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Digital Nomad Paradise Cities

Digital nomads, or those employees who use technology to work remotely, find it important to live in cities that offer the amenities they need to complete their work. Here, The Virtual Consulting Firm shares some of the top U.S. cities for nomad entrepreneurs.

Asheville, North Carolina

Rent in Asheville can be expensive, but the cost of living is 4% lower than the national average. Check the internet for rental properties, including mountain cabins, Arts and Crafts bungalows, historic homes, or rooms for rent, most of which carry internet speeds of over 50 Mbps.

Asheville is home to several co-working spaces with 24/7 access to your workspace and amenities such as high-speed internet, printers, conference rooms, and complimentary refreshments. In addition, there are several cafes and coffee houses where you can access Wi-Fi while you enjoy a cup of coffee or a snack.

Tempe, Arizona

Tempe is one of the best cities in which to live in Arizona and is well-known as a digital nomad hotspot. Tempe residents enjoy great weather, exciting nightlife, and fun outdoor activities. When seeking a Tempe rental property, it’s essential to find something you can afford. A search on Rent.com allows you to set parameters, such as cost, pet-friendliness, number of bathrooms and bedrooms, to help narrow your options.

Tempe is home to several internet cafes with free Wi-Fi, and if gaming is your thing, the Level Up Gaming LAN center is popular among locals. In addition, several co-working spaces in the city offer dedicated desks, hotdesks, and private and virtual office options. Some locations offer the use of amenities that may include meeting rooms, printers, copiers, recording equipment, and projectors in addition to lounge and outdoor terrace areas.

Charleston, South Carolina

Historic Charleston is home to many co-working spaces with amenities such as conference rooms, printers, copiers, and fast Wi-Fi. Some locations have picnic areas and benches for outside work on nice days. Others sell coffee, alcoholic beverages, and pastries.

Charleston’s cost of living is higher than the national average, but you can offset this by taking advantage of all Charleston has to offer in the off-season during the fall and winter months. Travel & Leisure has named Charleston the top city in America for nine years. Charleston is known for its architecture, and for those who enjoy the beach, world-class dining, great shopping, and exciting nightlife, it may be the perfect spot.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is known for its casinos, but residents also enjoy world-class restaurants, museums, performing arts centers, and nearby state parks. Las Vegas’ cost of living is higher than the national average, but the city has so much to offer that it’s a digital nomad favorite location. Order a relocation guide, check the internet, and speak with local realtors to find rental properties.

Las Vegas co-working spaces have the standard amenities, but a few unique locations offer 3-D printing, showers with luxury bath products, mailbox services, interview rooms, fitness centers, phone answering services, and female-only sites.

Relocation for Digital Nomads

With so much information on the internet, it’s not difficult for digital nomads to find the perfect work location. Many websites are devoted primarily to helping nomads relocate and connect with others who work remotely. The four cities listed above are excellent choices for those living the digital nomad lifestyle.

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This article was written by a guest writer, Lance Cody-Valdez, Free-lance-now.com

Lance Cody-Valdez decided it was time to invest in himself. He quit his job the following day and used his meager savings to stay afloat as he built a career as a freelance writer and content marketer. He created free-lance-now.com to help others use freelancing to escape the 9 to 5 daily grind.

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Branding Practices to Give You the Edge

Your brand says everything about your business. It can instill confidence in your customers, distinguish you from your competitors, and allow buyers to understand what you offer. Get it just right and you’ll soon be converting a casual customer into a regular buyer. The Virtual Consulting Firm presents some tips below that can help you get started.

What is Branding?

Branding helps you create a strong and positive perception of your business, your products, and your services in the minds of consumers. It combines such elements as logos, designs, and mission statements to help your company differentiate itself from its competitors.

Branding and Its Effect on the Consumer

Branding helps build a loyal customer base to ensure ongoing sales. It achieves this by shaping a person’s perception of familiarity and attraction. A good, solid brand helps build trust between a business and consumers.

Marketing Practices to Reach Your Target Audience

One of the most critical aspects of your marketing strategy is understanding your brand’s target audience, vital to boosting sales. Ways to identify your target audience include:

• Collecting data from existing customers. Using Google Analytics lets you gather the demographic details of your audience when they visit your website.
• Learn from your competitors. Use the information from your rivals to help tweak your audience, allowing you to be more specific and giving you an edge.
• Using social media analytics. Using the business setting on social media allows you to gather information about your social media audience, such as the age groups and locations of those who follow your account most.

Communicating with Your Design Team

Unless you’re an accomplished graphic designer or web designer, you’ll need to hire professionals to help bring your ideas to life. When communicating with your team of designers, you can compress your JPG images to make them easier to email. However, simply compressing a JPG file will often result in a loss of image quality, so instead, use a JPG-to-PDF converter to transform your images into PDFs to preserve their quality. In addition, you’ll also be able to convert multiple JPG files into a single PDF, saving you the hassle of sending numerous emails.

Signs You Need to Refresh Your Brand

Watch for signs that you need to rethink your branding strategies before your income is affected. Does your brand differentiate itself from competitors? If not, you may need to make alterations.

Also, design trends change very quickly. The fonts, colors, and shapes that seemed cool when you first started may look outdated in today’s ever-changing market. In these instances, you may just need a cosmetic change, such as reshaping your logo and updating your brand voice so it fits with modern tastes.

Back to School

You can sharpen your business skills and develop interpersonal skills vital to running a business by earning a business degree. Going back to school doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice other obligations or give up your job. Online degree programs make studying easy while tending to other commitments. When searching for an online school, ensure they are accredited and offer a competitive rate.

The Edge

Every industry is crowded with competitors. To stand out, you need a brand that distinguishes you from your rivals, builds trust, and inspires confidence. Once you have that, you have the edge.

The Virtual Consulting Firm can help you market, manage, and grow your business. Get in touch with us today for a free quote.

This article was written by a guest writer, Karyn Winrich.

[Consulting while traveling] may pose some unique challenges for which given the appropriate preparations in advance may help you to be able to most efficiently and effectively [Consult while Traveling], wherever your travels may take you.

In the [Virtual Consulting] [Travel Consulting Tips] series of videos, we will compile, test and share with you Tips for efficiently and effectively conducting your [Virtual Consulting] business while traveling.

In this “How To Prepare for Consulting while Traveling” [Travel Consulting Tips] video, which you may view below and/or on our Virtual Consulting YouTube Channel at: https://youtu.be/S-ke00WzwBo , we will share with you a number of [Lessons Learned] , Tips and Techniques on [How To Prepare for Consulting] in advance of your travels, so that you may most efficiently and effectively [Consult while Traveling], wherever your travels may take you.

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[Consulting while traveling] may pose some unique challenges for which given the appropriate preparations in advance may help you to be able to most efficiently and effectively [Consult while Traveling], wherever your travels may take you.

In the [Virtual Consulting] [Travel Consulting Tips] series of videos, we will compile, test and share with you Tips for successfully Consulting while traveling.

In this “How To Prepare for Consulting while Traveling” [Travel Consulting Tips] video we will share with you a number of [Lessons Learned] , Tips and Techniques on [How To Prepare for Consulting] in advance of your travels, so that you may most efficiently and effectively [Consult while Traveling], wherever your travels may take you.

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[Virtual Consulting] while traveling, and/or when you find yourself in an environment with limited internet connectivity and/or bandwidth, may pose some unique challenges for efficiently and effectively conducting your [Virtual Consulting] business.

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[Virtual Consulting] while traveling, and/or when you find yourself in an environment with limited internet connectivity and/or bandwidth, may pose some unique challenges for efficiently and effectively conducting your [Virtual Consulting] business.

In the [Virtual Consulting] [Travel Consulting Tips] series of videos, we will compile, test and share with you Tips for efficiently and effectively conducting your [Virtual Consulting] business while traveling.

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How to Hire Effective Business Consultants

Businesses hire consultants when they need industry insights, specialized skills, a second opinion, or objective input on business operations and strategy. Yet for some business owners, the idea of paying top dollar for consulting is a hard pill to swallow. There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about business consultants — that they tell you what you already know or that consultants are only for big corporations, not small businesses.

In reality, consultants deliver a lot of value to businesses big and small. However, businesses often fail to utilize consultants effectively and end up dissatisfied with the results. This happens when businesses hire the wrong type of consultant, don’t have a clear understanding of business needs, or choose a consultant based on price alone.

Before hiring a business consultant

Maximizing the value of business consulting requires a clear understanding of:

• The problem the business is facing.
• The needs of key stakeholders.
• What success looks like.
• The qualities of an effective consultant.
• The skills or experience required to address the problem.
• Your budget for consulting services.

A common mistake businesses make is starting at the last step and working their way up. You’ll hire a better consultant for your business if you start with what you hope to accomplish and then determine how best to get there.

Types of business consultants

Businesses have a lot of options to choose from when hiring a consultant. These are the most in-demand types of consultants for companies to hire.

IT consultants

IT consultants help companies maintain and repair systems, improve technological efficiency, and implement new technologies. An increasing number of small businesses are investing in cybersecurity consultants to protect against data breaches and ransomware attacks.

Marketing consultants

Marketing consultants include experts in branding, inbound and outbound marketing, social media, web design, and more. While large companies contract with full-service marketing agencies, smaller businesses tend to hire for targeted projects like using a local SEO consultant to improve visibility in local search results and direct customers to a brick-and-mortar location.

HR consultants

An HR consultant is a cost-effective solution for businesses operating with a limited HR department. HR consultants assist with recruitment, compliance, training, and human resource planning. Human resources consultants also help companies create policies and set strategy.

Management consultants

Management consultants help business owners and executives with high-level decisions surrounding operations, finance, and strategic growth. Management consultants usually specialize in a specific industry or niche such as tech, manufacturing, or agribusiness. Businesses can choose from independent consultants, small consulting firms, or large management consulting firms.

Where to hire a virtual consultant

The Virtual Consulting Firm offers a wide variety of quality virtual consulting services for businesses including advertising and marketing, management, information technology, human resources, project management, and more. Business owners can easily request a free quote online. Just describe your project, deliverables, and deadlines and you’ll receive an estimate for virtual consulting services.

Freelance marketplaces are another popular option for finding business consultants and specialists. Marketplaces like Upwork provide access to professionals around the globe at a variety of price points to accommodate all budgets. However, the abundance of options makes it especially important to screen freelancers for talent quality, delivery time, and reputation.

How to measure consultant ROI

Measuring the value that a consultant delivers is one of the most challenging aspects of working with business consultants. Key performance indicators tend to focus on financial metrics but the benefits of consultants are often intangible.

Intangible KPIs include things like business process efficiency, customer experience, brand reputation, talent pool, and competitive intelligence. While these metrics are harder to measure, it’s not impossible.

To effectively measure intangible KPIs businesses need software solutions that gather and process data on key business processes. Core software solutions for businesses include enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), project management, and human resource management (HRM) platforms.

Running a business is a complex undertaking. There are a variety of occasions when business owners benefit from additional expertise and an outside perspective. However, hiring a consultant won’t pay off without a clear understanding of business needs and deliverables. Before investing in business consulting services, know what you hope to gain and how your choice of consultant will help you get there.

Are you ready to hire a consultant for your business? The Virtual Consulting Firm is available for all of your business consulting needs. Learn more about services at The Virtual Consulting Firm and request a free quote online.

This article was written by a guest writer, Adam Evans.

Adam Evans has worked in a variety of educational roles, from substitution to full-time teaching to administration positions. Currently a full-time private tutor, he likes to spend his free time exploring museums and natural wonders of the West Coast with his wife and their sons.

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Why the Name of Your Business Matters

In business, your name does matter from both a business standpoint and for your marketing strategy. It’s like meeting someone for the first time and processing that all-important first impression — your company’s name is the equivalent of that first impression. It should also make a statement about your brand, both in what you provide and your personality. Would you feel confident if your local emergency clinic was called “In ‘N Out Express?”

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What do you do and how you do it

Your business name is the start of building your brand, which is what makes you distinct from competitors and defines your business personality. Consider “Toys R Us,” for example — it clearly defines what it sells, and the colors and styles they use are childlike, fun, and distinctive or memorable.

However, not every business is so lucky as to have its products or services so clearly defined. Someone may set up a business that later provides multiple business lines or services. For example, you may set up a business selling lawn and garden items, and then later branch out to sell all-natural products and essential oils. There’s a loose connection, but the same name wouldn’t make sense. In this case, it may make more sense to have a legal business name and then create a fictitious name — or a DBA (“doing business as”) — for a specific and separate business line. You can select a DBA that clearly defines what it is you do or sell.

You want to also create a distinct logo for your business. Adobe Spark is a free logo design tool you can use to create ideas and try them out. As you go along, try out several different ideas to shape and create a logo that stands out and makes you unique.

Your other marketing consideration is your online presence. Can you find and reserve a domain name that exactly (or even just closely) reflects your business name? If not, your customers or clients may have a hard time finding you, and it offers up some marketing challenges. You can attempt to buy your desired domain name from whoever owns it, but once someone knows they have something you want, they are in a position to name an asking price. You may be better off selecting a name that will work with currently available domain names.

Legal nuts and bolts

You will also want to select a name that is distinct from other business names, especially if they are in the same type of business as you are. This not only gives you a competitive edge by making it easy for your customers and clients to find and identify you, but it allows you to trademark your name and logo for additional protection.

This is the part that can get tricky, as trademarking involves following both state and federal laws. You can search for existing trademarks through the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as register your own. But before doing so, you have to follow your state regulations that oversee business naming. Such regulations could include prohibiting certain words, such as those that imply any affiliation with a government agency. You may also need to select a distinct name from another business incorporated and operating in that state — how distinct will vary by state.

If the name fits. . .

Naming a business can be like naming your child. Your business is, after all, an entity of your creation and one that is at least a partial reflection of you. You will want to do it justice from an operations standpoint, and that starts with a name.

Learn how virtual consultants can help you run your business more efficiently without having to hire personnel on the ground. Also, you can become a virtual consultant to help spread your reach.

This article was written by a guest writer, Christopher Haymon.

Christopher Haymon has learned the value of saving and budgeting the hard way. He created Adulting Digest to help others who need help navigating the world of adult finances.

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Five Steps to Becoming a Digital Nomad

While the pandemic has introduced many challenges, it has also inspired innovation. Around the world, businesses started working remotely in response to lockdown. Even though the economy has started to stabilize, many businesses continue to encourage remote work.

The future of remote work appears to be a permanent adjustment, and this has a direct impact on the business landscape. Another development has been the rise in the number of digital nomads. If you’re a budding entrepreneur with the desire to start your own business and work remotely, then now is the time. In order to enjoy the many benefits of the lifestyle, proper preparation is needed. Here are five basic steps to start working as a digital nomad, brought to you by The Virtual Consulting Firm.

Identify Your Working Role

Many businesses allow their employees to work remotely. Normally, this means working at home or at coffee shops, but within the same city. In some instances, employees are able to travel to further-flung areas. Another way to support yourself as a digital nomad is to start your own freelance business. Forming a limited liability company (LLC) offers several benefits for freelancers. Some benefits include the following:

• Tax advantages such as pass-through deduction
• Limit personal liability
• Less paperwork and admin
• Flexible structure for profit sharing and management

Each state demands its own regulations and legal requirements. Hiring the help of a formation service such as ZenBusiness ensures that all requirements are met, without having to pay hefty lawyer fees.

Make the Necessary Preparations

Working remotely demands a shift in how business is conducted. There are certain steps needed to ensure that you have everything that you require for a productive working environment — whether you’re working at home or 500 miles away.

Some preparations to consider include:

• Digital nomad gear such as laptops, chargers, and power banks
• All necessary documentation for travel
• Lifestyle adjustments and how to adapt
• Availability of a productive workplace

Improve Skills for Remote Work

Working remotely removes the opportunity for water cooler conversations and in-person contact. When preparing to be a digital nomad, it’s important to take stock of your existing capabilities and which skills need to be refined. Certain skills are needed to find success while working remotely. Some areas to focus on include computer literacy, using technological tools, communication efforts, and self-discipline.

Reduce Unnecessary Costs and Items

Saving costs is an important step in setting yourself up for remote work. In many ways, working as a digital nomad demands a minimalist lifestyle.

There are several ways to reduce unnecessary costs and declutter your lifestyle. The following tips can help you save costs and improve profit, as well as help to move from one location to another without much effort.

• Sell non-essential items
• Rent belongings and assets for extra income while on the road
• Streamline your wardrobe and gear

Adapt Your Budget for Travel

While you may not be paying for office space or commute, you will incur travel costs. Working as a digital nomad demands that your budget is adjusted and updated. Certain costs to consider include airfare, reducing costs on accommodation, and paying for visas.

When registering your business as an LLC, you have the added benefit of putting those costs through the business account.

Working remotely as a digital nomad offers increased flexibility, inspiration, and productivity. A little bit of effort can go a long way in streamlining the process and enjoying the benefits.

This article was written by a guest writer, Lance Cody-Valdez, Free-lance-now.com

Lance Cody-Valdez decided it was time to invest in himself. He quit his job the following day and used his meager savings to stay afloat as he built a career as a freelance writer and content marketer. He created free-lance-now.com to help others use freelancing to escape the 9 to 5 daily grind.

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Are you an established e-Retailer whom would like some additional assistance in marketing, managing and/or Growing Your eCommerce / e-Retail Business(es)?

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Choosing employee assessments can be complicated these days. The competition is immense with hundreds of options available today. However, there are a few tips to follow that will help your organization decide on the most appropriate assessment.
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You need Fresh Content on your web sites to keep Your Customers and Visitors coming back, and to rank high in the Search Engines too!, you know?!
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Are you aware of the Hot New Wave of Social Networking going on right now?!

Are you aware of All of the Benefits You may realize from and how You may Make Money for Your Business(es) from this Hot New Wave of Social Networking?
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Would You like some Help Retaining All of Your Best Employees and getting the Most Productivity out of All of Your Employees to Help Your Business Succeed?
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What do we mean anyway by Virtual Consulting?

What is a Virtual Consultant?

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What is a Virtual Consulting Firm?

Well, why don’t we work together herein to formulate good definitions of
“Virtual Consulting”, “Virtual Consultants” and “Virtual Consulting Firms”, ok?
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