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Special Limited Time Offer on My Virtual Assistant Premium Tools

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37gdeYou may have attended my first teleseminar for Virtual Assistants last week. I had such a great time, and if you weren’t able to be there, I do hope you’ll join us next time around. Either way, I wanted to extend you a special, limited time offer on my Premium Tools for Virtual Assistants, which ends at midnight, May 1.

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SPECIAL LIMITED TIME OFFER
ENDS MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY, MAY 1
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From now until midnight on Friday, May 1, you can get the Activity & Time Analysis Tool (GDE-37) and Understanding Your Value (WBK-38) for $47 each. Regularly, they run $67 each so you’ll save $20 if you get one (or $40 if you get both).

BONUS RECORDING: Both of these tools can be leveraged in your processes for educating new clients, properly setting expectations and taking charge of the delegation process. As a bonus, I’m including last week’s teleseminar recording on “Taking Charge of the Delegation Process (and Make More Money, Too!). The teleseminar covers ways you can take charge of the delegation process utilizing both of these tools, how you can use the Activity & Time Analysis Tool in your practice to better support clients and make more money, plus you’ll get lots of other great information as well!

PS: And if you sign up for my Virtual Assistant Business Forms VIP Mailing List, you’ll get a code to take an additional 10% off.

PPS: Offer ends Friday, May 1, at midnight so don’t delay!

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Pssst… Don't Tell Anyone

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Since I got such a late start announcing it, I’m going to go ahead and run my Green Friday Half Off sale through midnight tonight for those who didn’t get a chance yesterday to take advantage of the savings.

To get your 50% off, just go to the Virtual Assistant Business Forms Store type this word into the Discount Code field when you check-out: GreenFriday

Happy Shopping!

PS: I recommend my latest guide WBK-38 Understanding Your Value: How to Craft Your Own Unique Value Proposition and Cash-In on Value-Billing Methodologies. If you are tired of trading time for money and want to learn how to focus clients on your value instead and have more effective, value-centered conversations, this guide is for you!

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Green Friday Sale – Today Only!

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Traditionally, today is called Black Friday. It’s the day that retailers offer special savings in order to boost sales and bring their books back into the black.

But I think it should be called Green Friday because of all the greenbacks we consumers get to save. With that in mind, I’m offering my own Green Friday sale just for you!

Until midnight tonight, purchase anything in the VACOC Virtual Assistant Business Store and get everything for half price! To claim your 50% off savings, just type this word into the discount code field when you go to checkout: GreenFriday

This offer expires at midnight tonight so don’t miss out!

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You Gotta Look and Listen

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I received some positive feedback from someone recently on the products they purchased from the Virtual Assistant Business Forms store recently. However, they also indicated that they didn’t appreciate that the discount was extended aftter their purchase.

Unfortunately, they didn’t provide their name or contact info so I have no way of letting them know that is not the case. Here is what I would have let them know had I been able to contact them:

We offer everyone an opportunity to get a discount before they purchase products from the Virtual Assistant Business Forms. It’s a gesture of good will we extend to those folks who wish to remain in contact with us and continue the conversation. All they have to do is sign up to the Virtual Assistant Business Forms VIP Mailing List which is located in the upper right sidebar. Looks for the words “Sign Up and Save” in bold red.

Those who sign up get an email sent to them automatically with their special discount code.

If someone doesn’t sign up to the mailing list first, they don’t get a discount. However, once they’ve purchased something, we give them a second opportunity to join the mailing list and get a discount toward a future purchase.

That’s what happened in this case. The person did not sign up to the mailing list before ordering. Once their order was received, our autoresponder service sent them a second invitation to sign up. We didn’t withhold the discount from them; they just neglected to sign up for it themselves.

Hope that clarifies things for everyone. :)

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Virtual Assistants: Are You Earning What You'd Like to Be?

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As Virtual Assistants, I think I can safely say that most of us LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our work.

We love helping people. We love working on computers and using technology tools. We love our craft and putting our administrative talents to use. And we really love when we can actually see our clients grow as a direct result of our support and administrative expertise. We know we are making a real difference in our clients’ lives and businesses.

But running a business isn’t all peaches and cream, is it? Marketing can be a chore and daunting task. It’s often difficult to get clients to understand what you do and why they should work with you. Finding the right clients isn’t always easy. You might even be wondering, “Freedom? What freedom? I barely have time to sleep at night with all the work I have to do.”

Perhaps the biggest frustration of all for Virtual Assistants is that they can work like dogs and still not make any more money.

At the root of all these issues is the fact that Virtual Assistants are still trading hours for dollars. Part of the reason they stay stuck there is because they don’t know how to articulate the true value of their service to clients. They end up using the same, ineffectual script on their Web sites that everyone else in the industry does. The problem with the “script,” however, is that it only emphasizes money:

“Save money on this…” “Get a discount on that…” “Here’s what you’ll save…” “You won’t have to pay for…” “Do this and get 50% off…”

Do you see what this tells clients? It focuses them on nothing but cost. It says to them, “My service has no other benefit except that you can get off cheaply.” These are the tactics of those who don’t have an understanding of the very real value they offer beyond mere time and think clients must be bribed into working with them.

If you remain stuck on the idea that you are selling hours, and incentivizing on top of it, there most certainly will be a cap on how much money you can feasibly make because you only have a finite number of hours to sell. Plus, the better and faster you get, the less money you’ll make — while none of the value and benefits the client receives from your work is reduced. Is that profitable or fair to you?

If any of this is speaking to you…

If you would love to stop watching the clock and make way more money than you are now without having to work harder or longer hours…

If you have difficulty finding your own creative voice and articulating the value of what you offer in a way that is entirely unique to you and your business…

If you are ready to take your business to the next level and learn of a better way of operating, one that allows you to create a smoother-running, easier to manage, more profitable business that requires far less administration than you ever imagined possible… then my latest workbook is for you.

In this 21-page tutorial, “Understanding Your Value: How to Craft Your Own Unique Value Proposition and Cash In on Value-Billing Methodologies” (WBK-38), I will help you identify and gain a deeper understanding of what it is you really offer your clients and the greater implications of that value in their businesses.

Step-by-step exercises will walk you through the process of crafting your own unique value statement, one that will have more attractive, tangible meaning to your prospective clients and have your message standing heads and tails above the crowd. You’ll also get easy-to-do, practical ideas and how-tos for implementing value-billing methods and strategies that frame your service in new ways and allow you to work less while making more money.

==LIMITED TIME INTRODUCTORY OFFER==

Regular visitors to the Virtual Assistant Business Forms Store will purchase this workbook at the introductory price of $47. However, you can get this guide at an additional 30% off the introductory price for a limited time until midnight, July 31, 2008, by signing up for our VIP Status mailing list. Simply fill out the form below. Once you verify your subscription, you will be sent a message containing the special discount code.

I can’t wait to share this with you and watch the revolutionary changes that can take place in your practice!

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Back By Popular Demand

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37gdeAfter much deliberation and your very persuasive appeals, I’ve brought back one of my most proprietary premium tools, the Activity & Time Tracking Analysis Tool (GDE-37) for Virtual Assistants. Plus, it’s improved and more streamlined than before.

One of the most difficult aspects of getting started with new clients in your Virtual Assistant practice is the time it takes to get a feel for the client’s business and all that they have on their plate. Most often, we simply ask clients to keep a pad and pencil with themselves for a week or two and write down their activities.

Well, this tool is evolutions beyond that, and takes your Virtual Assistance consulting with clients to an entirely different level–one that puts you in control of the delegation process and your role as the administrative expert in your own Virtual Assistant practice!

Not only does this tool help you more quickly and effectively ramp up with new clients, it gives them a clearer, more “scientific” visual of their business and activities. It helps you analyze their time and energy busters, see where their core strengths and weaknesses are, identify where key systems and processes can be developed, and allows you to make more informed recommendations about where your services can be most strategically utilized as you begin working together.

The Activity & Time Analysis Tool will add value to your processes and systems, and clients will be “wowed” by the invaluable, eye-opening business data and charts you will be able to present to them.

==LIMITED TIME OFFER==

From now through July 4, you can get the Activity & Time Analysis Tool for a discounted price of $49.99. After that, it goes back up to its regular price of $64.99.

Order yours now at  http://www.virtualassistantnetworking.com/virtual-assistant-business-forms.htm

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New Activity & Time Analysis Tool: Introductory Price Expires Monday

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Just wanted to let you know that the introductory price for my GDE-37 Activity & Time Analysis Tool will expire on Monday, August 20. If you want to get yours at a greatly reduced price, purchase now while it’s still at $27. After Monday, it’s going up to $60.

This is one of my most proprietary tools. I actually went back and forth quite a bit as to whether it was something I wanted to share. But after continually reading post after post from my Virtual Assistant members of their struggles with “leading” their own process and getting clients to delegate, I realized that it could really be of great service to my colleagues and the industry overall if I were to make it available.

This tool really puts you in the driver’s seat of your own business. Once you have a client complete their activity tracking, this tool then gives you the information YOU need to “see” what’s going on in their business, develop your recommendations, and manage the delegation process–which is something clients desperately seek guidance on from their Virtual Assistants.

And this isn’t just some simple Excel worksheet. Several months of in-depth research and study and critical thought went into developing the formularies that result in the automatic analyses and charts.

Here’s what a couple of Virtual Assistants have shared with me so far:

“ALL of my clients were highly impressed with the Activity & Time Analysis Tool that just came out and absolutely loved it!! They felt it was a great way to figure out what they did throughout the day! I think every Virtual Assistant should invest in this form!” – Alicia Rittenhouse, MMR Business Solutions (http://www.mmrsolutions.com)

“This tool is, in my opinion, absolutely essential to a Virtual Assistant’s business. It is extremely well thought out and concise. The conversion chart at the end is also very invaluable.” – Cindy Clark, CCDesignz Business Services LLC (http://www.ccdesignz.biz)

You can get more info and purchase yours in the Virtual Assistant Business Forms Store at http://www.virtualassistantnetworking.com/virtual-assistant-business-forms.htm

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Fabulous New Virtual Assistant Tool

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One of the most difficult parts to getting started with new clients is the time it takes to get a “feel” for the client’s business and all that they have on their plate. Most often, we simply ask clients to keep a pad and pencil with themselves for a week or two and write down their activities.

Well, that exercise just didn’t cut it for me. I wanted something with more intention behind it. So I created a proprietary system for myself that took a more methodical approach that would not only yield critical info I needed to ramp up with clients, but also give clients an actual end product they could hold in their hand. This resulted in my Activity & Time Analysis Tool.

As I continue to watch so many Virtual Assistants struggle to manage their client workloads and get past employee mindset, I decided I could do a lot of good by sharing this tool with my colleagues.

This tool is evolutions beyond the notepad exercise, and takes your consulting with clients to an entirely different level–one that puts you in control of the delegation process and your role as the administrative expert in your own business!

Not only does this tool help you more quickly and effectively ramp up with new clients, it gives clients a clearer, more “scientific” visual of their business and activities. It helps you analyze their time and energy busters, see where their core strengths and weaknesses are, identify where key systems and processes can be developed, and allows you to make more informed recommendations about where your services can be most strategically utilized as you begin working together.

The Activity & Time Analysis tool will add value to your processes and systems, and clients will be “wowed” by the invaluable, eye-opening business data and charts you will be able to present to them. Knowing what a client’s true needs are also allows you to better negotiate the terms and control the pace of the work you take on for clients

This tool will be available at an introductory price for a very limited time. You can get more info and purchase yours in the Virtual Assistant Business Forms Store here:  http://www.virtualassistantnetworking.com/virtual-assistant-business-forms.htm

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Press Release Writing Guide is Out

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Virtual Assistants and other solopreneurs are masters when it comes to do-it-yourself enterprise. Though blessed with flexibility and agility, as small business owners, they often must make do with much less than their larger business counterparts. Sometimes that means venturing into territory in which they don’t necessarily have experience–such as writing press releases.

I want to help demystify the process of writing press releases with my latest Virtual Assistant Guide, “Press Release Writing Guide & Style Template.” This 5-page guide is intended for Virtual Assistants, clients and any solopreneur or independent professional who wants to write better press releases using my simple, effective formula.

The guide includes:

  • press release template with editable form fields,
  • press release guidelines and tips,
  • list of all the parts of a press release with descriptions and instructions for each,
  • sample press release exampling the formula used for effective press release writing, and
  • press release writing resource list.

How to write a press release is a question that is constantly asked by the members of my Virtual Assistant association. We end up repeating so much information and correcting bad advice that I decided a single resource would be of great benefit. In this guide, I share the simple, effective formula I have used to get great results.

The guide is instantly downloadable and available for purchase at the Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce’s online forms store at http://www.virtualassistantnetworking.com/virtual-assistant-business-forms.htm in the Virtual Assistant Guides section.

If writing is not your strong suite, this guide will make it a snap!

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Teeny Bit More Room at the Teleseminar Tonight!

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My organization, the Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce has a fantastic turnout for today’s free teleseminar with marketing consultant Jim Logan. We’ve got a teeny bit more room so there’s still time for you to register if you haven’t already.

Here are the details:

How to Insulate Yourself from Your Competition, Protect the Price of Your Services and Avoid Becoming a Commodity

Presented by Jim Logan, Marketing Consultant

DATE: Thursday, May 17, 2007
TIME: 5pm PST / 6pm MST / 7pm CST / 8pm EST
LENGTH: 60 minutes (please call in 10 min. early)
COST: FREE!

This class is open to all Virtual Assistants and Independent Service Providers. Feel free to invite your colleagues and clients.

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