Become a
Professional Virtual Author's Assistant...
Our Step-by-Step
Course Will Lead the Way
For those
interested in training and certification to become
an Author's Assistant: The Virtual Author's
Assistant Training Program
www.VirtualAuthorsAssistants.com
With specialized
training, a virtual assistant can boost her
expertise (and her income) by taking on tasks that
have been traditionally handled by in-office staff,
publishing companies and publicists. We’re helping
VA’s get ready to tackle the needs of the expected
thousands of writers, speakers and subject matter
experts who have decided to become authors, and can,
thanks to Amazon, desktop publishing and on-demand
printing.
The course is
truly international and includes information so you
can help authors in Canada or in the US (or in the
UK, India or Australia as well!).
What you will be
able to do as soon as you finish the course:
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Inventory and
Organize the Author’s Source Documents
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Research the
target audience
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Fact check and
research for the book
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Obtain
permissions to use quotes and interviews
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Coordinate the
peer and audience reviews/testimonials
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Research
potential publishers
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Do a
competitive analysis
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Prepare the
manuscript to submit to a publisher
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Coordinate the
self-publishing process
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Get the ISBN
(International Standard Book Number)
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Get the
library cataloging information
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Get the bar
code for the back cover
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Create an
account with the printer
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Review the
printer’s proof
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Get the book
listed in Books in Print
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Get the
copyright registered
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Coordinate
promotional activities
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Send out
copies for early review
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Get book
listed on Amazon.com
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Coordinate the
development of the author web site and media kit
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Enter a book
in book awards competitions
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Create a
virtual book launch and book tour
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Organize a
live book event
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Launch an
Amazon.com bestseller campaign
The
course fee includes:
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The acclaimed
The Complete Virtual Author’s Assistant, 335
pages of class notes, slides, checklists,
planners, and step-by-step instructions that
will be a reference source long after you
complete the class
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The
password-protected, exclusive Virtual Author’s
Assistant Online Headquarters which includes:
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37 Slidecasts
to watch again and again,
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Downloads of
the 47 forms, checklists, planners,
spreadsheets, samples and more so you can use
them with all your author clients, and
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A dynamic
on-line peer community that will support you
well beyond the class.
AND after the
course is completed:
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You will be
certified as a Professional Virtual Author’s
Assistant (PVAA) and a recognized professional
in your field
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You will
receive a suitable-for-framing certificate as
recognition of your accomplishment in earning
the Professional Virtual Author’s Assistant (PVAA)
certification
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Inclusion in
the only Author’s Assistant Directory of trained
professionals. See it at
http://www.cvac.ca/VAATP.
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Virtual
Author’s Assistant Professional insignia to put
on your web site and sales materials to let
everyone know you are ready to serve authors
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Slidecast you
can embed on your own web site that sells the
services of an Author’s Assistant
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Free downloads
of many business and marketing templates you can
use on your own web site or in working with
authors
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Informative
articles, special reports and ebooks for authors
you can post to your own web site to prove your
expertise
