Katie Baird of LooseEnds posted an excellent article on her blog, Loosely Speaking, about current Virtual Assistant training options. She describes the recent explosive growth of virtual assistance, then spotlights both structured training, coaching/mentoring programs and books written by accomplished VAs:
If you are interested in this career and have decided the best
Michigan VAs, a regional Virtual Assistance association, is hosting its annual conference in Ann Arbor on Saturday, November 1st. The day-long conference will include networking, speakers and panel discussions focused on best practices, VA training schools, groups and events. A pre-conference reception will be held Friday, October 31st.
The keynote speakers are networking…
Connie Ragen Green’s EBook Writing and Marketing Secrets blog is one of my favorites. An ebook marketing expert and prolific writer, Connie Ragen Green offers a wealth of tips about ebook preparation, marketing and promotion – even finding the inspiration and motivation to get that ebook written in the first place!
Many…
PR-Inside.com today featured VA Networking’s Tawnya Sutherland and VA Networking’s new offering, VAInsider Club, a membership site that offers VAs tools and resources to launch and grow virtual assistant businesses. The article also spotlights the high retention rates, with 99% members renewing their memberships annually.
[...] Tawnya Sutherland is every VA’s modern mensch. Sutherland’s…
Marie Tucker, owner of Girl Friday Services of Maine recently founded a statewide VA organization, Maine Association of Virtual Assistants (MAVA). MAVA is a membership organization intended to provide networking and support opportunities for virtual assistants in the state of Maine. Marie mentions in the press release that she didn’t know many…
Web Worker Daily has an interesting post focused on the issues web workers face while transitioning from working alone – toward working with a team (albeit a virtual team) on projects and client tasks.
With the “multi-va” team approach gaining a lot of steam lately in the virtual assistant world, the WWD article…
VANetworking.com is offering a special seminar on sales copywriting to its members on September 17th at 6:00pm ET. The guest speaker is Allison Nazarian, President & Founder of Get It In Writing, Inc., Ms Nazarian offers copywriting and consulting services to businesses and offers training to entrepreneurs who want to boost their…
Despite my news-junkie status, I always learn about something new at VA Classroom. This week, the VA Classroom Blog features a great resource for anyone who has wondered how to “live-blog” an event. CoverItLive.com answers that need by making it easy to post immediate, play-by-play updates of any event – super-useful for sporting events, tradeshows…
This month’s teleseminar from the Virtual Assistant Chamber of Commerce features guest speaker Robbin Block of Blockbeta Marketing. Scheduled for September 18th, the teleseminar will focus on marketing strategies for service businesses.
Can’t make it to the class? No worries…the VACOC makes recordings of all teleseminars available on its website
Michelle Ulrich’s Virtual Nation is offering a free telseseminar on September 16, focusing on developing a healthier body image and weight. Michelle’s expert guest is Laura Fenamore, Body Image Master and founder of Journey to Balances. Laura specializes in helping people who want to change the relationship they have with their body…
Erin Blaskie, of Business Services, Etc. recently announced a redesign and relaunch of her VA Training Club website. VA Training Club features articles and training videos by member VAs on a range of subjects, including business building, client systems, marketing as well as technical skills such as blogging and podcasting. VA Training Club…
The Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce (VACOC) recently named VA Christine Wade of eRealty Network, LLC, as its Real Estate Industry Liaison. Wade will act as a link between web-savvy agents and VAs specializing in real estate support services. With her own experience as a real estate agent in California, Wade is uniquely qualified for
IVAA recently posted new details about the much anticipated 2009 Summit. The IVAA Live Summit will be held in Montreal, Canada – a perfect setting for the “No Boundaries for Your Business” theme. While at this time there is only preliminary information posted about the speakers and schedule, there are full details available about…
If you ever struggled with adhering to your weekly to-do list, Laura Fitton, of Pistachio Consulting shares with Web Worker Daily her positive visualization technique to improve productivity. Her approach is less a to-do list than a future vision of the “state of the company” at the end of the week:
Out…
The International Virtual Assistants Association (IVAA) recently announced details about its 3rd Annual Online Summit. This year’s theme, “Building Success through Education” will offer three separate topic tracks: Freshman, Tenured and Training Room. The Online Summit is scheduled for October 24th, 2008 and will feature three sessions per hour for 12 hours.
Registration…
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