July 9, 2007

===> A Personal Note from India:

Hi there,

I hope you're doing well. New job leads are up. You can view the latest job leads at Free Virtual Assistant Jobs.

Enjoy!

Your Fellow Virtual Assistant,
        
   - India
Virtual Assistant Business

Virtual Assistance - Does It Have a Future?

I'm excited to be able to tell you about a recent report called 'What Does the Future Hold for Virtual Assistants?'

The George Washington University states that:

"...the virtual assisting industry is growing rapidly and is expected to be a $130 BILLION industry by 2008, but it could be larger."

Under the category 'Emerging Technologies', Virtual Assistance is listed alongside such major industries as e-commerce, electronic banking and portable IT devices!

It's believed that Virtual Assistance will be one of the top ten technological breakthroughs that will occur by 2010 at the latest. Virtual Assistants will soon be a widely accepted means of business support.

The potential target market for VAs is growing at a rapid pace, with more and more people setting up their own businesses from home and needing the services of professional VAs.

There is more than enough work to go around, and there is still 'room' for many more Virtual Assistants to join the industry. Indeed, most of my clients had never even heard of Virtual Assistants before they started working with me!

One of my clients said to me the other day: 'I used to sit in my office with all this stuff to do, wishing I could offload it to someone outside my office who I could trust, but I didn't know who to turn to. I had never heard of Virtual Assistants until you came along.'

This should give you an idea of the vast pool of potential clients that are just waiting for us to help them! Just think of all the other prospects who are overwhelmed by their workloads, wondering who to turn to!

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Lisa Taliga is a Virtual Assistant and author of 'Freelance from Home! The 5 Key Steps to Your Successful Virtual Assistant Business' and ‘The 7 Things You Must Know Before Starting Your Successful Virtual Assistant Business’. Get your free eBook and newsletter subscription to find out how to become a Virtual Assistant.

===>Virtual Assistant News and Announcements

Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA) announces new Premier Partner

VANetworking.com – the hottest, friendliest, informative, educational and resourceful network for VAs – announces Virtual Assistance U (VAU), as a new Premier Partner to the forum.

Virtual Assistance U® is the online, global, virtual training community of the Jordan Group. Virtual Assistance U® is recognized globally as “The Benchmark for VA (Virtual Assistant) Training®.”

VAU’s goal is to deliver high quality, affordable virtual assistance training. The rapidly emerging VA technology will soon be a $127 billion industry. In fact, the report, ”Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance”, has called for education and training at all levels to prepare people to take advantage of these converging technologies, sooner rather than later.

Their highly qualified team of Learning Leaders with Expert Coaches helps aspiring virtual assistants to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to develop successful, up-to-the-minute virtual assistant practices. Their innovative, global interactive “virtual training programs” provide opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds and experience to meet, share knowledge, develop marketing tools, learn innovative techniques, and form mutually beneficial alliances. The end result is a unique, individualized virtual assistance practice that reflects the skills, values, and philosophy of the virtual assistance entrepreneur.

As a Premier Partner, VAU is offering a 20% discount off all their training programs to Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA) members. If you’re serious about launching a leading-edge virtual assistant career, Virtual Assistance U® is the place for you.

VANA’s Premier Partners are relevant to the Virtual Assistant industry and we recommend them so that our members’ businesses can succeed. Our members are interested in products and services that are helpful to small business owners, virtual assistance, work at home moms, networking, software and other computer-related areas. The message board is very active and is the largest in the VA world with over 5,500 members. It is an ideal website to advertise on if your product or service falls within this market of virtual assistants and small business entrepreneurs.

Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA) is the largest business network for aspiring and successful Virtual Assistants and Virtual Achievers to share, learn, and succeed! At VANA, industry experts and Virtual Assistant newbies mix it up to uncover all things new and exciting in the world of Virtual Assistance, while supporting one another and striving to promote the Virtual Assistant industry.

So join the fun and stop by the VANA Forum today at http://www.vanetworking.com.  You’ll see just how much better your business can become and also have a great time doing it.  And for those looking for a VA, you won’t be able to beat the professionals you’ll find here.

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Tawnya Sutherland, founder of Virtual Assistant Networking  Association (VANA) http://www.vanetworking.com and author of  the Virtual Business Startup System (VBSS), is a Certified Internet Marketing Specialist sharing her expertise to help aspiring and successful VAs turn website clicks into cash for them.