November 2008

Dear Client,  Welcome to INNOVATE!, an administrative resource for small business owners. INNOVATE! is a product of Cybertary, a professional Virtual Assisting company. In these monthly emails we will be giving you numerous resources and tips you can use in your business, your home, your office and your life! Happy November!  Let us start by extending a hefty THANK YOU for subscribing to Cybertary's e-newsletter and for being one of our valued readers. In this issue of INNOVATE!, and in honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday we want to talk about the importance of showing gratitude.  A good "thank you" note goes a long way in any business. If you don't have time to give the appropriate kudos and thanks to the business associates and friends that make your world go 'round, "Let Cybertary Give Thanks to Your Clients!" And with the holidays upon us, it also "Tis the Season to Be, uh, Busy!" We'll tell you how to give yourself more time this holiday season by outsourcing some of your holiday chores. And finally, we show our gratitude to Google for making another free tool that can help you find out what people want from your business. Read more about it in "An Introduction to Google Trends." We hope our time-saving tips each month can provide you the precious hours you need for the people and activities that make you most thankful. That's what we're all about here at Cybertary. Enjoy!

Let Cybertary Give Thanks to Your Clients!

The "thank you" note is probably the most critical yet most overlooked client appreciation tool out there. How many times have you had a wonderfully productive meeting with a potential client and forgotten to simply say "thank you" or "please keep me in mind"? Well, why not let Cybertary handle the "thank you" notes, so you can stick to giving potential clients the kind of business they can be thankful for? Let Cybertary ensure that your potential clients and other important business connections feel appreciated and valued. Cybertary can purchase, prepare and mail personalized, handwritten "thank you" notes, as well as any other special event cards, to the critical people in your business life.  Let Cybertary work for you today!

Use Top Search Engine Trends to Grow Your Business

An Introduction to Google Trends Half the battle of running a business is figuring out what potential customers want. Google Trends can provide you a pretty good idea, and there is a lot that a small business can do with this kind of information.  Google is one of the top search engines of our time, and that means Google knows a heck of a lot about what the world is searching for on the Internet. Now with Google Trends, it's easy and F*R*E*E to follow search engine trends, which can turn into great information for growing your business. The Google Trends tool is used to follow the popularity of specific search terms across different cities, countries, and languages. The Trends tool collects data back to 2004, and provides up-to-the-minute search string trends to the present date. Here are a few practical ways you can use Google Trends for your business...

'Tis the Season to Be, uh, Busy?!!

Let Cybertary Send Out Your Holiday Greetings We know you're busy, and we hate to be the bearer of this stress-inducing news; however, we thought you should know that the holidays are upon us, once again. So how are those holiday cards coming along? This holiday season, enlist the help of Cybertary to manage and send your holiday greetings. Cybertary can order, address and mail holiday or Christmas cards to all your business contacts and friends. Cybertary is ready to help with lots of holiday tasks for you - have gifts ordered, wrapped, and shipped and more!