Thursday, August 23, 2007
Look Speak & Behave for Men and Women
Hot Moms Club congrats resident style and image expert, Jamie Yasko-Mangum for her two new books - Look, Speak & Behave For Men & Look, Speak & Behave For Women
Profiled by Home Office Weekly
Home Office Weekly has profiled Diana Ennen. Read the interview here, http://www.homeofficeweekly.com/HOW-Profiles/Diana-Ennen.html
Back-To-School Tips
Diana Ennen was quoted on the Kaboose website in an article on back-to-school. Read the article here, http://education.kaboose.com/education/back-to-school-sleep.html
Monday, June 04, 2007
Summertime Reading - Great Children's book
Summertime!! The kids are home and us moms are looking for ideas to keep them busy. We have a great solution. Zip, Burp and Hula is a delightful Children's book with an accompanying coloring book and paint by number book. If you order the book, we'll e-mail you the paint by numer book and/or coloring book FREE. Just e-mail me at diana@virtualwordpublishing.com -- Enjoy!! Diana Ennen
Here's some additional information on it, but I encourage you to stop by our site too!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Diana Ennen
(954) 971-4025 phone/fax
diana@virtualwordpublishing.com
www.virtualwordpublishing.com
A Children’s Book Delight – The Newly Released Zip, Burp and Hula
Margate, Florida (June, 2007) Have you been searching for a wholesome children’s book and coloring book that sparks the imagination, is fun to read, and works to develop reading and coloring skills? Well look no further. Kids of all ages will enjoy the newly published, Zip, Burp, and Hula. This book is a delightful 32-page educational tale that helps children understand that it is sometimes hard to be yourself; but with the help of a few wonderful friends, it can be done. This beautifully illustrated book is perfect for beginner readers at the 2nd grade level. The colorful pictures also make it the perfect bedtime story book.
But the magic doesn’t stop there, Zip, Burp and Hula comes with an accompanying Coloring Book and Paint by Number book that allows your children to get to know the characters even more by coloring along with the characters in the book.
The story takes place when the main character, a Chameleon, tries to discover who he truly is. He knows he’s a Chameleon, and Chameleons are supposed to change colors, but he doesn’t have a clue how to do it. That’s when he befriends a zippy dragonfly, a burping bullfrog, three dancing wasps, and a wise moth. The Chameleon looks to his loving friends and the adventures begin as together they search for the answers.
Author, Cindy Johnston, has written several children’s books. Johnston had two books selected in the top four finalists in the Heartland Writer’s Conference in 2000, with Zip, Burp, and Hula awarded second place.
Zip Burp and Hula, published by Virtual Word Publishing, http://www.virtualwordpublishing. Virtual Word Publishing also offers an excellent selection of children’s musical CDs by Grammy Winners Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, who among their many accomplishments were part of the White House Easter Egg Roll.
Kids today need more books with good inspirational messages and Christian values. Zip, Burp and Hula is just that book. Discounts are available for schools, churches, etc.
Our book is available at Amazon and Kids Books and More, www.kidsbooksandmore and the publishers website at Virtual Word Publishing, http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com. Also, look to our other selection of best selling books on our site.
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Here's some additional information on it, but I encourage you to stop by our site too!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Diana Ennen
(954) 971-4025 phone/fax
diana@virtualwordpublishing.com
www.virtualwordpublishing.com
A Children’s Book Delight – The Newly Released Zip, Burp and Hula
Margate, Florida (June, 2007) Have you been searching for a wholesome children’s book and coloring book that sparks the imagination, is fun to read, and works to develop reading and coloring skills? Well look no further. Kids of all ages will enjoy the newly published, Zip, Burp, and Hula. This book is a delightful 32-page educational tale that helps children understand that it is sometimes hard to be yourself; but with the help of a few wonderful friends, it can be done. This beautifully illustrated book is perfect for beginner readers at the 2nd grade level. The colorful pictures also make it the perfect bedtime story book.
But the magic doesn’t stop there, Zip, Burp and Hula comes with an accompanying Coloring Book and Paint by Number book that allows your children to get to know the characters even more by coloring along with the characters in the book.
The story takes place when the main character, a Chameleon, tries to discover who he truly is. He knows he’s a Chameleon, and Chameleons are supposed to change colors, but he doesn’t have a clue how to do it. That’s when he befriends a zippy dragonfly, a burping bullfrog, three dancing wasps, and a wise moth. The Chameleon looks to his loving friends and the adventures begin as together they search for the answers.
Author, Cindy Johnston, has written several children’s books. Johnston had two books selected in the top four finalists in the Heartland Writer’s Conference in 2000, with Zip, Burp, and Hula awarded second place.
Zip Burp and Hula, published by Virtual Word Publishing, http://www.virtualwordpublishing. Virtual Word Publishing also offers an excellent selection of children’s musical CDs by Grammy Winners Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, who among their many accomplishments were part of the White House Easter Egg Roll.
Kids today need more books with good inspirational messages and Christian values. Zip, Burp and Hula is just that book. Discounts are available for schools, churches, etc.
Our book is available at Amazon and Kids Books and More, www.kidsbooksandmore and the publishers website at Virtual Word Publishing, http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com. Also, look to our other selection of best selling books on our site.
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
Hurricane Season Begins
Hurricane Season started with a bang yesterday with Tropical Storm Barry. The first time in years that a named storm formed on the first day of the season. It's going to be a long season! We've already had tornado warnings and we've already lost our patio screen over our pool, and of pool is flooding, Bummer!! Even worst is it's going directly to my son in Gainesville. Double Bummer!
You need to be prepared. As many know I'm the author of the Home Office Recovery Plan. Disaster Preparedness for your home-based business. It is my best help when stressful situations like this happen. I'd be happy to send anyone a sample of this plan for emailing me at diana@virtualwordpublishing.com.
Also, here's some additional information you might find beneficial. Thanks ... Diana Ennen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Diana Ennen - (954) 971-4025
http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com
diana@virtualwordpublishing.com
Hurricane Season is Here and Already Paving a Destructive Course
Follow These Tips to Prepare Now and Save Your Home-based Business
Margate, Florida, The 2007 hurricane season began with a bang with Tropical Storm Barry. With the memories still vivid of last year’s four major hurricanes and many homes and businesses still not repaired, many are wondering what can we do to protect ourselves? How can we prepare? Fortunately, the answers are as close as a new book on Disaster Recovery, Home Office Recovery Plan: The Disaster Preparedness Guide for Your Home Business.
Home Office Recovery Plan: The Disaster Preparedness Guide for Your Home Business offers a complete resource guide on contingency planning with customized forms enabling you to write down all the vital information necessary to keep your business functioning in case of a disaster. It includes essential information that is often left out, but critical to safeguarding your business, including outlining your corporate structure, who your clients are, any subcontractors, web information and hosting, and personal details as well. You’ll be able to file insurance claims easily, learn ways to back-up your computer, have the information readily available and be able to have someone ready and able to come in and take over. This peace of mind is what you need this busy hurricane season.
Co-Author Diana Ennen, lives in Margate Florida and like many Floridians witnessed four hurricanes last year firsthand. Patty Gale had the unique experience of writing a contingency plan for clients in New York after 9-11. Both are successful home-based business owners. And both know how importance of this plan. Together they wrote this book on Disaster Recovery utilizing all their personal experience in an effort to prevent the alarming statistics that face home-based businesses. For example, did you know that 40 percent of all businesses hit by a natural disaster fail to reopen and 25 percent that reopen close within a year. This is according to the June 27th issue of the Sun Sentinel Newspaper in a column by Robyn Friedman.
You need to prepare and you need to prepare NOW, not only for hurricanes but also fires, earthquakes, floods, computer crashes, theft and anything else that could harm the survival of your small or home-based business.”
Here are some tips that Ennen recommends all businesses follow to ensure their safety:
Keep client contracts, wills, important papers, etc., in a safe location.
Document where all your important papers can be found.
Back-up all your files and keep a copy off site. Pay special attention to your client files. Check this back-up to make sure it’s working. Fed-Ex copy out of state if necessary.
Do an inventory of all your business property and take photos. Attach receipts to the inventory if available.
For additional disaster recovery tips and a free sample chapter of our book, stop by Virtual Word Publishing, www.virtualwordpublishing.com.
***************************
Media -- Diana Ennen is the author of several books on starting a virtual assistant business including Virtual Assistant the Series (http://www.VA-TheSeries.com). She’s the President of Virtual Word Publishing (http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com) is available for media interviews by contacting her at diana@virtualwordpublishing.com
You need to be prepared. As many know I'm the author of the Home Office Recovery Plan. Disaster Preparedness for your home-based business. It is my best help when stressful situations like this happen. I'd be happy to send anyone a sample of this plan for emailing me at diana@virtualwordpublishing.com.
Also, here's some additional information you might find beneficial. Thanks ... Diana Ennen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Diana Ennen - (954) 971-4025
http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com
diana@virtualwordpublishing.com
Hurricane Season is Here and Already Paving a Destructive Course
Follow These Tips to Prepare Now and Save Your Home-based Business
Margate, Florida, The 2007 hurricane season began with a bang with Tropical Storm Barry. With the memories still vivid of last year’s four major hurricanes and many homes and businesses still not repaired, many are wondering what can we do to protect ourselves? How can we prepare? Fortunately, the answers are as close as a new book on Disaster Recovery, Home Office Recovery Plan: The Disaster Preparedness Guide for Your Home Business.
Home Office Recovery Plan: The Disaster Preparedness Guide for Your Home Business offers a complete resource guide on contingency planning with customized forms enabling you to write down all the vital information necessary to keep your business functioning in case of a disaster. It includes essential information that is often left out, but critical to safeguarding your business, including outlining your corporate structure, who your clients are, any subcontractors, web information and hosting, and personal details as well. You’ll be able to file insurance claims easily, learn ways to back-up your computer, have the information readily available and be able to have someone ready and able to come in and take over. This peace of mind is what you need this busy hurricane season.
Co-Author Diana Ennen, lives in Margate Florida and like many Floridians witnessed four hurricanes last year firsthand. Patty Gale had the unique experience of writing a contingency plan for clients in New York after 9-11. Both are successful home-based business owners. And both know how importance of this plan. Together they wrote this book on Disaster Recovery utilizing all their personal experience in an effort to prevent the alarming statistics that face home-based businesses. For example, did you know that 40 percent of all businesses hit by a natural disaster fail to reopen and 25 percent that reopen close within a year. This is according to the June 27th issue of the Sun Sentinel Newspaper in a column by Robyn Friedman.
You need to prepare and you need to prepare NOW, not only for hurricanes but also fires, earthquakes, floods, computer crashes, theft and anything else that could harm the survival of your small or home-based business.”
Here are some tips that Ennen recommends all businesses follow to ensure their safety:
Keep client contracts, wills, important papers, etc., in a safe location.
Document where all your important papers can be found.
Back-up all your files and keep a copy off site. Pay special attention to your client files. Check this back-up to make sure it’s working. Fed-Ex copy out of state if necessary.
Do an inventory of all your business property and take photos. Attach receipts to the inventory if available.
For additional disaster recovery tips and a free sample chapter of our book, stop by Virtual Word Publishing, www.virtualwordpublishing.com.
***************************
Media -- Diana Ennen is the author of several books on starting a virtual assistant business including Virtual Assistant the Series (http://www.VA-TheSeries.com). She’s the President of Virtual Word Publishing (http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com) is available for media interviews by contacting her at diana@virtualwordpublishing.com
Friday, June 01, 2007
Surefire Ways to Pack a Punch With Your Ezines & Newsletters
Newsletters are such a vital part of a virtual assistant and small business' marketing ... I thought you would enjoy this article.
Newsletters, or ezines, can be extremely effective marketing tools for your business. They put your name in front of your potential clients, regular clients, and peers while showing your expertise and professionalism. They are an excellent means to both market and grow your business and also show your existing clients your creative abilities.
What’s an ezine? It’s short for electronic magazine. It’s those e-mail newsletters that you receive on a regular basis. If you are not sending one out now, seriously consider doing so. It can make a big difference in both your business and your bank account. For example, I know one life coach who sends out regular ezines. Lately she acknowledged that she started getting 30+ people signing up every day! When you think about that, 30+ new potential clients a day. Now doesn’t it make sense to utilize this as a regular part of your marketing?
Now the only drawback is to ensure your newsletter is worthy of being read. I subscribe to a lot of newsletters, but find I regularly only read a few upon their arrival. When I decided to create my own newsletter, one of the first things I did was to look at those newsletters I regularly read and determine what it was about them that made me want to read them. What sets them apart from the rest? One of the most important things I discovered was that they provided me with valuable information to help me in my business. They often provided information I didn’t already know. For example, some newsletters provide tips on search engine optimization, affiliate programs, or software shortcuts. Since I’m always looking to grow my business, this information is valuable to me. You normally have knowledge in a given field that others don’t, when preparing your newsletter, think about what expert knowledge you have or can obtain that would interest your targeted market. Now that’s what you want to add to your newsletter.
In writing your newsletter, keep the following points in mind:
Your Readers
Know your readers and what they want.
Ask your readers for feedback and how to improve.
Talk to your readers. Don’t just put information in your newsletter, think about that audience out there reading your newsletter. How do they feel after reading what you’ve prepared?
Your Writing Style
Use short, simple sentences; keeping paragraphs short.
Write clearly and avoid slang or profanity.
Use humor and keep a refreshing tone to your writing.
Keep your tone friendly, but also professional.
Have white space between the paragraphs.
Use small graphics whenever applicable.
Include your logo for business recognition.
Use bold or italics for emphasis, but don’t underline.
Use plain text. (12-14 point)
Headings
Entice the reader with your heading to ensure they read the article.
Headlines should be slightly larger than the other text.
Use bold or italics and a good font, but don’t use all caps.
Content of Newsletter
Content is king! Just like on your website, it’s vital to have your newsletter or ezine packed full of useful information.
Provide articles written by you and other experts.
Provide any new services or features you’ve added to your business.
Provide links of relevant press releases, articles, other sites, etc. This gives readers more information that they can review.
Provide case studies, facts not known, etc. Sign up for Google News so that you can get information your clients might not have seen.
Provide a collection of valuable small business tips, testimonials, etc.
Provide a personal message from you. Many enjoy hearing how you are doing and what’s new happening in their life and business.
Provide humorous quotations or jokes.
Contests / Polls / Freebies / Quizzes / Games!! Let the fun begin. Why not include something that makes the reader look forward to taking a break from their busy day to read your newsletter?
The Final Step -- Proofing
Make sure everything is 100% accurate with no typos.
Make sure you have permission for any copyrighted material.
Make sure if you have sources, you have credited them correctly.
Most ezines are “opt-in,” which means that everyone who receives it has actually registered to receive it—they want it already. Now the only thing you need to do is provide them great information that keeps them wanting it every month.
***********************
Diana Ennen, Author: Virtual Assistant the Series, Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA (co-author: Kelly Poelker - http://www.VA-theSeries.com), Words From Home: Start, Run and Profit from a Home-Based Word Processing Business (http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com) and the Home Office Recovery Plan (co-author: Patty Gale - http://homeofficerecoveryplan.com) -- Contact her at diana@virtualwordpublishing.com
Newsletters, or ezines, can be extremely effective marketing tools for your business. They put your name in front of your potential clients, regular clients, and peers while showing your expertise and professionalism. They are an excellent means to both market and grow your business and also show your existing clients your creative abilities.
What’s an ezine? It’s short for electronic magazine. It’s those e-mail newsletters that you receive on a regular basis. If you are not sending one out now, seriously consider doing so. It can make a big difference in both your business and your bank account. For example, I know one life coach who sends out regular ezines. Lately she acknowledged that she started getting 30+ people signing up every day! When you think about that, 30+ new potential clients a day. Now doesn’t it make sense to utilize this as a regular part of your marketing?
Now the only drawback is to ensure your newsletter is worthy of being read. I subscribe to a lot of newsletters, but find I regularly only read a few upon their arrival. When I decided to create my own newsletter, one of the first things I did was to look at those newsletters I regularly read and determine what it was about them that made me want to read them. What sets them apart from the rest? One of the most important things I discovered was that they provided me with valuable information to help me in my business. They often provided information I didn’t already know. For example, some newsletters provide tips on search engine optimization, affiliate programs, or software shortcuts. Since I’m always looking to grow my business, this information is valuable to me. You normally have knowledge in a given field that others don’t, when preparing your newsletter, think about what expert knowledge you have or can obtain that would interest your targeted market. Now that’s what you want to add to your newsletter.
In writing your newsletter, keep the following points in mind:
Your Readers
Know your readers and what they want.
Ask your readers for feedback and how to improve.
Talk to your readers. Don’t just put information in your newsletter, think about that audience out there reading your newsletter. How do they feel after reading what you’ve prepared?
Your Writing Style
Use short, simple sentences; keeping paragraphs short.
Write clearly and avoid slang or profanity.
Use humor and keep a refreshing tone to your writing.
Keep your tone friendly, but also professional.
Have white space between the paragraphs.
Use small graphics whenever applicable.
Include your logo for business recognition.
Use bold or italics for emphasis, but don’t underline.
Use plain text. (12-14 point)
Headings
Entice the reader with your heading to ensure they read the article.
Headlines should be slightly larger than the other text.
Use bold or italics and a good font, but don’t use all caps.
Content of Newsletter
Content is king! Just like on your website, it’s vital to have your newsletter or ezine packed full of useful information.
Provide articles written by you and other experts.
Provide any new services or features you’ve added to your business.
Provide links of relevant press releases, articles, other sites, etc. This gives readers more information that they can review.
Provide case studies, facts not known, etc. Sign up for Google News so that you can get information your clients might not have seen.
Provide a collection of valuable small business tips, testimonials, etc.
Provide a personal message from you. Many enjoy hearing how you are doing and what’s new happening in their life and business.
Provide humorous quotations or jokes.
Contests / Polls / Freebies / Quizzes / Games!! Let the fun begin. Why not include something that makes the reader look forward to taking a break from their busy day to read your newsletter?
The Final Step -- Proofing
Make sure everything is 100% accurate with no typos.
Make sure you have permission for any copyrighted material.
Make sure if you have sources, you have credited them correctly.
Most ezines are “opt-in,” which means that everyone who receives it has actually registered to receive it—they want it already. Now the only thing you need to do is provide them great information that keeps them wanting it every month.
***********************
Diana Ennen, Author: Virtual Assistant the Series, Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA (co-author: Kelly Poelker - http://www.VA-theSeries.com), Words From Home: Start, Run and Profit from a Home-Based Word Processing Business (http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com) and the Home Office Recovery Plan (co-author: Patty Gale - http://homeofficerecoveryplan.com) -- Contact her at diana@virtualwordpublishing.com
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