VAnetworking's Weekender Report

Tawnya Sutherland · October 18, 2009

Here's your Weekender Report to entertain and provide you with interesting and informative resources for your virtual business success. Sorry this is late...forgot to email it on Saturday! Better late than never

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VIRTUAL NEWS YOU CAN USE

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1) There's a new Virtual Assistant organization in Texas developed by our very own Administrator at VAnetworking, Candy Beauchamp. Congrats on this new network for Texas VAs! This is for Texas virtual assistants only. They have all kinds of things going on, so check them out - you can save $5 off of your regular membership (you get it for the recurring price) by using the discount code 'vanetworking' - without the quote, of course!

If you are a Texan Virtual Assistant you won't want to miss this new association.

Visit www.TexVAL.com today!

2) VANETWORKING IS LOOKING FOR PRIZE DONATIONS! We are currently seeking out prizes for our network's yearly December Holiday Virtual Party. Donations we are looking for are ebooks, special reports, discounts on products, free memberships to member sites and other interesting freebies of interest to a virtual entrepreneur.

If you'd like to market your business in front of thousands of Virtual Assistants or know a client or two who would like to, please contact Christy at christy@vanetworking.com with your prize donations.

3) I've been featured in a couple of books and programs lately that I would like to suggest putting into your educational list: Starting Over: 25 Rules When You've Bottomed Out by Mary Lee Gannon

www.VAnetworking.com/startingover

I was also recently interviewed by Marcia Hoeck for her workshop "How to Get More Done and Make More Money: 2 Simple Steps to Find, Hire, and Partner with the Perfect Virtual Assistant!

She had a workshop which I forgot to tell you about last week but you can still sign and download the F R E E audio recording at:

www.VAnetworking.com/marciahoeck

4) Don't forget that on October 20th, my friends Tina Forsyth and Andrea Lee are offering a F R E E call to share key details and strategies to support virtual professionals with breaking free from the time for money trap.

Register at: http://www.VAnetworking.com/obmcomp

5) Want to Be a ROCK STAR on a Blog World Tour?

Just follow my dear friend Nicole Dean who will show you how to get incoming links to your blog, get joint venture partners who are actively promoting you, and to get additional credibility by sharing your knowledge with different audiences. PLUS...learn a new service you can offer your clients

Grab it here: http://www.VAnetworking.com/blogworldtour

It's only $17...and well worth $97+ in my opinion.

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VAinsider Club MARKETING TIP

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When something happens that upsets you or that you didn’t exactly expect to happen, take a moment and ask yourself "What were you hoping?" When you can answer this question, you will know how to avoid that situation in the future. Many of us tend to accept things as the way it was meant to be, but it is so easy to change things if you decide to. You truly can have the life and the business you want by making one simple change in your life; know what you want and do everything you can to make it happen. Quit accepting defeat and relish the challenge!!

For more marketing tips...become a VAinsider at:

http://www.VAinsiders.com

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eSEMINAR WEEKLY SCHEDULE - Mark your calendars!

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TUESDAY (VAinsiders.com ONLY) - Tuesday, October 20th at 2pm EST

Join Tawnya Sutherland and Yvonne Weld for the GET CLIENTS! ProactiveVA Workshop on "Sales Processes"

WEDNESDAY (All Members) ~ VAjot Social Night : Join Tawnya Sutherland at 7pm EST, for our popular VAjot Social Night. At our VAjot Social Night we come together as business colleagues and as friends to connect, share and discuss our accomplishments the past week. An evening to JOT down everything on our minds, from introducing new members to discussing positive flows within our businesses, we guarantee it will be a fun and informative social night for all to hang with their peers in the VA industry! New people welcomed and please bring your URL with you to promote to us. Follow us on Twitter #VAjot

NOTE!!! You will now have to REGISTER to attend our eSeminars. Registration will keep you "in the know" on upcoming speakers, dates, times and passwords. Starting immediately we will be changing dates/times of our seminars to suit a more global audience we now have so everyone can enjoy our eSeminars worldwide.

REGISTER HERE: http://www.VAnetworking.com/seminars

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HOT TOPICS AT FORUM THIS PAST WEEK:

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How To Get Freelance Work On Elance.com... A few Tips

http://www.vanetworking.com/forum/Freelanc...nce-t14781.html

Interviews with a Virtual Assistant

http://www.vanetworking.com/forum/ANSWER-t19060.html

Social networking with other Virtual Assistants

http://www.vanetworking.com/forum/social-n...ing-t17703.html

Is it better to use a different bank than your personal account for your VA business?

http://www.vanetworking.com/forum/Business...ion-t19036.html

Online Backup Programs - What do you recommend?

http://www.vanetworking.com/forum/Safecopy...tml#entry120237

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WEEKEND FREEBIES:

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DO you need some organization with your thoughts, ideas, to-do-lists, etc.? Try out this F R E E mind-mapping program you can download and install to plan out all your future projects...it is really cool!

http://VAnetworking.com/mindmapping

To Your Virtual Success,

Tawnya Sutherland, CIMBS

Founder of The Leading Virtual Assistant Networking Forum Since 2003 www.VAnetworking.com

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