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Attending Virtual Assistant Conferences
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I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a couple of the Virtual Assistant Conferences within our industry this past month. I thought I would share my VA conference experiences with you at the VA Talk Show.
I attended the VA Summit which was held in Charlotte, North Carolina and FoVA which was held in Toronto, Ontario.
Don't forget to phone in and leave your VA Conference experience at at our recording booth at 1-866-943-6665 & press number 3 to record. We would love to hear from you at the VA Talk Show…Where VAs Talk the Walk! Listen to these as well in the 2nd podcast above.
Here are the shownote links mentioned within this podcast:
Tawnya's Home Town: Bewdley, Ontario
Naomi Skarzanski of Top Shelf VA
Dana Fortier of Fortier Biz Solutions
Nina Feldman
Candy Beauchamp of OffAssist
Terry Green of Fasttype
Heather Chernosky who proudly wore the VAdala. Help promote the Virtual Assistant Industry by wearing a VAdala!
Tawnya's Virtual Assistant: Patty Dost www.timeisoftheescents.com
FoVA Panel Discussion:
Bev Pederson of Red Deer College
Michele Jamieson of CVAN
Tawnya Sutherland of VAnetworking
Pam Ivey of IREAA
Sue Kramer of IVAA
Rob Neilly of AssistU
Bernadette Wong of K&M Secretarial Services
It was great to get to meet each and every VA at the conferences…see you next year!
VA Talk Show Episode #6
After a short hiatus, The VA Talk Show is back stronger than ever! Thanks for your patience and in appreciation we have another informative yet entertaining show for entrepreneurs working from home, especially the Virtual Assistant. Today's lineup will give you more inside info on not only marketing your business but some tricks and tips to help you take your business to that higher level of success you only hear about others reaching.
We have Bonnie Jo Davis here to talk about article marketing, information on a new way to outsource your work plus Karri and I will be gabbing about niching your business. Oh, and we FINALLY caught up to Brent who claims to be somewhere in Paris and he's got another great RocNtalk for us too.
Here is information on the VAintern Program I talked about in the VA Talk Show during my foreword. Click here if you want to Hire a VA and here if you want to become a VAintern.
Don't forget, please leave us comments/feedback in the comment area at the bottom of the page as we love to hear what you think!
Below are the SHOW NOTES as promised for your surfing convenience. And, without further adieu, enjoy!
VA Feature
Click to interact at the VAnetworking Forum with Bonnie Jo Davis of Articles That Sell.
Bonnie Jo Davis is a Virtual Assistant and Article Marketing Expert with over twenty-five years of administrative and marketing experience. Bonnie specializes in frugal marketing techniques that leverage technology and her favorite technique is article marketing. Eleven years ago her first speaker client asked Bonnie to help him get published in several industry magazines. This is when Bonnie realized the power of publishing articles to promote your business and services. That speaker received several writing assignments that enabled him to be on the cover of several leading magazines. Consulting and speaking engagements began flooding the office to the point where other marketing techniques were abandoned. Fast forward eleven years and Bonnie is still leveraging articles to promote for herself and her clients both on-line and off. Today her greatest pleasure is to help entrepreneurs build their businesses using article marketing. Visit Bonnie's Website.
Download Bonnie's Free Affiliate Marketing Handout
Visit the Virtual Assistant Article Directory
Roc Talk
Click here to interact at the VAnetworking Forum with Brent Reilly
Brent Reilly of PC Computer Help talks about Proper Computer Maintenance Techniques and left us this message…
I am sorry I do not have my show notes for what I talked about. My thumb drive with all my information was corrupted in the X-ray machine in Marseilles. I was in such a hurry to leave my last residence, that I forgot all my paperwork & my laptop battery was dying. I was able to find an internet cafe, in Geneva, to upload my files so click here to enjoy!
Web Whys?
Click here to interact at the VAnetworking Forum with Karri & Tawnya
Join Karri Flatla of snap! Virtual Associates Inc. and Tawnya Sutherland of Mediamage Business Solutions your Internet Marketing experts who answer your online business marketing questions:
WHY You Should Have a Niche to Succeed Online
Take Part in Our Online Poll: Niche…Do you call it Nitch or Neesh? (must login to participate, membership is free)
Don't forget to signup for our newsletter (upper right corner of website) to download Karri & Tawnya's FREE Special Report from Web Whys: The Straight Goods on Getting More Traffic to Your Website ~ An SEO Primer
VANA's "Deck The Offices" Virtual Networking Party
Here's wishing all of our VANA members a joyous holiday season full of wonderful memories this December plus a special wish for a prosperous New Year ahead.
If you missed our VANA "Deck the Halls" Virtual Networking Party this month, stop by our website. We recorded some of the events for you. Or you can listen to it here.
http://www.vanetworking.com/party/2007Dec/
So pop by and listen to:
*** Mary Lou Ashton singing her rendition of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer (Love ya Mary Lou!)
*** Patty Dost accepting her VAccolade Business Entrepreneur of 2007
*** See who won all the prizes valued at over $2000!
*** Hear all about the FoVA coming in May and PLEASE don't forget to get your early bird pricing that ends December 31st.
*** Plus this is your last chance to order VBSS Deluxe at $200 off so order soon!
Visit our website to read more about the above at:
http://www.vanetworking.com/party/2007Dec/
Also, we are down to just a couple of days left for our December Advent Calendar with over $5,000 in prizes to be given away. All you have to do to win is have posted at our VA forum within the last 30 days. Check to see if you are a winner at:
http://www.vanetworking.com/contest/advent/
Forum on Virtual Assistance - I'm Going, Are You?
I am attending and speaking at a a conference being held in Canada, May 2-4th. This is a great opportunity as a Virtual Assistant to network and learn from each other. Many will be attending from North American and I'm expecting it to be not only a learning experience but a fun one too! So, if you ever wanted to visit Canada, here's your excuse! Plus it would be fun to meet some of you too!!
What have you done for your business lately?
If you are a Virtual Assistant or are in the process of starting your VA practice, attending FoVA will provide you with tools to take your career to the next level. The FORUM on VIRTUAL ASSISTANCE being held May 2 – 4, 2008 in Toronto Canada is a “coming together” of top North American Virtual Assistants. FoVA is a unique opportunity to share and learn crucial information about the VA industry as a whole, as well as the day to day challenges of our individual practices. FoVA is NOT a conference! It is a Forum where experts and up and coming VAs meet face to face in a stimulating and exciting exchange of knowledge and ideas. It is a venue where solutions and action plans are created to move your business forward.
You ARE your business so invest in your company and yourself!! Find out about FoVA at www.forumonvirtualassistance.com and take advantage of Early Bird Savings before December 31st!!
Hope to see you all there!
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