Sadly, we've had to turn a lot of those clients away. The problem is, there is a 'mismatch' between 95% of Virtual Assistants we meet and the business owners who want to hire them.
Online professionals like you are not being hired and business owners are left without the help they need.
This is a very upsetting situation to both of us! As working moms who love helping others, and business owners who enjoy being able to be at home, we believe there is a perfect solution and we're determined to help turn an Unwin-Unwin into a Win-Win.
Would You Like to Be On Our List of Preferred Service Providers? You Can, If You Have the Right Skills.....
Here is just a sample of the most common requests we hear from these business owners on a regular basis:
"I need a VA who is going to think ahead of me and take care of details so I don't have to worry about them."
"I want a VA who is familiar with and can strategically use the common online systems I need to automate and build my business."
"Please help me find a VA who will use her initiative, brainstorm with me and ultimately be my partner. I'll reward him or her handsomely!"
We're living very comfortable lives while working in this industry and with a special subset of well-paying clients that LOVE and APPRECIATE our contribution...and so can YOU.
In particular, the kinds of clients we find most rewarding and genuinely meaningful to work with include:
- Coaches and Consultants
- Information Marketers
- Authors/Writers
- Professional Speakers
- Online Based Retail Businesses
What Does This Special Group of Business Owners Have In Common and Why Should You Focus On Them?
First of all, they are all professionals who seek to serve others for a living. This is very important! They want to make a difference to other peoples lives, just like you, and that means your values are aligned. Believe us when we say this makes your work a whole lot easier and fun.
Second, they need a Virtual Assistant who's been trained in specific online based tools and systems. This is absolutely non-negotiable. Without someone to help with these very specific tools, they can't run, automate or grow their businesses the way they want.
What this means is they need a Virtual Assistant who can:
- setup, manage and strategically use a shopping cart system to simplify and automate tasks.
- format and distribute broadcasts - ezines/newsletters/announcements - and consider ways to measure their effectiveness via link tracking and open stats
- setup and completely automate online teleclass registrations - from registration to post-class follow up
- setup and maintain blog posts for your clients, as part of their overall online strategy
- assist with creating audio and written products and setting them up to sell on a website
- support with attracting website traffic and list building activities
- manage email based customer service inquiries effectively
If You're Asked "Can You Help Automate and Expand My Online Business On My Behalf?" ...Wouldn't You Like to Say "Definitely!"
This special group of business owners also wants a Virtual Assistant with an Online Business Mindset - optimizing and growing their business - something you can learn.
With these skills in hand, there is literally a plethora of eager clients ready and waiting to hire you, literally, today. We see it regularly each and every month - VAs with these skills not only get busy but quickly start to have to turn business down on a regular basis.
It All Comes Down to a Severe Shortage of the Right Skills, Which If You Will Only Learn, Will Change Your Business Dramatically
After literally 3 years of toying with the idea, we finally decided to go ahead and start training active and aspiring VAs on these skills. We ran the first training in Fall 2007, and since then have led helped train over 100 VAs in these hot skills.
(What took us so long to offer this training? This had been on our to-do list for a while but due to our busy schedules, neither of us has had the time to get it going. After once again being asked 'Cindy/Tina where can I hire a *you*' we've decided to make this training a priority so we can help VAs acquire the skills they need to get the clients who are eager to hire them.)
Introducing the
Certified Ecommerce VA Program
A 6-Week (12 session) Live Training Program for VAs who want to expand their skill set and never go without clients again.
If you are going to take any VA Training program out there, this is the one to start with.
The set of skills you will learn in the Certified Ecommerce VA Training Program are the foundational skills that every online support professional should have in their toolbelt. All online-based businesses owners need this kind of support, and best of all these are ongoing needs in their business. With these skills in place clients will hire you for long-term retainers, instead of just a project 'here and there.'
There are certainly other great training programs out there that will help you specialize in certain areas (heck, we offer other specialty programs ourselves too!) - but this program is the place to start. With these skills first you will have a strong understanding of online-business support, and can then later specialize in various areas down the road should you choose to do so.
Before you dive in and say 'sign me up'... this training is not for everyone.
There are a couple of questions to ask yourself before you join our VA Skills training program:
- First, what kind of client do I want to work with?
Not every VA wants to work with the kind of clients who require these specific skills. For example, there are a lot of VAs who focus solely on working in the real estate industry or with lawyers... in which case these skills are not needed.
If you don't have an interest in working with the clients listed above, then we suggest you consider other VA training programs that teach for the specific subset of clients you are interested in. (There are lots of great general and speciality VA training programs available).
- Second, do I enjoy learning and using online based technology?
This kind of work requires a 'technical knack' and enjoyment of working online. An aptitude in using various software systems along with a keen interest in online business and marketing is a requirement. If email makes you cringe, and you would rather read a newspaper then look at a blog, this may not be the program for you... there are other VA opportunities and niches you may want to consider instead.
Sounds like this program might be for you? Great! But chances are you may be wondering if the program is really worth it. We think so (of course!) but our opinion really doesn't matter. What does matter is how this training has helped those who have taken one of our past classes.
What this program is not:
This program is not an introductory program to help you get your VA business started. We will not cover pieces such as naming your business, how to market yourself and find your first clients, how to build your client base etc..
This is strictly a skills building course that will provide you with the essential skills business owners are looking for. If you have great VA skills and your business goals are to work closely with only a few top-notch clients, providing high quality support and earning more money, this is the program for you.
I'm Game, Count Me In!
Certified Ecommerce VA Program
The next 6 week Live Training Program (delivered by phone and video-based webinar) starts on Tuesday, October 12, 2010.
The program consists of 12 hour-long sessions, delivered at 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern each Tuesday and Wednesday for 6 weeks (with a one week break at the halfway point).
During this time you will learn the hot skills clients are looking for:
Developing Your Marketing Mindset
Clients want to hire a VA who is willing to take initiative and play more of a 'partner' role vs. simply taking care of administrative tasks. Learn how to develop your Marketing Mindset so you attract and retain these high-level clients. (this one thing alone will make a world of difference in your business)
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Merchant Account & Paypal
We will discuss all aspects of the buying process, including gateways, merchant accounts and using PayPal as a payment option.
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Setting up the Shopping Cart
Learn the various elements of a shopping cart system, including how to setup and customize a shopping cart system from scratch based on your client's preferences.
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Creating and Using Autoresponders
A key element of any online business strategy, learn how to create an autoresponder and post the 'sign-up form' to your client's website.
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Setting up Products/Programs for Sale
The magic 'behind the buy button'. Learn how to setup a product in the shopping cart, including specifics on how to setup shipping costs, taxes and more.
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Formatting & Sending Broadcasts
Including ezines, newsletters and other announcements, learn how to properly format and distribute a broadcast with proper tracking and statistic components.
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Setting up Teleclass Registration
Everything from bridgelines to post class follow-up, learn all the elements (and tips) to setup a seamless teleclass registration process.
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Setting up Affiliate Programs
How to setup an affiliate program for various products in your client's shopping cart.
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Blog Posting & Maintenance
As the popularity of 'blogs as a business strategy' increases, more clients are looking for help in posting and maintaining their business blogs. We will cover basic blog setup, posting and plus some ideas on blog traffic and exposure.
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Assisting in Product Creation (Written & Audio)
While you may not be able to 'write the book' for your client, there are many things you can do to support the product creation process. We will cover everything you can do, from tools to create products, affordable production options to fulfillment.
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Assisting in Traffic & List Building
Many clients are looking for support in driving traffic to their websites to help build their lists and increase sales. Learn specific tasks you can do as a VA do to support your clients traffic strategies.
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Commitments & Celebration!
What's next now that you have these skills? During this final session we will help you create a profitable and achievable plan to getting new clients and growing your VA business. (After all, what good is all of this training if you don't do anything with it?)
Each session will be recorded and available in online video format so you can refer back to each session at your convenience. These videos will be available to you for at least one year after you take the program, so you have them for easy reference as needed once you start applying these skills with your new clients.
Plus, we will be asking you to complete various assignments between class to directly apply what you are learning. This way you can effectively absorb all the new skills you are learning, and also gives you a chance to clear up any questions along the way.
To provide the best support to you, we are limiting the class size to 20 participants. These seats will fill quickly, so be sure to act fast if you are interested in this program.
One Last Thing... Before you Click the Buy Button
There are a few things you will need to have in place before the class starts:
- a computer with high-speed internet access
- a good long distance phone plan (a US based bridge number will be used for the sessions)
- a basic understanding of web design/HTML (It's not mandatory to have these skills, although we do recommend it)
Price for the complete 6-Weeks (12 sessions)
with recordings: Only $697
$497 Early Bird
As Little as 10 Hours of Work With One New Client
You Can MORE Than Recoup Your Tuition...
Imagine a LIFETIME of BETTER PAYING, MORE ENJOYABLE Clients That You Don't Have to Struggle To Find...
If the price of the training is a consideration for you, think for just a moment about these three points:
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How many hours a month do you spend right now on marketing - struggling to rustle up a client or two? With the Certified Ecommerce VA Program you will absolutely reduce the need to spin your wheels in this way, and you can spend those hours EARNING money instead of wasting it looking for clients in all the wrong places...
Potential Dollar Savings? Let's say you spend just 5 hours per week on marketing right now. That's 20 hours per month of time you could be billing for. Multiply your current hourly rate by 20 and you'll see your potential dollar savings for only one month. Now, how does that number seem compared to the one-time only fee of $697? |
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How often have you had a client you worked hard to find, only to have them leave you after a short time? In business, this fast turnover of clients is called 'churn' and refers to the agitated state of your business when you lose clients as fast as you gain them - ultimately costing you even more money. The Certified Ecommerce VA Program gives you the skills to secure the right kind of client - the ones that are dedicated and eager to partner with you LONG TERM - so that you are calmer, less worried and more secure about your livelihood...
Potential Dollar Savings? This one is hard to calculate! But try answering just one question - how much is peace of mind worth to you? If you're anything like us, it's worth a LOT to know you will always have clients, and that those clients are stable and committed to you, just as much as you are committed to them.
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How much money have you already spent to set up your Virtual Assistance business? On your computer, your office equipment, even your software or other training? Probably it all adds up to at least $2500 or more. But the funny thing is, none of that stuff will actually EARN you more money. Only the ability to attract clients will actually EARN you money. The Certified Ecommerce VA Program is the piece that will turn all your other expenses into paying clients. After all a computer is nothing if you have no work to do on it, right?
Potential Dollar Savings? Just add up all the money you've spent already to set up your VA business. Then ask yourself if investing $697 is worth it to put those expenditures to work for you.
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Remember, We're Keeping This Training Group Small Because We Want To Personally Endorse And Recommend 20 Stellar VAs After We're Done...
In fact, this is perhaps the biggest reason of all for you to sign up now, before all the seats are taken...
If you follow through on each week of training and prove to us your skills are there (via a series of assignments that demonstrate your proficiencies), we will gladly become your advocate and give you the designation of Certified Ecommerce Specialist.
As a Certified Ecommerce Specialist you will be awarded a 'virtual' certificate of graduation and given the Certification Stamp as shown here to display on your website and in marketing materials - together with this 'Stamp of Approval' and your name on our exclusive list of VA graduates you will be able to prove to potential clients that you have the skills that they need. |
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With the Certified Ecommerce Specialist designation you will be set to truly serve these online-based business owners, and in the process create a sustainable, enjoyable and lucrative VA business for yourself.
Doesn't get any better than that! ;)
Price for the complete 6-Weeks (12 sessions)
with recordings: Only $697
$497 Early Bird
Click here to join the program
Our 'We Swear On Our Laptops' Promise to You...
As service providers who've been around the block awhile, you'll want to know that our goal is your absolute satisfaction.
If within the first week (2 sessions) of the program you discover it is not for you... let us know and we'll cheerfully refund whatever portion (or full amount) of tuition you've paid. We swear on our laptops...
Will you join us?
To your success!
Contact us with any questions you may have about this training program.
P.S. - The Virtual Assistant industry is our passion and we would like nothing more than to help you build your business. This program consists of the exact skills we have used in our own businesses that have afforded us to enjoy the flexibility of a self-directed schedule while still generating a great income. This is your opportunity to do the same and much more.
