If you can't afford to pay for the online certification program for virtual assistants, you might want to try your hands on a virtual assistant scholarship sponsored by VANetworking.com.

In collaboration with Virtual Assistant University (VAU), VANetworking.com will be holding a contest for the members of the VANetworking forum. The prize is $1,500 worth of scholarship program for virtual assistants.

Here are more details about this contest to win a scholarship that will ramp up your virtual assistant business:

To qualify for this scholarship, you must be a member of VAnetworking.com and have or want to have a Virtual Assistant business. You'll also need to submit a 500-750 word essay letting us know "What inspired you to become a VA." To learn more about this awesome contest, you can go to (http://www.vanetworking.com/contest/vau/index.htm).