Online Business Training in the USA

Apex Virtual Academy:
Apex Virtual Academy (AVA) based in McDonough, Georgia, is a global virtual training careers center offering nationwide online training. If you're looking to extend your small business knowledge, you're definitely in the right place. AVA was established to create a support and training system for small business owners and individuals looking to learn new skills or polish existing ones.

AVA Courses for Entrepreneurs & Virtual Assistants (Online or Self-Study Available)

Business Development Courses:

The Road to Going Virtual:
The virtual assistant industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Every day more and more individuals are taking that leap into entrepreneurship. The Road to Going Virtual is a courses that teaches all of the ins and outs of building and running a successful Virtual Assistant business.

Building a Multi-VA Business:
The Multi-VA business model has become a popular solution for Virtual Assistants looking to service a larger client base and provide an extensive line of services.Starting your own Multi-VA is a great way to INCREASE your income; it allows you to be able to take on clients that you would normally have to turn away.


Marketing Courses:

Become a SEO Expert:
Our search engine optimization training course will give you the knowledge necessary to optimize your web site to obtain better search engine positioning on the world's most popular search engines and directories for target keywords and phrases.

Writing an Effective Business Plan:
A business plan shows the purpose of the business and what it intends to accomplish. The more defined it is, the better equipped a business will be able to meet the opportunities and risks that lie ahead.

Writing an Effective Classified Advertisement:
Without a doubt, classified ads are the best dollar-for-dollar return in advertising. Classifieds are the easiest to write, the easiest to place, and require the least amount of investment. This coures is like no other, get actual tips for creating your ads. We don't waste time giving generic marketing information, you can Google that yourself.

Using Social Networking to Grow Your Business:
This course will look at how marketers are integrating these tools in their overall marketing strategy and how they are measuring their success. By using case studies and real world examples, we will explore how marketing professionals and business owners are embracing online social networks, content sharing, blogs, Twitter podcasting and wikis to create aware around their brand.

Writing A Client Winning Proposal:
This course takes you through a step by step process for creating a proposal that gets you more clients and higher revenue than you could have ever imagined.

Small Business Online Marketing Solutions:
This is a great course for small business owners looking to expand their own personal marketing and/or for those looking to expand their client services.


Business Administration Courses:

Power Point 2007 Basics:
This course is an introductory course. Emphasis will be placed on selecting and developing the appropriate presentation graphic media to deliver the message effectively to the audience. This is a comprehensive course which can prepare students for MS MOS certification.

Microsoft Outlook Express:
This course provides a full understanding of Outlook Express. This is a great class for beginners and intermediate level Outlook users wanting to use Outlook Express for their own purpose or for that of their clients.


Website Design and Graphics Courses:

HTML Basics:
This course is for students new to HTML. It begins with an introduction to web technologies and then provides a comprehensive overview of HTML. If you're looking to learn HTML from scratch or move beyond using a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editing tool, this is the class for you. Students will be introduced to the structure of HTML documents, good markup techniques, and the concept of validation.

Dreamweaver CS4 Basics:
Dreamweaver is an excellent, dynamic HTML editor that lets you create and develop web sites in a graphical user interface mode. With the help of this HTML Editor you can create powerful web sites that have animations, graphics, and complex scripting. This Dreamweaver course gives you an excellent introduction to many of the important features of this tool.

Customizing Your Office Live Website:
To succeed in a business you need to be professional in all aspects. Many people want to know about your business before they deal with you. Your website gives first impression about your business so it is very important to make a good impression. Office Live Websites allow business owners a really cost effective solution for building a successful online presence.


Health and Wellness Courses:

Health and Fitness for the Entrepreneur: Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle:
This course is an overview of the human body, the food pyramid and good health practices for professionals. Emphasis will be placed on body systems and developing an understanding of how the body functions. This course is also beneficial for individuals trying to gain a basic understanding of health and fitness.


Finance Courses:

Bookkeeping Basics:
This introductory course covers bookkeeping fundamentals, then shows you an easy way to setup your organization in QuickBooks. Students learn how to setup the chart of accounts, post income and expense items, enter credit card transactions, work with balance sheet accounts, reconcile bank and credit card accounts, and interpret financial reports.