January 1st, 2010 | 
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If you are a parent who would like to earn money while staying at home with your children, or you would like the freedom of owning your own business, then a career as a Virtual Assistant is for you. Short, daily exercises in this 30-day step-by-step manual will show you how to:
Define your business – Learn what it means to be a Virtual Assistant and how to create your niche. You will develop a plan to balance work and home duties, choose a great business name, and … More >>
The Virtual Assistant’s Start-up Manual
I run a virtual assistant coaching and training business, and I have a been a virtual assistant since 1996. Ever since I read this book, I began to recommend this book to my clients of my VA coaching/training business, because it gives a great uncomplicated outline of the steps you need to take to start up your virtual assistant business. I doesn’t glamorize the VA industry or make promises of getting rich quick. The common sense and informational approach really worked well. While I don’t feel the information in this book is comprehensive of all aspects of starting a VA business, it is a great and solid outline to build.
Rating: 4 5/ 5
Along with this book, I purchased two other books that have given me great information towards putting my new VA business together (The 2-Second Commute by Christine Durst & Michael Haaren and Virtual Assistant The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA by Diana Ennen & Kelly Poelker).
What this book did that those books did not do was provide a very good step by step plan for laying everything out in 30 days and getting it done. I was already in the midst of working on all of the items listed in the book but it was a scattered approach of pages throughout my planner notebook. Once I received this book in the mail, I was able to pull my notes out and organize them in a much better manner and then add to them logically and without wasted effort.
Truly, setting up a new business can be overwhelming as you create a to do list a mile long and wonder how to separate it all and get it all done. This book allows you to take it in steps – just plug away each day at a task and soon you are on your way to a home-based business.
Rating: 4 5/ 5