The Ridiculously Good Virtual Assistant Show

Like anywhere you are trying to go, you need to know the way to go. You can call it a roadmap, a plan, a pathway, whatever you want - but basically it means you need step by step knowledge of the way from here to there, clearly mapped out, before you start. When I tell you that you need to set your VA service rates, there is a process to do that the right way. You can't just pick a number out of t...

Today I want to talk about marketing - but not just advertising your business, or getting visibility - I want to talk about why you need to do things a certain way to get better results. It's easy to do marketing. But to do it well? You need to understand why certain things work. If you tuned in to my interview with Alicia Croci of Wildly Creative Studio, you will know that she mentioned the psych...

There are a lot of reasons why you might stop marketing your VA business. Usually, it's because you get a few clients and then you get busy working with them. Sometimes it's because you have taken an actual break in your business. Or sometimes it's because you get burned out from trying all the wrong things, and you give up. In any case, let's talk about how to restart. 've stopped and restarted m...

Today we are talking with Energetic Business and Sales Coach Alicia Croci, from Wildly Creative Studio. Alicia works with driven women who are looking to choose their wealthy - I love this!! - because not all of our businesses are the same. Your wealthy might look like having three day weekends, or working with high level clients, or making a lot of money, or working less and making more. Your 'we...

Networking is always going to be the solution that I mention when it comes to finding clients. But networking is also how you grow your business. Your contacts. Your audience. Connecting with the right people can lead to the best clients. Collaborations. Awesome learning opportunities. When it comes to your VA business, the people you know can help you grow in every area. I used to travel to event...

One of the things I help Virtual Assistants do is to change the way they approach their relationship and their role with their VA clients. In order to not be a task taker or a girl Friday, you need to step up. You need to change how you act and how you talk to them, so that they see you as the expert that you are. When you change how YOU see you, you can elevate your service offerings, charge high...

Today I want to talk about improving and expanding your skill set as a VA. Quote: Education is not the filling of a pot, but the lighting of a fire. - W.B. Yeats How awesome is that quote? I just love it. Education is the lighting of a fire - that is precisely how I want you to think about it! So because I really love this quote that's where I want to start today. Education is not the filling of a...

In this episode we go over all of the details of my new group coaching program: Earn 50K as a VA: The Bootcamp for Virtual Assistants. Are you struggling to attract clients or maintain consistent income in your VA business? Do you feel like you're working endless hours without making the money you deserve? If you're tired of the 'feast or famine' cycle and want to break free from trading time for...

Today I want to talk about how to confidently close high ticket VA clients. The title of this episode really says everything most of you talk to me about in your VA business. Confidence - you might not have this, either you feel it or I can tell when we talk Close - getting the client is often one of the biggest struggles you tell me you are experiencing. Sales feels icky. Closing a client feels i...

This episode is the fourth in a series of four episodes that I want to share with you as a lead up to my 50K VA Group Coaching program that is launching in the next couple of weeks. Today I want to talk about creating systems to scale your VA business. Having strong systems in place helps to make sure that your business runs smoothly and that when you are ready to scale, you are able to. Effective...

This episode is the third in a series of four episodes that I want to share with you as a lead up to my 50K VA Group Coaching program that is launching next month. High-Value Clients – we are talking about this because it's your missing link. It's the thing you don't have right now, that you want. That you need. It's the whole basis for my 50K VA program that is launching soon. You are struggling...

This episode is the second in a series of four episodes that I want to share with you as a lead up to my 50K VA Group Coaching program that is launching next month. And today we talk about getting the skills you need to do it. What essential skills does a VA need to have to earn 50K a year or more? And why is it important to develop these essential skills? Because they make up the foundation of wh...

Today I want to talk about mindset, but not just any mindset. Your 50K Mindset. This episode is the first in a series of four episodes that I want to share with you as a lead up to my 50K VA Group Coaching program that is launching next month. Hold on! What? :) Okay, so let's first define what I mean by mindset. Your mindset is what you think, what you believe, about yourself, the people around yo...

Today, we're diving into an essential mindset shift for every VA out there: realizing that you are your client's equal, not just their assistant. This episode is all about empowerment, confidence, and understanding your true value in the VA-client relationship. The Traditional VA Mindset For many virtual assistants, especially those just starting out, it's easy to fall into the mindset of being "j...

Client retention is more than just getting a client and keeping them. It's about building a great relationship that helps you grow as a VA, and helping your client grow too. Strong, long-term relationships with our clients helps us build a stable and profitable business. One of the most important pieces of building your long term relationships with clients is mastering communication. When communic...

Growing your VA business is something that we talk a lot about but not all VAs do it well. It takes strategy and planning, and I think it also takes support. When we work alone all the time, it is really easy to let ourselves off the hook to do things that we know we are supposed to do. We might have the best intentions but then when it comes down to it, we can put something off when something els...

Building an amazing Virtual Assistant business is not technically a difficult thing to do. You find a client, you do great work, they tell their friends about you, and you get more clients. Right? That's the dream - we don't have to market our business, we don't really have to network, we just keep getting referrals. This is what happened to me in my VA business. But it didn't happen 'just because...

Getting advice about your Virtual Assistant business is such an important thing to do, and to plan for. Two heads are better than one they say and I agree - in most circumstances, I think. For whatever reason when we are a solopreneur, we think that means we have to do it all alone. But I'm here to tell you that all of the best business people have help. Why would you want to do it alone? Because...

I talk a lot about good habits and the importance of routines in your time management and general VA business success. And they are important. I want to talk about the most important thing, though, and that is actually doing them. How many of you have created lovely routines or procedures, but then you never actually do them? You aren't alone if that sounds like you. It's the discipline of doing w...

Starting your Virtual Assistant business comes with so many things that you don't know how to do. Maybe you aren't sure what to offer as your services. Maybe you aren't sure what to charge. Maybe you aren't sure where to find clients. But many of you are also aren't sure about how to do the actual work you need to do - and how to charge properly for it. I see Virtual Assistants every single day wh...

Social media is one of the best tools you can use to promote your Virtual Assistant business. And yet, many VAs use it incorrectly, and end up seeing little to no results, and/or spending way too much time trying to. In this episode I want to give you 5 tricks to using social media smarter, so you can showcase your services and get clients to notice you. Let's get right to it!   Let's work togethe...

Work life balance. Some people will tell you there is no such thing. That's kind of sad if they think that. Don't believe them. There absolutely is work life balance. It is, however, up to you to make it happen. Let's talk about what balance means to Virtual Assistants. Or more specifically, moms who are VAs. It's no secret that not all VAs struggle with balance. If you are young, or single, or ma...

Every VA starts their business by deciding which services to offer and then trying to find clients. It's not all the time that we consider the client, though. We think, we have a service. You need this service. Hire me. It might be more candy coated than that, but you get my drift. We start to focus on getting clients, and we forget that we are a service business - in business to help the people t...

There are very few Virtual Assistants that I have met that don't like to learn. In fact, it can be one of our biggest downfalls as business owners - we get distracted by all the new shiny stuff that comes along that we want to learn. So I thought in today's episode I'd talk about learning - and how to do it well. while you are running your VA business. We know that the VA industry is growing at a...