The Virtual Assistant Handbook: Insider Secrets for Starting and Running Your Own Profitable VA Business

WANTED: well organised, computer savvy home-workers to help busy professionals and entrepreneurs get more done. Work where you want, when you want and set your own salary as a successful Virtual Assistant. If you have excellent organisational skills, wa

Nadine Hill is a business mum, entrepreneur and marketing expert, with more than a decade's experience in PR for fashion & lifestyle brands then in the motor industry which makes her contacts book more valuable than her jewellery box! She created The Dream PA, a boutique virtual assistance business based in Yorkshire serving the world in 2004/05 which focuses on assisting small businesses through telephone answering and admin support. Since then she has started to help other people achieve their dreams of becoming a virtual assistant through her popular short courses. Passionate about getting things done and managing time effectively, Nadine created `The Dream PA Busy Book' which is a personal organiser for busy women. Her own Busy Book is groaning under the weight of all the tasks written in there but Nadine enjoys the juggling act of her life that is lived in Yorkshire, UK with her husband, 2 young children and family cat! WANTED: well organised, computer savvy home-workers to help busy professionals and entrepreneurs get more done. Work where you want, when you want and set your own salary as a successful Virtual Assistant.

If you have excellent organisational skills, want the freedom to work from home and are passionate about doing a great job then a career as a Virtual Assistant could be for you!

Professional VA, Nadine Hill, shares all her tricks-of-the-trade to help budding and working VAs to become more in-demand with the right clients and more in-control of their success.

Inside you will learn:

• Tricks for being in-demand even if you know nothing about marketing
• How to find your niche to stand out from the competition
• Hard-won time-management tactics for staying sane and productive
• A simple technique for settting your fees to be profitable and competitive
• Where to go for further information including business development, networking and financial advice
• The 9 most common mistakes new VAs make and how to avoid them
• 6 candid case studies with top tips from successful working VAs
• How to raise your fees without losing clients by demonstrating value not cost
• How to find and do work that you love without compromising your values
• Systems and secrets for running a successful business while still having a life

PRAISE
"The book is crammed full of really helpful tips and is heaven sent for a complete novice like me. It is a thoroughly enriching and inspirational read with very clear and easy to understand references. I would thoroughly recommend this to anyone considering making the leap to becoming a VA." Alison Wright, Co Durham

"The book is a fantastic read with loads of excellent practical things that people can do if they aspire to be a VA. Also I think there is great stuff for everyone, not just VAs. I took note of a few things myself!" David Slane, Regional Director - Local Business, Barclays

"I am a new VA and feel that this book was written just for me. It is so open and honest and points out many mistakes that I was unaware of, even after completing a recognised VA diploma. Nadine has given me such good ideas about how to focus on my niche and I have found her book very useful.

"Although I'm not in the VA business I found the book easy to understand, written with a clear, friendly writing style." Catherine Gregory, Senior Career Development Adviser, University of Bradford

Nadine Hill is a business mum, entrepreneur and marketing expert. She created The Dream PA in 2004 and focuses on assisting small businesses through telephone answering and admin support. As well as running her own thriving VA business she helps others to become VAs too through her popular short courses. She lives in Yorkshire, UK with her husband, 2 young children and family cat.