Released on = June 15, 2006, 11:21 am

Press Release Author = Tawnya Sutherland

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = As more people are walking away from the drone of the nine
to five day and fulfilling their dream of starting a home-based business, the search
continues for the right opportunity and the right place to find the information
necessary to start that business. Finally, we've found that opportunity and the
place to find the information necessary to start that business

Press Release Body = Vancouver, Canada. June, 2006. As more and more people are
walking away from the drone of the nine to five day and fulfilling their dream of
starting a home-based business, the search continues for the right opportunity and
the right place to find the information necessary to start that business. Finally,
we've found that opportunity and the place to find the information necessary to
start that business. The business-Virtual Assisting, the Place-Virtual Assistant
Networking Forum (VAN), better known as "The Global Meeting Place for Aspiring and
Successful VAs."
What's a Virtual Assistant? By definition, a Virtual Assistant or VA, is a highly
skilled professional who provides administrative support and other specialized
services to businesses, entrepreneurs, executives, authors, real estate or sales
professionals and others who have more work to do than time to do it. Many VA\'s also
provide web development and Internet marketing, meeting and event planning, desktop
publishing, word processing, book marketing and business start-up consultations. The
services are endless, depending upon the VA's knowledge, skills and creativity.
Plus, the VA's workload continues to increase as businesses fully realize the
benefits of having VAs partner with them. Ask many VAs and they will acknowledge
that they can barely keep up with their client demands and often have to subcontract
the work out. Also, as the workload increases so does the rate of pay. Most VAs
today can expect to earn between $35 to $100/hr.
But wanting to start a business and being successful at it are two different things.
How often do you hear, "I tried working at home, but it didn't work out." Or, "They
are all SCAMS!" Well, stop by the Virtual Assistant Networking Forum (VAN) on any
given day and you'll discover a totally different scenario. You'll see thriving
businesses and success stories in every corner. You'll see confident professionals
helping others learn the ins and outs of starting a Virtual Assistant business and
you'll see something very unique to the Virtual Assistant Industry, "The willingness
to share". As the publicity representative of VAN, Diana Ennen of
http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com, states, "The pros at VAN are eager to help
everyone with their start-up questions or questions on keeping their business
thriving."
Tawnya Sutherland, Founder of the VAN forum and Author of the VAS - Virtual
Assistant Start-Up System, has successfully inspired all on the VAN forum by her
continued success and motivation. She's always willing to share her online
marketing secrets and VA tips with others. In addition to the support and guidance
she offers on the VAN forum, she also authored a new book and business system for
VAs entitled - VAS - Virtual Assistant Start-Up System. This System comes complete
with an excellent resource guide authored by Sutherland, books by Industry leaders
such as Diana Ennen, Kelly Poelker, Michelle Jamison, as well as a complete business
plan, 125 templates, forms and legalese samples for starting a business and so much
more. Plus, it offers the one thing that is rarely offered in any business kit, but
is an absolute necessity in operating a business, all the essentials for starting a
website including a template, domain name registration, hosting, etc.
If you're ready to start your VA business and want the tools to do it with and the
strength of a global community of VA professionals at your side, then stop by VAN
http://www.VAnetworking.com today. Don't delay -- The Gang's All Here Waiting!!
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Media-Tawnya Sutherland is available for speaking and media engagements and is
currently seeking additional VAN forum sponsorships, http://www.VAnetworking.com



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