Our sessions for 2007 are:
The 1st session starts on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 – 10 Seats left
The 2nd session starts on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 – 10 Seats left
The 3rd session starts on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 – 8 Seats left
The 4th session starts on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 – 10 Seats left

Go to http://www.vatraining.com/virtual-assistant-training-programs.html to register now.

We have several programs that may suit your needs.

-The VA Jumpstart Program – 8-weeks of group training + the recordings of those calls, 4 One-on-One Coaching calls, and more

-The Savvy VA Program – 4-weeks of continued One-on-One Coaching (after the VA Jumpstart Program)

-The Virtuoso VA Program – 8-weeks of continued One-on-One Coaching (after the VA Jumpstart Program with optional payment plan)

One-on-One Coaching Programs (3-month commitment) with:

o Dale Noles
o Becki Noles
o Heather Jacobson

8-Week Audio Training Sessions – Pre-recorded 8-week program delivered to your email Inbox once per week for 8-weeks and includes handouts and materials

**NEW**

As a graduate of the VA Training Jumpstart Program, your name will be listed on a special page and be provided with a graphic or link that you may place on your web site to let your clients know that you have been through a formal training program.

Note: Previous Graduates of the VA Jumpstart Program will be added automatically and you will be receiveing a notification from VA Training with your detials. Do not contact us as we will initiate the contact. Thank you.

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We know that being a Virtual Assistant is not as easy as putting up a website and waiting for business to come to you. Networking and marketing are key factors in making your business a success. The Small Business Administration estimates that about 60% of new businesses fail in their first five years of operation. Take a step back and look at the numbers. Are they not shocking? VA Training wants you to be successful, not another statistic.

So, we designed our coaching and training programs to help you set up and make the most of your time and talents. Even if you have been a VA for a while and you need to refocus your business, we have a plan to fit your needs.

Our plans are located at http://www.vatraining.com/virtual-assistant-training-programs.html.

Our approach is unique. We coach using the “IDEAL” VA principle:

I - dentifying your specific talents and the work that you most enjoy!
D - etermining your target market!
E - ncouraging you to achieve and work to your fullest potential!
A - lways treating your client like they are your only client!
L - aunching your career to be the success that you want it to be!

Our ultimate goal is to make training affordable, yet provide a comprehensive program to emerging and established Virtual Assistants.

While nobody is an expert at everything, we have a fantastic group of coaches who specialize in different areas of coaching that include creating business and marketing plans, branding, marketing (online and off), determining your vision and goals, determining your target market, developing dynamic presentation skills, achieving your fullest potential, mentoring you through the setup of your own VA practice, and much more.

So, if you are ready to take the plunge and start a VA business or are ready to refocus your business, visit http://www.vatraining.com/virtual-assistant-training-programs.html and register for the plan that best suits your needs.

Remember that life is too short to not pursue your biggest dreams! The chase is on! Are you running?

Warmly,

The Coaches of VA Training
www.VATraining.com

To set up a consultation:
E-mail CoachDale@VATraining.com
Or call 717-914-1499 and ask for Dale

Everyone Gets “XSite’d” with XSitePro!

There’s a buzz floating around the internet about a new web design software called XSitePro. Its target market? Affiliate marketers.

While I dabble in affiliate marketing, it is not my main focus, so at first glance I didn’t think this program would be for me. However, my nine-year-old son, Matthew, was working on developing his own site, and I didn’t have the time to create it for him, nor did I have time to sit there and teach him the basics of FrontPage. He’s nine. I never thought this idea he had would come to fruition, but here he came with not only research, but excitement.

I began to look for a way he could build a site on his own. I once used a really great site builder through InternetBasedFamily.com, but the monthly fee was on the pricey side – more than I wanted to invest in my nine-year-old’s venture. For all I know, this site idea could be like last year’s wrestling. He was all geared up about it, so I went out and invested all this money in a singlet, shoes, and head gear. He never finished the season. It just wasn’t his thing, and now we have all this wrestling gear that we’ll never use again.

I went back to look at XSitePro. I watched the “7 Reasons Why You Need XSitePro Now!” video, and the program looked easy enough to use. I liked the fact that you could use their templates or build your own. I liked that if you wanted to change the layout of the page, you can do it in one place and have it change all your pages for you.

I downloaded the free trial and told Matthew to check it out. I printed out the user’s manual that included easy, step-by-step instructions and screen shots and let him play. Sure he had questions, but in the end he had a nine page website built just by going through the tutorial. What’s even better? He had nine optimized pages. He doesn’t know about targeted keywords, but I can help him with that later on.

XSitePro is a very simple program to use. To add an article page, simply click on “Add Article” and a box pops up for you to add your title, description, resource box, and any other additional information you have. Click okay, copy and paste your article, and voila! You have an article page. XSitePro even indexes them on your main page and automatically creates a site map for you, as well.

The same is true for product pages – very simple forms to fill out and the page is created for you. No html or design skills required.

Matthew can even add Google AdSense to his pages with out copying and pasting code. He simply right clicks, selects “insert Google AdSense”, chooses the color scheme and size of his ads, and hits okay.

After I saw how easy it was to use, and knowing that I could still put this program to use if his online venture falls by the wayside, I invested in XSitePro. Matthew now works on his site every night. I tinkered with it and put up a 45-page, content-based site in 3 hours.

There are two types of people for whom I would recommend XSitePro: affiliate marketers and those who have little web design experience but would like to set up a site of their own. It is half the cost of Dreamweaver and ten times easier to use. The best feature of this program? It comes with a 365-day money-back guarantee. You have a whole year to decide if you’ve made a wise investment. I didn’t need a year, only a few hours, and now I’m XSite’d about the many things I can do with this program in the future.

And let’s be honest…if a nine-year-old can operate it, so can you!

Click here to view the “7 Reasons Why You Need XSitePro Now!” video

About the Author
Heather Jacobson is the owner of Valley Virtual Assistants, providing marketing support and services to entrepreneurs and small businesses. She is also a business coach with VATraining.com, speaker, and author of “Making Dollars Out of Cents: 101 Tips for the Frugal Marketer“. Heather has over 12 years of sales and marketing experience from multiple industries and uses this expertise to custom tailor the perfect marketing avenue for each client. For more information visit www.valleyva.net or www.inexpensivemarketingideas.com

VA Training has a new session beginning in June. To keep the group intimate, yet dynamic, we have decided that 8 people are able to participate in the sessions at any one time. This way the group is small enough that everyone has a chance to participate, yet large enough for an awesome dynamic.

Our approach is very unique to one-on-one coaching and to the area of mentoring VAs. We wanted to make training affordable, but still provide a program that would be extremely valuable to emerging VAs as well as those who are established. We offer training to VAs with no out of pocket expense for the VA. With our program they receive excellent success coaching, hands on experience and a testimonial for work that is well done. The trade is that we sub out work (a client’s work or our own, depending on workload and sensitivity)…two hours of work for one hour of coaching.

If you would like more information, please visit http://www.VATraining.com or email CoachDale@VATraining.com or CoachBecki@VATraining.com.

Prior to acceptance into the program, we request a telephone consultation with you so we can determine your needs, goals and vision. At that time we also go in-depth as to how VA Training is operated and how we work. Together, we will determine if VA Training is right for you and if our personalities mesh.

Look forward to hearing from you.