Need A VA – Explains Why You Need a Website

When you are a business or service you will need a branded website that promotes your business or service across all social media platforms so people instantly identify you.

What typically happens is that people will research you and you perhaps have done the same thing when you have researched for a holiday destination or something that you are thinking about purchasing you would do a few things:

– Google the company
– Search for reviews real clients that have been to that resort or used that service
– Social media to find out what they are saying online
– Go to the website

You may have yourself done a few or all of the above things to satisfy your thirst to know more before investing anything.

When it comes to your website you have around 6-9 seconds to gain a new customer or someone that wants to subscribe to your site so its really important that your website is:

– Has branding that represents your product or service
– Easy to navigate the things that the customer is looking for
– Able to educate giving product knowledge
– Mobile responsive

A website visitor will go to your website and start clicking links that they are interested in or scroll down the page until they see your “call to action” that means that the owner asks them to click on the button to buy the service, download a free video, report or ebook or perhaps the call to action is up the top of the page where you add your name and email address to subscribe to a newsletter for instance.

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViOTGuS4OJk&feature=youtu.be

So many people get it wrong – here is why:

My tale of woe is when I started online some 10 years ago and was keen to get a website up not knowing anything about the functionality of a website or how to have a converting website. The designer made it look pretty though – well I thought so at the time and kept on adding to my wish list of things that I wanted on the site and in the end I spent close to $9,000 which is way too much and the website was like a lame duck and did not convert at all. To this day its never been used for the purpose I had it built it for and was an expensive lesson that I learnt.

You see the web designer had the talent to build a site and to make it look nice but was not trained for how people and especially Google see the site when they both visit.

We are different at Need a VA and we get it RIGHT!

We have had our work displayed on Huffpost, BON BON Network (TV show in NY) and used by hundreds of various businesses and services each  design different and eye catching.

As we have a highly experienced website and graphic design team we ensure that we get it right from the start and we do a mock up of how the lay out of the site will look when completed.

Also….

– We look at a heat map of where people look once they are on the site
– Google analytics will be installed to show you how people are finding your site and what words that they are typing in Google to find your business.
– We use beautiful themes to give your site functionality that you need to keep the site updated
– The designers conceptualise and take on board your ideas and they produce beautiful graphics, logos and ebook covers to make your site stand out from your competitors
– Mobile responsive

If you are looking for a website that ticks all of the boxes and you want to talk to us more about your vision and goals for your site simply fill in the details on the short form below and lets have a discussion. Click the link here to fill out the form http://www.needava.com/website-project-intake-form/

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Discovers 9 Queen Termites

A1 Pest Control Canberra Discovers 9 Queen Termites!
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Today we sent the team out to Kambah for a termite inspection on a tree that was cut down last year and the stump had been decorated with gnomes.

We found the colony and in the royal chamber there were 9 Queen Termites. This will mean after the chase out we will be doing a barrier around the house to protect the home from the termites.

While the inspection was taking place the woman next door is also wanting a termite inspection. A lot of our days lately are on termites and advising courses of action to take.

FACTS ABOUT TERMITES.

1) there is only 1 Queen termite who’s main purpose is to lay up to approx 30,000 eggs per day! The other 8 we found today are to ensure the colony lives on should something happen to the Queen.

2) a Queen & King will only fly once and that is to find a place to start a new colony and then will shed their wings and never fly again.

3) a Queen termite can live up to 50 years of age in her lifetime lay 165 million eggs. The worker termites only live around a year but are easily replaced by the Queen.

4) worker termites are there to feed the Queen and find food sources for themselves.

5) The only way to successfully kill a termite colony is by killing the queen. She never leaves her chambers you have to find a way of getting to her.

Killing all the workers is not enough as she can quickly replace them.

Call Bob TODAY for all your pest needs 0407 065 413

Source: advanced termite inspections canberra

Are You Using Outsourcing In Your Business? No…Then Your Missing Out…

Outsourcing is one of the quickest ways to leverage your business in a world that is extremely competitive and if outsourcing is not on your to do list for 2017 I can tell you now that your competitors are definitely using outsource services to grow their businesses through streamlining processes and automation.

For example below are some of the services Need a VA provide.

• Outsource your client work to us. Many of our clients train the virtual assistant in doing their work in the way they want it done – this enables them to take on more clients and make more money as outsourcing is approximately a third of the cost of hiring a new staff member.
• Social Media to get their business seen and build a relationship with potential clients.
• Lead generation using different strategies that talk directly your customer. This year alone using a Linkedin strategy we were able to get one of our clients $35K of extra work for his service industry…can you imagine what that did for his business!
• Bookkeeping have our talented staff that use ANY popular soft you have to prepare your book work and do the wages for your staff saving you thousands of dollars. We currently work with big US based companies with 200-400 employees on their books that we prepare their weekly wages.
• Funnels if you are not using a funnel to build your lists of targeted people to market to time and time again you are leaving money on the table. We have Facebook and Google ad experts on our staff to split test your ads to get you leads.
• Local Business SEO using this method to bring more clients through your door.
• Customer service to help retain customers that you have. Its cheaper to maintain a customer you already have rather than attract new ones. Are you running webinars? What is your follow up after its over – we can help with that or personally introduce your new customer to groups.
• We can confirm appointments, book leads in your diary for you to speak with.
• Day to day admin tasks, data entry or compliment the skills you don’t have in your office without the expense of hiring new staff.
• e-Commerce teams such as Amazon, Shopify and e-bay all trained to do the tasks you would normally need to do yourself.
• Branding through beautiful websites, graphics, logo’s, book covers etc. You have exactly 6 seconds for your customer to decide if they want to stay on your site it MUST be easy to navigate, load quickly, well laid out so your customer can find what they are after. The branding needs to be consistent from website through to social media people need to readily connect the brand with your business.

I really hope that you can see the vision for your company in using outsourcing as the way forward to leverage your business.

Need a VA has many talented and tested virtual assistants just waiting to help you. How do you use our services? Its easy as 1-2-3 let me explain.

1. Let’s talk to find out how we can help your business
2. Select pre-paid hours according to your budget to use on the work you want us to do.
3. Introduce you to your project manager who will note your tasks and manage the work with your virtual assistants then report back to you every day.

Want to know more click here or email info@needava.com

Source: needava Virtual Assistant

This is the season… for European wasps and bed bugs

It’s that time of year again.

The sun is shining and the weather is warming, and if you haven’t seen them already, it won’t be long before you’re swatting flies, running from wasps, screaming at cockroaches and spiders, and hearing the familiar scratching of possums (or mice) in the roof.

Husband and wife team Jenny Jordan and Bob Waters, who have run A1 Pest Control Canberra for the past five years, understand what it’s like. They’ve seen every creepy crawly in the book, and their phones ring off the hook in the spring and summer months.

“At this time of year you’ll want to be on the lookout for mice, cockroaches and European wasps,” says Jenny. “European wasps are a growing concern in Canberra. They build their nests underground or in trees, at the entrances to houses and even inside walls. And when they sting you, they don’t die. They go back and tell the nest they’re under attack and then come after you. They’ve evolved, so traditional methods of hitting them with boiling water or a can of bug spray doesn’t really help. Off-the-shelf just isn’t strong enough. Stay right away and call a licensed pest control specialist.”

Another pest to be wary of this season is bed bugs. Jenny warns that when you head out on holidays or stay in a hotel, bed bugs can ride on your luggage all the way home and then infest your house.

“Once they’re inside your house,” she says, “they’re really hard to get rid of. They hide in the cracks of walls, in the ceiling, on curtains and in your mattress. They anaesthetise the area where they will bite, so you don’t feel them biting you. The only way you might know they are there is the tell-tale spots of blood on the sheets or raised bites on your body. Eradicating them requires more than treating one room – they just move to another room. You have to treat the whole house.”

Bed bugs and European wasps are just two types of creepy crawlies that Jenny and Bob have been treating for years.

They started A1 Pest Control Canberra together after Bob, an ex-security guard, had a terrible motorbike accident in 2009. He came into contact with a car and spent six months in hospital recovering. Once back at home, unable to return to his security job and sick of watching Days of Our Lives, Bob took stock of his life and decided to embark on a new challenge.

Jenny’s brother, a successful pest control expert for over 35 years, suggested that Jenny and Bob could do very well with a pest control business in Canberra. He was right, and after beginning the accreditation process and registering A1 Pest Control Canberra, Jenny (who has a marketing background) was already fielding new client calls.

“I attribute much of our fast-tracked success to the insights we were able to glean from my brother. He had amazing tips and tricks to share that essentially helped us become fantastic pest controllers in a very short amount of time.”

Bob is now fully accredited, licensed and insured, and has come to love the pest control business. “There is never a dull moment,” he says. “Every property is different, and clients are often astounded by what I find lurking in the walls, under the house and in the roof cavities. It’s always very diverse, and I love helping people feel comfortable and safe in their own homes. I guess that stems from my background in security.”

Their clients include a long list of happy (pest free) home owners, new home buyers, renters, property investors, builders, real estate agents, schools and government agencies.

Jenny and Bob pride themselves on using family, pet and environmentally friendly chemicals, and have recently introduced thermal imaging technology to help with their initial pest investigations.

“Thermal imaging is amazing,” says Jenny. “It basically allows us to see through the whole house with the click of a button. Traditionally you would walk through the house and look for signs of infestation, tap walls and rely on your senses and experience. Now we have science to confirm everything.

Thermal imaging allows us to detect the body heat, movement and moisture of pests like termites anywhere in the house. And while we’re at it we often pick up issues with plumbing or maintenance and alert the owner. It’s very efficient.”

The company is now fully accredited for thermal imaging, and is also an approved Termidor treatment provider.

If you’re keen to have someone look behind the walls and in the ceiling of your home, or you need termite inspections, termite barriers, or European wasps, mice, cockroaches, ants, bed bugs or any other creepy crawly taken care of, call A1 Pest Control Canberra.

You can contact Bob on 0407 065 413 or visit A1 Pest Control Canberra.

7 Hot Tips for Summer Pests in Canberra

Cover up: Wear shoes and gloves while gardening. Funnelweb, red back and white tail spiders love tunneling in dirt.

Seal food: Cockroaches vomit and excrete into unsealed food in pantries, which once eaten can make you very sick.

Keep it clean: Rats, mice and cockroaches love open food. Try not to leave dishes out overnight or food crumbs on the floor. They’ll smell it and find any way to get in.

Cut grass: Fleas love long grass. Keep grass short to avoid infestations in the house.

Prune trees: Possums and rats climb from tree branches onto roofs. Keep trees cut back.

Rake fruit: Fallen fruit from fruit trees is enticing for pests. Rake it up regularly.

Get regular inspections: Did you know most home insurance policies don’t cover termite damage? Avoid tens of thousands in possible damages by making sure these pests aren’t silently ruining your home.

Source: A1 Pest Control Canberra

Drink Heaps of Water on Cruise For Singles

Without sounding like an old fuddy duddy you really need to look at the fluids that you are taking in when you are on your cruise. And no the mudslide cocktail and or the beer are not going to hydrate you one bit.

When its holiday time you will be doing strange things one of things I found strange is that you would start by sitting in the sun listening to the music and then thinking if its too early to have a cocktail or 2.

You would not have this problem if you were still working but now you are relaxed and you think why not, or you may have gone away in a group and the group are all started to drink and you think what the hell – when in Rome do what the Romans do.

Ok the day is hot the wind in your hair and you think I am going for another. Well you could but you will start to feel the effects of the next glass differently and definitely more quickly.

It’s a combination of letting your hair down, influence of the group or what the hell attitude that you now have. What maybe suggested is that you do one alcoholic drink one glass of water. Or better still keep the alcohol for the evening when you have not got the sun beating down on you.

Keep an eye on the drinks too never leave the drink unattended nor be careful of those that are all too eager to buy you free drinks. Keep to your rule or really my real for a better time, no headache in the am by alternate your alcohol drinking with a mock tail (fruit based drink) or a good ol water.

Never let your cruise card out of your sight as sometimes accidents do happen and you could find yourself paying for another persons rounds of drinks without knowing it.

Many ships have the option of viewing your account on the TV in your cabin I got into the habit of checking the account every night and if something is not on there even coffee is dehydrating you! Not trying to be a killjoy but talking through experience of where I had to go to my cabin to my cabin for a little lay down and it was only 2pm!

Hope these tips have helped you or at least made you aware of what the hot sun will do to you when accompanied with alcoholic drinks. Also you will not faint when you get your account at the end of cruise!

Source: Single Ladies

TERMITE TREATMENTS–DON’T PAY TOO MUCH

Termite Treatments – Don’t Pay Too Much
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As a business of course we will charge you for our services but there is a BIG difference to paying for one of our services and paying through the nose.

Only last week we called out to quote on a termite barrier and another pest company do a quote on bait stations before I tell you the cost I need for you to know the difference between the two treatments.

BAIT STATIONS Vs TERMITE BARRIERS

BAIT STATIONS
Bait stations is when the pest control manager places the barriers in the ground with wood in the barriers to attract the termites and then check the barriers every 12 weeks to see if there are any termites that have been attracted to the stations.

TERMITE BARRIERS
Termite Barriers are when we dig a trench and dig 200 mm out from the footings and 70mm wide x 100mm deep if there are concrete paths we drill holes 12mm holes 200 apart and then add Termidor.
This protects the whole property and we give 8 years 2 million assurance against termites coming back in that time which I think gives anyone peace of mind.

Back to my story, Bob attended a property in Ainslie a suburb of Canberra and found live termites in both the fence line and they had built mud tracks into the home eating away at a new bathroom and we prepared a report that had our plan of treating the termites and laying down the barrier.

The homeowner was given our quotation and he nearly fell over as our quote was $6,000 less than the quote for given for the bait stations! That is a huge difference in the cost, needless to say we got the job.

*It is in our opinion that bait stations that we have seen that are installed are rarely get checked leaving your property unprotected and giving you a false sense of security as you can see the bait stations, whereas the termite barriers is more cost effective using quality chemicals and giving the property owner 8 year 2 million dollar assurance gives the home owner peace of mind and is a more cost effective method in dealing with termites.

Source: Termite Treatments

How to Conquer Online Distractions at Work

This might surprise you, but even multi-millionaire businessmen have struggled with distractions at work. For example, the worst time-suckers were Facebook, Skype and email.

We know how tempting it is to check your messages, browse through your friends’ photos and catch up on email notifications while you’re really supposed to be doing something else. The problem is, however, it’s not just a few minutes you lose; it might be 15 minutes in an hour and if you compute it, it totals to several hours in the week.

Believe me; once you let yourself waste time with distractions, you’ll never put into effect the kind of growth you want to achieve in your small business.

Here’s How to Deal with Distractions Online

You have to go right to the source of your distractions and cut yourself off. For example, you can have your Facebook password changed by your assistant so you can’t even get in unless you ask her specifically for the new code. I don’t think that anyone wants to admit to their assistant that they desperately need to access Facebook 20 minutes after changing the password. Now, thanks to that unusual solution, you might find that you don’t log in as much anymore.

The next problem was Skype. Usually, staff members are connected to their various departments and teams via Skype so you can imagine how many times it beeps all day long. Fighting the urge to follow each conversation and issue is just about impossible. So, what you can do is to start turning Skype off.

Wasting Time Won’t Get You Anywhere

A stunning 89 percent of employees surveyed by Salary.com in 2014 admitted to wasting time at work. At 62 percent, the majority of time wasters lose 30 minutes to an hour each day, while 2 percent say they waste 5 hours or more! Of course, so much can be achieved in 5 hours.

If you’re serious about setting up your own small business and creating financial freedom for yourself, time wastage like that will lead you into debt really quickly. All of us need to take some time for ourselves just to browse the internet and check our social networks.

Here’s a suggestion: Take 30 minutes a day for social media and other non-work-related online browsing. You can even spread it out over the course of the day if you like. Thirty minutes is a good solid chunk of time that feels satisfying yet doesn’t heavily harm your schedule.

Manage Your Time Effectively So You Have Time to Waste

Nobody’s asking you to work 12 hours a day—or at least rationally, he or she shouldn’t be. You should make a business plan and tackle important tasks each day and your business should be in good shape. Time management is a huge part of entrepreneurial success, so if you have a scattered schedule, think it’s about time to get organized.

Getting distracted just doesn’t cut it during a workday. It is better to put off signing into Gmail or checking Skype (or asking your assistant for your Facebook password) until you have finished the main tasks of the day. Then, rest assured you can do whatever you want.

Jackson Brown, Jr. said, “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”

If you let your online distractions get to you throughout the day, they’ll just be massive time suckers—and you’re the one who’s going to end up paying for it.

Source: Online Distractions