns to produce an ethical iPhone…

Electronic faxing (e-faxing) has come a long way since it began several years ago. The services tend to be more efficient now, less costly, a wider variety of file formats are supported and more area codes are available…

Our VoIP comparison table is a companion resource to our Best VoIP services article. Find out how each VoIP provider ranks, their costs (for both residential and business plans), contract details, features, technical specs, as well as mobile app and customer service options…

Use this Snique Away Invitation Link to gain access to Snique Away. Snique Away is the “Rue La La of travel”. Huge discounts on 4 and 5 star luxury resorts world wide, but you need to act fast. This is an invitation only service that we are extending to our members for a limited time…

If you watch MTV’s The City, you probably saw the episode where they start selling Whitney Eve’s clothing line on Rue La La. It’s basically a site, similar to the “quickly growing in popularity” site Groupon, that lets users buy a product in the fashion/home industries for private sale prices…