Free Teleseminar for Those Who Want to Become a Virtual Assistant
March 30, 2007
Do you often wonder what exactly a virtual assistant does?
Do you find yourself struggling with the idea of working from home for people around the world?
Do you have questions about this industry that you want answered?
I’m here to help!
Having started a virtual assistance business from scratch and using trial and error to build my business into a successful, six-figure business, I understand that you probably have a lot of questions about what it is virtual assistants do. I would love to help you get your questions answered.
On Tuesday, April 10 at 8pm ET / 7pm CT / 5pm PT, I will be hosting a free phone seminar for those of you who want to:
- learn more about being a virtual assistant
- develop an understanding of what you will be doing for clients
- determine what skills are needed
- ask me your burning questions on the subject of virtual assistance
To register, please send a blank e-mail to: info2071-237444@autocontactor.com and you’ll be automatically sent the download instructions. If you can’t make it, register anyway and I’ll send you a recording of the call afterward!
On the call, I’ll be making you a one-time only, very special offer so be on the call to find out what that is!
Also, before the call, please send me your most burning questions about becoming a virtual assistant, the virtual assistance industry and anything else you want to know about being a virtual assistant.
I look forward to ‘meeting’ you all and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
Erin Blaskie
The VA Coach
www.thevacoach.com
info@thevacoach.com
Reporting from the Road
March 29, 2007
Good Morning!
I’m in San Antonio, Texas now and the weather here is beautiful! I’m having a wonderful time visiting my friends and clients. I just spent the last three days in San Francisco and the Palo Alto area in California. It was wonderful! San Francisco is a great city and it was nice to check out the surrounding areas. Here are some snapshots of my time spent there:
Here is one of the San Francisco skyline taken from Alcatraz Island:
Here is one of the Golden Gate Bridge which I drove across (yay!):
Here is one of the Pacific Ocean. I drove down Highway 1 which runs right along the Pacific Ocean - it’s breathtaking!:Â
I’ll report back in a few days but I wanted to touch base with my blog and send some photos! Who doesn’t love photos?
The Beauty of Flexibility - Being a Virtual Assistant
March 26, 2007
I’m sitting here at the Ottawa International Airport getting ready to head out to San Francisco, CA to visit a close friend and colleague. I’m going to spend four days in San Fran / Palo Alto area and then on Wednesday I am going to head to San Antonio, Texas to visit Sheri McConnell of the National Association of Women Writers, Association of Web Entrepreneurs and Create Your Association.
The beauty of my career choice, being a virtual assistant, is that I have the flexibility to do this. I can fly to locations across Canada, the US, overseas and further and still be attached to my entire company and my clients via my laptop and the internet. I think this is what appealed to me most about this type of business. The ability to be anywhere I choose and still get my work done and be connected to my clients.
Squidoo Lenses
March 17, 2007
I’ve done it! I’ve setup a Squidoo lens to showcase everything I think you should know on “Becoming a Virtual Assistant.”
You can check out my lens here: http://www.squidoo.com/howtobeava/. If you do visit it, please add a rating to it! 
If you are wondering what Squidoo is all about and how you can set up your own Squidoo - please visit my post at my other blog on just that.
Here’s to your success in the virtual world…Â
Owning Your Identity: Why It’s Important to Stand on Your Own
March 16, 2007
Being in business over the past three years for myself has been one of the biggest learning lessons I have ever had. I’ve discovered that this experience teaches you more about who you are and what type of people are in this world than any other life experience could teach. Over the past three years, I have had both good and bad experiences with people (more good of course!) and it never ceases to amaze me… some people just don’t know how to have, and cherish, an identity of their own.
Being a virtual assistant, I encounter a lot of these identity issues. There are virtual assistants in business who are not interested in growing partnerships and relationships. A lot of them just don’t know the best way to grow an identity of their own and separate themselves from the crowd. This is one of the reasons I started The VA Coach - I want to coach people not only to launch a successful virtual assistance business but also how to find their inner identity and run their businesses morally and ethically.
New Virtual Assistant Group Coaching Program
March 13, 2007
In the next few weeks*, we will begin our new group coaching program.
This coaching program will be geared towards individuals who are interested in learning more about becoming a virtual assistant and those who want to setup and get their virtual assistant business up and running.
If you have not yet started your business, this is the IDEAL group coaching program for you. I’ll take you through the steps you need to take to become a virtual assistant and walk you through finding clients, setting your rates and getting your business organized and focused.
Sitemeter For Your Blog
March 1, 2007
Do you currently have a blog but really have no idea who is visiting your site? Why not consider installing Sitemeter onto your blog?
Sitemeter is a great, free service that you sign up for and then install onto your blog (generally by copying and pasting a bit of code to the pages on your blog that you want to track).
Once installed, it can provide you with:
- Visitor count
- Referrer information
- Where your visitor clicked away from your page
- Entry and exit page information