Sharon Williams

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Sharon Williams’s Summary

*Professional Virtual Assistant ~ Providing administrative, secretarial, marketing and internet-based support services to busy and often overwhelmed executives and entrepreneurs and their assistants, 24 hours a day.
*Event Management ~ Plan and coordinate events ranging from business seminars and luncheons to formal affairs, balls, conferences and intimate meetings.
*Author Assistant ~ Helping women authors, coaches & entrepreneurs create and promote the book of their dreams
*Author ~ Published Marketing Your VA Practice without Breaking the Bank and Nuts and Bolts of Branding.
*Media and Public Relations ~ Research and obtain appropriate media coverage for various clients, write distribute media releases, coordinate media campaigns
*Team Development and Leadership ~ President of 7,000 member union, coordinating staff and volunteer responsibilities; organized rallies, negotiated contracts, represented members at arbitration hearings, etc.
*Professional Virtual Assistant ~ Advocate of the Virtual Assistant industry, spearheading the education about and growth of the industry. Developed Alliance for Virtual Businesses, the VA industry organization that developed a cohesive working relationship between competing industry groups and initiated the first industry-wide media campaign to promote virtual assisting worldwide.
*Founder of Online International Virtual Assistants Convention ~ the only international VA-industry convention open to VAs from around the world, inclusive of virtual workshops, seminars, exhibitor halls, awards, etc.
*Originator of International Virtual Assistants Day ~ Recognized worldwide celebration of the Virtual Assistants industry, and creator of the Thomas Leonard Virtual Assistant of Distinction and Janet Jordan Achievement awards, two awards given to well-deserving VA industry member recipients.

Sharon Williams’s Specialties:

Digital Dictation/Transcription, marketing and promotions, branding, contract negotiations, event planning and management, media and public relations, virtual book tours, author assistance, creative brainstorming

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Sharon Williams’s Interests:

Marketing and Promotions, Event Management, Writing, Games, Storytelling

Sharon Williams’s Honors:

*Thomas Leonard International Virtual Assistant of Distinction Award, 2006
*Nominee, Fast 50, 2004