Since the birth of my latest venture DanaWallert.com, I’ve been very neglectful of my eldest child, this blog! Instead of writing an apology, making excuses, etc. I thought it I would just highlight the latest posts of some of you all who have been so kind in keeping an eye out for Virtual […]
Author Archives: Dana Wallert
Another Day, Another Blog
September 17, 2007 – 9:38 pm
I am pleased to announce the birth of my newest blog DanaWallert.com My focus on the new blog is to have a place to bring together DW Office Solutions and DW Web Solutions and also have a place to blog about blogging and social media.
I fully plan to continue my virtual assistant and small business […]
The Blog That Is Changing My Life…hopefully!
September 11, 2007 – 10:03 pm
I have recently been a little StumbleUpon-obsessed (feel free to ad me as a friend!). I have found some really great stuff. But without question, one of my most valuable finds was the Positivity Blog written by Henrik Edberg.
His stated purpose for blogging is helping you:
Creating new and […]
How Many Words Is A Picture Really Worth?
September 10, 2007 – 10:14 pm
I’ve been asked quite a few times over the last few months by clients and fellow entrepreneurs whether or not I think they should have their picture displayed on their websites.
This is something I’ve gone back and forth on for my own websites. I think I am definitely leaning toward getting a professional shot […]
The Most Powerful Phrase in Business
September 5, 2007 – 10:10 pm
As a small business owner and entrepreneur, I have literally 100’s of conversations with clients and potential clients a week. So many in fact, that I’ve found I can typically anticipate almost every question or inquiry that is coming next. However, there are those times when a prospect or a customer throws something […]
Sandpress Theme and the best Theme Author Ever!
September 4, 2007 – 12:20 pm
As some of you may have noticed, I changed up the theme in the last month…actually, twice. I’ve now settled on the new Sandpress Theme by Arpit Jacob. I’m still working on doing a few little customization things just to make my blog, my blog, but I am so happy with the look and feel […]
Are Work At Home Moms (and Dads) Human?
September 2, 2007 – 11:56 pm
Being in a home based industry, I run into quite a few WAHMs and WAHDs in my everyday blogging and networking. And I’ve been thinking about them a lot lately. I’m serious are these people human? I think not.
Running my businesses, marketing those businesses through blogging and other means and actually doing the work that […]
Blogging Resources List
September 2, 2007 – 3:23 pm
One reason to NOT become an entrepreneur? Labor Day Weekend means nothing to me anymore!
Anyway, I just finished compiling a list of over 60 different resources for new bloggers over at my web design blog. I know the list is probably incomplete, but I wanted to start by putting those that I use on a […]
Interesting Small Business Numbers
August 25, 2007 – 10:09 am
I ran across a post over at the Entrepreneurial Mind announcing the release of updated small business statistics by the SBA.
While all of the stats given are interesting, a couple that hit close to home and thus particularly caught my attention:
Small businesses are 52 percent home-based and 2 percent franchises.
Of the 23 million nonfarm businesses […]
Building Small Business Street Cred
August 20, 2007 – 3:00 pm
I’ve just finished my latest article Building Street Cred for Your Small Business. I’ve been wanting to turn my Road Less Traveled approach into a series of articles and this is the first one that Ive completed!
If you’ve read many of my articles, you’ve noticed that I like to use relevant quotes as a […]