About Diotima

Having owned and operated a successful bookstore for 7 years, I know the needs and concerns of a small business person. Along with all the administrative work involved in running a store, I did all my own marketing, creating flyers, newsletters, press releases, brochures etc.. My marketing efforts were highly successful. The store was featured in newspapers, TV and radio on a regular basis.

I held a large variety of classes, workshops and seminars at the store, booking both local and nationally-known authors and teachers, and handling all the promotions myself. I developed and maintained a customer mailing list of over 3000 names, and sent out my newsletter 4 times a year.

After selling my store, I worked for 3 years as the assistant to the Publisher of Smithsonian magazine. I also wrote and produced the in-house newsletter for the magazine. I had a short article published in Smithsonian, which you can read by clicking here.

I am a graduate of the AssistU training program for VA's (www.assistu.com).

I live near Asheville, NC.