Free Virtual Assistant Resources
10 Tips to Start a Virtual Assistant Business - FREE eCourse
10 Tips to Start a Virtual Assistant Business is a FREE eCourse offered by Secretaries on Demand coach, Heather L. McMillan. For a limited time, she is offering to help those in a hurry set up their VA business and begin to generate interest and clients. This FREE ecourse on starting your own virtual assistant business is not as in depth as the coaching services provided on the site, but it will help you get your feet off the ground and moving toward success for FREE!
Here's what an attendee of the last Free VA eCourse said:
"I have to tell you this was one of the most informative, educational building email course I have experienced! I love the fact that you had "homework" for us after each email session. So it wasn't as if you sent an email piece but actually expected and wanted us to follow up with homework and make this really work for us. Delilah Smith |
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Our well-known free VA eCourse is available for anyone to sign up any time they like! Fill out your name and email address below and then check your email (spam filter too!) for the confirmation link in order to receive your welcome letter and lessons.
We a new free telecourse being offered in May courtesy of our new 12-month training program, Moving Toward Success! So don't miss out!
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Link Recommendations
| Online Tools | |
Virtual Assistant Manager |
Appointment Plus |
| My Hours - Online Time Management/Recording | Airset - Free Online Calendar |
| 1shoppingcart - One of the most popular online shopping carts. | iBackup - A way to safeguard your files by backing them up online. |
| MyFax - A cost effective electronic fax service you can use without having a fax machine! | GoToMyPC - Access your computer or your clients' computers remotely. |
| Microsoft Templates - Need some ideas or a template for a certain type of document? Look here. | QuickBooks Online - Online solution for working with remote bookkeepers & accountants. |
Communication, Meetings & Conferencing |
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| Webex - Online conferencing. | Accessline - Virtual PBX & Fax Services. |
| OneBox - Virtual PBX & Fax Services | Regonline - Online Event Registration Processing |
| Parachat - Online chat service. | EventBrite -Online Event Publishing, Advertising & Registration |
| Jott - Call & leave a voice message that will be delivered in text to the emails. Great for people on the go. | |
| Freelance Sites | |
| Guru - Very affordable. | Elance - More popular but a little more expensive than Guru. |
| GetaFreelancer - Extremely affordable, but harder to compete with overseas offers. | |
| Marketing - Print & Online | |
| VistaPrint - Great place to purchase business cards, brochures, and more at low prices. | EzineDirector - Great resource for your ezines. |
| AWeber - Another great service for ezines or professional emails and communications to a mailing list with opt in/out options. | Constant Contact - Another great ezine/email service with surveys and more. Highly recommend, great templates. |
| Domain Registrars | |
| AletiaNIC - Prices are fair and service is fast. | GoDaddy - A well known name with well known service. |
| Web Site Hosts | |
| JaguarPC - I've been with them since 2001 when my last host had too much down time and terrible customer service! Great prices & fast customer service. Little to no downtime! | 1and1 - Cheap online host. Service and up time's are great, but sometimes customer service and ease of use are not the highest. |
If you have a great resource that's cheap or free, please send it to Angie so we can add it to our resources page!