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18. March 2009

DVVAA Hosting New Televent Series Featuring Cristina Favreau (Mar 25), Erin Blaskie (Apr 7)

The Delaware Valley Virtual Assistants Association is hosting a new teleclass and webinar series, open to all VAs, Coaches, Consultants and Entrepreneurs. Upcoming events include: March 25: Regaining Your Marketing Momentum with Cristina Favreau Wednesday, March 25, 2009 from 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM (Eastern) Cristina will share 3 underused marketing momentum strategies that could generate an additional 30 [...]

17. March 2009

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Mar 25th- Free Teleseminar: How To Become A Full Practice Virtual Assistant

EAtoVA’s Sydni Craig-Hart is hosting a free teleseminar on March 25th, focused on assisting VAs to become “full practice” VAs. Sydni will be hosting the call along with Wil Hart, co-Founder of Craig Hart Consulting and Certified Book Yourself Solid Marketing Coach. The call will focus on Sydni’s new coaching program, “The Full Practice Virtual [...]

26. January 2009

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(Press Release) The Academy for Legal Virtual Assistance Announces its Spring Launch

[UPDATE]: There’s a FAQ Call about the Academy for Legal Virtual Assistance scheduled for Thursday, Jan 29th at 3:00pm. Please RSVP to Dana at academy4lva@gmail.com to join the call. A recording will be available after the call for anyone that can’t make it for the live call. They should just send me an email requesting [...]

20. January 2009

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Blog of the Week: Collette Schultz Chronicles Her Business Startup

Collette Schultz is owner of Virtual Dream Office Services, a virtual assistance service based in New Lisbon, Wisconsin. Collette recently launched her new blogsite, chronicling her startup while detailing her services and alliances. She also has a CertifiedVP Professional Certification and is a member of the Wisconsin Virtual Assistant Network. Virtual Dream Office Services offers bookkeeping [...]

20. January 2009

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Kathy Zengolewicz Awarded VANetworking’s VAccolade

Kathy Zengolewicz, of The Virtual Independent Contractor, is the honoree of VANetworking’s VAccolade Business Entrepreneur Award. Kathy Zengolewicz is Owner of The Virtual Independent Contractor is a Shopping Cart Certified Strategist and a Learning Management Solutions Certified Strategist. She assists other VAs with a variety of support services. Visit The Virtual Independent Contractor website for more [...]

15. January 2009

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Registration Opens Today for VA Classroom’s Social Media Marketing Specialist Program

VA Classroom, an acclaimed training site for internet marketing and social media VAs, is opening registration for their much anticipated Social Media Marketing Specialist Training Program. This program is self-directed and focused entirely on using social media networks, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc. to accomplish marketing goals for clients. The demand for these skills is huge [...]

15. January 2009

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AssistU Nominated for Shorty Award in Two Categories (Twitter)

If you’re a Twitterer, you no doubt have heard of The Shorty Awards, given to the best producers of short content in 2008 (140 characters or less), on Twitter. There are only five nominees in each category, and Stacy Brice’s AssistU is nominated in both the Education and Brand categories. Voting is open to all [...]

11. January 2009

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RemoteProfessionals.com Revises Membership Rates

Remote Professionals is significantly reducing their annual membership rates for the duration of the economic downturn. The new annual rates, which went into effect on January 9th, are $75 for new and renewed Full Memberships and $35 for Startup Memberships. There will be a flat fee of $10 for all events for both Full and [...]

10. January 2009

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GoToAssist Express Beta Ending - Discount Offer

GoToAssist Express, the new remote tech support service for small organizations and sole proprietors, is ending its free beta program in February. GoToAssist Express is a secure access product that allows VAs to connect to their clients’ computers to perform tech support or maintenance tasks. Check out the list of features (from GoToAssist Express): One-Click Session Start: [...]

6. January 2009

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VANetworking 1/7 E-Seminar: CNN Called: How to Set Up Your Coaching Business So the Media Contacts You

VANetworking’s latest e-seminar is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan 7 - the topic is CNN Called: How to Set Up Your Coaching Business So the Media Contacts You. The guest expert is Suzanne Falter-Barns, a best selling self-help author, former journalist and marketing consultant. Suzanne will be sharing her tips for getting the media to call you [...]

6. January 2009

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Time Boxing for Virtual Assistants - A Guide by Nora Rubinoff

Here’s a great productivity tip for any virtual assistant or GTD fan: Time Boxing. Nora Rubinoff of At Your Service Cincinnati, Ltd. recently posted this guide to scheduling your client work and your productivity/Getting Things Done reviews in your calendar. An excerpt: Instead of working at a task until it is completed, you time box the [...]

6. January 2009

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(Press Release) New DVVAA Board Members Ready to Rock in 2009

January 6, 2009 - Philadelphia, PA – The Delaware Valley Virtual Assistants Association (www.dvvaa.org) is pleased to announce its new Board of Directors for 2009. DVVAA bids farewell to 2008 Board President, Carla Wilson, owner of Wilson Virtual Assistants and welcomes Mary Motz, Owner of ProVirtual Solutions, as its new President for 2009. Wilson commented, “The [...]

5. January 2009

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Retainer vs. Hourly Billing: A Guide for Virtual Assistants and Freelancers

ClientSpot, a hosted project collaboration and time tracking site, today posted a timely article about pricing structures for freelancers and VAs. The article focuses on pros and cons of hourly vs. retainers, and mentions some interesting but less obvious possible outcomes of each approach: Depending on your situation you will most likely use a combination of [...]

5. January 2009

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Cindy Opong Awarded VAccolade by VANetworking

Cindy Opong of Creative Assistants is this week’s recipient of VANetworking’s VAccolade Business Entrepreneur Award. Cindy is owner of Creative Assistants and is President-Elect of International Virtual Assistants Association (IVAA). Creative Assistants offers social networking management, marketing support, data analysis, bookkeeping and payroll support, CRM services and more. Congrats Cindy!

4. January 2009

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VACOC Teleseminar: On Track Vision Boarding - Jan 15

The VACOC is hosting their first teleseminar of 2009 on Thursday, January 15th. The featured guest expert is Cari Vollmer, the Passion into Profit mentor and founder of LifeOnTrack.com, who will be presenting her famous vision boarding formula for success. From the description: Determined to make 2009 your [...]

31. December 2008

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Five Inspirational New Year Blog Posts

Now that there’s only a few hours left in 2008, check out these 5 inspirational new year blog posts - they are sure to provide motivation and food for thought for your 2009 fresh start… enjoy! AFFORMATIONS: Better Than Affirmations? Part I [Change Your Thoughts] New Year’s Resolution: Four tips for writing your personal commandments [The Happiness Project] Are you [...]

26. December 2008

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VA Newsday in 2009 - Your News Stories Needed!

VA Newsday - it’s all about VAs… stories about virtual assistants, virtual assistance and our web work lifestyle. While we rarely have difficulty in finding stories to post here, we would love to hear from you. All submitted stories will include a direct link to your original story. So what’s a good candidate for a VA [...]

23. December 2008

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(Wired) Diary of a Self-Help Dropout: Flirting With the 4-Hour Workweek

Fun article about one freelancer’s experiments in productivity systems… Diary of a Self-Help Dropout: Flirting With the 4-Hour Workweek.

22. December 2008

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Online Event: Time Management for the New Year with Julie Morgenstern - Jan. 13

Hay House Radio is hosting an online event with organizational guru Julie Morgenstern entitled Time Management for the New Year on January 13 at 7:00 pm ET. Julie Morgenstern is the New York Times bestselling author of several time management books, including the productivity classic Never Check E-Mail In the Morning: And Other Unexpected Strategies [...]

21. December 2008

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Year-End Productivity Planning: Must-Read Blog List

There’s something about the end of the year that inspires us to reevaluate our own work habits and decide whether they are helping or hindering us. The advent of the new year and the desire for a fresh start (along with the usually-slower holiday week pace) makes it a natural time to clean out our [...]

20. December 2008

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Sydni Craig-Hart Helps Executive Assistants Transition to Virtual Assistance

Sydni Craig-Hart, co-founder of Craig Hart Consulting, LLC, recently launched EA to VA (Executive Assistant to Virtual Assistant) - a site dedicated to helping corporate executive assistants transition to entrepreneurial virtual assistants. The site is packed with great information for emerging VAs. Sydni draws on her extensive experience as a successful VA (nominated for 2008 AssistU [...]

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