In learning the strategies of Internet marketing not only could you increase your fees and demand, but actually change the way you do business as a virtual assistant. A step up from being an assistant to a client to being a manager is a mindset. An online business manager can bring real value to a business. They have a more proactive business structure that just an assistant and create wealth building ideas for their clients.

The training is the catalyst for turning an assistant into a manager. Being efficient in up-to-date marketing techniques will help you identify the new cutting-edge technologies that will help build your client’s business grow into the future. They need a manager that can do the research necessary to take part in the new Internet marketing game. What’s the next big thing they need to be a part of? An online business manager knows what that is and how to implement that for their client.

Next, a manager has to progress from the “assisting” mindset to one of leadership. An assistant does the tasks that is asked of her, a manager helps in running the client’s business. The manager mindset graduates from taking an interest in the client to an interest in the business as a whole. When a goes from following to a leadership role, the value to the client increases. They put out the fires the client’s business faces daily and goes from a maintenance role to one of growth. Become the leader your client needs.