VANetworking.com – the hottest, friendliest, informative, educational and resourceful network for VAs – announces Virtual Assistance U (VAU), as a new Premier Partner to the forum.

Virtual Assistance U® is the online, global, virtual training community of the Jordan Group. Virtual Assistance U® is recognized globally as “The Benchmark for VA (Virtual Assistant) Training®.”

VAU’s goal is to deliver high quality, affordable virtual assistance training. The rapidly emerging VA technology will soon be a $127 billion industry. In fact, the report, ”Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance”, has called for education and training at all levels to prepare people to take advantage of these converging technologies, sooner rather than later.

Their highly qualified team of Learning Leaders with Expert Coaches helps aspiring virtual assistants to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to develop successful, up-to-the-minute virtual assistant practices. Their innovative, global interactive “virtual training programs” provide opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds and experience to meet, share knowledge, develop marketing tools, learn innovative techniques, and form mutually beneficial alliances. The end result is a unique, individualized virtual assistance practice that reflects the skills, values, and philosophy of the virtual assistance entrepreneur.

As a Premier Partner, VAU is offering a 20% discount off all their training programs to Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA) members. If you’re serious about launching a leading-edge virtual assistant career, Virtual Assistance U® is the place for you.

VANA’s Premier Partners are relevant to the Virtual Assistant industry and we recommend them so that our members’ businesses can succeed. Our members are interested in products and services that are helpful to small business owners, virtual assistance, work at home moms, networking, software and other computer-related areas. The message board is very active and is the largest in the VA world with over 5,500 members. It is an ideal website to advertise on if your product or service falls within this market of virtual assistants and small business entrepreneurs.

Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA) is the largest business network for aspiring and successful Virtual Assistants and Virtual Achievers to share, learn, and succeed! At VANA, industry experts and Virtual Assistant newbies mix it up to uncover all things new and exciting in the world of Virtual Assistance, while supporting one another and striving to promote the Virtual Assistant industry.

So join the fun and stop by the VANA Forum today at http://www.vanetworking.com. You’ll see just how much better your business can become and also have a great time doing it. And for those looking for a VA, you won’t be able to beat the professionals you’ll find here.

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Tawnya Sutherland, founder of Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA) http://www.vanetworking.com and author of the Virtual Business Startup System (VBSS), is a Certified Internet Marketing Specialist sharing her expertise to help aspiring and successful VAs turn website clicks into cash for them.

Phone Number: (724) 444-7444
Talkcast ID: 23225

Jamie Mades will be discussing “Success Principle:  Reading people” on June 27, 2007. Since the majority of our communication is through body language and most of your work is done over the phone, how can you really know what your client wants?  How can you serve your client to the best of your ability?  Join us and discover how to quickly and easily get into “sync” with your client. 

 

Our speakers welcome questions from our audience members. Since we prerecord the interviews, we ask for your questions in advance so that we may read them on the air and ask our guests to respond. Please email your questions to virtualconnectionfeedback@teamdoubleclick.com. You can also submit your feedback or questions via voice at 888-827-9129 extension 5. 

 

We prerecord most of our podcasts for air at 2:00 pm EDT every 1^st and 3^rd Wednesday of each month. 

 

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VAnetworking.com is pleased to announce Donna Gunter, author of Get More Clients Online: How to Get 95% of Your Clients from Internet Marketing (www.getmoreclientsonline.net) and founder of OnlineBizU.com. Donna will be presenting a seminar on “How to Fill Your Virtual Assistant Business (and Expand Your Profits) with Article Marketing” on Friday, June 29, 2007 at 11:00 a.m.

Many Virtual Assistants struggle with attracting clients, or once they have gotten clients, have difficulty finding time to continue marketing their practices.

Article marketing helps you do both. Your target market will begin to find you online, you’ll become an instant expert in their eyes, and they will call you up and want to hire you right away based on reading the articles you have written and distributed online.

In this seminar, you will learn how to:

–Choose the most effective format for writing your article

–Research your title before you write

–Create a compelling article title

–Write a resource box that will compel readers to take action

–Generate ideas for article topics

–Submit your articles all over the Internet

It’s not too late to begin to establish your expertise your expertise with the magic of article marketing!

Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA) is the largest business network for aspiring and successful Virtual Assistants and Virtual Achievers to share, learn, and succeed! At VANA, industry experts and Virtual Assistant newbies mix it up to uncover all things new and exciting in the world of Virtual Assistance, while supporting one another and striving to promote the Virtual Assistant industry.

So join the fun and stop by the VANA Forum today at http://www.vanetworking.com. You’ll see just how much better your business can become and also have a great time doing it. And for those looking for a VA, you won’t be able to beat the professionals you’ll find here.

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Tawnya Sutherland, founder of Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA) http://www.vanetworking.com and author of the Virtual Assistant Startup System (VBSS), is a Certified Internet Marketing Specialist sharing her expertise to help aspiring and successful VAs turn website clicks into cash for them.

You’d Protect a Human Child, Why Not a

“BrainChild?” Intellectual Property for Solopreneurs

DATE: Thursday, June 21, 2007
TIME: 5pm PST / 6pm MST / 7pm CST / 8pm EST
LENGTH: 60 minutes (please call in 10 min. early)
COST: FREE!

This class is open to all Virtual Assistants, Small Business Owners and Independent Service Providers. Feel free to invite your colleagues and clients.

Do you know the difference between a trademark, a copyright, and a domain name–and the rights each one entitles you to?

Do you want to avoid messy (and expensive) disputes with other business owners?

Want to know how to protect your valuable intellectual capital so that you’re the one to profit from it?

Just as human children need our protection, our “brain children”–or intellectual property–also need our protection. Unfortunately, solo professionals often don’t realize (before it’s too late) that 1) they had protectable intellectual property, and 2) what they could have done to protect it. Given the fast pace at which information flies in the Digital Age, forethought and intellectual property planning is absolutely necessary.

Join me to learn how you can identify your “brain children” and protect yourself economically. A few of the scenarios that we’ll cover include:

• What’s the difference between a copyright, a trademark, and a domain name?
• Can I get a trademark once I have a domain name? And what if someone tries to get a trademark using my business name?
• What if my articles appear on someone else’s website (or blog) without permission?
• Who owns the program that I collaborated on with someone else?
• Can I use ideas in my business that I generated for a client?

And much more!

Free gveaways will be provided to four lucky call participants, so be sure to register today to reserve your spot!

Register Now!