It's easy to embed YouTube videos in your forum posts; here's how:

Find the URL for the YouTube video you wish to embed. Find the ID of that video (whatever is after the v= in the URL. Let's say the ID is vr3x_RRJdd4 (which is the ID of a video for the Free Hugs Campaign)

Then you would enter the following into your post to embed the video:
and this is what you'll get:



Give it a try next time you want to reference a video from YouTube - it's a great way to enhance your post by including the video itself too!

VAF Admin

Did you know that the VAF Chatroom is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for YOUR use? Well, it is!

Here's a quick and easy way to get your fellow member VAs in there with you for a quick social chat, right NOW (or whenever you feel like it):

Grab a link to the Chatroom and turn it into a Tweetable, TinyURL. Here, to make it super easy, we did it for you ---> http://tinyurl.com/c6a4bg [copy that]

Now log into your Twitter account and post an invite. Something like:

VAF members: join me in the Virtual Assistant Forums Chatroom for a quick social chat right now! http://tinyurl.com/c6a4bg

(feel free to copy and paste that for your own use, it's just under 140 characters )

Then, jump into the chatroom yourself, post a welcome, and see who joins you for some great conversation

VAF Admin

We''re certain YOU have a great idea for a social group here at VAF and this blog post is your invitation to start one up. Here's how:

Click the GROUPS link in the main menu, then choose GROUPS (<--- or just click that link right there!) Once you reach the main page where all of our current social groups are listed, scroll down to the bottom and you'll see a link to Create a New Group. Click that link and fill in the fields on the next page - give your group a NAME (something nice and descriptive so people understand what it's all about!), fill in the description, make your group public or private, and click "Save" - your group is then ready to invite people to join!

Get people to join and participate in your group by posting a link and description in the TALK section, or - if it's a business-related group, post about it in the topic section that you think makes the most sense. Send PMs to your friends on the boards, Tweet your new group, etc. and before you know it you'll have an active mini-forum of your very own right here on VAF!

VAF Admin

If there's a forum section you'd like to subscribe to, click into the main forum section of your choosing and select 'forum tools' at the top right, then select 'subscribe' and 'instant email notification' to rec'v notice in your inbox each time a new post is made in that section!

If you subscribe but don't rec'v the notifications - please check that our emails are not going into your junk folder and add virtualassistantforums.com to your whitelist

As always, you can still subscribe to individual threads - and we've updated that feature to include instant email notification as well (you can adjust your subscription settings in your profile).

VAF Admin