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Orders for items on this page can be placed via this office, unless otherwise indicated. Our preferred payment gateway is Paypal.

The following is a list of recommended books that will help you run your own Home-Based Secretarial, Virtual Assistant Business or any other home based business.  If you know of a book that can be easily purchased and would like to recommend it, please let us know!

Books written by Kathie M Thomas:

10 Sure Fire Steps to Market Your VA Business ebook to assist you with your business!  Order your copy here

A practical 10 step guide to marketing your VA business in easy download ebook version. Written by Kathie M. Thomas

In 2006 this book is no longer available free but at $6.00AUD.  It will, however, be provided free to all members of ACS as part of their membership.

A print version is available at lulu.com.

ISBN 0-975-72852-0


 

 

How to Become a Virtual Assistant - ebook

When I first wanted to start working at home I didn't know how I was going to go about it.  I knew what I wanted to do - work at home - but what kind of services was I going to provide, and who for?  What rates should I be charging and how long would it take to complete a job?  Will I really make a living working at home

There were a million and one questions I had and no-one to ask!   Well, there is in this new book now available.

For full details click here, or
Click here to purchase.

ISBN 0-975-72851-2


The Home-Grown Secretary - book (click here for print version)

A How-to guide on setting up your own home-based secretarial support service with practical tips on determining rates that are right for you, a list of services you could provide, marketing, networking and more....
New updated ebook version now available.

ISBN 0-646-40469-5


How to Set Up a Business From Home (ebook)
(or I want to work from home!)

Ideal book for anyone wanting to work at home - covers everything from the type of business that could be run, to how to find clients and setting the right rates.  How to tell a scam from the real thing and should you join networks online?  Ideal gift!

Click here for full details, or purchase here now.

ISBN 0-975-72853-9


Worth More Than Rubies (paperback)

New release! If you want to be a Proverbs 31 Woman and work from home whilst caring for your family, this book is a must read!

Worth More Than Rubies is about the value of both the wife and mother to her husband and family, looking at the age old scriptures of Proverbs 31 and bringing them into modern day times.

Kathie has woven her own personal story into this book, and talks of the challenges and struggles she had to establish a business at home so she could be there for her 5 daughters.

Click here for full details or purchase here now.


I often get asked what is the difference between the following three books below.  Here is an explanation:

The Home-Grown Secretary is my story of how I got started, the journey of developing a business and a formula to set your own rates (works for any country and currency), set up at home, pros and cons of operating at home, finding work and some history of the VA industry.  Available in printed form and as an eBook.

How to Become a Virtual Assistant is a list of questions asked by would-be VAs and answers to those questions, which has some info from the first book (The Home-Grown Secretary), and includes the formula for setting up your own rates. This page shows a list of questions here.  eBook only.  

How to Set Up a Business From Home is similar to the second book but is generic with many other questions answered.  It also lists suggested types of businesses to run from home so would be ideal for someone who is looking for something other than being a VA. eBook version only. For a list of the questions for this book, click here.


VA Trainer course. 10 week online coaching course for new and established virtual assistants, with Kathie M. Thomas. At end of course you will receive a certificate of completion, plus a full copy of the course in spiral book form. Discounts available for other VA items, and ACS membership available on completion of the course.

If you have a dream to run a Virtual Assistant business and are ready to create a satisfying and successful career, you've come to the right place. Let me help you achieve your dreams, plans, and goals.

Click here for registration details.


Books available from this office:

Order here

The Business Mom Guide Book by Terilee Harrison $20.00AUD plus postage

Over 100 mom entrepreneurs from around the world provide their top tips for juggling business and family. A must read if you desire to have more life and less overwhelm!

All mom entrepreneurs know it's a challenge to raise their family and run a business, but hardly anyone talks about how they get it done.

Instead of continuing to live in overwhelm, Terilee Harrison decided to bring the insights, tips, failures, and successes from mom business owners that are getting it done so that we can all help each other. These courageous moms all shared their stories - what works for them as they run their business, little things they try to do to be the best mom possible, and how they still find time for themselves.

This book will assist and support you as you learn techniques being used daily by other moms who understand your unique challenges and concerns. You will think "what a great idea!" over and over again as you read this book. The Business Mom is helping mom entrepreneurs to get a life! You can have more life and less overwhelm!


Networking Magic
366 Hot Networking Tips by Robyn Henderson

This practical 144 page book will give you 366 instantly useful tips - one for every day of the year. Advice which is affordable, effective and easy to implement. Generate endless referrals immediately.

$25.50AUD Postage & handling per order $4.50 (within Australia)

 


The following items are available online and we list them here as recommendations


More Books written for the VA Community:
Up Close and Virtual: A Practical Guide to Starting Your Own Virtual Assistant Business, by Kelly Poelker

 


Marketing Your VA Practice is a thought-provoking guide to developing creative virtual assistant marketing strategies. It offers viable marketing and promotional choices that aspiring AND experienced VAs, work-at-home moms, military spouses, and entrepreneurs can implement to enhance overall marketing and promotion strategies. Written in a plain-speaking and down-to-earth style, this publication invites readers to "think outside the box" and consider traditional and nontraditional ways of reaching their ideal client.

Written by Sharon Williams, MVA, President, The 24 Hour Secretary




Books written by associates of mine:

How To Run a Business From Your Kitchen Table
by Barbara Gabogrecan.
$29.95

Barbara is probably best known as the founder of Micro Business Network (MBN). She has just released the second edition of this Learn how over 30 Micro business operators have run a successful business from the kitchen table. There are also over 50 ideas for businesses that can be run from home with marketing tips and approximate costs. Find out why the author is acknowledged as the guru for this sector.

Contact our office if interested in purchasing a copy and we’ll forward your request to Barbara.


Ready, Set, Go For It! The complete women’s guide to operating a small business in Australia by Donna-Marie Coggins

Business women, and men, can kick start their business ideas with this great book and accompanying CD-Rom. Donna-Marie Coggins will guide you through each step in establishing and operating your small business, along with providing insights from a variety of successful and inspirational business women. "This book ... and is a useful guide for small business operators and people who want to turn a bright idea into a business. We congratulate Donna-Marie Coggins on this initiative and hope it generates even more small business success stories." Peter Beattie MP, Queensland Premier and Minister for Trade. 

Pricing A$33.00 (incl. GST)
Postage and handling per order: A$4.50 (within Australia)



Books available through Amazon.com:

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Merriam-Webster's Secretarial Handbook
This latest edition of Merriam-Webster's Secretarial Handbook makes the leap of time and technology since the previous edition published in 1983 and remains useful for office professionals at all levels with its treatment of business form and function as well as guidance on current office technologies.

Hardcover - 608 pages 3rd edition (July 1993)
Merriam Webster; ISBN: 0877792364 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.63 x 9.95 x 7.16

The Worlds Best Known Marketing Secret: Building Your Business With Word-Of-Mouth Marketing
by Authors: Ivan R. Misner , Virginia Devine , Sarah Edwards
Released: June, 1999
ISBN: 1885167377
Paperback
List price: $15.95
Amazon price: $11.17 ( You save: $4.78 )

Motivational MousePads available from this office:

All Things Are Possible

$12.50 plus postage

He Is Coming With The Clouds

$12.50 plus postage

Soar On Wings Like Eagles

$12.50 plus postage

Jesus Is Lord

$12.50 plus postage

Jesus

$12.50 plus postage

King of Kings, Lord of Lords

$12.50 plus postage

  To purchase any of the mousepads, click here.

 

 

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