Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Becoming a VA But Were Afraid to Ask!

During this information-rich session based on Tawnya’s own experience as a Virtual Assistant, you will learn the steps to take to become a successful Virtual Assistant with the potential to earn an above average income, including:

• Why there is increasing demand for Virtual Assistants, and how to take advantage of this market
• The best way to train to become a successful Virtual Assistant
• The most important thing you need to do if you want to earn a 6-figure income from home as a Virtual Assistant
• Common myths that might be holding you back from creating the career of your dreams
• Which personality trait is a must-have for anyone who wants to be a successful business owner
• The five things you can do to gain instant credibility for your Virtual Assistant business
• Where to find clients for your new Virtual Assistant business

Here’s a preview of what our members receive…

Download Bonus Resources Below:

1. Inspirations to Become a Virtual Assistant eBook. VAnetworking.com asked: “What/Who inspired you to become a Virtual Assistant (VA) and how has becoming a VA changed your life for the better?” Hopefully these answers from other successful VAs are that extra needed push to inspire you to become a Virtual Assistant too. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD

2. Tawnya’s very own Virtual Assistant Startup Checklist CLICK TO DOWNLOAD

3. The Virtual Business Startup System (VBSS) Workbook Sampler CLICK TO DOWNLOAD

4. Pricing Worksheet CLICK TO DOWNLOAD

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Why Every VA Needs WordPress!

WordPress is the system that powers 22% of all new websites and it is easily the worlds most popular Content Management System. This means YOUR CLIENTS are using WordPress. In this webinar we’ll cover WHY you need to learn WordPress for your VA business. We’ll talk about

• Why getting businesses online can mean big profits for you.
• Why WordPress is a GREAT content management system and a website.
• Why blogging isn’t just for mommies.
• Why your clients desperately NEED a website backup!
• Why you’ll be your clients’ biggest hero if you know WordPress, and know it well.

If you intend to help them with website updates, blogging, design, plugins, backups and a ton of other services you can provide through WordPress then you need to hop on this trend and learn it now.

Not to mention you should be building your own VA site in WordPress (like Tawnya does) and be a good example to your clients. Come to this webinar and Angela will share with you the details of these top five reasons WHY you need WordPress skills, like, yesterday.

Is Your Fan Page Pulling its Weight in Your Business?

A well-designed  (and  maintained) page can create a never-ending stream of qualified prospects.  Unfortunately, many businesses aren’t using their fan pages to their  fullest potential, if they even have one.

In this talk, Michele shares the three things business owners can do  to create fabulous and effective Facebook fan pages.

 In this talk, you’ll learn:

•  How to use Facebook to drive massive traffic to your site.
•  How to get your business name in front of 10,000 people on Facebook in one update!
•  An easy 3 step Facebook Fan Page strategy you can start using today!

Virtual Bookkeeper Tools, Tips and Best Practices.

This is a content rich, fast-paced training for VAs who are currently doing virtual bookkeeping, as well as those who would like to add this service to build regular monthly billing. Learn how to use inexpensive technology to streamline the entire bookkeeping process and make it a breeze for both you and your clients.

You’ll also discover how virtual bookkeeping easily opens the door to a deeper, more profitable relationship with your clients. Opportunities abound for doing far more than historical data entry!

Here’s just a taste of what we’ll cover together:

• The 3 most common workflows for handling your client’s bookkeeping efficiently in a virtual environment.
• The easiest ways to share information with your clients and help them to ease painlessly into a paperless environment.
• The #1 pitfall freelance bookkeepers face (and what to do about it).
• The HUGE need your bookkeeping clients have, and how you can EASILY capitalize on it to expand your business and double your revenue with just a handful of clients!

You’ll walk away from this webinar with the tools and the insight to make virtual bookkeeping services a lucrative profit center in your business.

Marketing Your Expertise: Information Products and Why Your Business Needs Them

Information products are a fantastic tool to increase profits, credibility, traffic and much more. The term information product can apply to all factual books, reports, transcripts etc. but in the online world, the phrase is used to describe electronically deliverable, knowledge based products. They are often known as knowledge based goods, or digital goods and are available to download, or are emailed to the customer.

In this session we are going to:

• Determine what you can write about.
• Learn how to research supply.
• Learn how to research demand.
• Determine a final product and how to test it.
• Set goals for writing.
• Determine how to price your product.
• Create a plan for promoting your product.

Kick-start Creating An Effective Administrative Processes and Procedures Binder for You and Your Clients

If something happened to you and you missed work for a week…or two weeks…or maybe even a month, could your colleagues, team members, and clients step in and fulfill your responsibilities without a major interruption to your business or theirs? Do you have the processes and procedures that you do each day documented for easy reference? Creating good step-by-step documentation takes some thought and effort, but the end result is a product that can be used over and over again by you or anyone who needs it. When you’re out of the office, it’s nice to be missed. But it’s also nice when things can run smoothly so you don’t return to a pile of problems or unhandled business. A smooth operating office and business is a sign of a prepared and polished professional who has the best interests of her colleagues and clients at heart – and a solid Administrative Processes & Procedures Binder is essential. Join us for this kick-start session where you’ll learn:

• How to get started creating your administrative procedures binder
• The appropriate items to include in your administrative procedures binder
• How to document understandable processes and procedures
• How to maintain your administrative procedures in hard copy and electronic formats

5 Step Formula for Attracting a Steady Stream of Clients

I need more clients!” If that sounds like you, attend this 40-minute session to learn how to stop chasing and start attracting clients. You’ll also discover the secrets to pulling in a steady stream of clients.  Here’s what you’ll learn during this session:

• The specific five-step formula that attracts your ideal clients month after month
• Exactly how to talk with potential clients to get to YES!
• A five-minute strategy that turns maybe-clients to YES-clients
• How to substantially boost your income without increasing your work hours when you have more clients than you can handle.

Attend this session to learn easy-to-implement strategies that will turn your VA business into an income-generating machine.

How a Signature Program Can Add Revenue to Your VA Business

Having a signature program is a smart way to market and grow your business because it gives you a strong focus and purpose. A signature program is a unique way to brand and market your services and adds a dimension to your revenue funnel. It’s like your business DNA, fingerprint, or beauty mark. All of the ideas you have had in your head come alive through your signature program. Learn how you can easily add a new revenue stream to your business. This workshop will show you how to use my 5-step process in creating your own signature program immediately!

How to Use PowerPoint to Create Marketing Videos

This is a visual tutorial of how to design powerpoint slides and use them to create a marketing video, either for your own VA business or for clients. I’ll show them from start to finish how to choose a template, how to edit the colors, how much text is too much for a slide, how to run a slide show, and how to use camtasia to film.

How to Use Video and Audio to Market Your VA Practice

You hear that video is a great way to get better rankings in the search engines… yet, adding video seems so overwhelming.  Join Meredith Eisenberg and learn how you can easily use video and audio (without necessarily getting in front of the camera) to boost traffic to your site and add credibility to your marketing.

Looking For Your Niche? Sometimes It Just Finds You…

One of the ways to make more money as a VA is to specialize and target a Niche audience. In our case, we were fortunate enough that our Niche found us. After working with several clients, we were forced to learn new strategies and skills in order to better fulfill their growing needs. After learning these skills we found out just how much we liked them and soon clients started to refer their friends to us hence, our Niche found us. In this seminar we will show you also some of the hottest Niche markets today and what “”hot”" skills you should invest in to gain more clients.

10 Tips to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You!

Are you on LinkedIn, but unsure how to use it to build your business? The key is to start with an effective profile that lets viewers know who you are and what you can do for them. During this webinar Cathy will share with you how to:

• Engage with people through your Professional Headline
• Use Keywords to increase searchability
• Maximize your Call to Action
• Build your Recommendations
• Show off your Skill set
• Connect with professionals you know
• Join Groups to achieve your goals

You’ll leave this webinar with a list of action items, that once implemented, will increase the effectiveness of your LinkedIn profile.

5 Easy Ways to Create Your Amazing Authentic Brand Identity: People Buy You!

Join Sharon as she unveils 5 of 24 ways to create or recreate your brand identity and draw clients to you willing to pay what you demand and are worth.

During this session we will explore:

• What an AUTHENTIC BRAND is and its 9 CRITICAL ELEMENTS.
• Why customers aren’t BUYING from you.
• Ways to STAND OUT among competitors.
• 3 essential PILLARS of a GOOD brand.
• How to convey the RIGHT messages about YOU and YOUR business.

By the end of this session attendees will have a better understanding of who they really are and how their brand image impacts prospects’ buying decisions.

How Virtual Assistants Can Get Started with Nurture Marketing Projects

Learn what nurture marketing is, why it is so powerful, and how your virtual assistant business can use it to lock in an extra 5-20 billable hours a month for every one of your clients.

• Why offering nurture marketing makes it easier to explain what you do to prospective clients.
• The simplest way to get new clients to start working with you.
• How nurture marketing helps your clients make more money.
• How to add on more nurture marketing projects so you can keep growing your billable hours (and make your clients even happier with your virtual assistant services).
• How to get clients to pay you higher rates than most virtual assistants.
• Three ways to use SendOutCards and other affiliate programs to generate revenue on top of billable hours.

List Building Basics for The Virtual Assistant

You know you need to build a list to grow your online business so let’s get to it!

You will learn:

• The steps and techie details of the opt-in process… no more confusion!
• Pros and Cons of top email marketing services with my recommendations
• Questions to consider when deciding on your offer/freebie
• 10+ Ideas on what your opt-in offer could be!
• Why your opt-in offer/freebie is not enough and what you need to do about it

Stand Out! How Virtual Assistants Get Noticed and Attract Attention from Potential Clients

The Virtual Assistant industry is growing tremendously.  And while more business owners are becoming more familiar with the benefits of finding a hiring a Virtual Assistant, they’re also more becoming more savvy in looking for the PERFECT VA that they feel can significantly help them leverage and build their business.

So how do you stand apart from your competitors?  How will you be noticed?  Why would a business owner select you over another VA?  Are you truly showcasing how you can REALLY help a business owner with growing their business?

In this session, Cindy Greenway, author of Virtually Successful:  8 Simple Ways for Virtual Assistants to Find (and Keep) Clients will share:

• How to stand apart from other VAs
• What to say that will capture the attention of new potential clients
• 3 items EVERY VA should have in place before they even attempt to find client
• Why Virtual Assistants are not getting hired
• And much more.

Stand out, be confident and attract the attention of the people you really want to grow your business with.

Putting Your Marketing Package Together

The first introduction your potential client will have is your marketing materials, so what are they saying about you. Join us in this class as we discuss the importance of SEO strategies for your website and how to ensure you have projected a professional image in your brochures, business cards and on your website.

The Top 5 Technologies that VA’s Need to Know to be Ahead of Their Clients

Are your clients introducing you to new technologies? It should be the other way around! Stay ahead of your clients by knowing 5 top technologies that will make you look like an expert, and give your client confidence to turn their business over to you. I’ll introduce you to the programs, the most valuable way to use them, and how best to explain to your client (so they understand). Plus homework to get you started using these and more…..

Programs include:

• Evernote
• Basecamp
• Google+ Hangout
• LiveScribe
• Tungle.me

Networking and Press Releases – What They Can Both Do For You and Your Business

Social, face-to-face or otherwise and press releases are both a form of announcing what you, or your clients’s are now doing, promoting, selling, and more. How can they both help you and your business thrive even in this economy.

• Learn How to Thrive on for Zero Cost!
• Battle the economic blues
• Keep Your Business in the Spotlight!
• Advertise and Market Your Business Until Your Hearts Content
• Save a Ton of Money!!!

Offshore Freelancers – Threat or Opportunity?

Every so often the perceived ‘threat’ of cheap offshore service providers creates a stir on the lists. But should you really be worried? Are they truly a threat to your business? Or can you turn them into an opportunity to move your business forward?
Objectives:  We will discuss the apparent rise of cheap freelancers and their perceived impact on the VA industry, as well as some of the reasons why VAs might feel threatened and how they can change their mindset and use the emergence of cheaper operators as an opportunity for growth.