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Larissa Parks Nominated for three AssistU Awards

July 25, 2011 By 1 Comment

I’m honored to announce today that I’ve received three (count ‘em…three!) nominations in this year’s AssistU Community Recognition Awards.

One is for the 2011 VA of the Year, the other is for the 2011 Techie of the Year and finally 2011 Most Supportive Community Member. That one I’m pretty excited about because I do take pride in being of assistance to my fellow Virtual Assistant sisters! Working with Wedding Professionals exclusively in my business and now being nominated, is the cherry on top of my ice cream sundae. Time to celebrate and drown in the love and happiness I feel. :)

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OBM Larissa Parks Nominated for two Assist U Awards

August 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I’m honored to announce today that I’ve received two (count ‘em…two!) nominations in this year’s Assist U Community Recognition Awards.

One is for the 2010 VA of the Year and the other is for the 2010 Techie of the Year. That one I’m pretty excited about because I do take pride in my technical skills!

In case you haven’t been following along this has been a very transitional year for me and it’s been full of changes (more on that later).I’ve been spending a great deal of time doing different training programs including one  that will make me an Infusionsoft expert (when I’m done) and another that gave me 1ShoppingCart expert status. I’ve also taken the exhaustive OBM Certification program.

(Psst….don’t tell anyone, but I’d really like to win the title of 2010 VA of the Year. I was nominated last year and so if I don’t win this year I’m going to develop a Susan Lucci complex.)

Dang it’s hard to type with your fingers crossed…. :-)

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Infusionsoft expert at your service!

June 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Here we are on June 21 – the first day of summer – but it feels like I was just setting my New Year’s Resolutions! Speaking of resolutions, last week I started working on one of my goals for 2010 by enrolling in Infusionsoft Bootcamp.

In case you haven’t heard of Infusionsoft, it basically replaces your need for having a stand-alone email marketing system, shopping cart and CRM (Customer Relationship Management system).

Infusionsoft users can manage all of these critical components of an Internet business from one efficient, effective and highly integrated dashboard.

I’m busy learning how to set up and customize an Infusionsoft account, how to manage follow-up sequences, set up products and payment plans. I won’t lie, there’s a ton of other stuff to learn about order forms, templates, refunds, broadcasting and affiliate programs. But when I’m done, I will be a superstar and you will want to hire me to set up your account because trust me – you don’t want to do this yourself. (Holy hard work Batman!)

It actually might not hurt to contact me right now because I’m about to get a lot more popular. Give me a shout today and we’ll schedule you in for the minute I’m ready to transition you over to Infusionsoft or to take over your existing account.

Now I better get back to it – it is bootcamp you know!

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I’m officially an Online Business Manager!

April 9, 2010 By 1 Comment

Wow, am I tired. I mentioned in my last post that you wouldn’t be hearing from me in awhile and I’m coming back to announce that I just earned my certification as an Online Business Manager! Yay me! I’m a Certified OBM!

In case you haven’t heard the phrase ‘Online Business Manager’ before, it’s defined as:

“A virtually based support professional who manages online based businesses, including the day-to-day management of projects, operations, team members and metrics.”

Sounds sort of similar to the definition for a Virtual Assistant, I know, but it’s different. A VA does tasks for clients but an OBM focuses more on the managerial role, strategy and project management. Besides, I am a firm believer in continual education so I can help my clients in as many ways as possible.

Of course I picked up loads of new skills and future clients – I hope you appreciate what I just went through for you.

OBM Training is a five month program but I did it in three days. Intense…ALL DAY…three days. I then did one entire week of grueling and rigorous certification. ONE WEEK. Those five days were spent performing real life strategy projects, working for actual six-figure and seven-figure clients. I created project plans, mapping and techniques to help the clients grow their businesses.

So there you have it. Larissa Parks the Virtual Assistant is now also Larissa Parks the Online Business Manager.

And I look forward to serving new and existing clients in an even bigger way!  Well, let me get back to spring cleaning, because a lot of changes are about to happen.

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