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!

Holy Smokes .... 2010 is flying by!  Can you believe we're already into March?

My objective this year is to become much more comfortable with creating videos to use in my business. So here's my official welcome message video for this edition of the V-Scoop.

It's been a crazy few months!  Just last month Tina Forsyth ran her Online Business Manager training program -- a comprehensive 3 days that included a TON of  information as well as appearances by Andrea Lee.   I think there was Twitter overload as many participants continuously tweeted what they were learning and words of wisdom that hit close to home for them.  I made note of so many quotes myself ....here's just a few:

"The thing that drives you the most crazy about your clients is the thing they need you for the most."

"The OBM is the coach for the business, not the coach for the business owner."

"You don't need to know everything but you need to know where to find the answers!"

ahhh ... so well said!

I'm super excited for this issue of the V-Scoop ... want to know why?

Because we're re-launching an updated version of the "101 Ways to Boost Business With a VA" document to the "200+ Ways to Boost Business With a Virtual Assistant". Click through to get your hands on it.

Have you heard about everything that's coming up for us here at VirtuallySuccessful?  There's always something going on ... we can't stop!   Hopefully you received our "keep the date" email last week ... if you haven't already, you really do want to keep the dates of April 12 to 16th in your calendar for the "Virtually Successful Telesummit"  More information to come soon!

Also, the Ecommerce Specialist Training Program will be starting on Monday, March 23rd.  This is our 'flagship' program at HotSkillsVATraining.com and really is imperative for all VAs who want to work with any business owner -- whether ones that do business online, or the traditional businesses that will be forced to start to build online in the near future.  Check out the details
website for details.

Next week we're all going to be gathering in Vancouver at Andrea Lee's Event - The Wealthy Thought Leader. I know the information that will be shared is going to be exquisite ... combined with meeting people face-to-face that I've been only talking to via phone for years is even more awesome.   Interested in joining us?

Enjoy!

-- Cindy, Tina and Andrea

Got something you want to share or request for future issues? Let us know... email
us at news@virtuallysuccessful.com.

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!