May 16, 2011
Virtual Assistants Get E-Commerce Training
If you are a virtual assistant, listen up. There’s news you can use this week to boost your skills and potentially increase your income.
First up, HotSkillsVATraining.com. The company is now offering an e-commerce specialist training program for virtual assistants. The course aims to give virtual assistants everything they need to implement, manage and maintain an online business for clients to busy to do it themselves or too economical to hire a larger IT firm.
Specifically, the program will equip virtual assistants to deploy a shopping cart system, develop products, connect the “buy button” on a Web site and ensure the transaction of funds between the customer’s credit card and the business owners bank account and more.
“E-commerce is at the core of every online based business,” says Cindy Greenway, lead trainer at HotSkillsVATraining.com. “Business owners need someone on their team who can manage this core—from implementing and managing the shopping cart to developing systems to keep in touch with prospects, provide valuable content, automate tasks and much more.
The course includes:
- Setup, manage and strategically use a shopping cart system to simplify and automate tasks
- Implement autoresponders to offer ongoing valuable content to prospects
- Format and distribute broadcasts—ezines/newsletters/announcements—and consider ways to measure their effectiveness via link tracking and open stats
- Setup and completely automate online teleclass registrations—from registration to post-class follow up
- Setup and maintain blog posts for clients, as part of their overall online strategy
- Assist with creating audio and written products and setting them up to sell on a website
- support with attracting website traffic and list building activities
Separately, Virtual Assistant Forums has published a new e-book called “Become a Virtual Assistant.” The 110-page book offers information, direction and advice to help new and aspiring virtual assistants successfully navigate the small business startup process and get down to business.
Specifically, the e-book offers 22 business-building worksheets, sample contracts and business documents, as detailed list of 100 small business and virtual assistant industry resources.
“Starting a virtual assistant business can be a confusing, expensive and time consuming process. It may take months to get all of the questions answered and put the necessary pieces in place,” says Tess Strand Alipour, founder of Virtual Assistant Forums. “The ‘Become a Virtual Assistant’ e-book is a road map designed to help aspiring virtual assistants avoid wasted time and get down to business.”
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