Virtual Assistant Forum: VAnetworking's Weekender's Report - Feb. 13th - Virtual Assistant Forum

Hi Everyone,

Here's your Weekender Report to keep you "IN THE KNOW" with informative and entertaining resources for your virtual business success this week! Included this weekend:

*** Virtual News You Can Use NOW
*** VAinsider Club MotiVAtor
*** eSEMINAR SCHEDULE - Mark your calendars!
*** HOT Topics at the forum this past week
*** Virtual Assistant Trade, Barter, Sell or Just Giveaway
*** Virtual Weekender FREEBIE


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VIRTUAL NEWS YOU CAN USE NOW
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1) If you want to supercharge your virtual professional career by offering the most sought-after skills that small-business marketers are demanding today ... Become a Virtual Event Specialist and be among the first to get the certificate to prove it - Guaranteed!

Discover the training that will have a new wave of clients banging down your doors in 2009, begging for your proven virtual event expertise and assistance! A HOT new service now in high demand by clients to help them earn money through teleclasses, webinars, virtual expos, etc.

Get Your Seat Today!: http://www.vanetworking.com/vaclassroomevent


2) Announcing our next group of VAcertified Virtual Assistants...congrats!

Anna Issacs of United Kingdom of http://office-lifeline.co.uk
Michele Randolph of United States http://goldforcesupport.com
Debra Barber of Australia http://opas.com.au

A global showing from around the world!

Find Certified Virtual Assistants at our website directory at:
http://vacertified.com/virtual-assistant-directory/

Are you VA Certified yet?


3) If you’re a work-at-home mom or a mom thinking about starting a business from home, and you want to do things "your way," now there's a book written just for you.

Join us on Tuesday, February 16th at http://VirtualBusinessStartups.com/blog as we interview Karri Flatla author of Alpha WAHM Blueprint: An Empowerment Guide for Work-at-Home Moms. Karri is going to not only dispel the myths and stereotypes that hold us back as strong women, she is going to open up a whole new dialog for WAHMs who want it all.

Reader Bonus: Leave a comment on Karri’s post(s) and be entered to win her Comment Contest Giveaway. The winner will receive a fr’ee copy of Karri’s eBook: 99 Web Marketing Tips and Aha! Moments to Grow Your Online Business (Rocket Science Not Included).


4) Only 129 seats left for NAMS4 (Niche Affiliate Marketing Systems) Workshop. I've attended the last two and I highly recommend attending. It will definitely take your online business in a direction towards making money. NAMS3 in Atlanta sold out quickly so don't wait or you may miss out. Signup at:

http://VAnetworking.com/nams


5) Are you participating in our February contest to spread the word about virtual assistance?

If not and you are addicted to the social networking scene and love to gab, this volunteer position at VAnetworking may be just what you've been looking for to gain more exposure and experience in your business.

We're running a contest in February with 3 fantastic prizes drawn from amongst our VAcommentators. You won't want to miss out on this energizing contest.

Learn more and sign up to enter and win prizes here:

http://www.vanetworking.com/vacommentator.htm


6) You may not know this yet, but there are very few seats remaining for Andrea Lee's Wealthy Thought Leader 3-Day live event in Vancouver. And that means... after that, it's SOLD OUT!

They also added yet another speaker to the roster and I can promise you... if you can't make it... you'll be left very, very curious!

Dried Out Eyeballs? A promise from Todd Kashdan, Author of 'Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life'. The gregarious and fascinating Todd Kashdan, PhD, who is a professor, psychologist, positive psychology researcher and twin, has agreed to join the Wealthy Thought Leader speaking roster. How cool is that?!

In his own words, his plan for his talk is to: 'Leave everyone's eyeballs all dried out because the presentation was SO GREAT, no one wanted to blink.'

I'm looking forward to that promise! Are you?

ALSO, Andrea just revealed that Alexis Martin Neely is confirmed as one of a hand-selected few guest speakers at the Wealthy Thought Leader event. There's much to be learned from Alexis, who has brilliantly combined the worlds of law, business and motherhood. She'll be teaching how to build your business like you mean it: eyes wide open in the surprisingly uplifting (and energizing!) areas of legal, insurance, financial and tax systems.

Now THIS is building a legacy (thought leader) business!

Alexis is a master strategist and lawyer who has built TWO of her own MILLION dollar businesses. Finally, business owners around the world are going to have the peace of mind that comes from setting up your business the right way and protecting yourself from things you might not even think of. Stuff that no one talks about...

Andrea's asked her to hold nothing back at the event.

Now it's YOUR turn to step up as a Wealthy Thought Leader in your industry.

Curious yet? Save your seat now...

http://VAnetworking.com/wtleader

PS: I’m an incredibly busy woman, so I’m VERY choosy about the conferences I attend each year. But I JUMPED at the chance to attend Andrea’s event. I’d LOVE nothing more than to meet YOU there too. So will I see you in Vancouver, home of the Winter Olympics 2010?

Click here to grab one of the few seats left. You won’t regret it. Promise!

http://VAnetworking.com/wtleader


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VAinsider Club MotiVAtor
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Many of us react with emotion rather than reason. Next time take some time to think before answering a question or speaking out. When you begin to react after careful consideration instead of the "heat of the moment" your responses will be better for both you and your business.

Receive more valuable tips and business strategies by becoming a VAinsider Club member today!

Your VAinsider Club membership starts at only $7/mth. Not much to pay nowadays to help your business get the upper hand in the virtual service world.

What are you waiting for? JOIN TODAY at http://VAinsiders.com


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eSEMINAR SCHEDULE - Mark your calendars!
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Get up to date information on our 2010 upcoming speakers at our eSeminars help educate, inform and entertain Virtual Assistants and online Virtual Achievers worldwide.

REGISTER HERE to learn more:

http://VAnetworking.com/seminars

Upcoming Seminar Schedule:
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WEDNESDAY (All Members) ~ Don't miss our next F R E E VAnetworking eSeminar this coming Wednesday at 6PM EST to help educate, inform and entertain Virtual Assistants and online Virtual Achievers worldwide.

Date: February 17th, 2009 at 6PM EST

Topic: How to Step into Your Potential With Nothing But Your Words (And Why the Web Writing of Today Isn't Cutting it)

Presented by: Karri Flatla

Topic Summary: We all know as business owners that good copywriting sells. It gets people excited about your product or service. It makes them take action. But the worldwide web is increasingly noisy. Social media is the new "stream of consciousness" that's pushed us even deeper into a world of headlines and sound bytes. Worse, most business websites don't seem to say anything terribly meaningful or relevant at all.

The fact is, words define reality, your reality and the reality you create for your clients, your colleagues, your close friends and loved ones. Unfortunately, writing doesn't come easy to most people. And writing for the web causes most business owners extreme frustration and self-doubt.

Learning how to write authentically and with purpose can be the tipping point for real success. When you "step into your best self" through your words you accelerate your growth and success as a business person.

REGISTER above to receive your password the day before the event. If you are already registered, you'll receive speaker info automatically.

VAnetworking / VAinsider Orientations This Week too!
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VAnetworking.com has grown in leaps and bounds since going online in 2003 and the resources and benefits available at our website can be overwhelming at first as more is added each and every month. Join us in our eSeminar room for a walkabout of our website to view all the outstanding benefits you receive being a F R E E member to help you in your business discovery as a Virtual Assistant. You'd be surprised of the resources available here that you didn't even know existed!

Thursday, February 18th, 1pm EST in our seminar room at: http://www.vanetworking.com/eseminar (password: educate)

Also for those who have recently jumped into the VAinsider Club or are considering joining our exclusive club for Virtual Assistants, don't miss this orientation eSeminar. Learn about all the resources inside this membership club and how you can utilize them to take your business to that next level of success. For example, did you know that included with your VAinsider Club membership are a bunch of different ways to promote your business through signatures and banner ads?

Thursday, February 18th, 2pm EST in our seminar room at: http://www.vanetworking.com/eseminar (password: educate)


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HOT TOPICS AT THE FORUM THIS PAST WEEK:
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Sub rates, figuring out the kinks...
http://www.vanetworking.com/forum/rates-t2...491#entry124491

Looking for a way to broadcast messages to cell phones, Is there a web or email based program to do this?
http://www.vanetworking.com/forum/broadcas...ges-t20001.html

What if Your Computer Crashed Today? Would Your Business SURVIVE?
http://www.vanetworking.com/forum/Computer...day-t19980.html


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Virtual Assistant Trade, Barter, Sell or Just Giveaway!
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This is a new area our readers have requested where you can trade, barter, share or just giveaway products or services. For example, maybe you want to trade your VA services for coaching for your business.

We'll post current listings from our forum area so if you want to be listed, make a post there:

VirtualAssistantVideos.com For Sale
http://www.vanetworking.com/forum/VirtualA...sco-t20011.html

VAintern Opportunity With Tawnya Sutherland
http://www.vanetworking.com/forum/VAintern...Taw-t19924.html


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VIRTUAL WEEKENDER FREEBIE:
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The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony last night blew me away! Being a Vancouverite, I felt it was a true and thorough representation of Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Way to go VANOC, you came through for us!

For those who are lucky enough to be in Vancouver, British Columbia the next few weeks, here's an informative website with all the events on it that you can attend for F R E E !

http://www.citycaucus.com/2010free



Until next week...

To Your Virtual Success,

Tawnya Sutherland, CIMBS
Founder of The Leading Virtual Assistant Networking Forum Since 2003
www.VAnetworking.com
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