Author name: Kristy Smith

Kristy Smith is the energetic Founder, Director & Driver of Virtual Elves, a business that helps you feel in control, well educated and understanding of how to work with a Virtual Assistant, among other things! She loves the water, is a mean cook and loves being social! Connect with Kristy on Facebook

Google Launches New Robot.txt Testing Tool, Drops Google+ Real Name Policy

In a bid to make its services friendlier to both businesses and ordinary users, Google has rolled out several changes to some of its platforms. First, let’s take a look at what the tech giant has in store for marketers, as well as website and online business owners. Just recently, Google announced that it has […]

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CTR of Paid Google Ads Goes Up After Removal of Authorship Photos

Just recently, Google shocked the online marketing and SEO community after it announced that it will remove authorship photos and circle counts from search engine result pages or SERPS. The announcement was met with mixed reactions. While others, including Google, believed that the removal of authorship photos will help streamline search results and make them

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Performance Support – Do You Support Your Performers? – Part 1

Ever wondered ‘How can we improve our performance’, ‘I wish we could boast best practice’ or ‘How can we scale up our operations with quality’? Of course you have, and chances are; this article can help you….. Whether for yourself, your new employee or a virtual assistant, performance support tools must not be neglected. Performance

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Run your business better—by giving up!

If you feel like you’re at capacity, constantly making the same decisions, troubleshooting, fire-fighting and just too hands-on to take a break, chances are you need to give up. Not the business—though I often have clients come to me just about ready to throw in the towel—but all the day-to-day tasks that aren’t really management

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How to Get More Interaction with Your Google+ Followers

Although not many marketers prefer Google+ as the marketing platform of their choice, Google’s social media platform is still a powerful tool that can help your business gain more online visibility and better brand awareness. As a matter of fact, it helps with SEO and can improve your search rankings. This is one of the

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