I wanted to continue with my VA saga, because I want you to know that it’s so important to have support to succeed online. I can see the difference now and before in terms of what I can accomplish. I hadn’t yet reached the level of success in my ghostwriting and copyediting business, because I didn’t always have the time to promote myself. Now with a competent VA, I have her do most of my online marketing.

 And I’ve complained here in my blog before that I don’t have the time to write my own info-products because I’m too busy writing them for my clients. But with a competent VA, I have a lot more time to work on my own projects, namely my info-products.

 In order to be successful online, I knew I needed a good foundation. To me that was an excellent autoresponder/shopping cart program. I’d procrastinated choosing one like Aweber or Constant Contact because they overwhelmed me technically, and I couldn’t find one that seemed to fill all my needs yet was user-friendly. Now, I not only have a great program, WAHMCart, but a VA who is trained in it and knows the program so well, I don’t need to know it!

 Another part of my foundation was having someone with technical ability, who could do website updates, html newsletters, and more. Rather than paying for a costly web designer or other tech person, I have it all in my VA. It took me six months to learn and redesign my website. Staci started updating it the first day she logged in!

 So now I have the two primary foundational pieces to start building my Internet business: a great autoresponder/shopping cart program and an awesome VA! The program allows me to collect names, build my list, stay in contact with my list, add affiliate programs, and sell products. Staci, my VA, has given me the greatest gift—my time! She gets the tasks done on time and thinks outside the box. I have her doing all my online marketing and many of my admin chores. I am not a Twitterer, but now I don’t have to be. Facebook overwhelms me, but now Staci can do that for me. And I’m able to do so much more of what I’m good at—writing, editing, and teaching!

For example, I held my first teleclass interview this month and had a total of about three dozen attendees and people who followed up after the class! I could never have done all the PR I did with articles, blogs, press releases, and social media without Staci. And I have another interview lined up for next month. Over the Labor Day holidays I will be primed to get back to writing my e-book that will launch my info-product line.

Build your foundations and you’ll experience your info-product success!