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What's a Virtual Assistant?

A Virtual Assistant is a business owner who provides administrative support and specialized services to assist businesses and executives with their overflow. A Virtual Assistant can handle any task that is usually handled by an in house employee, but unlike an employee, a Virtual Assistant shares your goals to succeed in business -- we only succeed if our clients succeed.

As Virtual Assistants, our goal is to provide resources to save you time and money. ABLE Virtual Assistant Services feels these resources deserve a second glance. This page will be updated as we find new and valuable resources to enhance your business. Be sure to check back often.

ABLE Resources

Here are some suggestions to assist with improving your business and allowing it to blossom to its potential:

Web Sites

Small Business Success
This site contains a link to receive a weekly newsletter. The newsletter contains a Tip of the Week, A Book of the Week, Quote of the Week and E-Book of the Week. I have found many of the resources contained within both the newsletter and the site helpful in my business and have recommended this newsletter to many of my business acquaintances and clients.

Thriving Business Blog

This is Yvonne Weld's blog site and she has written great articles about creating and maintaining a thriving business. Her articles are directed at both small business owners and Virtual Assistants.

Books

Making Dollars Out of Cents - 101 Tips for the Frugal Marketer
Heather Jacobson provides the reader with great marketing ideas that are not going to break the bank. If your marketing budget is small or almost at its maximum, utilizing these ideas will allow you to continue to market your business without a huge outlay of money. Download the first ten tips to see what Heather is saying.

Virtual Success: How to Be The Virtual Assistant Everyone Wants to Hire
Alexandra Amor provides a resource that includes all the tips, strategies and lessons she learned by starting and running her own Virtual Assistant business. Through her experiences, she hopes to prevent you from making many of the same mistakes she made.

Virtual Assistant - The Series (Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA)
Diana Ennen and Kelly Poelker provide the new VA an excellent resource to assist them in planning, implementing and running a successful Virtual Assistant business. This is a great resource for new Virtual Assistants and also provides great ideas for existing Virtual Assistants.

The Virtual Assistant's Guide to Marketing
Michelle Jamison (founder of the Canadian's Virtual Assistant's Network) has provided an easy to read resource packed full of ideas on ways to market your Virtual Assistant business to achieve the best results. I have utilized this resource many times and it provided many tips I successfully implemented into my business.

The Art of Follow Up
Jaime Lee Mann (owner of Mann Made Time) was able to take her business from start to full in just a few short months. She credits her success to her follow up techniques. I have utilized this resource many times and it has provided me with the courage to follow up on the leads I have generated by providing ideas and scripts you can tailor to your business.

Articles

VAnetworking Articles
This site provides many industry articles that are useful to Virtual Assistants looking for information on whether a Virtual Assistant career is right for them, how to market a VA business and other information beneficial to both the emerging and the existing VA.

DeskDemon Virtual Assistant Resources
This site contains articles, resources, tools and information for all Virtual Assistants including topics such as how to, marketing, training, associations, etc.

Training

VBSS System (Virtual Business Startup System)
Tawnya Sutherland (founder of the Virtual Assistant Networking Forum) has created a system that, when used as directed provides the necessary tools to start your Virtual Assistant business within thirty (30) days.

 

VA Training
Dale Noles, Becki Noles and Heather Jacobson provide both group and one-on-one coaching to assist you in planning and implementing your Virtual Assistant business. I have coached with Dale, Becki and Heather at different times in my business career and I have seen tremendous results, not only with the success of my business but also with the way I look at myself and how I portray myself as a business owner.

Forums

Virtual Assistant Revolution
Founded by Becki Noles and Heather Jacobson, the Virtual Assistant Revolution is a forum limited to 100 members. Their goal in starting the REV (as the members like to refer to it) was to provide members with a way to Revolutionize their Virtual Assistant business. Members share insights and ideas normally not shared on an open forum. Since joining in May of 2006, I have seen my business grow immensely and have definitely revolutionized my business. I have developed many friendships as well as business relationships.

Miscellaneous Resources

These resources are not directly related to business, but ABLE Virtual Assistant Services feels they are worthy of endorsement:

Coaching Start Up Kit Dale Noles, co-owner of Virtual Accuracy, has developed a kit especially for those interested in starting a Coaching Business. If you are in the process of starting a coaching business, the kit is a wonderful tool and will enable you to have a fully functional Coaching Business in just 30-Days?!

Mother's Survival Kit
Pam Sargant provides a humorous look at the trials and tribulations of being a mom. This book also provides ways to occupy your children, with or without you, with coloring pages and craft ideas. As a working mother of two small children I truly see the value of having this valuable resource.

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