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The Top 10 Ways to Maximize Your VANA Membership ~ Written by a VAinsider!
By VANA member Frances
Palaschuk
Since 2005, my ultimate information source for virtual
assistant networking, professional development and support has been
VANA, the Virtual Assistant
Networking Association. It’s hard for me to choose what the top,
top tools that VANA offers are but if I had to, my top 10 choices would
include:
- Virtual
Assistant Networking Association Toolbar ~ this tool is a must,
must have for all VAs! Why? Well to name a few reasons:
- The mini RSS Feed; imagine being
able to keep up with every single forum post, RFP, contest, seminar
and everything in between by just one click. By scanning the headlines
you can easily pick and choose which topics are of interest to you
while keeping up to the minute on everything!
- The VA Tools ~ you can’t live
without this one. Basically, it’s a drop down list that will
connect you to the top resources you need to start and run a successful
VA business. Each category branches off into a mini directory that
will link you to a choice of popular and effective tools currently
being used by our fellow VAs.
- VA Goodies ~ goodies? Yes, Goodies!
And they are just that. This is another magical drop down list that
again has links to all of the top VANA resources including the VANA
Seminar Room, VA Directory, VA Contests (where you have the chance
to win hot prizes including free advertising & training +++),
VA Free Websites, and much more.
- The
VANA Seminar Room ~ this is where you can participate in weekly
chat sessions with fellow VAs as well as engage in professional development
seminars on hot industry topics such as Internet Marketing, Business
Development, Time Management ++. As the topics evolve with the industry,
these seminars alone will give you enough ideas, skills and even that
extra push you may need to take your virtual business to the next
level. And that is only a few of the reasons why I love the VANA
toolbar!
-
Virtual Assistant Networking Association Forum ~ I am not sure
if it’s because the forum is broken down into specific, niche
areas of interest to VAs; the statistics that track each post according
to date, time, and popularity; the advanced search function; or the
actual “real” people that give some of the best “virtual”
advice around but this VA forum continues to exceed my expectations.
These tools are all perks offered with a standard free membership!
Can you imagine what some of the enhanced benefits that I am currently
taking advantage of as a VAinsider
look like?
Well, let’s start with my favourite VAinsider Membership
Benefits:
- The VANA Seminar & Newsletter Archives
~ like a lot of you, I am a Mom to a really active, stubborn toddler
and as much as I try I just cannot attend every seminar or remember
everything I read in the newsletter. So, needless to say I rely on
the archived versions and refer to them regularly. Recently, some
of the key information I had to search for, which actually made me
some quick cash, was on podcasting. I had a client who wanted me to
install a podcast on their website (a client who I gained through
the VAinsiders RFP system!). I needed a reliable source of information
on how to do this. The first place I searched was the seminar archives
and voila ~ there was a seminar that gave me the key information I
needed to get this done accurately, and quickly.
- VANA’s Monthly VAinsider Virtuoso
Marketing Seminars ~ lead by Tawnya Sutherland herself; this is
my favourite VAinsider exclusive benefit. Marketing, especially Internet
Marketing is something all VAs should, and I absolutely must, keep
up to date on. I offer it to my clients as a service with a guarantee
that states, “I am committed to keep up to date on the virtual
industry as well as everything within the scope of services that I
offer”. Now, can you image how much money I would have to spend
without being a VAinsider to attend National seminars, maintain certifications
and not to mention build and maintain relationships with the top gurus
themselves. I am a behind the scenes kind of gal and wouldn’t
even if I tried be able to keep up with the extreme level of dedication,
participation and industry networking that Tawnya demonstrates. Take
a look at some of her credentials on her
website. I have marked my calendar and am eagerly anticipating
the exclusive opportunity to attend these Internet Marketing Seminars
with Tawnya Sutherland.
- VANA Request for Proposal (RFP) System
~ As a VAinsider I had the exclusive opportunity to gain 30 clients
in 24 days through the VANA RFP System! And, all 30 clients were actively
looking for a VA! I was also lucky enough to have a detailed VANA
guide, “7 Essential Keys for Responding to RFP’s”,
written by Darrell Williams, of Right Hand Man to help me every step
of the way. I am not sure where else I could have had this exclusive
opportunity.
- Exclusive Marketing & Advertising
Opportunities: Did you know that VANA gets over 4,500,000 hits
a month? Where else can you afford to advertise on a site that gets
this amazing amount of traffic? You could have a banner ad for as
low as $50 per month. Imagine how impressed your clients and leads
would be if you had a “client spotlight” section on your
website and could tell them that you advertise with a banner ad on
a site that generates 4,500,000 hits a month.
Additionally, my VAinsider Membership makes
it simple for me to maximize my marketing and advertising campaigns.
Here’s how:
- An Upgraded listing which includes
a banner ad to rise above other listings at the Virtual Assistant
Search Engine Directory. The largest VA directory on the net!
- Two special advertisement/announcement posts
in the forum. Did you know that active VANA Members have responded
to general Virtual Assistant questions over 18,000 times as of Oct.
2007?
- Preferred Advertising rates at VANA, including
a 25% discount and higher banner ad positioning versus a non-Star
member. Some advertising areas include The VA Advertising Shop, Newsletter
advertising, VA Chat Page, VA Article Directly, Main landing pages.
- Access to participation in various publicity
campaigns run by VANA experts to help promote Virtual Assistants and
your business globally.
To find out about all of the exclusive benefits that
you could take advantage of as a VAinsider simply visit the VAinsider
Membership Benefits section of the VANA website today.
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*Source: Virtual
Assistant Networking Association (VANA)
The ever popular, friendly, informative, educational & resourceful
network for successful and aspiring "IN THE KNOW" Virtual
Assistants and Achievers globally that everyone online is talking about.
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