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The founder of Virtual Assistant Forums, Tess Strand Alipour, was interviewed by Professor Lauri Smedley on Blog Talk Radio. Discussion centered around Virtual Assistant Forums, Virtual Assistantville and the virtual assistant industry but also touches on Tess' company with her husband Hamid, Codehead, LLP, passive income and time management.

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New 'Become a Virtual Assistant' eBook from Virtual Assistant Forums offers aspiring virtual assistants an affordable road map to small business success.

Virtual Assistant Forums, the online community for virtual assistants at all levels of business development, launched the new ‘Become a Virtual Assistant’ eBook last week to rave reviews. At 110 pages the eBook is packed with information, direction and advice to help new and aspiring virtual assistants successfully navigate the small business startup process and get down to business.

The eBook is accompanied by 22 business-building worksheets, sample contracts and business documents and is an incredible value...

Forums and online communities are the original social networks - participating in the conversation and making the most of all that your free membership at Virtual Assistant Forums has to offer is an important part of your internet marketing plan - IF you take advantage of the opportunity. Here’s how!

Stay active:
You’re an important member of the Virtual Assistant Forums community! From the research and startup phase you've seen the benefit of participation in this top-notch forum, but how important is it to remain active on the boards after you're established? There are many reasons ongoing participation at VAF is important, here are just a few:

- Visibility among your peers - "Being an active member...

Forums and online communities are the original social networks - participating in the conversation and making the most of all that your free membership at Virtual Assistant Forums has to offer is an important part of your internet marketing plan - IF you take advantage of the opportunity. Here’s how!

Get involved!:
Virtual Assistant Forums is a so much more than a message board!

- Post as if your business depends on it! Virtual Assistant Forums is highly optimized for hundreds of search terms related to the VA industry. The fact that your posts are indexed by the search engines can be very beneficial for you and your business. Your posts are a powerful marketing tool - use them to make your mark in your...

Forums and online communities are the original social networks - participating in the conversation and making the most of all that your free membership at Virtual Assistant Forums has to offer is an important part of your internet marketing plan - IF you take advantage of the opportunity. Here’s how!

Choose the best place to make your post:
Taking the time to scan the topic sections and decide where your post belongs BEFORE creating a new thread will ensure your post receives high quality responses, and more of them. Posting a question about billable hours in the marketing section only confuses the point you're trying to get across, and it makes more work for your community admin.

Relatively, be aware...