Company: VirtualPrima OBM Website: coming soon Email: mariko@virtualprima.com Location: Tokyo Japan Time Zone: Japan Standard Time (14 hours ahead of EST)

My Experience, I am a: Certified OBM

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

Ive been working online since: It was 2007 that I got started being online as the first AssistU-graduate VA in Japan. I have worked with several Japanese entrepreneurs (coaches, speakers, etc.) assisting their brand building, human network enlargement, speaking opportunity development, etc.

Why I love working as an OBM: I love to make my clients “bigger” or grow up together as a business partner who manages various things from figures to human issues - the OBM role is the one I can do everything I want to do.

My Strengths and Areas of Specialty: I always follow up with professionals who have different strengths and skills that I have. Right now most of those who are running their own businesses in Japan tend to handle everything like lone rangers - I can offer excellent help to them as a producer rather than assistant, in view of brand development, speaking/presentation opportunity making, drafting and refining documents/manuscripts, and much more.

My favorite kind of client to work with is…: (Now my client status is full, but I will be available on and after Jan 2010 since one of my clients will move to another step - will update my status then.)

My Business Goals for this year are: I am going to work with client(s) who need my bilingual ability, since present clients do not use it. Also I will build my practice more globally using big advantage of time difference (my time zone is 14 hours ahead of EST)…