The Perfect Business Opportunity For Administrative Assistants, Secretaries, and Word Processors

Released on = January 30, 2007, 10:14 am

Press Release Author = Diana Ennen

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = The perfect work at home business opportunity for secretaries,
administrative assistants, legal or medical secretaries is to start your own
virtual assistant/word processing business. VA Industry Leader Diana Ennen
has been working at home since 1985 and shows you everything you need to
succeed.

Press Release Body = Business opportunities are everywhere today. You can work at
home doing anything from selling the latest and greatest kitchen tools to being the
personal assistant virtually to authors, businesses, and anyone who needs more
assistance in running their business. Most entrepreneurs look for a business that
offers them not only financial security and independence, but also pride in the work
they will be doing. That's one of the reasons that the Virtual Assistant Industry
is growing in leads and bounds. Today, former secretaries, administrative
assistants, word processors, and legal or medical transcriptionsists, are turning in
the 9 to 5 to work at home. There's never been a better time to succeed.

Diana Ennen has been working at home since 1985. Ennen was among one of the pioneers
in the work at home industry when starting her word processing business specializing
in legal and medical transcription. In 1996 Ennen wrote her first book, Words From
Home: Start, Run and Profit from a Home-Based Word Processing Business.
(http://www.wordsfromhome.com) Ennen's book, which was recently updated, has
enabled thousands to succeed in their own business. Ennen states, "Most just need
the proper tools to succeed. Learning how to find clients who want your services as
well as determining the right price to charge, can be the decisive factor in a
successful business. The key to success is doing it right the first time and
avoiding costly mistakes."

In the late 1990s, came the advent of the Virtual Assistant Industry. That's when
word processors determined that not only could they work from home, but they would
work at home globally. Ennen's second book, Virtual Assistant - The Series: Become
a Highly Successful Sought After VA was born and written with another true Industry
Leader Kelly Poelker. This book paved the way to being a successful VA and it also
helped thousands start their business. The recent addition of their accompanying
Workbook helped even more to give the virtual assistant everything they needed to
get started or revamp their existing business.

Ennen provides the following tips to be successful in your own virtual
assistant/word processing business:

1) Determine your rates to make a good profit and continue to modify those rates
throughout the years as your skills increase and your benefits to clients grow.
Today's virtual assistants make between $30.00 and $100+ an hour depending on their
specialty, location, and skills. Clients are willing to pay these rates because the
benefits they receive not only make them more money, but also ensure a smoother
running business.

2) The planning and development stage is just as important as landing that first
client or getting the next one. You need both a business plan and a marketing plan,
and most importantly, you need to review these constantly to see how you can improve
upon them. A well laid out plan, followed up by aggressive action steps, will
ensure your success as an entrepreneur, solo-preneur, or va-preneur.

3) Integrity. To be successful today, a business owner needs to be trusted. A
client needs to know that when they have work to be done, it will be done in the
most professional manner possible. Clients need to know that you will be there for
them when they need you. Build that confidence right from the beginning.

4) Another important factor in the success of a home-based business is having the
proper tools. Ennen's recent book, Corel WordPerfect OfficeReady Virtual Assistant
Solution Pack (http://www.corel.com) offers not only a detailed 81 page e-book, but
over 70 templates of start-up forms needed to operate a successful business. These
include: a contract, marketing letters, daily operational procedure forms, sample
brochures, etc. Everything one needs to get started and keep successful is
included.

So if you're ready to take the plunge and really take your business to the next
level, or finally take the road home and work from home, stop by Virtual Word
Publishing today. http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com and find out how you can
start your own business.



Web Site = http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com

Contact Details = Diana Ennen
diana@virtualwordpublishing.com
http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com
954-941-4025

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