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How to become a Virtual Assistant

Many may not be aware of this book I wrote a few years ago about “How to become a Virtual Assistant“.

When I first began my business there were very few people you could ask for information. What I was doing was new to the business world so I couldn’t get advice from someone who had already ‘been there, done that’.  I had to break new ground.

I put this experience and my knowledge into a book to help new VAs who ask the same questions.  Things like:

  • How to get started
  • Skills and Services
  • What to charge
  • Where do the clients come from
  • Tools and promotions, and so on.

And just to ensure that I wasn’t working on my memory alone, I actually interviewed many people to find out what questions were relevant to their needs in starting out.

10 Surefire Steps to Market your VA Business

Have you wondered how to market your business and get your name out there? Have you wondered how others do it? There are some very simple steps to getting things happening and it very much relates to persistency and consistency – keep at it, even when it seems not much is happening. The reality is you’re planting seeds and those seeds need time to grow.

Some time ago I wrote a book called “10 Surefire Steps to Market Your VA Business” and it is available as an ebook at my VAShop.

Some of the items covered are:

  • Your image
  • Determining your services
  • Research
  • Getting a domain
  • Different forms of advertising, and
  • Measuring your marketing

The book is an easy quick read and retails for $9.95AUD. Why not pop into the bookstore now to get yourself a copy?

Time Management In An Instant: 60 Ways to Make the Most of Your Day

In today’s hurly-burly work environment many business people find it challenging to avoid distraction, stay focused, use their time and energy to maximum benefit, and gain ground on important goals and outcomes. One study by the Families and Work Institute found that one-third of Americans are overworked and more than 50 percent of those surveyed say they are either doing too many tasks at the same time or are frequently interrupted during the workday – or both. In short, we are overloaded!

Time Management In An Instant helps the reader to overcome this feeling of overload and avoid the traps that lead to an unproductive relationship with time. It offers field-tested time habits and expert advice based on the latest research that will help the reader better manage, create and spend their time with more satisfaction and results.

Buy a copy of Time Management In An Instant the week of July 20th and receive a free license to the Essential Email online course. To buy the book and claim your bonus, or just to buy the book go to: http://www.quality-service.com/timemanagementinaninstant

While email is the most widely used communication tool for business, its remote nature – which eliminates tone of voice and body language – presents a huge potential for mischief, misunderstanding and misinterpretation. This online program will help you go beyond basic email etiquette, to the proven principles and practices for gaining mastery and saving time over your electronic mail box.

Karen Leland and Keith Bailey are the bestselling authors of six books including Time Management In An Instant: 60 Ways to Make the Most of Your Day. They are the co-founders of Sterling Consulting Group, which helps organizations and individuals learn how to fight distraction and find their focus in a wired world. For more information please contact: kleland@scgtraining.com
Karen Leland and Keith Bailey are partners in Sterling Consulting Group; an international management consulting firm. They are the best-selling authors of six books, which have been translated into ten languages. Karen and Keith have worked with over 200,000 executives, managers and front line staff in companies throughout the world including: American Express, AT&T, Oracle, Microsoft, Xerox, Marriott Hotels, IBM, Lucent Technologies and UPS. They have been featured in dozens of newspapers including: The New York Times, Fortune, Entrepreneur, Newsweek and Time. They also have extensive on-air experience and have been interviewed on The Today Show, CNN, Good Morning America and Oprah. Karen is a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers and has written for The San Francisco Chronicle, Sales and Marketing, Incentive, Women’s Day, Self and many others.