These skills are still in great demand in our industry. Hope to see you there.

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In business, it is important to have an edge or some relevant, in-demand skills that set you apart and enable you to play a bigger role with your clients. I think this video will definitely stimulate some ideas on how you can grow your business and income opportunities for the last half of 2010!

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It is always exciting to uncover hot and profitable new niches to tap into for your Virtual Business. Internet Marketing, Ecommerce Support and Social Media Marketing continue to be very in-demand” services niches -however, I am excited about this emerging niche in the Virtual Event Industry.
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The “Virtual Events” field is one of the hottest avenues to building your business right now, especially in this down economy! The statistics are clear: currently a significant increase in the number of participants attending virtual events such as webinars, tele-events, live podcasts and web TV shows. However, there is a corresponding decrease in those attending offline events and conferences partly due to the economy, as well as other reasons… The reality is that Virtual Events are more cost-effective to deliver and attend, have the capacity to reach a larger audience and can be re-broadcast for continued exposure.

Businesses are keenly interested in running Virtual Events right now, but many lack the knowledge and time to effectively set-up and implement the Virtual Events successfully. As a result, this has presented a very timely and unique opportunity for Virtual Professionals to position themselves as a “Virtual Event Specialist”!

On September 16th, VAClassroom will be hosting a “must attend” event with Craig Cannings and Virtual Event Expert, Michelle Schoen titled,

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In addition, they will be sharing some exciting news on our upcoming training program: The Virtual Event Specialist Certification.

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Right now, there are not nearly enough virtual assistants available that have this kind of knowledge and skill.
While big-dollar marketing budgets are being severely cut back, business professionals need assistance more than ever to help them market their business online using Social Media.

At the end of 2008, I had an opportunity to read many blog posts from Internet experts making their predictions for 2009 and guess what was at the top of their list: Social Media Marketing. It is anticipated that Social Media will grow at unprecedented rates in 2009 and beyond, as more and more businesses seek to leverage this powerful new marketing channel.

A further prediction is that Social Media Marketing Services will be in very high demand through 2009!

Most businesses either lack the time or expertise to effectively carry out all the necessary Social Media Marketing Activities and will be seeking to delegate these tasks to skilled Social Media Marketing Specialists.

You know you need specialized skills to offer this service to a potentially huge market, but where will you learn to master the new territory and take advantage of the opportunity? Did you know you can take a self-guided course that will give you a head-start on all the latest red-hot skills – and you will earn a certification to prove you are an expert?

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When a business hires a virtual assistant to help them with their marketing, web sites and email, they want to hire the most qualified person for the job. There are numerous certification courses that teach these skills and verify them. They range from quite expensive to cheap online degrees. Is this something you should seriously consider to become a VA?

It may not be primary to have the degree, but the idea of training is a good one, and worth your time no matter what, if it increases your online skills and value to a client.

There are many online schools and associations that offer VA certification, some of them are quite costly. Since there is no law that governs what this distinction means, each program or association can decide what is required for their specific certification.

In most cases, this will mean that you, the VA has passed some exams in things like word processing, web design, internet research, and so forth. It is important to remember that there are no standardized tests, and one that receives certification from one organization may not be eligible for certification from another organization.

A certification such as this may not mean much at all, just a “piece of paper” only online–so it is important to look at the skill set, experience and understanding that the current market demands – to be a traffic assistant, social networking or affiliate management, and blog admin—jobs that are worth the investment.

This is especially true if you are wanting to become a VA who specializes in marketing or affiliate management. A basic VA certification may not have any bearing on these tasks, as these skill sets are not even tested through those exams.

If you are someone with a crisp and professional-looking website that is free of errors, who responds quickly to emails and is enthusiastic sounding over the phone, a potential employer will most likely assume that you will complete their assignments in the same way.

If you want to know how to do the tasks that are in high demand these days, you will need to learn them and get quick with them, since this is a faster-moving web than it used to be. So, if you know your stuff, the certificate is the icing on the cake, verifying you have experience and could perform the social networking, web and email skills needed to bring traffic and make sales for your client, or even for yourself! Now you can work from home—and have fun too – isn’t that what you wanted when you thought of becoming a virtual assistant?

Let’s face it, today’s workplace challenges are telling us that working at home is the best solution to the expense and instability of the current employment market. So save your gas, have lunch with your kids, breastfeed your baby, whatever it is you need to do – and still make a decent living – that can happen with a small investment of time and money, to get training and certification in internet marketing, traffic and lead generation, affiliate and small business web development skills.

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His tips, unlike many which focus only on the desire and the need for a business plan, encourage taking a long view of the venture by starting slowly, keeping your current job for a while so that you can earn while you learn, and remaining flexible enough to change course if research dictates. Brian Tracy’s 7 tips are:

Set a goal and back it with a burning desire.
Begin accumulating capital with a regular savings program. Nothing else is possible without this. You cannot move forward until you start a savings program.Use your current job as a springboard to later success. Learn while you earn. Take the long view.

Experiment in business on a limited scale so you can learn the key abilities necessary for success.

Search for problems, needs unmet, products or services you can supply of good quality at reasonable prices.

Read everything you can find on your chosen field. Remain flexible. Be willing to change your mind if you get different information.

Implement your plans with courage and persistence. Have complete faith in your ability to succeed and never, never give up.

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