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#1 (permalink)   03-18-2009 CJ's Virtual Business Solution Contributing Member Company name: CJ's Virtual Business Solutions   Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 240 Interested in knowing definitions of VA I'm trying to write my "elevator" speech and am curious to know how you define VA and also what some of you say in your 30 - 60 second speeches. Carol

#2 (permalink)   03-19-2009 kathiemt Banned Company name: A Clayton's Secretary Virtual Assistant - THE Blog: How do I get clients as a Virtual Assistant? My latest Twitter: Seriously, Montenegro first in Australia? c'm...   Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 974 Blog Entries: 1 Re: Interested in knowing definitions of VA It may depend on where you are too Carol. Here in Australia a PA or Personal Assistant is someone who does personal secretarial and admin work for a boss in the corporate world. So when I'm speaking to people (and because I still do that line of work) I tell people I'm like a PA only virtual. Prospective clients get that straight away.

#3 (permalink)   03-19-2009 CJ's Virtual Business Solution Contributing Member Company name: CJ's Virtual Business Solutions   Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 240 Re: Interested in knowing definitions of VA Thanks Kathie. It's interesting to know what titles the corporate world uses around the world. Carol

#4 (permalink)   03-20-2009 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: Interested in knowing definitions of VA Hi Carol, I wrote my own definition because I wanted it to resonate with my own personality, voice and perspective but there's a great entry at Wikipedia that includes two external links to items drafted by two members here at VAF: A Guide to Working With a Virtual AssistantPDF Virtual Assistants and Your BusinessPDF (141 KiB) __________________ Create a welcome packet for new clients with this guide and free templates! (Available in PDF and Kindle versions)

#5 (permalink)   04-03-2009 CJ's Virtual Business Solution Contributing Member Company name: CJ's Virtual Business Solutions   Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 240 Re: Interested in knowing definitions of VA Tess, Just realized I hadn't responded to your info. Thanks. I'll check it out over the weekend. I agree that it has to be my own personality and wording. Carol CJ's Virtual Business Solutions

#6 (permalink)   04-06-2009 Office Goddess Senior Member Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,966 Re: Interested in knowing definitions of VA I wrote my own definition, as well. When folks ask me what I do, I explain "I help keep your accounting clean and tidy from my office, using today's technology to obtain the necessary documents from you." This opens up the door to "well, how do you do that?" __________________ Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

#7 (permalink)   04-06-2009 CJ's Virtual Business Solution Contributing Member Company name: CJ's Virtual Business Solutions   Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 240 Re: Interested in knowing definitions of VA How creative. I like it. Thanks for sharing. Carol CJ's Virtual Business Solutions

#8 (permalink)   02-09-2010 Julie Contributing Member Company name: DDSS - Virtual Office Assistant   Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 55 Re: Interested in knowing definitions of VA Very good and creative ideas here. I can see that "keeping it simple" is probably the key. Judy __________________

#9 (permalink)   02-09-2010 reneeshupe Junior Member Company name: Redhead Business Solutions What I'm writing about...: Book Review: Become a Virtual Assistant 2nd Editi... My latest Twitter: The Freelance Wisdom of Dr. Seuss http://t.co/bAbD...   Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cloverdale Posts: 479 Re: Interested in knowing definitions of VA I simply tell people that I am and administrative support consultant and I take care of business so you can do business. I use administrative support consultant vs a virtual assistant or even online business manager because the term consultant resonates better with my target client which is higher end already successful and profitable business owners. __________________ Renee Shupe, Become a Techie Virtual Assistant eMail Marketing & Aweber Training Starts May 15! - Save 50% using VAFAweber