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Sharon Williams is certified as a Master Virtual Assistant by VACertification.com. A Master Virtual Assistant is recognized as an expert and leader in the virtual assisting industry who mentors and manages other virtual assistants. Master Virtual Assistants have achieved exceptional qualifications and skillsets that they utilize on a daily basis in their practices and on behalf of their clients.


Sharon Williams has been certified as a Professional Real Estate Virtual Assistant. A PREVA is an experienced real estate virtual assistant who has exceptional qualifications and has worked with realtors and brokers.

 


 
 

Sharon Williams, CEO, MVA, PREVA

President, CEO Virtual Assistant and International VA of Distinction Award Winner

Sharon Williams is the chief visionary officer of The 24 Hour Secretary™. She is a Master Virtual Assistant (MVA), Professional Real Estate Virtual Assistant (PREVA), author and coach. She is the recipient of the inaugural, prestigious VA industry, Thomas Leonard International Virtual Assistant of Distinction Award.

Ms. Williams opened The 24 Hour Secretary™, an administrative, secretarial, marketing and internet-based support company in November, 1990. She is also the owner of Jené Media, LLC, a small business publishing company and vice president of

PowerMakers, Inc., an event planning, training, marketing and public relations firm. Click here to learn more about the company's history, Sharon's philosophy and her promise to clients.

Sharon's successes stem from possessing passion, communication, clarity, intellectual prowess and courage. She has successfully championed projects others wouldn't because she has an uncanny way of comprehending and implementing her clients' "vision" for success.

Prior to starting her businesses, Sharon's administrative positions ranged from clerk typist to executive secretary. She also served as a union shop steward and labor relations specialist, as well as vice-president of her union. Ms. Williams has the distinction of being the first female, first black president in the union's then 56-year history. Her last full-time employment was as a Program Compliance Officer, a hearing officer of claims against a local municipality.

The 24 Hour Secretary's™ clients have included internationally-renowned hospitals, medical clinics and private medical practices as well as solo-practitioners and mid-size law firms, school principals, accountants, entrepreneurs, architects, nonprofit and charitable organizations, colleges, associations, and small business owners such as coaches, writers, salespeople, speakers and realtors®, etc.
 

 

Affiliations

  Digital Women
 
REVA Network
  Coachville
 
E-Women Network
  Virtual Business U
 
Virtual Business Group
 
Intl Consultants Assoc.
 
Intl Virtual Assistants
   Association
 
Minority Business Assoc.
    of Maryland
 
Mentor, Red Deer College
 
Midatlantic VAs
 
Intl Association of Virtual
   Office Assistants
 
Intl Virtual Women's
   Chamber of Commerce

  Member, Certified Real
   Estate Virtual Assistant
   (CREVA) Advisory Panel
 
Womens Community


Opening Gateways
to Business, Virtually...
 

Purchase the aclaimed publication, Marketing Your VA Practice, authored by Sharon Williams with contributions from experienced VAs and other professional marketing experts. This publication provides practical and successful marketing strategies to grow your VA practice.Sharon is author of Marketing Your VA Practice: It's Not About Money, It's All About Having the Right  Strategy. This book is stocked with proven,  effective, "thinking outside the box" marketing  strategies that work.

               
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Brand identity strategies to recruit and retain customers
Nuts & Bolts of Branding: How to Identify Your Brand Identity in a Niche Market

Strategies to identify or reinvent your brand, recruit and retain customers, and stay ahead of your competition.

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Founder of the Online International Virtual Assistants Convention

Creator of International Virtual Assistants Day

Founder of the African-American Chamber of Commerce of Maryland

Founder of the Alliance for Virtual Businesses


Founding member of the US Women's Chamber of Commerce


Co-Founder Virtual Business University

Online International Virtual Assistants ConventionInternational Virtual Assistants Day Celebration

Alliance for Virtual Businesses - Online Professional Organization

US Women's Chamber of Commerce

Sharon possesses a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, specializing in Labor Relations, from Antioch University. She has conducted seminars on topics ranging from resume writing and creating business plans to business marketing and employee motivation.

Sharon is a keynote speaker and guest panelist at college, technology and VA-industry conferences, and a guest for interviews, teleseminars and webinars. She also coaches entrepreneurs on the topics of marketing and public relations.

Ms. Williams authored the
Report on Racism in State Government for the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus, which resulted in the creation of a state-funded position to investigate and recommend personnel policy actions.

To schedule Sharon as a speaker for your next event or to conduct a workshop or seminar you may call her at
410.521.7001 or contact her by email at info@the24hoursecretary.com
.

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Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore Mentor.
Designed a computer
skills training program for The  Noah Group,
a government-funded program.
Admin professionals conference, jobs fair, crafts  & business festivals, &  numerous seminars.
Coordinator, Celebrity Golf Tournament
Coordinator, Bar Owners & Night Life Ball
Trade Shows and  Expo Management
 

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