C.J. Hayden – Keynote: "What’s Stopping You From Getting Clients… and What To Do About It"
C.J. Hayden, MCC, CPCC, is the bestselling author of Get Clients Now! A 28-Day Marketing Program for Professionals, Consultants and Coaches. She is also the author of Get Hired Now!, The One-Person Marketing Plan Workbook, and a contributing author to Guerrilla Marketing on the Front Lines. Since 1992, C.J. has helped thousands of entrepreneurs and independent professionals launch and sustain successful enterprises. As an entrepreneurship coach and trainer, she blends business coaching with mentoring and practical advice to help her clients thrive.
C.J. has over 30 years of business management experience. She holds the credentials Master Certified Coach and Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, and is a graduate of Arbinger Institute’s Mastery Training for Coaches. She has taught marketing for John F. Kennedy University, Mills College, SCORE, and the U.S. Small Business Administration. Her articles have been published internationally in Home Business, Selling Power, SOHO Business Report, and Coaching World, and in numerous regional publications, including California Job Journal and Bay Area BusinessWoman.
A pioneer in the emerging profession of coaching, C.J. was a founding board member of the worldwide Professional & Personal Coaches Association (which later merged with the International Coach Federation) and editor of their newsletter Being in Action.
Jeannine Clontz – "The Keep It Simple Business Plan," "Rates – Retainers and Packages…Oh My!"
Jeannine Clontz, has owned her own successful VA practice, Accurate Business Services since 1998. She specializes in marketing and social media support, training and consulting. A longtime IVAA member, Jeannine served as the Association’s president for two terms, most recently in 2010-2011. She’s a writer, speaker, author, and VA coach, and holds many industry and niche related certifications. A winner of multiple awards, Jeannine most recently received the 2009 Small Business Administration (SBA.gov) Home-Based Business Champion for the St. Louis District; 2009 NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) St. Louis Chapter’s Member of the Year; and the 2009 Thomas Leonard International Virtual Assistant of Distinction. She is passionate about helping VAs increase their success through speaking, mentoring and coaching start-up and established VAs on business topics.
Kathy Colaiacovo – "Social Media Content Planning for the Virtual Business Owner – Get Clients Online"
Kathy Colaiacovo is an Online Marketing and Social Media Consultant as well as the Principal at Time on Task Virtual Assistant Services. She is located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on Canada’s East Coast. (a bit northeast of Maine). She known online as @TimeonTaskVA and offers online and social media strategy to small business owners as well as running a multi – VA firm.
She has used her networking skills to build her business to encompass a virtual team and a client base located all over Canada and the US. They work virtually with clients to setup and manage their website, blog, email marketing foundations and their social media marketing presence. Kathy also coaches and teaches small business owners how to use Social Media marketing for their own businesses through her S4B Social Media Training programs.
Doreen DeJesus – "Making Google Work for You and Your Business"
Doreen DeJesus is the proud owner of Ambicionz, which opened its doors in 2004 at first part time and now as a flourishing Virtual Services Business. The primary vision of Ambicionz is to provide exceptional work to her clients virtually through a collaborative partnership.
Doreen’s extensive training includes office management, event coordination, social media implementation and management, author support, data research, marketing, project management, multimedia presentations and much more. In order to provide her clients a diverse skill set, she has completed certification for the following; Social Marketing Specialist, Internet Marketing Specialist, Master Shopping Cart Specialist, Professional Virtual Authors Assistant, Certified Travel Planner, Certified Real Estate Assistant , Graduate Virtual Assistant, Certified Real Estate Support Specialist and IVAA Ethics Checked.
Diana Ennen – "PR Magic – What You Need to Rock Your Marketing Efforts"
Diana Ennen has been a leader in the virtual assistant industry since opening her business in 1985. She’s the president of Virtual Word Publishing, where she specializes in publicity and marketing and PR and VA Coaching. She’s the author of numerous books on business start-ups including Virtual Assistant – The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA and So You Want to be a Work-at-Home Mom: A Christians’ Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business. She has been featured in major media including CBS4News, Fox News, CNN, Woman’s World Magazine, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and so many more plus she works hard to get her clients major media mentions as well. Mother to 3 fabulous kids and a very supportive husband.
Sue Kramer Harrawood – "Are You Connected? LinkedIn 101 – 201"
Sue Kramer Harrawood is the President of Peace of Mind Virtual Assistance. Founded in 2003, Peace of Mind Virtual Assistance is a trusted resource which connects top-tier virtual specialists to established small business owners. Sue is passionate about educating the business community about the VA industry AND coaching VAs on how to improve their communcation skills and themselves resulting in enjoyable long-term client relationships through the VA/Client Relationship Coaching Program.
Sue’s experience as a veteran VA, VA client, former IVAA marketing director, consistent IVAA committee member and coach help her stay connected. For more information about Peace of Mind Virtual Assistance, Sue or the VA/Client Relationship Coaching Program, please visit www.vapeaceofmind.com.
Sandra Martini – "General Session: Increase Your Bottom Line – and Your Credibility – Through Extreme Client Care™"
By meeting you where you’re at, Sandy has an amazing ability to look at your business, see the quickest path to where you want to go, and then get you there through the strategies which make up Escalator Marketing™.
Her marketing and finance background with start-up organizations such as AmeriCorps and national satellite television combined with her years in Peace Corps, managing White House Presidential events and voracious appetite for learning have created a skill set unlike any other – the perfect balance between marketing savvy, intuition and results-driven systemic implementation.
Christine Morris – "Avoid Overload – Project Management for Your VA Business"
Christine Morris is a virtual assistant and online business manager for remarkable entrepreneurs. Christine is also the creator of the "Be Remarkable" program which helps small business owners get focused on their own path to success.
Christine’s passion is to guide business owners in creating the life they dream about by providing support and structure for business growth. Christine takes an active role in supporting her industry. She is a valued member of the Virtual Assistant community, currently serving as the Communications Director for the Delaware Valley Virtual Assistant Association (DVVAA).
Christine is also a passionate advocate for finding a cure for psoriasis, as it affects both her children. She is responsible for bringing the Walk to Cure Psoriasis to Philadelphia. Her children and her cause are the motivation behind her purpose in supporting fellow entrepreneurs to create their own remarkable value-driven businesses.
Terri Orlowski – "Evernote for Keeping Track of Everything"
Terri Orlowski is a self-proclaimed geek, and has been since childhood. In 2006, she turned her near-obsession with computers and technology into a profitable business as a Virtual Assistant. Today she specializes in providing small business with nifty, easy-to-use websites and email marketing templates, and helps techno-phobes to overcome their fears and embrace technology that can help make their businesses more efficient and productive.
Terri and her husband are raising two future geeks in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA. For more information about Terri, head over to beyondtheoffice.com, on Facebook, or follow her on Twitter.
Kristi Pavlik – "S.O.P. is Not a Swear Word!"
From chaos to clarity, from task "overwhelm" to task mastery—this is what happens when Kristi Pavlik takes business professionals under her wing. For more than a decade, Kristi has been helping entrepreneurs and small business owners transform big ideas into effective systems that support profit and growth.
Donna Toothaker – "Learn the Value-Based Model – Stop Trading Hours for Dollars"
Donna Toothaker is a VA, Author, Speaker and VA Success Coach. She is CEO, founder and coach of Step It UP VA Coaching, and the creator of the 6 Steps to 6-Figure VA Success System. As a virtual assistant and CEO of www.1stva.com, Donna has been an integral ‘educator’ and ‘advocate’ of the benefits and necessity of virtual team building for small business owners and entrepreneurs to create a successful enterprise. Today Donna passes on the valuable information she learned throughout her years as a virtual assistant to others. Following her passion to "pay it forward" she opened the doors of her coaching and mentoring programs to other VAs; assisting them in the exciting pathway to great success. Donna’s expert ability to laser focus and guide others makes her the number one choice of VAs when it comes to a coach that gives the recipe for 6-figure success.
Carla Wilson – "Digital Media Makes Marketing Efficient"
Carla Wilson is a self-proclaimed digital media junkie. She can’t get enough of audio, video, and info products and is passionate about helping her clients understand the flexibility of using digital media in their marketing efforts.
Carla’s passion for audio began in college where she studied Sound Recording Technology. After working in various areas of Sales and Marketing, Carla began her Virtual Assistant practice, Wilson Virtual Assistants, in 2003. In the fall of 2010, she and her husband, David, started a new company called Wilson Media Services, which provides digital audio and video recording and editing, podcast production and online marketing support.
Carla is a Certified Virtual Assistant™, EthicsCheck™ certified and Virtual Events Specialist. She enjoys giving back to the industry by volunteering for the International Virtual Assistants Association on its Board of Directors. She lives in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband, son and 4 cats.
Rebekah Zobel Jones – "ABC’s of Rockin’ Membership Sites"
Rebekah Zobel Jones, My Membership VA, specializes in assisting online business owners with Membership Sites. With her Virtual Assistant background, she has experience with all the pieces that must work seamlessly in a Membership Site. She offers consulting, basic site creation, and management services.
Rebekah left the corporate world and opened her business in early 2008. She quickly filled her client roster and began getting involved as a volunteer with IVAA as well as attending live events across the country. As one of the only VAs in North America specializing in Membership Sites, Rebekah focuses on using WordPress and WishList Member to create and manage dynamic Membership Sites for her clients. Rebekah received her WishList Member certification in 2010 and has been working with WordPress since 2008.
