Virtual Assistant Networking Forum celebrates 2000+ members in May with contests and daily giveaways all month long

    /24-7PressRelease/ - VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA, May 03, 2006 - VANetworking.com - the website devoted to promoting Virtual Assistants and their businesses - is proud to announce registration of its 2000th member. In celebration of this event a special contest is under way with prizes given away each day in May and special guest speakers and chats throughout the month.

Since June of 2005, membership in the VA Networking Forum has more than doubled from 970 members to its present 2000 total. For all you Virtual Assistants - highly skilled professionals who provide administrative support and other specialized services to businesses, entrepreneurs and executives - here's your opportunity to join this VA family for advice, mentoring, and to share in the camaraderie. As the Virtual Assistant Networking (VAN) forum theme goes, "Hey, Hey, The VA Gang's All Here," and they are, supporting one another and striving to promote the Virtual Assistant Industry.

As a member you'll enjoy the following benefits: access to over 38,000 posts full of information, correspondence with experts on work-related topics, weekly VA chats online, monthly contests, a subscription to the VAN Newsletter, discounts on business critical products and services, and a listing in the VA Search Engine - a directory of over 750 VAs from 14 countries including the U.S. and Canada. This is not to mention the opportunity to shop at the Virtual Assistant Shopping Network plus much more. And it's all for free.

Current members and new members can enter into the VAN daily contests everyday during the month of May with prizes totaling over $3500.00, consisting of everything a VA needs including:

• Internet marketing consultation with the founder of the VAN Forum, Tawnya Sutherland, a Certified Internet Marketing Specialist (valued at $350.00)
• VAN personalized mousepads (valued at $15.95 each)
• VAdala earrings, bracelet and necklace (the official symbol of VAs) (valued at $27.95)
• A 5 page website design (valued at $395.00)
• VAS-CD Rom Template (valued at $295.00)
• The popular book, Virtual Assistant - the Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA by Diana Ennen and Kelly Poelker (valued at $29.95).
• Grand Prize - A copy of Tawnya Sutherland's Virtual Assistant Start-up System (valued at $495.00).

Lethbridge, AB Virtual Assistant Karri Flatla is a VAN forum Administrator and Moderator. As the principal of snap! virtual assistance inc. (http://www.snap-va.com), Flatla credits VAN for much of her success to date: "When I joined the forum, I knew very little about the VA industry in general. I had a solid business background, but my knowledge of e-business was limited." Flatla goes on to say that "the VAN community constantly inspires my entrepreneurial spirit. And I've made it my personal goal to facilitate the normalization of virtual partnering on the North American business scene."

So join the fun and stop by the VAN Forum today at http://www.vanetworking.com. You'll see just how much better your business can become and also have a great time doing it. And for those looking for a VA, you won't be able to beat the professionals you'll find here.

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