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More
than just a startup manual, it is written
by professional virtual assistants (VAs)
who combine their knowledge and experience
with practical tips from other successful
VAs to help ensure your own success in
this exciting new venture.Virtual Assistant
- The Series is an essential tool
to launching one of the most exciting
new entrepreneurial ventures—becoming
a professional virtual assistant.
-Priscilla
Y. Huff, Author
101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women,
3rd. rev.ed.
When
you read Virtual
Assistant - The Series,
you’ll feel as if a mentor is leading
you along the pathway to your own successful
virtual assistant business. The top-notch
how-to advice along with wisdom from real-life
virtual assistants make this book a must-have
manual for anyone contemplating this exciting
and growing field.
-Ellen
Parlapiano and Patricia Cobe, authors
of Mompreneurs®: A Mother’s Step-by-Step-Guide
to Work-at-Home Success (revised edition,
2002) and Mompreneurs(R) Online (2001)
The
book is fabulous! I'm serious. This is he
kind of book that I wanted to see for the
industry. Congratulations
on a job well one. I endorse this book highly
and it is required reading for all VAU participants.
-Janet
Jordan, MVA
Virtual Assistance U
Virtual
Assistant - The Series leaves no stone
unturned in providing information on how
to start and operate a successful virtual
assisting business. It's well written, informative,
and packed full of valuable tips to ensure
your success.
-Al
Canton
Adams-Blake Co.
Kelly
and Diana have done a great job detailing
every aspect of starting your own VA business.
The book breaks down by chapter what to
do, who to target, what has been successful
for others. I got a lot of great ideas for
my own business from this book, and I HIGHLY
recommend to anyone who is even thinking
of starting their own business. This book
and the stories in it will encourage and
inspire you to DO IT ... RIGHT NOW!!! Thanks
Diana and Kelly for being such an inspiration
to us fledgling entrepreneurs.
-
Lanette Cirisi
I
bought it after a bizymoms chat, wanting
to hear more from Kelly, but needing to
get to bed. I took it with me to just skim
the table of contents, next thing I know
it was 3am. And even then, I couldnt sleep,
I was too full of new promotional ideas
and the other VAs experiences!
-Crystal
Clayton, GeekGyrl Inc
Kelly
Poelker and Diana Ennen have written a book
on VA start ups that is well worth the time
to check out. I particularly liked the Internet
related and marketing sections as well as
the "In Their Own Words" sections
at the end of each chapter......suggestions
and observations from existing, successful
VA's. Good Reading!
-Wayne
I
received your book a couple days ago. It's
perfect! Exactly what I need and very informative.
I can't wait to get my business going.
-Amy
Virtual
Assistant - The Series: Become a Highly Successful,
Sought After VA
sets the stage for starting,
operating, and growing a successful and PROFITABLE
virtual assistant business. This book has already
helped thousands of administrative assistants,
word processors, and other office professionals
realize their dreams of becoming an entrepreneur.
The
book covers all the business nuts and bolts including
business and financial planning, pricing your
services, billing, and setting up your business.
Plus, it offers information on creating your web
site, daily operational procedures and most importantly,
how and where to find clients. Discover how to
put your existing skills to work for clients around
the globe and apply them across many different
industries
Still
working full time? You can still do it! We'll
show you how to ease into your practice while
working full-time AND continuing to care for your
family.
Along
with their personal experiences, the authors also
include recommendations from virtual assistants
across the land. These are the real pros that
are now running successful businesses. You will
find their suggestions in the "In Their Own
Words" section at the end of each chapter
and featured throughout the book. This will enable
you to see how others are making their businesses
successful and provide you with a blueprint on
how to do the same with yours.
Cited as a "must have tool" for the
VA industry, Virtual Assistant - The Series is
currently used as training material for VA courses
including: Virtual Assistance U, an online training
center for virtual professionals; Red Deer College's
VA Certification Program (in Canada); and other
higher level learning organizations and colleges
who are recognizing the potential for growth and
continued education in the VA industry.
Virtual
Assistant - The Series: Become a Highly Successful,
Sought After VA
offers valuable information
on:
Business
and Marketing Planning
Steve Windhaus,
Contributor
Establishing
Your Rates
Comments courtesy
of Professor Robert Brenner, President of
Brenner Information Group
Financial
Statements
Sheryl
Michilli, Contributor
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Purchase your copy of Virtual
Assistant - The Series: Become a Highly Successful,
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CD purchase only - $14.95
CD
includes an Excel workbook that formulates
the entire Financial Statements section
of your business plan.
I
just wanted to say thank you so much for taking
the time to write this book. It has been a godsend
to me while starting up my business. I now consider
it my business bible and will keep it close at
hand to consult when necessary.
-
Donna Elliot, A Plus Virtual Assistant
About
the Authors
Diana
Ennen and Kelly Poelker are the authors
of Virtual Assistant
- The Series, 1st and 2nd Editions,
Bizy's Guide to Starting Your Own Virtual
Assistant Business, and the Bizymoms Cookbook.
Diana is also the author of Success From
Home: The Word Publishing Business (published
by Adams-Blake Publishing), Words From Home:
How To Start and Operate a Home-Based Word
Processing Business and Virtual Assistant
Solution Pack. With a combined history of
working at home of over 20 years, these
two women have contributed to the success
of many word processors and virtual assistants
alike. Additionally, they have been included
in a number of books, articles, and interviews
by Mompreneurs®, Jan Melnik, Liz Folger,
Woman's World, Home Office Computing, USA
Today, Priscilla Y. Huff, Entrepreneur Magazine,
HOMEBusiness Journal, MomsTown.com Talk
Radio and many others.
Both
are active in the virtual assistant community
not only as business owners but as mentors,
message board managers and chat hosts. Together
they remain on top of the latest developments
in the virtual assistant (VA) industry.
Diana
Ennen has been in the forefront of the work-at-home
word processor and virtual assisting world
since opening her practice, Ennen's Computer
Services, in 1985. Kelly Poelker, a leader
in the VA industry and co-host of the annual
VA Conference, has been operating a successful
virtual assistant practice, Another 8 Hours,
Inc., since early 2000.
