I have an important tip I’d like to share with you today.  If this is something you need to learn more about, be sure to check out the deadline at the bottom.

It’s a must have for every business.

It’s essential, even before social media. It a necessity before a business owner heads out to a networking event to find potential clients.

In fact, it’s a requirement BEFORE any mark’eting strategies are implemented.

If it’s not implemented … the time spent in marketing is essentially a waste of time.

Quite simply, it’s the opt-in – an enticing offer that a business owner provides on their website in exchange for the contact details of their website visitors.

%%First Name%%, I’m sharing this today because it’s a problem in the business community – and one that you, the virtual support professional can easily solve.

In most cases, business owners have no idea how to set up their opt-in.  They can write it – but the technology side is a mystery to them.

By helping business owners with implementing the technology, such as the shopping cart, to automate the delivery of enticing information, as well as create the website form that encourages visitors to enter their contact details, you are supporting your clients with a huge component to their business growth.

If you don’t know how to do this — it’s one of the many items I will cover in the upcoming eCommerce Specialist training program >>http://www.HotSkillsVATraining.com/ecommerce

Here’s the truth. When a website (or business as a whole) does not offer an opt-in, they lose the chance to:

• Build a database of people who are interested in their products/services
• Regularly connect and provide additional value and information to people who want to know more
• Create an ongoing relationship with prospects and increasing your credibility with them

Why send people to a website via your social media, network or implement any mark’eting effort, when you can’t capture contact information, provide more value, create a list of prospects and start building a relationship with the people who are interested in what you offer?

For over four years the eCommerce Specialist training program has taught Virtual Assistants the essentials to help business owners with the eCommerce side of their business – also known as the foundation to their business.

Today is the last day for the very affordable 4-pay option for this program.  We start Tuesday, September 27th.

Get the solutions business owners will pay for – visit www.HotSkillsVATraining.com/ecommerce

Any questions?  Post them below and I’ll get right back to you!

As you may already know, the HotSkillsVATraining.com "Ecommerce Specialty" training program is coming up soon.  Starting on Monday, March 23rd, we'll be connecting with a select group of Virtual Assistants who have invested in themselves to learn and become experts in the area of ecommerce.

I've been thinking a lot about ecommerce lately and how it affects both the VA community as well as the business community.

Here's the reality:

Online based businesses can't not thrive (or survive) without ecommerce.

And traditional businesses that will be moving to the online world in the future, will require ecommerce.

So ... as a Virtual Assistant ... you're kidding yourself if you don't think you need to know about ecommerce. 

There's still room to join us for this training.  Over the course of 12 sessions (over 6 weeks), you'll learn everything you need to educate, implement and manage the ecommerce side of a client's business.

Will you join us?

>>YES I want to learn more about the 'Ecommerce Specialty" Training Program!

Tina Forsyth and I have had the priveledge of speaking to hundreds of business owners over the last several years. These discussions have lead to critical points of informaton we've shared with virtual support professionals to help them provide exactly the kind of support business owners are really looking for from them.  

One of the most critical components of an online based business is ECOMMERCE and it's one of the areas that many business owners have shared concern about.   It's absolutely essential that Virtual Assistants who work with online businesses fully understand and can implement various strategies and technology to support the ecommerce side of the business.

Unfortunately there are several key areas in the ecommerce area that are being done incorrectly and serious mistakes are being made. As a result, business owners are missing out on potential revenue, clients and overall business growth. 

How do you avoid this?  How do you know if you're making these mistakes?

Join us on Tuesday, March 2nd at 12pm Pacific (3pm Eastern) for a FREE call and learn whether you're making the top "7 Mistakes Virtual Assistants Make In Ecommerce".   We're going to share what business owners are telling us, as well as other mistakes we see are being made over and over again.

The time or date not work for you?  No problem, register anyways as we'll be sending the mp3recording link out after the live call. 

Topic:  7 Mistakes Virtual Assistant Make in Ecommerce
Date:  Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Time:  12pm Pacific / 3pm Eastern

Register below to save your spot!