Lisa Wells BS/BM, CeMA, CVA, Certified OBM

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Lisa Wells Quick Facts

Main Areas: Virtual Assistant and Virtual Assistant Training
Career Focus: Online Business Manager, Virtual Assistant Mentoring
Affiliation: IVAA, eMarketing Association

I established my online business, Coast2Coast Business Support Solutions, after 15 years of working with people, helping them use computers to be more productive in their day-to-day work.

Most virtual businesses are born in the home office, out of a computer, knowledge of a particular market, and a burning desire to help that market while working from home. People are sometimes surprised to hear that I really enjoyed my career as an information technology specialist and my children were very happy going to their daycare center for stories, arts and crafts and playtime. I had no intention of leaving my job to work at home.

No, instead something happened that happens to most military families. In July 2005, we got orders to move. I was living in Orange County (Southern California), where I had lived my entire life, when my husband received orders to North Carolina. My search for a new job quickly revealed that even though I had 20 years of office experience, a degree in business management, and multiple Microsoft certifications, there simply were no well-suited jobs for me.

That summer, the movie "Robots" came out; a cute family movie about Rodney Copperbottom, an idealistic robot inventor. To foil the plans of an evil inventor, Rodney applies the philosophy of "find a need and fill a need," and succeeds in bringing his robot friends together to save Robot City.

More than being one of the basic principles of business, this phrase goes right to the heart of what a virtual professional does and how I came to be one. Before my career as an information technology specialist, I was a secretary and a word processor. While most of my colleagues lived and breathed computers, I maintained a passion and expertise for paperwork, data entry, and report formatting. Using this skillset, I carved out a specialty for internet marketing and filled a huge need that online entrepreneurs crave. I was a very sought-after technical/marketing virtual assistant for almost five years before transitioning to a certified online business manager (OBM) in the spring of 2010.

Now, in my current role as an OBM, I partner with entrepreneurs to manage and build their online businesses. The role of the OBM boils down to one simple thing: To free up the business owner so that they can focus their time and energy on the things that only THEY can do in their business.

I also mentor military spouses and those who want to become virtual assistants - the world's best at-home career!

I have a bachelor of science degree in business management, hold designations as an Certified Online Business Manager, Certified eMarketing Associate, and Certified Virtual Assistant as a member of the International Virtual Assistants Association.

When you can drag me away from my computer, you can find me at home in the Sandhills of North Carolina with my wonderful and supportive husband Richard, teenagers Eddie and Brett, my two pugs ET and Soochow, and new addition to the family - Lucy - a chow/golden retriever.

Other Programs & Highlights

Quick Start Marketing Your Online Business - Specifically written for the solopreneur, coach, virtual assistant, and anyone who runs an online business, this 12-week self-study course will walk you step-by-step, showing you how to use today's e-marketing strategies & programs. Article marketing, niche marketing, pink spoon marketing, how to use videos in your marketing, newsletters, autoresponders - everything you need to know! Download a free lesson at http://www.quickstartyourmarketing.com/

Marketing Your Virtual Assistant Business From Start to Profit - This hand-on e-coaching program was written especially for virtual assistants! The Marketing Your Virtual Assistant Business from Start to Profit System is a 4-week intensive program designed to help you build market awareness so people know you exist, create market interest so you have prospective clients ready and willing to listen to what you have to say and sell, then convert your listeners into clients, and finally, build lasting relationships with your clients for a long-term partnership and referrals.

With personal one-on-one feedback you'll finish our 4 weeks together with a plan of action to help you sustain long-term success and profits. Go to http://www.marketingyourvabusiness.com/

Zero to Virtual Assistant: Training Program Now Available! - If you are looking to start your own Virtual Assistant business, go here to read about my new program and be sure to download the free report, "Exploring Virtual Assistance as a Career" at http://vamarketingmentor.com

"At Your Fingertips" Forms and Templates for Your VA Business - Why recreate the wheel when you don't have to? In just a few minutes, you can have customizable forms, templates, spreadsheets, marketing pieces, and more at your fingertips!

Are you spending too much valuable time creating the forms and systems that you need for your business?

Have you wasted your money on form templates, only to find out they don't meet your needs as a VA with a home-based business? I've been there too! Check out my templates at http://www.virtualassistantforms.com/

Spring Cleaning to Maximize the Profitability of Your Internet Business - This 6-week program comes in both self-study (immediate download) and with personal coaching (available throughout the year) will show you how to find out what's really working in your business, clear out the things that are keeping you from greater success, and remodel your business for long-term success.

Who is this Program Designed for?

If you are spending most of your time building more websites and adding new projects, instead of unleashing the true power of your current projects - you need some serious Spring Cleaning!

If you got slapped silly by Google and it's really affecting your business - you need some serious Spring Cleaning!

If you just want to learn how to make the most out of your virtual real estate - you need some serious Spring Cleaning! http://www.operationspringclean.com/

Military Spouse Virtual Assistant Training

If you are a military spouse and want to become a virtual assistant – I have the training program for you…

As a military spouse you know that sacrifice is just a part of life. You leave your support system, your job, your community behind as you dutifully follow your husband around the country, sometimes around the world. I’ve said on more than one occasion, “Home is where the Marine Corps sends us.” It’s part and parcel of being a military wife. But then you know deep down that you want more out of life than waiting for your husband to return home. You want a great job so you can contribute to the family finances. You want to be independent and have a life outside of the military. You want MORE! But the dream remains a dream because the reality is that you have to pack up every few years. http://www.militaryspouseva.com

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Lisa Wells

"You can get everything you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want." Zig Ziglar

Getting Started With Lisa Wells

If you want to know how a virtual assistant or online business manager can help you grow your online business, download my free report, "100+ Ways That an Online Business Manager Can Help Boost Business" on www.lisarwells.com.

If you are looking at becoming a virtual professional, go to my blog where you'll find tons of resources, training, insider information, and free stuff: http://vamarketingmentor.com