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Destiny is a strange thing. Changing our life paths dramatically with every twist and turn. Nothing held more true for Captain Kari Hanley. With a mission to complete and people to save, she won’t let destiny stop her. One way or another she will finish what she started. Returning home poses all new problems, putting lives in danger, and causing secrets to be revealed. When an odd ship appears, seemingly out of nowhere, research reveals Captain Kari may have just found the solution to a burning problem her team is facing.

In this episode, Veronica Romney goes into how she uses VA's to help build her own amazing team. She is considered a Dream Team Architect, helping online entrepreneurs dial in their human resources, develop phenomenal company cultures, and profitable bottom lines. She’s a former Speaker and Trainer for Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi and the former Chief of Staff of mega-brand BossBabe. She’s no stranger to the stage and has been in the online marketing world for over 13 years, having been featured in places like Forbes, Inc, Huffpost, and more. When she’s not helping her visionary ...

Tamay Shannon runs a social media business, W2S Marketing, Where 2 Start Marketing, that was created especially to serve small businesses. Social Media doesn't have to be hard, ineffective, or time consuming. Tamay Shannon takes the overwhelm out of social media for small businesses and gives advice for Virtual Assistants in this episode. Social media can be an integral and money making part of your marketing mix. Tamay's been in business for over 10 years helping small businesses get the brand exposure they deserve without the hassle.01:45 – Getting into social media 06:52 – Keeping up ...

In this episode, Kiri talks to Erin Andersen - a LinkedIn Business Coach based in NYC. She offers a LI Booster Program to Virtual Assistants to enable them to provide LI optimization and monthly management as a service to their clients. Erin's VA graduates experience immediate return on her program.In her main job as a coach, Erin focuses on helping small business owners effectively build a LinkedIn strategy that organically attracts traffic to their profile. She also coaches on building content that sells and engagement strategies that reach your target audience.11:27 - LinkedIn training13:12...

In this episode, Kiri talked to Suzie Flynn, an ex corporate Assistant in London, turned Mindset & Business Coach at Suzie Flynn Coaching. She helps Executive Assistants start their Virtual Assistant business by coaching them on the ‘how’ of finding clients, through her 1:1 online coaching program.She is a huge advocate for making an impact in the lives of Assistants by inspiring them to believe in themselves and recognize what’s possible. She does this by helping them re-frame their beliefs and provides them with a step-by-step process of how to start their VA business so they can ...

This interview was a bunch of fun! Seeing where Racks has taken her business over just two years has been amazing. Once a Virtual Assistant, now Racks normalizes sold out launches, high paying months and intentional and sustainable growth. 01:44 – The digital nomad04:38 – Corporate departure08:15 – The first client10:13 – Marketing as a new VA13:14 – From VA to coach16:27 – Staying lean21:27 – Contractors working for Racks28:31 – The right fit30:31 – Making a big career transition34:21 – Tips for working on the road41:09 – Failure is part of the process Connect with ...

Michelle Dale is a well known name in the Virtual Assistant world. She is the founder of Virtual Miss Friday, an Online Business Consultancy and Academy with Built-In Virtual Assistant Services and the creator of 1nSourcing™ - a service that specializes in serving 6 and 7 figure business owners. She left the UK in 2005, at the age of 23 to pursue a dream of experiencing real freedom. She has grown a successful location independent online service and digital product business, traveling and living abroad full time, and raising 4 children. She now supports men and women around the world in ...

Tara is the owner and founder of Tara Shea The VA, LLC. Tara provides done-for-you administrative services for successful female entrepreneurs. She is also the creator of Foundations, an action based course where Tara teaches other women how to start their own successful Virtual Assistant business. Tara is passionate about teaching other women that it is possible to have a healthy work and life balance, and you don’t have to choose one over the other.Tara lives in the Kansas City area with her Husband and two sons. When she is not working in her business, you can find her at one of her boys...

Lisa Ferris is a UK VA who works with Wellbeing businesses to help them shine their magic through social media, email marketing, funnels & anything creative. She's also a doggy lover and has a sausage dog called Slinky who is her right hand man.05:08 - Redirecting creativity as a VA10:01 - Transitioning to a VA business14:54 - Lisa on finding her niche22:45 - UK VAs (or PAs)24:54 - Lisa on growing her business27:05 - Advice for new VAs28:35 - Marketing platforms and tools33:31 - Bartering tips40:02 - The importance of boundaries43:10 - Creating balanceConnect with Lisa!...

This has been one of Kiri's favorite interviews due to how open Kathy has been about her career and business. Kathy Goughenour is a force to be reckoned with, with her VA coaching business bringing in over a million dollars. Kathy is a longstanding VA who had the courage to say "bye-bye" to her corporate marketing career and built a 6-figure virtual assistant business from her tiny house in the middle of a forest. Today, she teaches professional women how to create their own work-at-home VA businesses so they can enjoy the freedom, flexibility, and financial security they desire and deserve. ...

Are you struggling to start your VA business or get it off the ground? Perhaps you should look into Sara Wiles' programs! Sara Wiles is an Online Business Mentor for done-for-you service providers. She helps Virtual Assistants, Online Business Managers and Social Media Managers build successful, profitable, balanced businesses in weeks instead of years. She's also a wife, mama, dog mama, exercise enthusiast, champagne connoisseur, four-letter word addict and the co-founder and co-host of The Happy Thoughts Show.04:51 - From event planner to VA09:04 - What does success look like?13:40 - A ...

Ellyse is a VA coach helping more established VAs and DFY (done for you) service providers create a sustainable business that allows them to take on ideal clients at ideal prices and create the business of their dreams. When she's not supporting her amazing students, she is spending time in Denver, CO with her kids and amazing husband.01:05 - School Days08:57 - From teacher to virtual assistant14:10 - Ellyse's early VA days17:21 - A bartering mistake32:46 - VA coaching34:19 - Establishing a sustainable VA business41:54 - The things you hoped forEllyse on InstagramFacebook GroupEllyse on ...

If you want to scale your VA business to a DBM/OBM, take a listen! Kiri interviews Claire who has been working online since 2018 when she accidentally became a virtual assistant for her brother’s economic consulting company! Now she’s up-leveled to the digital business manager role and is helping her clients expand their teams so they can continue to scale their businesses. Her superpowers include: implementing systems, organization, project management, and automation.01:11 – The Accidental VA07:31 – From VA to OBM14:49 – Finding clients15:35 – Claire’s favorite part of the job16...

In this episode, Kiri interviews Peggy Re James, a Marketing Coach for done for you service providers, rising coaches and course creators. She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses by giving them both the foundation they need, as well as proven marketing strategies to help propel them quickly to a full-time income. 02:08 - Discovering VA work as a stay-at-home mom06:06 - Building foundations for VAs08:47 - What's wrong with calling yourself a VA?16:37 - Peggy's marketing course27:27 - When Peggy realized she needed VAs29:18 - Peggy on hiring VAs30:36 - THe ideal ...

In this episode, Kiri asks the AVA community to go into detail on what a typical sales cycle looks like. The exact question is: Walk me through a successful sales cycle with a prospective client: How many calls do you have with them (and do you do video chats)? Do you have a calendar link you send to them to set up time or do you email them directly? Do you do a trial run? How long, on average, does it take for you to sign them as a client from initial outreach?The answers received were from:-VA Agencies-Solo VA-VA MatchmakingAll different businesses provided a unique outlook on how their ...

Jeannie is a small business professional with over 20+ years of freelancing remote experience as a Virtual Executive Administrative Assistant, Operations Manager, Content Writer and Fundraising Program Developer. Her expertise extends to Online Business Management, Content Creation, Blogging, Social Media, Website Management and Virtual Customer Service.01:58 - Becoming a VA in 199707:59 - A sweet gig15:12 - Jeannie's Hussle20:13 - On adopting children and working from home26:48 - Managing a business while fighting cancer40:10 - Owning mistakes and making it right48:56 - Be still and knowYou ...

In this episode, Kiri discusses the profit margin you can have in your VA business. She talks about the importance between saying what you make versus taking expenses into account as well. Kiri talks about her one year where she made the biggest mistakes and did not make as much money as she hoped due to her high expenses. Our members give their feedback on this, including:-Packages vs. hourly rates-Losing value in an hourly rate-Why staying at an hourly rate may work for you-The Profit First MethodThis episode provided important insight into how much you can make in a VA business with low ...

Take listen to this engaging interview Kiri has with Capri Colene (CC) Henderson, a multifaceted force with an impressive resume that boasts over 20 years of administrative, organizational, and leadership skills rendering her one of today’s leading professionals. Capri’s passion for business administration derived from her appointment as head manager at Taco Bell at the age of 18 years old. In the years to follow, she successfully navigated through numerous high-level management positions such as the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and as a healthcare professional. Capri’s proudest ...

If you're looking at starting a VA business or in the process of getting it off the ground, this is a good episode for you! In this episode, Kiri Mohan asks the Virtual Assistant community what they wish they could have told themselves when they first started their VA business. The most common answers included:-Taking risks-Rates-Fear of failure-ClientsLearn from other VAs and what they wish they had known when starting out. As always, we would love some of our Monday episodes to be a feature where we answer YOUR questions! Comment on LinkedIn, on Instagram @associationofvas or send an email ...

You won't want to miss this episode! We have a very unique VA, Dori Zabari, who created DIZI (“dee-zee”) strategies for purpose-driven business owners, supporting them by prioritizing process details, market research, and the user experience. Their purpose becomes tangible through online course development, website and client attraction, and implementation support. Dori builds for the creator, bringing their vision to life! In this conversation, we discuss how Dori went from being firmly entrenched in academia to pivoting and becoming a unique part of the Virtual Assistant world.1:41 ...