The VA / Speaker Partnership
As a business owner your first concern is most likely "How will my business benefit by partnering with a VA?" However, many potential clients ask "What can you DO for me?" The following is a list of some of the ways a VA can work with speakers:
As a business owner your first concern is most likely "How will my business benefit by partnering with a VA?" However, many potential clients ask "What can you DO for me?" The following is a list of some of the ways a VA can work with speakers:
- Research networking opportunities to meet prospective clients
- Work with venues where speaker might want to appear
- Research contacts and good venues/conferences
- Contact places and determine if there is an interest
- Discuss fees and contract
- Review and finalize contract
- Maintain and develop relationships
- E-Commerce Solutions
- Shopping cart development
- Merchant account setup
- Oversee marketing campaign
- Database development and maintenance
- Maintain speaker’s schedule
- Be the gatekeeper
- Field questions for the speaker
- Make detailed travel arrangements
- Event arrangements
- Finalize logistics
- Prepare itinerary
- Arrange for sale of products
- Develop marketing materials
- Brochures
- Business cards
- Flyers
- Ads & other mailings
- Media liaison
- Prepare press releases and media kit
- Communicate with the media
- Create a referral program and communicate program to warm market. Handle all follow-up.
- Acquire testimonials and endorsements.
- Develop/research additional revenue streams (books, tapes, workbooks, associate programs)
- Teleclasses
- Preparation of materials for teleclasses or live events
- Handle registration and correspond with participants
- Respond to e-mail/answer questions
- Send class notes and class roster to participants
- Take notes on classes - provide to speaker and/or participants
- Newsletter
- Assist with development of e-zine for regular contact with subscribers
- Manage mailing lists
- Edit, format and send newsletter
- Set up automatic systems
- Promote online and offline
- Post to website
- Website
- Research web designers
- Manage website development
- Make timely updates
- Miscellaneous
- Buy/send client gifts
- Manage bridge schedule
- Keep records of business expenditures
- Read newsletters and magazines and synthesize information and provide condensed informational reports
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