Boot Camp for Virtual Assistants

By Anna Baron

When you start a virtual assistant business, you become your own bookkeeper, computer repair person, marketing assistant...ARE YOU READY? The Virtual Assistant Boot Camp eBook is designed to help you decode the start-up process one step at a time. The Virtual Assistant Boot Camp eBook is only $29 and answers a majority of the questions that you want to know about starting your own Virtual Assistant business.

When you purchase this book, you also get bonus files, including:

• 300 Ways to VA
• Sample List of VA Services
• Sample Retainer Agreement
• Sample Work for Hire Agreement

See Table of Contents below.

Table of Contents

Introduction
- What VAstartup Is
     Before You Begin
     Understanding this Course

What is a Virtual Assistant and How Did It All Begin?
- What Does a Virtual Assistant Do?
- Is Being a Virtual Assistant Right For You?

Your Business
- Setting up Your Home Office
     Location    
     Office Checklist
- Defining Your Virtual Business
     Your Business Goals
     What are Your Services?
     Should you buy Business Insurance?    
     How Much Will You Charge?    
     Who Will Benefit From Your Services?    
- What Is My Business Structure?
- Writing Your Business Plan
- Client Contracts
     Types of Contracts
- Bookkeeping
     What’s the Purpose of Bookkeeping?
     Designing Your Invoice
     Keeping it up to Date
- Business Banking
     Why Open a Business Account
     Questions to Ask Potential Banks
     Setting up Online Merchant Accounts

Marketing Your Business
- Naming Your Business
     What Makes A Good Business Name?
- Logos and Taglines
- Building Your Website
     Do-It-Yourself vs. Getting-It-Done-For-You
- Business Cards and Stationery
     Be Creative
     When and Where to Give them Out
     Alternatives
- Search Engine Optimization
     What is Search Engine Optimization?
     How Can You Put This Into Practice?
- Press Release
     What is a Press Release?
     Getting the Maximum Effect from your Press Release
     Where to use your Press Release
- Power Point Presentations
     What to put in your Presentation
     Where to use your Presentation
- E-Networking
     E-mail Lists
     E-Newsletters
     Email Signatures

Your Business and Connections
- Identifying Existing Connections and Making More
- Previous Connections

Learning To Sell Your Business
- The Mirror / The Video
- Picking You Over Competition

Client Relations
- Preparing to Meet Your Client
- During the Meeting

A Successful Virtual Business
- Learning To Manage Your Time
     Organization
- Decoding Poor Time-Management

Hiring A Business Coach
- What is a Business Coach?
- Benefits of a Business Coach
- How to Choose One
- Where to Find a Business Coach