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Useful Resources
These are resources and links that have been useful to our team through our journey to successful business ownership. We hope that you find them as useful as we have.
EDUCATION, INFORMATION
1. W3schools.com – the largest and most popular web developers resource in the world. Full web building tutorials – ALL FREE! Quick and easy learning in an accessible and handy format. Great for beginners!
2. TechRepublic.com – is ostensibly a resource for IT professionals seeking business solutions. Real world solutions for IT leaders.
3. Small Business Association (SBA) - an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. Helps Americans start, build and grow businesses. Through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations, SBA delivers its services to people throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands and Guam.
4. VirtualAssistanceU.com – is the “benchmark for VA training” for those desiring to launch a practice in the virtual assistance industry. Expert coaching and training.
5. Kutztown University – Small business development center helping business start, grow, and prosper. FREE on-demand learning, FREE consultations, FREE web-based tools, and much more. Program requires you to register for and complete the required online learning modules, complete a short survey and pass a check your understanding section. A certificate of completion is then available for purchase and download.
6. My Own Business – FREE internet course on how to start your own business. 16 sessions cover the most important topics for anyone starting or operating a business. Examples are: The Business Plan, Business Insurance, and Managing Employees.
TRAINING, CERTIFICATIONS
1. International Virtual Assistants Association (IVAA) - with over 1,000 members, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the professional education and development of members of the Virtual Assistance profession, and to educating the public on the role and function of the Virtual Assistant. While certification is by no means requisite for IVAA members, IVAA holds the distinction of being the only organization offering the comprehensive IVAA Certified Virtual Assistant (CVA) exam, recognized internationally as the standard that Virtual Assistants strive to attain. Information is provided to the public so that a qualified virtual assistant can be found for your project.
2. Virtual Assistant Certification - the joint effort of three leaders in the Virtual Assistance industry: The International Association of Virtual Office Assistants (IAVOA), AVirtualSolution (AVS) and Virtual Assistance U (VAU). Leaders in these three organizations were convinced that the rapid growth of the Virtual Assistance industry meant that individuals with a wide range of skills, some high level, some marginal, were entering the profession. It was determined that a certification system be designed to weed out those with marginal skills and experience from the ones with higher skill levels and more experience. Thus, VACertification.com was born.
3. VA Training – areas of coaching include: creating business and marketing plans, determining your vision and goals, how to determine your target market, developing dynamic presentation skills, achieving your fullest potential, mentoring you through the setup of your own VA practice, and much more.
4. Virtual Business Training – cultivates tomorrow’s Virtual Associates through an intensive training program designed for those who are serious about starting a Virtual Assistant or Virtual Service Business. The tuition balance of the 10 week training program is $825 as of 09/25/09.
5. VA Trainer – Ten week training program on setting up your business, planning your day, professionalism and ethics, and more for $675AUD total or $67.50AUD a week as of 09/25/09.
6. Virtual Business Owners Training Program – Marketing your virtual company with NO COST Virtual Business Owners Training Program. Military Recognition. Their Mission: “We educate and empower clients to do business successfully in the virtual marketplace.”
7. Virtual Assistant Training Program – The purpose of the program is to be a resource and networking community for Virtual Assistants, while improving the quality of VA’s in the community, and educating potential clients about their services. Their Vision: “The term Virtual Assistant is part of our everyday language.
8. Real Estate Virtual Assistant Organization (REVA) – Certification program encompasses some of the most comprehensive and informative training available today. All modules are available on-demand, online, and self-paced, and can be taken at your convenience – making it possible to continue with your current job or other responsibilities. REVA Institute is the only organization offering a certification for Real Estate Assistants.
ARTICLES
1. Ezinearticles.com – expert authors sharing their best original articles. EzineArticles.com serves millions of unique visitors monthly, has over 100,000+ RSS feeds plus 600+ email alert lists designed to announce every new article posted to over 100,000 permission-based members/publishers, -- all assuring you that you are making a wise investment of time to submit your best articles to the EzineArticles.com Article Writing & Marketing System. :-)
2. IdeaMarketers.com – allowing individuals to post articles to be featured on the site. Articles are stored in a searchable database. Web surfers, researchers, publishers, webmasters and ezine editors can then come in and find content. If you're a publisher or a webmaster, there's a link on the top of every article that you can click on and "Request Reprint" permission from the author to use the article. The author can then accept or reject the request. The answer is almost always yes, because that's why they put the article on the site anyway! The general custom is that you get permission and then you can publish the article as long as you use the author's bio/contact information.
TOOLS, APPS, DOWNLOADS
1. Morning Coffee – Firefox Extension. Keeps track of daily routine websites and opens them in tabs. This extension lets you organize websites by day and open them up simultaneously as part of your daily routine. This is really handy if you read sites that update on a regular schedule (like webcomics, weekly columns, etc.).
2. MyFax - Simple: Internet fax. Easy as email. Reliable: Always online. Never busy or out of paper. Inexpensive: $10/m includes 100 sent & 200 received pages. Mobile: Fax by email from work, home, and on the road.
3. CentralDesktop - connect your people, collaborate faster, Central Desktop's Social Technology Platform provides a complete SaaS solution for businesses to collaborate, manage projects and connect their people.
4. BlogRovr – your blogs delivered, wherever you browse; browse as usual – RovR fetches related stories from blogs you like.
NETWORKING
1. FaceBook -
2. LinkedIn
3. Entrepreneur
4. Ping
5. MySpace
6. Virtual Business Group
7. Virtual Assistant Chamber of Commerce – a professional association that is passionately dedicated to helping Virtual Assistants around the world grow stronger, more financially successful practices that lead them to greater personal happiness, freedom and client satisfaction. Registration is FREE and is open to all Virtual Assistants no matter where they are in the world. As long as you are a VA (and not a virtual staffing or multi/team-VA agency or secretarial service), have your business website up and running, and meet a few other general requirements. Highly recommended.
8. VA Networking – The Virtual Business Startup System is a globally proven, acclaimed business startup system and instruction by The VA Expert, Tawnya Sutherland and is designed specifically to get your Virtual Assistant business up and running easily, quickly, without the stress of doing it from scratch in just 30 days. From over 100 business templates to a completed website online, the VBSS is a step-by-step workbook system that provides valuable sound advice and practical guidance for starting your own successful Virtual Assistant business.
WEB HOSTING
1. Dotnet-services.net – my personal favorite! The one I use and love!
FREELANCE, LEADS
1. Elance
2. Guru
3. Key For Cash
4. Team Double Click
5. Hire My Mom
6. Elite Office Support
7. Axion Data Services – extremely strict
SEARCH ENGINES
1. Google
OTHER VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS
BOOKS, MAGAZINES
1. “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki
2. “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrnes
OTHER
1. Mesh
2. PayPal
3. Assist U – The AssistU Shop has all kinds of great gear for Vas and the people who work with, and love them! Tees, mugs, mouse pads, cards – if you want it, they probably have it for you!
Most, but not all, of the text descriptions for the above listed resources came directly from the “About” page or elsewhere on the website of the company being described.
The companies listed on this page have no affiliation with Indiana Team Virtual other than the fact that members of our team may use the services and/or products on a volunteer basis.
For reciprocal link opportunities with our company, please contact barbara@IndianaTeamVirtual.com
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