Virtual Assistants (VAs) are highly skilled professionals who provide administrative support and specialized services to businesses, entrepreneurs, executives, and others who have more work to do than time to do it. Examples of services a VA can do include web design and maintenance, word processing, meeting and event planning, desktop publishing, internet research, e-mail coordination, business start-up consultations and so much more. This can be perfect work-at-home opportunity for many with good computer and Internet skills. Following are several Do’s and Dont’s to keep in mind for starting and operating your Virtual Assisting business.

DO -- Decide on a targeted market and initially focus your marketing efforts in that area. By developing a “niche” in your field, your reputation spreads quickly and soon you become a recognized expert. Several specialties include: medical, legal or business transcription, resume consulting, transaction coordination -- real estate industry, desktop publishing, manuscript preparing, academic typing, e-mail support, internet research, etc.

DO -- Be creative about where you can find business. The Internet offers a large variety of potential for clients just waiting for you to contact them. Actively network and don’t limit your marketing to simply placing a few ads in newspapers or Yellow Pages. You want to find where there might be a need—and go fill it!

DO -- Write a complete business plan and marketing plan. Too many leave out this vital step and waste valuable time unorganized and without a clear-cut goal and direction for their business. When starting a business you will have tons of ideas floating around. You need to materialize all these and put them into a workable plan of action.

DO -- Develop a website that looks sensational! Your website is often first connection a potential client has with your services. It must immediately let them know that they are dealing with a professional. Your site must then have POWER to draw them to you and contact you. Let them see that you value quality by look and feel of it. Additional tips include letting them know what services you offer and why you are qualified to offer those services by mentioning your experience and education. Be sure to include points on why you stand out among rest and are BEST! For example, if you have been featured in articles, radio shows, etc., have them listed with dates. (See my example on www.virtualwordpublishing.com)

DO -- Learn everything you can about starting a business. Knowledge is power and more you know, greater your chances for success. Look to online services and message boards and chats to talk with other Virtual Assistants operating a business. Remember these are often run by pros who have been in business for years and are willing to share their experience. For example, I mentor and manage virtual assisting boards on HBWM.com, Bizymoms.com, Momspreneursonline.com and VAnetworking.com. With 20 year’s experience, I often know what works and what doesn’t in starting a business and staying successful, so my experience can prove beneficial.

Have you always dream of owning your own Business and working in comfort of your own home ?

As human we all want to succeed. We all want best from life. We all want to be wealthy, to have a great house, to travel around globe, and to spend more time with your kids and family. To have all of this you don't need to be a genius, to have luck or to rob a bank.All you need is that you use power of faith wich means confidence. Confidence in yourself.

You also need knowledge. Like adage: "Knowledge is Power". But you must ACT. Knowledge without action is useless. It's like having a recipe of a cake, without actually making cake.

So to succeed you need to know what you want and after that ACT on it.

HOW TO SUCCEED

The first ultimate start to succeed with your home business is to write your goals and have a business plan.

Don't wait for everything to be exactly right to start...THERE WILL NEVER BE A "PERFECT" TIME! Start now, with whatever you have. The things you need will come to you as you work toward your goal.

Let's talk face to face there is no easy way to succeed with your home business. Talk to people who succeed in business like Sam Walton of Wal-Mart or other like Donald Trump. They will tell you that it takes lot's of vision and determination. You have to be a man of action to really succeed.

Like i said there is no easy road. But of course you can succeed like me. You have to be persistant.

You have to build your business brick by brick. One step at a time. You start at base of ladder first. Everyone who as succeeded in life have start at base. Thats a fact of life. Like man you are today, start as a baby.

Even most dynamic, highest-earning entrepreneurs in industry took MONTHS to begin seeing an income of any real significance.

And real wealth, $100,000+ income we all strive for, took an average of almost 3 YEARS to achieve!

Do you think ANY of these gentlemen don’t think ends justified means? Do you think for an instant that months and years invested hasn’t been rewarded a thousand times at least? You don't even have to think about it, do you? So now you know ! It takes an average of 3 YEARS to build a significant income on internet.

ONE STEP AT A TIME

Every house is build brick by brick. So is your home business !

Of course we all want to go faster. But we have to start at base first. It's a basic law. We are subject to time and circumstances.

We have to learn. We have to experiment. With learning and experimenting we get experience. And with experience we become an expert.

We have to set goals. The goals will guide us one step at a time. It will will pave way to our success.

You cannot go on a road trip without knowing your destination. You need a map. You need time. You need to rest. You need to eat. And sometimes there is roadblock.

When we hit a dead end we turn back and take another road. But we keep going to our destination.

It's same thing with your home business. There is bumps and jumps and sometimes we crash. But we always keep our eyes to goal. That is what give us drive. It's our paradise. The goal become our existence. And it is.

By never, never giving up you will reach your goal one day. One mile at a time. It's impossible that you won't reach it. Unless you die.

That's only secrets to success. One client at a time. One step at a time. 100 client at a time. Until you reach thousand like me and make your $100,000 a year and +.

To make $100,000 a year, start by making $100 per month. After - $200 a month. And after - $500 a month. And after - $5000. And so on and so on.