There are a variety of ways companies market themselves to customers. Having your company’s name on your truck, placing yard signs at job sites, promoting your website, having a social media presence and word-of-mouth referrals are all effective forms of marketing.

So when a company is busy, do they take the name off of their truck? No, and other forms of marketing should continue as well. Even if you are busy now, maintaining an effective presence and top-of-mind awareness with consumers is key to you continuing to be busy later.

Companies are hiring contractors for everything from photographers, social media managers consultants and even virtual assistants. When working with freelance professionals, realize they are business owners too. The relationship you have with a contractor needs to be mutually beneficial. Keep these considerations in mind and watch as both sides flourish and succeed!

As we come upon the Memorial Day holiday weekend, we decided to loosen up and let you get to know us! Check out some fun facts about the owner of Crew Business Solutions, Bonny, below!

How you engage with your clients leaves a lasting impression of your company on your consumers.

If you leave questions, messages, or comments unattended, clients will feel ignored or unimportant. Most social media platforms also consider engagement in their algorithms. Unanswered comments will affect the ranking of your account and your organic growth.

Not only is responding to engagement on your page important but engaging with other accounts is just as important for your business’s ranking and organic growth.

Social media networks are not intended to be used for marketing. But, marketing does have its place on social media as well. You just have to keep the reason people log on in mind. Social media is the place to really connect with your potential clients. Social media posts don’t necessarily have to sell something.

Do you need some hashtag help? Hashtags are user-generated keywords preceded by the # symbol. This is a type of metadata used by social networks to allow content to be cataloged and searched by other users.

Happy New Year! We can’t wait to see what’s in store for 2021! This is a great time to reset, revamp and readjust. Have a positive mindset, set goals and crush them! Putting goals down on paper helps to make them real and holds you accountable to achieve your goals. Check out some of the goals for Crew Business Solutions!

Crew Business Solutions tries to find the silver linings and positive aspects of everything. We definitely could write multiple posts about the negative things that occurred in 2020 but instead, we are choosing to focus on the positive! Like Spotify and many other apps, we’ve decided to do a year in review. So here’s a recap of the evolution and timeline of 2020 through the eyes of Crew Business Solutions.

Opening a Facebook page for your business only makes sense when there are so many users (potential clients) and it is FREE. There is no reason to not further legitimize your business, increase your company’s name presence on the internet and take advantage of word of mouth advertising.

Is your business on social media? If you are not, you are missing out on a HUGE opportunity. Having a presence on social media holds many benefits for your business.

Social media is a free source of advertising. It costs nothing to open a page for your business on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Pinterest. These social networks are a great way to promote your business and are fairly easy to set up.

Getting creative doesn’t have to mean reinventing the wheel. It may just mean readjusting what you are already doing or pivoting your business. In times like today, we need to be flexible and creative. Using new strategies to pivot your business can take your company to the next level of success.

However you plan to pivot your business, planning is the key to success. Make sure your infrastructure is prepared and you’ve clearly communicated your new strategies and goals to employees and consumers. Hiring a virtual assistant (VA) or online business manager (OBM) can help support your infrastructure and re-branding efforts.

Do you have the entrepreneurial itch? Starting a business of your own can be so exciting but quickly turn to pure frustration when trying to make your business legitimate. Here are some tips and tricks I learned from starting two companies.

Shopping at or using the services of small, local businesses has many benefits. There are many reasons to support local businesses not only on Small Business Saturday, but every day of the year.

It is hard to put ideas into words on paper, or online. Whether it’s in an email or blog or a social media post, getting your ideas written out is not always easy. And it can be time consuming. Consistency is a big part of writing too. This is a great reason to use a virtual assistant to handle your writing tasks.

Networking in its simplest form is building relationships. Wikipedia defines “Networking” as: a socioeconomic business activity by which business people and entrepreneurs meet to form business relationships and to recognize, create, or act upon business opportunities, share information and seek potential partners for ventures.

Having an extensive network of business partners makes completing business tasks easier and more efficient. Established relationships provide many perks and benefits.

Some believe the word “outsource” has a negative cogitation. But, what it really boils down to is whether you have the time or money to complete a task. This is true in our personal and professional lives. We could all paint our houses, but a professional can probably do it better and more efficiently. Hiring an independent contractor to support your small business can help you run more efficiently.

No matter if you are a baker, landscaper, restaurant owner, or HVAC technician, you are more than likely working with a full plate. Your day-to-day operations, ordering supplies, paying bills, supervising employees, managing customers and selling your products and services can take up the majority of your time.

This is where a virtual assistant (VA) or online business manager (OBM) can help support your efforts.

If you do nothing else, cheer on a small business owner. It is challenging to own your own company. Entrepreneurs face multi-tasking various aspects of their business, self-doubt and financial stress. A simple encouraging word can mean as much as a sale to a small business owner.

Supporting small businesses allows for the local economy to thrive. Small business purchases not only support the business but the owner and their family too. Support your local, small businesses today!

Crew Business Solutions is happy to support small businesses by helping them succeed with virtual assistant (VA), online business management (OBM) and in person services.

I never thought I’d be a VA. I’m not sure what I wanted to be when I grew up…and I still don’t.

But I like being a VA because:

“Sales Funnel” has become a very popular buzz word on various platforms. Sales organizations, marketing agencies and the internet in general have made the term seem like a new concept. The sales funnel idea can be simplified into three words you are very familiar with: Know, Like, Invite.

If you are interested working on your small business’ sales funnel, Crew Business Solutions can help. We can also support your small business with virtual assistant (VA), online business management (OBM) and in person services.