Are you looking to learn the necessary skills for the most widely used shopping cart system in today’s online world? Do you know enough to be dangerous, but do not completely understand how the shopping cart can help build an online business? Do you want to have confidence when supporting others with the shopping cart system?

Registration is now open for the next Basic Shopping Cart Certification program with Practice Pay Solutions - led by yours truly!

In this six week class, you will learn the confidence, skills and tricks necessary to effectively support your clients using the shopping cart.

Once certified, you will receive a logo from Practice Pay Solutions showing you have been certified as well as being placed on the elite referral list for those who contact Practice Pay Solutions looking for Virtual Assistants trained in the cart. How cool is that?

Early bird pricing and payment plan available. Check it out at:
http://www.practicepaysolutions.com/vatraining/Basic-Aug08.html

I hope to “see” you in class!

Amber

Teleseminar Topic: Organizing and Your Computer

Technology has made it easy to gather and share information without leaving your desk, but that information is useless if you can’t find it when you need it. This teleseminar covers tips and techniques to organize your email and other electronic files, and lets you discover how your computer can enhance, rather than hinder, your productivity!

Free event for members (speaker series members, platinum and gold). Non-members can purchase a seat in this exciting teleseminar for only $24.95!

Learn more at www.virtualassistantmastermind.com

Hope to “see” you there!

Being a Virtual Assistant and Online Business Manager it is easy to look around you and compare yourself to others. While I have never found myself being the “jealous” type, I have began lately to focus on the success of others and whether I feel I have been successful in the past 3 years of running my own VA Practice.

For me, I don’t want to run a huge multi-VA firm. A few great gals that help me with overflow suits me just fine! I don’t want to be a slave and work 90 hours a week - been there, done that. I have come to realize that for others, that may be their dream and vision. But it isn’t mine - I enjoy working with a few select clients and enjoy weekends off.
In chatting with my coach and client/friend the other day, she pointed out to me how success is viewed differently by each and every person. There is no one definition for success. What may be success to me - may not be to you.

Wow - that did it for me. I made a list of what I have accomplished in the past three years:

1. I can be home for my kids when they get home from school. No Latch-Key kids in this home!
2. I can take Friday afternoon’s off if I want. No begging a boss and having to make sure not to “rock the boat”.
3. I have narrowed my client base down to those who fit in my “Red Velvet Rope Policy” as Michael Port would say in his book, “Book Yourself Solid”. I CAN choose who I work with.  And I stay busy enough with them!

I’d love to know what success means to you? Deep down inside - what makes you happy? What makes you content? Remember, it doesn’t have to be what anyone else thinks is success. It only matters what you think is success.

My good friend, Erin Blaskie and I, created a brand new mastermind for virtual assistants AND virtual women professionals.  It’s an amazing program which features a brilliant speaker series (http://virtualassistantmastermind.com/speakerseries.html),
amazing member benefits and a group of like-minded, women individuals.

If you’ve struggled to find a place where YOU belong on the Internet and where you can get support with your virtual business, this is the place.  It’s a safe and fun environment where YOU are the primary focus.  We’re constantly adding new member benefits and our platinum group (limited to 12) gets to join us on a yearly retreat with all expenses paid (except air fare… we can’t be paying for flights from Australia!  We’d go broke!)

Check out our next upcoming speaker and learn more about becoming a member at:
http://www.virtualassistantmastermind.com

See you there!

One social networking website that is so popular among many people from all over the world is Facebook. In this website, you will be able to post your pictures, discuss your interests and hobbies as well as do other great things.

In the past, Facebook was restricted to Harvard College students. In time, it expanded to other schools and universities until it became available for everyone above the age of 13 from different parts of the world.

Presently, the Facebook website now has more than 62 million active users worldwide.

Now, if you have an online business, you will see that Facebook can significantly help you promote your website and your business. Facebook marketing is now one of the hottest trends among online entrepreneurs today. Just think about it, with over 62 million active users worldwide, you will definitely have a lot of potential clients to do business with.

Because of the amount of people joining Facebook, a lot of online business owners are now joining this social networking website in order to market their products or services. With Facebook, you will definitely be able to effectively market your website.

The great thing about Facebook today is that anyone will now be able to join it. Whether you are a college student or you are an entrepreneur looking for a niche market, Facebook is the place that you should go to.

So, if you think that online advertising or marketing is not working for you, you might want to try out marketing on Facebook.

Check out my profile here for my Virtual Assistant business - hop over and be my “friend”!

To Your Delegating Success!

Amber Miller

Checklist for everyday. Start your mornings by making a list of all the things that you need to accomplish each day. Carry it with you and mark each item off when completed. This will give a great feeling of accomplishment and closure.

Household maintenance. Develop a household maintenance list divided into months Every month may have a day to change the filter on your furnace or central air unit. Check the list a few months in advance to see if you need to schedule specific maintenance people to do a job for you.

Weekly cleaning list. A weekly cleaning list should be developed and hung on the wall for everyone to see. Beside each job include the person’s name that is accountable for the job that week. Make sure they mark off the job when completed.

Car Maintenance checklist. Schedule times when you need to make appointments for an oil change and general car maintenance.

Developing checklists for your life will go a long way in reducing stress. Having a list will also make it easier to assign tasks to other people in your household. The great thing about these checklists is they can all be stored on your computer and printed out as needed. Or if you prefer, create a special binder for all of your checklists. Once you start making checklists, you will wonder how you ever lived without them.

To Your Delegating Success!

Amber

2. Schedule time to make phone calls and return e-mail. When you leave a phone message, list times that you will be available by phone. Ask the other party to do the same - it will save you both a lot of time that would otherwise be spent on everyone’s favorite game, phone tag. Also, avoid checking your voice mail and e-mail frequently. Instead, review them at scheduled intervals during the day.

3. Plan stress breaks throughout the day. Make sure you give yourself a break! Working to the point of total brain fatigue and muscle tension will never do you any good. Stretch, take some deep breaths, and go out to get your lunch, call your kids - do something to give yourself a little break. If you’d like, you can schedule these breaks as a reward for when you’ve finished a particular chore.

4. Appreciate your own approach. Just as we are all different in other ways, we all have diverse organizational styles. Keep in mind that you have gotten where you are today because of whom you are and what you have accomplished. Employ improved organizational skills to enhance your personal style, not change it. Getting organized should make you feel good, not burdened.

5. Stick to your plan. The best-laid plans often fall victim to their makers. While spontaneity is important, there is a fine line between it and plain procrastination. Once you’ve come up with a good plan for tackling a task, stay with it. Only you can prevent yourself from wavering.

To Your Delegating Success!

Amber

I did a teleclass yesterday for Direct Selling Leaders.

Listen to the call from your computer for free here: http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WLqbrnCk

If you would like to get the MP3 download for $4.99, you can purchase that here!

To your delegating success!

Amber

With four mobile phones purchased for every one personal computer, there’s a world of people whose main access point to the Internet is a mobile phone. And every one of those users can trust that the site is created for viewing on a mobile device.

The best part - it is fairly simple to create this site. Check mine out at www.ambermiller.mobi.

Let me know if you .mobi or not!  And, email me if you want my team to create one for you!

Before I get started, here are the rules:

1. Link to the person’s blog who tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. List seven random and/or weird facts about yourself.
4. Tag seven random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by posting a comment on their blog.

Now for the fun stuff …

Weird Fact #1

I eat popcorn with milk (as you would cereal). Okay, please don’t email me about how weird this is. You should try it I was raised eating this for dinner on Sunday nights. My dad says it was a family tradition - I’m now wondering though, was it? Or did they just not want to cook??

Weird Fact #2

I’m a huge Bob Seger fan. Roll Me Away is a classic!

Weird Fact #3

I’m a self-recovered OCD’r and wow is it great not to have to check to make sure the front door is locked five times before going to bed.

Weird Fact #4

I took drama class in high school and barely passed. I cannot act. What you see is what you get

Weird Fact #5

I cannot cook. I burn any food I make. No joke. I actually burnt maccaroni and cheese last week. How does one do that?

Weird Fact #6

I am an only child. I apparently was too much work for my parents when I was younger. I can’t imagine me being difficult I have a step-sister now who is an only child too. It is great as an adult to have her in my life.

Weird Fact #7

I hate to be cold. This is not an understatement. I am the most miserable person to be around when I am cold. Therefore, I also do not like the snow. Hence, I live in sunny Arizona!

Now I am tagging:

Ariane Goodwin - Art Career Advice
Tracey Lawton - VA
Faith Smith - Brastrapping
Donna Toothaker - VA