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NOVEMBER 9, 2009
ISSN 1947-105X | Vol. 3, No. 45
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WORKING WITH VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS ISSUE
In This Issue:
A Note from Danielle...
Business owners who learn about Virtual Assistants love the idea of partnering
with an administrative expert. Problem is, when it comes down to the practical
matter of actually choosing the right one, many don't know where
to start. Nicole Paull is here this week with some direction for you.
Yours in goodness and success :)
 Danielle
Keister
Founder & Virtual Assistant Expert
Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce
This
week I'm grateful for...
 Christine
Wade of eRealtyAssistance for her fantastic Gmail
video tutorial series. Great work, Christine!
We Love Hearing From You!
 “I
really look forward to your weekly messages. Thank you. Keep cranking
out the mail!”
— Thomas
Mullooly, Mullooly Asset Management.
How did YOU like this issue or a past teleseminar?
Was it insightful, helpful or informative? Have topic ideas you'd like
to see covered in the future? Let us know!
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FEATURE ARTICLE -
Finding the Best Administrative Solution for You
 As
a small business owner, the most precious resource you have is your time.
And likely, you don’t want to be spending your working hours on
tasks that aren’t actively contributing to your bottom line.
For many business owners, this includes getting help with administrative
tasks. To have a smoothly run business, these tasks need to be done. But
many, if not most, don’t have to be done by you, the business owner.
A Virtual Assistant can fill this gap. But if you Google Virtual Assistance,
it will take you hours to sort through all of the results, and time is
the very thing you’re trying to conserve. Furthermore, the first
Virtual Assistant you come across isn’t necessarily going to be
the best one for you.
You want someone who has excellent technical, business and interpersonal
skills, since all of these will benefit you, as a client of the VA. But
your best match will also click with the culture of your business and
with the personality and work style of you, the business owner. Finally,
no matter how personable someone is, you won’t be able to trust
a Virtual Assistant to support you well unless he or she is deeply committed
to living and doing business with high ethics. So just how can you find
this ideal Virtual Assistant?
It helps to know of resources who’ve already done some of the nuts-and-bolts
prerequisite work for you, who can refer you to Virtual Assistants who
have demonstrated a high level of skills and a commitment to ethical behavior.
It also helps to be guided through questions and criteria that will help
you determine a good match once you receive referrals. But before you
talk to anyone, you need a quick way of determining whether or not virtual
assistance is the best solution for your administrative needs… it
may not be.
The good news is that a free guide with all of the above is available.
RESOURCE: I've written an insider's
guide on How
to Choose the Right Virtual Assistant for You, which is
a great supplement to the VACOC Client Guide.
 About
the Author: Nicole Paull owns and operates Mainspring Enterprises,
and has 20 years experience as an administrative professional. She provides
across-the-board administrative support with a special emphasis on working
with clients who have copywriting needs. Nicole is also the associate
editor of a bi-monthly infoletter entitled Good Health is Real Wealth.
You can learn more about Nicole at http://www.mainspringva.com.
© Copyright 2009, The
Portable Business™. All U.S. and International rights
reserved. You may print this article for personal use or republish it
online only if it is left unaltered and used in its entirety, including
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the author for any other permission.
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VACOC NEWS -
Take the 2009 Annual Virtual Assistant Industry Survey
UPDATE 11/9/09: 633 participants
so far—only 367 to go! We're shooting for 1,000 so if you are a
VA, be sure and take the survey and keep those promotions going. They
really, really help. And if you are a client, please forward this email
to your Virtual Assistant. :)
Each year, the VACOC conducts an industry-wide survey with the purpose
of taking a representative, group snap-shot of those who are in the business
of providing ongoing administrative support. Virtual Assistants
who participate get the survey results report absolutely free!
Our goal this year is 1,000 participants. Judging from past years' surveys,
the report will be about 75-100 pages chockful of useful, fascinating,
eye-opening data. So don't delay—the sooner we hit the mark, the
sooner YOU get your copy!
Take
the survey >>
- VACOC NEWS -
Join the VACOC Virtual Assistant Ethics Pledge
 Did
you know the VACOC offers Virtual Assistants the most highly used and
respected ethics pledge in the industry? Lots of VAs use our Virtual Assistant
Ethics Pledge on their websites to demonstrate to clients their commitment
to integrity and excellence in business. If you are a Virtual Assistant
reading this ezine, you can, too!
It doesn't cost a dime--just your promise to honor and abide by these
ideals. Simply place the badge on your website and you're good to go!
The coding includes a link that opens the full Ethics Pledge in a new
window so you don't have to type everything out yourself. How convenient
is that?
Click
here to get your badge today!
- VACOC NEWS -
New Service for Clients: Quickie Gigs™
 The
VACOC has a new service for clients we call Quickie Gigs™.
Here's the idea:
The core business of a Virtual Assistant is providing one-on-one, ongoing
administrative support to clients they work with in long-term, continuous
relationship. We always encourage clients to go that route because it's
where you are going to reap the most rewards in terms of value, continuity
and cost-effectiveness. However, if you have not yet found your right
Virtual Assistant or you are between Virtual Assistants, but still have
occasional tasks and projects you'd like completed, we can help you out!
Quickie Gigs™ is for simple, straightforward administrative
tasks and projects that can be completed and turned-around in a day or
so (24 to 48 hours) with no fuss, no muss. All you do is fill out our
online form with the project specs and once the preliminary account set-up
is completed, we'll get to work right away. Simple as that! For
more information, be sure and check
out our Quickie Gigs™ page.
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you been wondering what this administrative solution called Virtual Assistance
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