The Sam + Jo VA Show

Guess what virtual assistants! Contrary to popular belief, our clients are NOT always right (shock horror!).

If you’re always putting your clients’ work, financial needs, goals and success before your own, your misplaced loyalty means you’ll never truly feel fulfilled.

So let’s create businesses that we love, which are financially healthy, with healthy boundaries in place, where there’s always time for our own admin, and our clients are just as happy as they were when you were always putting them first!

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why we call BS on “the customer is always right”.
• The reason why your loyalty may be misplaced.
• Why you can’t afford to be putting your client’s financial needs before your own.

Just starting out on your VA journey?

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In this highly anticipated episode, we chat all things ‘legal’ with Senior Lawyer Simmi Singh from iCLAW.

Get set to throw everything you’ve ever heard about stuffy lawyers and their confusing lawyer speak out the window after listening to this episode on how to navigate the legal bits of your VA business.

There’s was nothing left off the table …. even Sam’s infamous trademark enforcement ‘saga’ which Simmi successfully handled with both professionalism and dogged determination.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The contracts you need in your VA business.
• What to do when you get push back on your contract/service agreement.
• The dos and don’ts of going into business with another virtual assistant.
• How to sell your VA business.
• What ©, ® and ™ really mean.
• When to get a Trademark for your business.

Connect with the Simmi and the iCLAW team for a no obligation chat about your business and personal legal needs here:

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Just starting out on your VA journey?

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The great thing about having a coach or mentor is learning from their mistakes so you don’t make the same ones!

And boy do we have some doozies to share.

So, listen carefully, take notes and get prepped to build a BETTER VA business FASTER – without making the same expensive mistakes we did.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The biggest mistakes we’ve made in business.
• The pricing strategy we wish we’d known about and implemented.
• Sam’s biggest energy waste she regrets.
• Jo’s big debt that landed her in trouble.
• Our #1 piece of advice for VAs thinking about a business partnership.

Just starting out on your VA journey?

 The 7 Step Start Up Formula to Setting Up Your Virtual Assistant Business is the mini-course that’s helped thousands of aspiring VAs launch and land their first client!

Are you an established VA looking to scale?

Join the Scale It! Mastermind for established virtual assistants looking to level up their business. Make more money, get more clients and grow your team today!

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Are you an aspiring virtual assistant who is right this minute feeling overwhelmed, stressed out and unsure as to what you should be focusing on first in order to launch your biz and land your first client?

Kick start your VA dreams by learning the very simple, specific and practical steps that we would take if starting our own VA businesses from scratch today.

All without the need for a website, social following or client reviews!

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The most underestimated social media platform that would be our main focus.
• Our brand design choices that might shock you.
• The services we would choose today if starting from scratch.
• The lead generation strategy we would use to find clients.

Want to start your own VA business?

Option 1: Mini-Course (for you if you want to tip your toes in)

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Option 2: Full Step-By-Step Playbook (for those wanting to go all in and get the exact steps laid out in a comprehensive course)

Launch your very own virtual assistant business in just 30 days with our step-by-step playbook! We'll guide you every step of the way, from setting up your business to landing (and onboarding) your first client.

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In this episode we’re busting all the myths out there about VAs, what it’s like being one and what it’s like working with us!

‘Cos we don’t know about you, but we’re mightily sick of all the assumptions and misinformation out there about the wonderful world of virtual assistants ... some of which are even coming from those inside the industry (sigh).

Just starting out on your VA journey?

The 7 Step Start Up Formula to Setting Up Your Virtual Assistant Business is the mini-course that’s helped thousands of aspiring VAs launch and land their first client!

Are you an established VA looking to scale?

Join the Scale It! Mastermind for established virtual assistants looking to level up their business. Make more money, get more clients and grow your team today!

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So many of us enter the VA space not knowing the importance of focusing on the fundamentals of running a business - the business basics that are imperative to get right in order to create a healthy, profitable business.

We’re unaware of just how important these fundamentals are because more often than not we’ve come from corporate roles where it’s been someone else’s responsibility to worry about them.

If you’re struggling to find clients and if you’re not reaching your financial targets it’s time to STOP getting distracted by the latest shiny new thing that’s going to (supposedly) save the day, and instead get back to basics.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The 7 business fundamentals that you must focus on to succeed.
• Why shiny object syndrome happens to the best of us and how to avoid it.
• How to know whether something new is a good opportunity or one that will just waste your time, energy and money.
• Why 'more' isn't always better and just holds you back from achieving your goals in business.

Just starting out on your VA journey?

 The 7 Step Start Up Formula to Setting Up Your Virtual Assistant Business is the mini-course that’s helped thousands of aspiring VAs launch and land their first client!

Are you an established VA looking to scale?

Join the Scale It! Mastermind for established virtual assistants looking to level up their business. Make more money, get more clients and grow your team today!

Sam + Jo xo

Are you a freelance/solo virtual assistant who’s doubting your chosen path?

Do you compare yourself to VA business owners with teams … only to find yourself lacking?

Does it feel like you’re never going to be successful/credible/earn enough by keeping your freelance status and NOT growing a team?

Then boy-oh-boy, THIS episode is for you!

Just starting out on your VA journey?

The 7 Step Start Up Formula to Setting Up Your Virtual Assistant Business is the mini-course that’s helped thousands of aspiring VAs launch and land their first client!

Are you an established VA looking to scale?

Join the Scale It! Mastermind for established virtual assistants looking to level up their business. Make more money, get more clients and grow your team today!

Sam + Jo xo

We love a good quote .. whether it’s being shared to motivate, inspire or teach. But unfortunately there are quite a few well-known ones doing the rounds that can do more harm than good.

In this episode we share the top 10 quotes we love to hate, and why they could be causing damage to your VA business.

Just starting out on your VA journey?

The 7 Step Start Up Formula to Setting Up Your Virtual Assistant Business is the mini-course that’s helped thousands of aspiring VAs launch and land their first client!

Are you an established VA looking to scale?

Join the Scale It! Mastermind for established virtual assistants looking to level up their business. Make more money, get more clients and grow your team today!

Sam + Jo xo

Have you lost your motivation to get shit done in (or on) your business?

Do you wish you could bring back those feelings of enthusiasm and excitement when thinking about the day, week, month or year ahead?

Sounds like you’ve lost your mojo … so let’s get it back!

There are oodles of reasons you’re currently feeling unmotivated. It could be anything from having taken time off for sickness or leave, to having your confidence knocked by a lead or client.

The difference between a high achieving virtual assistant and the rest is their ability to self motivate, so in this episode we’re sharing out top ways to find your mojo (and motivation!) again.

You’ll learn:

• The main causes of unmotivated VAs.
• Why a lack of motivation doesn’t just happen overnight.
• Our unconventional way of enthusiastically returning to client work after taking time away from the office.
• Why your mind is more powerful than you think and that you can trick yourself into feeling motivated.
• Why you don’t have to feel unmotivated due to feelings of isolation in the VA space.

Just starting out on your VA journey?

The 7 Step Start Up Formula to Setting Up Your Virtual Assistant Business is the mini-course that’s helped thousands of aspiring VAs launch and land their first client!

Are you an established VA looking to scale?

Join the Scale It! Mastermind for established virtual assistants looking to level up their business. Make more money, get more clients and grow your team today!

Sam + Jo xo

Recently at the school gates Sam was approached by a lovely woman who said “Excuse me, are you the VA lady?”

She had been following us for a while, had come across the podcast, recognised Sam and wanted to share just how much value and knowledge she’d received from listening in.

Now as surreal as these moments are for both of us, and without trying to sound like we’ve got big heads, we actually get this a lot.

Which is amazing because the purpose for starting the podcast in the first place was because it would be the best way to share all our tips, tricks and industry knowledge with as many people as we could.

But guess what?

We had no idea when recording episode #1 (almost 3 years ago) that WE would learn so much from it.

We’ve had some great AHA moments of our own that have come from sitting down every week and chatting about the incredible VA space, and they are far too good not to share.

It just goes to show, you CAN teach an old dog (or two) new tricks!

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Our most surprising AHA moments from the past 134 episodes.

Just starting out on your VA journey?

 The 7 Step Start Up Formula to Setting Up Your Virtual Assistant Business is the mini-course that’s helped thousands of aspiring VAs launch and land their first client!

 Are you an established VA looking to scale?

Join the Scale It! Mastermind for established virtual assistants looking to level up their business. Make more money, get more clients and grow your team today!

Sam + Jo xo