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Chief Virtual Officer Skype Meetup: Bring Your Greatest Business Challenge & Brainstorm with other Virtual Assistants

Posted on 21 Oct 2010 by Sue L Canfield

Joel and I want to reconnect with all the great virtual assistants who have shown interest in what we are doing with Chief Virtual Officer – training, coaching and mentoring new and aspiring virtual assistants.

We are now traveling virtual workers and are teaching others how to be successful virtual workers as well. You can read more about our travels at our Canfield of Dreams website.

As we’ve traveled, we’ve realized that connecting with virtual assistants in person is most effective in building trusting relationships. When we’re in your area, we hope we can meet you in person. We also realize that cost is always an issue. Therefore, we’ve made it possible for you to donate any amount you can afford.

Details

Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Time: 1:30 pm EST / 10:30 am PST

Call #: Via Skype: connect with ‘joeldcanfield’ on Skype. You can set up a Skype account for free.

Purpose of call: Bring your greatest business challenge and brainstorm. We will give specific ideas to help you overcome your challenge. We’ll also tell you what’s new with Chief Virtual Officer.

Joel and I are very excited to talk with you all and hear what’s going on in your business. Please feel free to invite any other virtual assistants you think would be interested in chatting for a bit.

Thank you all!

Register Here: http://cvomentoringcall20101026.eventbrite.com/

VA Interview: Neilia Dudley, Butterfly Blue Virtual Assistant Services

Posted on 14 Jul 20108 Jun 2010 by Sue L Canfield

Neilia and I met at a local meetup for virtual assistants. She is enrolled in Sierra College’s VOP (Virtual Office Professional) Program. Her specialty is in Genealogy. Let’s learn some more about Neilia.

1. When did you start your business? 2008

2. Why did you choose to become a Virtual Assistant? To be able to stay at home with my children, continue my education online and supplement my husband’s income.

3. What advice would you give new and aspiring VAs? I would advise taking a class in marketing so you can tell people about your business.

4. What resources have helped you in your business? I have used Virtual Assistant, FindVirtual.com, and IVAA Forums, and attended class at Sierra College in their VOP program. I also blog on my website and use Hootsuite to blog on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.

I have been personally coached by Sue and Joel Canfield at Chief Virtual Officer.com. They help me to set and achieve goals, work with my first client, and help me to start marketing myself successfully. I have also attended the bi-weekly teleseminars which are reasonably priced at $20.00 each. Additionally, I have purchased two of their books, “The Commonsense Virtual Assistant” and a workbook called, “Building Blocks, Succeed as a Chief Virtual Officer”. I have found these books to be well written, informative, and very useful in getting my business started.

5. Share a success story or something about yourself – a hobby perhaps. My goal as a Virtual Assistant is to use my 15 plus years of experience to help other people in their business life. I also want to share my hobby as a virtual genealogist to help others find their ancestors and build their family history.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us today Neilia. Learn more about Neilia below.

Neilia Dudley, Butterfly Blue Virtual Assistant Services
Website: www.butterflybluevas.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ButterflyBlueVA

Virtual Assistants Meetup

Posted on 20 Oct 2009 by Sue L Canfield

We live in a virtual world. As virtual assistants, for the most part, it is not necessary to leave our home office to do our work. Yet there are some cons to working solo in this environment. It can be lonely not to have the comaraderie we once had in an office setting. We no longer have the ready access to a fellow office mate to bounce ideas against and get instantaneous feedback on our work. Sure we can get that from other people online. But the connection is not quite the same.

Virtual assistants in many areas are creating meetup groups at Meetup.com. They meet regularly with one another as a group at a local setting. Here they are able to exchange ideas, brainstorm, and get encouragement to help them in their businesses. Some have other people come in and speak on topics that are of interest to the group and can help them develop their businesses.

I belong to such a group that meets in Roseville, Caliornia each month. The Northern California Virtual Assistants Meetup Group usually meets the fourth Saturday of each month. We’ve had a business coach come in and speak to us; someone else came in and spoke about their time tracking software; another coach came in to speak on getting out of our comfort zone; another came in to discuss our motivation in selling our services; another is coming to discuss organization and productivity tips.

Perhaps you can find or create a similar group in your area so that you and other virtual assistants have a way to brainstorm ideas and grow your businesses. Let’s work together to grow the virtual assistant industry.

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