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#1 (permalink)   03-17-2011 MelissaBlack New Member Company name: Black Ink Virtual Assistance My latest Twitter: I just ousted joe i. as the mayor of Golds Gym war...   Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 10 Brand Spankin' New! Hi! I'm so happy I found this forum! I'm about to leave my full time job of almost 14 years to start my virtual assistant business. I've alread started working with a blogger, but I'm not taking on any more clients until I've finished hiring/training my replacement at current job. I've spent some time reading your posts and have already learned so much from all of you. It's really nice to see so much support. Melissa

#2 (permalink)   03-17-2011 Nancy's Virtual Office Junior Member Company name: Virtual Nancy's Business Support   Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alix, AB Posts: 286 Blog Entries: 8 Re: Brand Spankin' New! Hi Melissa It is great to see you take the plunge from working for someone to working for yourself. You already have a client to start with. Here you will find great support and information for anything that you need. See you around the forum. __________________ Nancy Lynch http://www.virtualnancysbusinesssuppo rt.ca

#3 (permalink)   03-17-2011 By the "BYTE" New Member Company name: By the BYTE   Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 14 Re: Brand Spankin' New! Hi Melissa, Welcome to the community! Best of luck in starting your VA business. You will find a lot of information and there are a lot of groups that you can join to learn and grow with as well. It is great that you already have your first client and can take the "plunge" from employee to business owner! __________________ Dashya Ferguson By the "BYTE"

#4 (permalink)   03-20-2011 Tess Senior Member Company name: Codehead, LLP Latest blog post: SEO Q&A   Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 9,131 Blog Entries: 3 Re: Brand Spankin' New! Melissa, welcome! Wow, you must be very excited - you're in a great place... 14 years invested in someone else's company and now ready to apply all of that skill and talent to creating your OWN company. Make the most of the info and network here - it's all here to help you succeed. Wishing you much success in reaching your goals! __________________ Create a welcome packet for new clients with this guide and free templates! (Available in PDF and Kindle versions)

#5 (permalink)   03-21-2011 CustomVA Contributing Member Company name: CustomVA My VAF Blog: Connecting via Twitter, who knew? My latest Twitter: CustomVA: Tell Congress: Don?t censor the web! htt...   Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: So California Posts: 150 Blog Entries: 2 Re: Brand Spankin' New! Hi Melissa, Welcome, and best of luck on your new venture as a VA, much success. Anita

#6 (permalink)   04-26-2011 MelissaBlack New Member Company name: Black Ink Virtual Assistance My latest Twitter: I just ousted joe i. as the mayor of Golds Gym war...   Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 10 Re: Brand Spankin' New! Thanks so much for the well wishes . I had my last day a week and a half ago. I took last week off to "re-set", and I'm off and running this week! The support and information here is amazing. I just downloaded the free getting started as a virtual assistant packet as suggested by Tess in another thread. Off to read!

#7 (permalink)   04-26-2011 kdlents63 Contributing Member   Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 67 Re: Brand Spankin' New! I am also new today and very THANKFUL I found this website! I have spent most of today reading all of this information. Thanks for mentioning the free getting started as a virtual assistant packet - this is the first I saw this posted.

#8 (permalink)   04-26-2011 kdlents63 Contributing Member   Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 67 Re: Brand Spankin' New! Where can I find the free getting started as a virtual assistant packet? I am searching for it but am having no luck finding it.