Business

Well, I’m celebrating my first year in business this month!! YeeHaw!! I have learned so much this past year and made an incredible amount of new friends and business acquaintances. I have poked around and tried to determine what my “niche” would be. That’s a pretty common question in the VA world. What’s your niche? Well, I didn’t have a clue for the first year. I just needed to get this business going and I would be whatever “niche” I needed to be to get a paying gig!!

As the sun sets on my first year in business, I finally have it. My niche is to support online business entrepreneurs with setting up their products and services through online shopping carts, autoresponders, Ezines and Squeeze/Sales pages. This is an incredible industry. If you think about it everyone has something to sell, they just don’t know how to sell it. My business will help them discover how to put it out there and grab some attention.

I’m still refining and tweaking how I will actually marketing my new niche, but I’m pretty darn excited to have discovered what it is. As as always, I’ll still be offering great administrative and creative support to clients to allow them to have a few extra hours in each day.

What’s your Niche?

Recognized for Virtual Assistance Professionalism on the Web

I am a regular member of Virtual Assistant Networking Association (VANA), www.vanetworking.com. Actually, I am a member of an elite group called VAinsiders. VANA is a gathering place on the Web for seasoned professionals, as well as brand new Virtual Assistants. We share information, ask questions and encourage each other on a daily basis.

Every Monday they recognize a VA who has demonstrated outstanding professionalism on the Web, thus giving them credibility amoung their peers. This week, I clicked on the link to congratulate the winner and was excitedly surprised to find out it was me! I was nominated by one of my fellow VAs for this prestigious honor, which makes it even more special and the committee presented me with the award.

I am extremely honored and humbled to be the recipient of the VAccolade Business Entrepreneur Award. I have now joined the ranks of some incredible Virtual Assistants and will continue to promote our industry throughout the Web.