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Each month in 2010 we'll be giving away a free featured link in the Virtual Assistant Directory here at VAF!

It's easy to win, here's how:

Draft and publish a blog post about Virtual Assistant Forums - it can be about a resource here, your experiences here, a particular topic/thread, your thoughts on the site and community overall... whatever you wish to write about, as long as it's related to VAF in some way and includes at least one live link back to the forums and approximately 250 words or more.

Then, submit a reply here with a link to your blog post.
You can enter every month if you wish, but you must draft a NEW blog post for each entry.

We'll select the best post each month and award the author a free featured link in the VAF Virtual Assistant Directory.

Featured links display on the directory home page, rotate sitewide in the VAF sidebar, and are shown at the top of their category/search results in the directory, above regular listings. Featured listings in the VAF directory receive 400% more impressions and clicks than regular listings.

[P.S. if you haven't submitted a link to your VA business site and blog, it's free...

On Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST, Mathew Dickerson, international author will guest-host a free chat event in the Virtual Assistant Forums Chatroom.

Come join Mathew as he tells you how he successfully launched all of his businesses using his own success formula which helped to catapult him into a multi-faceted business career that has spanned several decades now.

As a special gift, one lucky community member will win a copy of Mathew’s book “Small Business Rules” and a t-shirt.

About Mathew Dickerson
Mathew Dickerson started his business life at the age of 12 creating hand-made tee shirts from his own screen prints. When he turned 21 he opened up his first IT company “AXXIS Technology”. AXXIX is recognized as a leader in the IT Industry, collecting 20 major awards over the past eight years, including the prestigious Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year for 2006. In that same year, AXXIX won the Australian Business Council Award for Innovation. Mathew is the sole Australian featured in the 2006 U.S. published book ‘Top 15 Successful SM Consultants Worldwide.

In 2008, AXXIX Technology won the Australian Small Business Champions Award for the...

Virtual Assistant Forums [VAF] welcomes Craig Cannings of VAClassroom as he shares what it takes to successfully launch a product online and discusses how Virtual Assistants can add this new service to their own practice.

As businesses across all industries function more and more in an online environment, the demand for expert assistance at managing online product launches also increases. Because Virtual Assistants are skilled at servicing and supporting businesses, entrepreneurs, and startups via the internet, a VA is the perfect collaborative partner to help support online product launches.
On Thursday, November 12, 2009 Craig Cannings of VAClassroom will guest-host a free chat event in the Virtual Assistant Forums Chatroom to help VAs learn more about how they can tap into this hot new market– bringing more profitability to their clients, as well as their own practices.

Craig says, “Information Product Marketing is one of the fastest growing industries on the Web today and many small businesses need skilled Virtual Assistants to help them manage the many pre-launch, launch, and post-launch activities associated with their web products. This is a very profitable niche to tap into as we head into...

Here's a sneak peak at the video we had produced for the new area here at VAF designed to help clients and potential clients learn more about how to hire and work with a Virtual Assistant

This month, Christina Nelson of Virtual Office Solutions shares her expertise in WordPress in the Virtual Assistant Forums Chatroom. Nelson will show virtual assistants how to utilize the free WordPress platform to create a high-quality blog or Website.

As small business solopreneurs many Virtual Assistants seek to complement their business development by taking advantage of free marketing resources. However, free doesn't always equal 'quality', especially when it comes to websites. In order to be viewed as a professional service provider, a well-presented business website is crucial. WordPress, an extremely flexible blog and CMS software, gives Virtual Assistants the opportunity to present that professional online persona and leverage the marketing potential of a high-quality business website at no cost. Developing a website in WordPress gives a website owner the freedom to control the look of their site, as well as make basic updates, without the assistance of a costly programmer.

Dubbed one of Virtual Assistant Forums' "resident WordPress gurus", community member Christina Nelson generously shares her expertise and knowledge in all things WordPress by answering other members' questions...