Diana Ennen has been a leader in the Virtual Assistant Industry since opening her business in 1985. She has written several books on starting a home-based business (http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com) and knows the importance of networking to achieve success. Ennen states, “Being able to talk to experts who are already successful and learn what works and what doesn’t is a great tool to home-based success. You not only avoid costly mistakes, but also learn techniques that result in clients and sales. It’s a win-win for everyone.

She is the co-author of Virtual Assistant the Series, Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA (http://www.va-theseries.com); Words From Home: Start, Run and Profit from a Home-Based Word Processing Business (http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com); the BizyMoms Cookbook (http://www.bizymoms.com) and The Home-Office Recovery Plan (www.homeofficerecoveryplan.com). She’s the President of Virtual Word Publishing and also has a new virtual assistant site http://www.Publicity-VA.com.

She has contributed to a number of books, and articles including books written by the Mompreneurs®, Lisa Roberts, Jan Melnik, Liz Folger, Maria Bailey, Priscilla Y. Huff , and articles in Woman’s World Magazine, Home Office Computing Magazine, USA Today, Entrepreneur Magazine, and many others. She now writes regular articles for four different newsletters.

Her greatest accomplishments are raising such fantastic kids and being able to stay home with them.