Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
A VA forum was recently discussing whether or not it was necessary to get certification to operate a VA business. Trouble was the discussion was really about training. I posted the following to help distinguish the difference.
I feel it’s important to explain there is a difference between training and certification.
Certification is usually to verify […]
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Posted on May 8th, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
Time is running out! Only one week remains to order passes to the 35+ seminars being conduced during the 3rd annual OIVAC.
This year, we’ve scheduled seminars covering topics everyone is asking questions about and discussing on list servs and forums. Here’s an opportunity to “ask […]
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Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
You probably look at many VA businesses and wonder how it is that some succeed and really develop and others seem to struggle to find clients and get the work. What is the difference?
A number of things - but one of the major ones would be networking - constantly.
Stats show that 80% of all business […]
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Posted on April 25th, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
I’ve noticed a very disturbing trend on the web lately via various blog posts about the Virtual Assistant industry. It seems there are many business owners out there in fear of losing their VAs because they might up and quit or something else might happen. It seems that many look at having a VA […]
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Posted on April 18th, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
I often see VAs talking about developing a niche for their practice. This is a good line of thought, however it’s important to consider that it could be awhile before you even know what your niche is. Some know straight away and others have no idea. I was in the latter category when […]
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Posted on April 11th, 2008 by Kathie Thomas
I saw a post recently by someone online who was discussing the differences in the meaning and spelling of a particular word - one of the variations had an ‘e’ on the end.
They were saying the two words had two different meanings and I would have loved to leave a comment but the blog in […]
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