Online Business Manager Directory

Company: CPC Business Services, LLC Website: www.cpcbizserv.com Location: Texas & San Francisco Time Zone: CST & PST

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

I’ve been working online since…: I have been supporting C-Level executives in the corporate world for over 15 years and have 10 years of managerial experience including managing office employees, an airline reservation center and a travel agency. In many of my positions I took on 2 roles managing them both successfully; also I came into many positions as the first one in that position so creating it from nothing. I always enjoy this type of challenge.

I’ve been consulting as an EA and Projects Control Administrator for the past 9 years in corporate America, 5 of these I’ve been able to work part time virtually which I truly enjoy and plan to move FT virtually by the end of summer 2010.

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Company: The Virtual Asset, LLC Website: www.thevirtualasset.com Phone: 610-570-1956 Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Time Zone: Eastern

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

I’ve been working online since…: After spending 20 years in the corporate world, in 2009 I decided to combine my exceptional administrative support and managerial skills with my dynamic spirit and enthusiasm to create a company offering online business management and virtual assistance.

My dedication and devotion to the companies I have worked for and the individuals running those companies has always earned me the compliment of “being an asset to the company” inspiring the naming of my company … The Virtual Asset, LLC.

In my transition to the online world, I have taken (and will continue to take) numerous specialized training programs to develop my online business management and virtual assistance skills. I have completed the following courses:

• Certified Online Business Manager (Tiny Forsyth and Andrea Lee)
• Internet Marketing Virtual Assistant Program (VA Classroom)
• Social Marketing Specialist Program (VA Classroom)
• Traffic Geyser (Online Video Marketing Platform) Certified VA Training (VA Classroom)
• Certified eCommerce (1Shopping Cart) Specialist (Hot Skills VA Training)

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Email: elana@elanacarter.com Phone: 888.zen.biz1Location: Dallas, TX US Time Zone: Central

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

I’ve been working online since…: After getting an MBA, I worked in various operational and financial roles at a number of Fortune 500 firms. I started working exclusively with technology firms about seven years ago. I love it!

For the past five years, i’ve been focused on growing an it consulting firm. revenues more than tripled to the 2 million dollar level.

I’ve had the opportunity to translate my ideas into action and make a significant contribution to the growth and development of a company. I’ve done the best work of my life and had fun the entire time.

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Email: JenArensberg@yahoo.comLocation: San Antonio, TX USA Time Zone: Central

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

I’ve been working online since…: I am currently changing careers and am thrilled to have found and completed OBM Certification. It’s the perfect next step in my transition and will utilize all my previous experience and skills.

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Company: Seven Winds Virtual Assistance Website: www.sevenwindsva.net Phone: 301 638 3853 Location: Maryland, USA Time Zone: Eastern

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

Why I love working as an OBM: I love working as an OBM because it allows me to have a direct impact on changing the life of my client in many ways and the synergy passes down to their clientele or customer base.

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Company: Neville Park Business Solutions Website: www.npbizsolutions.com Phone #: 416-699-0770 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Time Zone: Eastern Standard

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

Ive been working online since: 2005 after completing my training as a Virtual Assistant. Since that time, I have also upgraded my skills as a Professional Author’s Assistant.

I began my online journey after being “downsized” from a 20-year / Corporate tenure at a National Drug Retail chain.

During my Corporate career I worked in Operations, Operations Development, and Strategy. My skill sets include structuring operations plans, delivery/implementation of plans, and communications, and more. These are skills that I bring to the table as an OBM.

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Company: The Calisto Group Website: www.virtualeventorganizer.com Phone: 415.692.1062 Location: San Francisco, CA Time Zone: Pacific

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

I’ve been working online since…: I have worked within the technology sector since leaving college (too long ago to say when!) as a software engineer, systems and business analyst and project manager. I then found my forte in consulting - working with new product development teams as a coach and mentor, helping them to improve their management, development and organizational practices.

I transitioned to the realm of small business coaching about two years ago and found that many of the skills that I coached people on in the corporate world are just as applicable to entrepreneurs and small business owners regardless of their content focus.

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Company: Cyberqueen VA Solutions Website: www.cyberqueen.net Phone #: 650-771-0777 Location: San Francisco, California Time Zone: Pacific

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

Ive been working online since: I’ve been working online since 2003. However, my experience in corporate, high tech in Silicon Valley allowed me to work from home most days as I managed several roles at once.

My history in high tech ranges from large enterprise platform corporations such as Oracle, SAP Technology, Palm Computing/3Com, Excite@Home, and Electronic Arts in positions supporting senior level executives in marketing, business development, corporate communications and investor relations. I not only supported several executives simulataneously, but also planned and coordinated small to large events/off-sites within the United States.

In 2006, I decided to work from home as a Virtual Assistant quite by accident, when I researched online for a part time position, and stumbled upon the world of Virtual Assistants. Initially my business model was to work for start-ups in the area, part-time on site and off-site. It worked well for me in the beginning, but I felt dissatisfied and stuck, and knew that I needed to make a change.

In January 2009, I decided to make a leap of faith by going completely virtual, but knew that I needed to enhance my service offerings.

I enrolled in several training courses through Hot Skills VA (Ecommerce - where I learned 1shoppingcart.com, but most importantly, having and applying a marketing mindset), and the intensive OBM online training certification; and I also enrolled in VA Classroom Internet Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Blog for Marketing using Wordpress, Facebook Pages and Virtual Events Specialist courses.

Throughout my journey this year, I have become quite passionate about helping the small business owner start and maintain his/her online business and am passionate about social media marketing.

It is my hope to not only assist the small business owner with achieving their goals and objectives, but to offer mentoring and support to local VAs in my neighborhood under the umbrella of Silicon Valley Virtual Assistant group which I created under Meetup and Ning. My goal is to educate local businesses on the value and availability of Virtual Assistants in Silicon Valley.

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Company: VBS Virtual Assist, LLC Website: www.VBSVirtualAssist.com Phone #: (860) 632-0528 Location: Middletown, CT USA Time Zone: Eastern

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

I’ve been working online since: I transitioned from nearly 30 years in the traditional office space to working online in February 2008. VBS Virtual Assist is a complete online business management firm offering a full range of support services for business of every size. As your online business manager, VBS Virtual Assist can help you seamlessly manage any or all aspects of your business including online marketing, project oversight, product development, and virtual staff coordination …with the ultimate goal of identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to proactively drive your business to the next level.

At VBS, we’ll help you more effectively manage the demands of your business while giving you the time you need to concentrate on your company’s vision, direction and growth - all essential components of a successful future for your business.

Additionally, VBS Virtual Assist provides professional virtual assistance to those business owners who are not yet ready for an online business manager, but hiring a virtual assistant will be a critical business decision to grow their business by freeing up their time to focus on business. Whether you need help with a one-time special project, ongoing monthly services or extra staff support during your busiest months, we offer affordable and flexible solutions for your business needs.

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Company: Cindy Morus Email: cindy@cindymorus.com Website: www.CindyMorus.com Phone: 916-897-9153 Location: Elk Grove, CA Time Zone: Pacific

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

I’ve been working online since…: 1982 (remember 300 baud modems?)

Many Online Business Managers come to the profession from the office assistant side as former Virtual Assistants. I arrived here in August 2009 after decades of corporate and small business management experience. The work is a perfect fit for my experience and my passion: I help people organize their businesses to maximize their potential and reach successful financial outcomes.

My business, www.CindyMorus.com, includes my services as Certified Online Business Manager, Membership Manager, and Virtual Events Manager. I have the skills and experience to make things happen for overwhelmed entrepreneurs with lots of big ideas they can’t get implemented because there’s just too much to do only a daily basis. That’s where I come in. I say, “No more boring and tedious - give it to me!” I locate the resources to get it done - whether it’s people or technology.

As your Online Business Manager, I’m looking for ways to create more time in your day so you can focus on what only you can do. This might include managing other staff and contractors, managing product development and fulfillment, customer service issues, - anything that increases revenue and lowers expenses. And very importantly, together with the business owner, I create an online presence for the business.

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Company: Ideal Assistant Services, LLC Website: www.debbielonergan.com Phone #: 908-264-4983 Location: Cranford, NJ Time Zone: Eastern

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

I’ve been working online since: I started working online as a VA in my own practice, Ideal Assistant Services, LLC, in January 2004. The expertise I gained in my years in corporate, combined with my years of working in supportive online roles, have been key factors to my success in transitioning from the role of VA to Online Business Manager.

I began my administrative career as a clerk in a small branch of a large import company. My organization skills, great attention to detail, and innovative ideas on how to get things done efficiently helped me stand out and gain the reputation as the ‘go to’ person in the office. In only six short years I worked my way up to Office Manager, and eventually Branch HR Manager.

I loved that job and stayed in the HR position for several years. However, I ultimately let it go so I could take some time off while my children were small. When I returned to the workforce I secured a job in a large pharmaceutical company which I expected to love, but strangely enough, didn’t. I found that I missed the challenges of working in a small business atmosphere and longed to use all of my skills to make a real difference in a company. That’s when I discovered virtual assistance, and I knew I had found my niche in life.

Since then I have worked with as many as five businesses at a time providing services ranging from online customer service, website updates, shopping cart setup and management and newsletter creation and management, to assisting with the creation of new info-products, assisting with marketing plans, writing website copy, editing and getting books published and much more.

When I read Tina Forsyth’s book “Becoming an Online Business Manager” in the spring of 2009 I identified with it immediately. I knew I was performing at this level for a few of my clients already, and decided that certification was the next logical step for me. I jumped in with both feet, and now here I am, certified and ready for new clients and new challenges!

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Company: ProBiz Partners, Inc. Website: www.probizpartners.com Phone #: 720-204-2049 Location: Longmont, Colorado and Denia, Spain Time Zone: Mountain Time & Spain

My Experience, I am a: Certified Online Business Manager

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

Ive been working online since: I’ve worked with web technology for over 15 years and started my own online business nearly 4 years ago. I began my corporate career as an office manager, then became a paralegal. The more technical work always attracted me, so I returned to college to complete my Computer Information Systems degree which led to becoming a Senior Project Manager on multi-million dollar web development projects. When the .com bubble burst I made a shift to marketing and operations, where I worked with several start-ups to create policies and procedures and establish marketing programs. I then decided to work virtually so that I could work from anywhere in the world, while bringing the benefit of my broad background to help other online business owners.

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Company: Fast Track Online Business Management Website: new site coming soon Email: donna.frindt@gmail.com Location: Seattle, WA Time Zone: Pacific

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

Ive been working online since: My first online project started back in 1996. I was part of the global team that developed the first web site for the Levi’s brand. (Yup, the jeans maker!) It was right at the beginning of when companies were figuring out how to build an online presence. It’s was the most challenging, most complex project I have ever worked on. It was amazing. After that, I enjoyed the online world purely as a consumer, until 2005. Since then I have been working with small entrepreneurial companies and have been focusing on building their online presence and their presence in the world of social media. The scope of the web sites has been smaller, but that has also allowed for agility and creative thinking.

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Company: Heather Logan Email: heather@paperspecs.com Location: San Jose, CA Time Zone: Pacific

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Full - not taking new clients at this time

I’ve been working online since…: I have always worked in administration and have a background in finance, executive assisting, and office management. I wanted more in my business, and found that I could do that by working online without the restrictions of a traditional office, making it easier for me to serve the clients I wanted to work with. I have been working online since 2007 and have loved every minute of it; from working as a VA to now being a certified OBM - I love my job and the people I work with!

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Company: My OBM Website: www.MyOBM.com Phone #: 425-844-2573 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Time Zone: Pacific

My Experience, I am a: Certified Online Business Manager

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

Ive been working online since: I’ve been working virtually for over 7 years - and I can’t imagine working any other way! After some interesting years in the corporate world, it was time to take control of my own destiny - and having my own business seemed the way to go! As a Certified Online Business Manager I’m taking my business, and my client’s businesses to a higher level.

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Company: VBM Solutions Website: www.vbmsolutions.com Phone #: 610-223-7798 Location: Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.A Time Zone: Eastern

My Experience, I am an: Experienced OBM - currently working in this capacity for 1 or more clients

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

Ive been working online since: I have been working online since January, 2007. I researched the online business models since 2005. I started as a VA in January 2007 as a generalist VA Since then, I have created a niche of working with coaches, speakers, and business consultants and transitioning to a full time OBM.

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Company: My Virtual Genie Website: www.myvirtualgenie.com Phone #: 256-217-4417 Location: Huntsville, AL Time Zone: Central

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

I’ve been working online since: September 2007. It all began with a dream…

Sometimes we wish, hope and dream, but are so busy with the hustle and bustle of life, that our eyes are too wide shut to even realize how many of our dreams have come true, then multiplied and created new ones. Martin Luther King had a dream and we all woke up to find the first African American President in the White House. In order for his dream to come true, many dreams had to die and be dreamed again. My dream? I haven’t fully awakened yet. But, my dream is for my innovative Virtual Assistance practice (My Virtual Genie) to grant the dreams of others.

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Company: Coast2Coast Business Support Solutions Website: www.lisarwells.com Phone: 910-467-1686 Location: Whispering Pines, NC, USA Time Zone: Eastern

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

I’ve been working online since: My entrepreneurial ways began early when I would type labels at my grandmother’s office and as an office cleaner at my grandfather’s medical building at just 10 years old. I quickly found out that I much preferred typing over cleaning tile floors with a toothbrush! And so began my lifelong passion for all things administrative.

After entering the working world, I climbed the ladder from word processor to information technology specialist, earning multiple Microsoft certifications and a degree in business management along the way. However, as many military spouses do after the husband receives orders, I relocated from California to North Carolina and opened Coast2Coast Business Support Solutions, a virtual assistance business.

During the past five years, I have helped to launch, build, and manage multiple businesses for my virtual assistant clients. Now as an Online Business Manager, I consult in advanced online marketing and business systems for business owners and their support teams.

I am author of “E-Marketing Essentials for Virtual Assistants” and “Quick Start Marketing Your Online Business” and co-author of “The Power of Leadership: Finding the Leader Within.”

I live in Whispering Pines, North Carolina with husband Richard, teenage sons Eddie and Brett, my two pugs, and new addition - Lucy, a chow/golden retriever puppy.

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Company: Virtual Raven Marketing Website: www.virtualravenmarketing.com Phone: 432-614-5252 Location: Midland, TX Time Zone: Central

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Full - not taking new clients at this time.

I’ve been working online since…: 2007. My first virtual position was an internet technician for large cable company. My manager asked me to assist other virtual employees with their troubleshooting duties and soon I was helping my manager coordinate schedules, meetings, and employee reviews. As a result of this, I developed a passion for assisting. I received my diploma as an Administrative Assistant and began virtually assisting business owners in 2008. This is where I learned that business IS different online than in traditional brick and mortar companies. I discovered internet marketing and social media strategies by completing both certification programs via VAClassroom.

In order to meet my business owners’ ever growing need for me to take ownership of implementing their strategy and analyzing the results, I received my Online Business Manager certification in 2010. This course gave me the tools and knowledge I must have in order to take my client’s operations and procedures under my wings.

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Company: PEAK ASSIST, Inc. Website: www.peakassist.com Phone: 719-286-0009 Location: Florissant, CO USA Time Zone: Mountain

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

My Client Intake status is: Open - I am looking to work with new clients

I’ve been working online since…: I have over 20 years of administrative support experience crossing many industries, including telecommunications, computers/technology, healthcare, internet marketing, and wellness. I have also earned a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration/Marketing. I am noted for my professionalism, flexibility, efficiency, confidentiality, work ethic and enthusiasm for new challenges.

I started PEAK ASSIST over 5 years ago because I am passionate about helping people succeed, and being an Online Business Manager allows me the opportunity to assist people, as well as businesses, reach their professional goals! I enjoy taking an active role in choosing challenging projects and working with great people.

I choose to partner with, not work for, my clients. As your partner, I take a personal interest in getting to know your business needs and elaborate on how my skills and expertise can free you up to do what you do best, while I take care of the rest!

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