Christmas is, without a doubt, one of the busiest times a year for most small business owners.

The Tax Return deadline is right around the corner, higher volumes of sales and enquiries are coming through and you have to buy Christmas gifts for your staff (to name but a few)!

It's easy to find yourself completely stressed with all of the extra work that you need to take care of and worried that you won't actually get to take a break at all this holiday.

I've put together this guide to show you just how your virtual assistant can help you enjoy yourself this Christmas.

In last weeks article I explained why it's important to monitor your online reputation and in this article, I'm going to show you how you can do this using two of my favourite, free to use tools; Google Alerts and Hootsuite.