Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #84042 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 248 pages

Review
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.

The book is fabulous! I endorse this book highly and it is required reading for all VAU participants -- Janet Jordan, MVA - Virtual Assistance U

This book is well written, informative, and packed full of valuable tips to ensure your success. -- Al Canton, Publisher, Adams-Blake Co

About the Author
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.

Customer Reviews

Lots of Good Information
I'm just getting started as a virtual assistant and the information in this handbook has helped me set up my company and plan for the future. The information in the chapters is very well-organized and provides comments from actual virtual assistants in addition to the authors, so the reader gets several points of view.

THE Handbook for Virtual Assistants!
Virtual Assistant - The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA should be considered the Must Have handbook for anyone considering a career as a Virtual Assistant.

Diana Ennen, with 20+ years in business and Virtual Assistant experience and Kelly Poelker, Master Virtual Assistant have created an informative manual that covers everything from choosing your business and domain names, creating a business and marketing plan, to designing your website, advertising and promotion of your new VA business.

Offering tips and articles from other industry experts including Liz Foldger, Janice Byer, Michelle Dunn and many more, Virtual Assistant - The Series leaves no stone unturned. This professionally written handbook is easy to read yet in-depth. Much of the information covered could easily be adapted for any home business start up.

Resources including information on target markets, specialized VA services, business accounting and daily operational procedures provide readers with extensive information. The final chapter includes checklists, sample forms, sample contracts and links to numerous other Virtual Assistant resources.

Throughout Virtual Assistant - The Series, you'll hear from many virtual assistants offering information about their business, which areas they specialize in, the training they've received, business rates, the mistakes they made and their accomplishments - all "In Their Own Words".

I strongly encourage anyone considering the VA profession to grab a copy of Virtual Assistant - The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA today. You won't be disappointed!

Great Guide for VAs and Small Companies
I just had to write and say that I love this book! I already own a home business, and I actually figured this guide might help me find resources for locating a VA, since it's known as "the" resource for virtual assistants. And wow, not only did I get a ton of great resources, but I learned so much that I could apply to my own business. (Loved the coaching tips!)

Virtual Assistant, The Series is simply chock full of everything you would ever want to know about starting a virtual assistant business - learning the skills, contracts and forms needed, the day by day expectations of a VA, plenty of niche services to explore, resources on starting a VA site, even collection tips. It also has a great list of resources that can help those of us looking for a VA find someone great.

If you want to start a VA business (or any service business for that matter) or want to add those services to your current business, you are definitely going to want this guide!