The Sam + Jo VA Show

A common assumption is that in order to become a successful virtual assistant you need to work hard. That’s only half of the story.

The other half is our habits.

Whether they are healthy or unhealthy, our habits shape who we are professionally and personally and can be the different between success and failure.

Let’s kick those unhealthy ones to the kerb!

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The 9 unhealthy habits holding you back.

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

Scope creep is like a highly trained Top Gun pilot.

It flies under the radar until ... BOOM! ... before you know it that project (or secret nuclear underground bunker) you’ve just spent weeks working on is sadly now an unprofitable one (aka blown to smithereens).

In this episode we’re talking about the top causes of scope creep in the virtual assistant space, and how to avoid them.

You’ll learn:

• How gold plating eats your profits.
• The specific parameters to including in your project proposals.
• Why you must become a Boundary Boss to prevent scope creep.

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 lawyer? Nope? So why are you giving out legal advice willy nilly?

Are you an accountant? Nope? Then why are you providing accounting advice?

Are you an HR manager or payroll expert? Nope? Should you REALLY be sharing HR and payroll advice so casually?

Just like mechanics probably shouldn’t be fitting out the plumbing in your brand new house build, and doctors don't offer 6 weekly cut and colours, virtual assistants also need to stay in their lane when it comes to the advice they are providing clients.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The types of advice you need to avoid giving.
• The biggest risk you’ll take in your business, and how to avoid it.
• Why people pleasing can get you in trouble.

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

Pricing. The bane of most freelancers’ existence! It’s really no wonder it stresses out so many virtual assistants (both aspiring and established).

It's natural to want to be 'affordable' (although we hate that term - just saying) in order to stand out from the crowd. But does being 'affordable' mean you're not charging for all the things you need to charge for in order to be profitable?

Figuring out exactly what work/time/expertise you should be charging for is as easy as ABC and 123 - so long as you follow our advice.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• All the things you could be charging for in order to stop giving your work and expertise away for free.

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

Whether you call them discovery calls, sales calls, consultations or something else, the purpose of these all-important meetings with new leads is to discovery whether this potential client is a right fit for you, and whether or not they feel the same way.

Unlike a traditional corporate job interview, YOU are in charge of running these discussions with potential clients so it’s absolutely vital you are prepared.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The 12 must-ask questions for you to ask in discovery calls.
• How to take the selling out of your sales calls.
• Who should be doing the majority of the talking.
• How to gauge whether your lead in on board.

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 see you over there, working all the hours. Tired. Stressed. Overwhelmed. On the verge of burn-out. Sick of the endless juggle. Falling out of love with your virtual assistant dreams.

You didn’t come into the VA space to work MORE hours for LESS money than you did in your corporate role.

So why are you?

Now is your chance to turn it all around.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why there’s just no need to do it all yourself.
• Why you need to get rid of the people pleaser within you.
• How the itty-bitty clients hold you back.

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

Caution! Slippery slope ahead!

If you find yourself withholding the truth from clients, avoiding uncomfortable conversations, hiding mistakes or making empty promises, you’re on a slippery slope No-Clients-Ville.

Because if you’re not being honest then you’re not acting with integrity. And without honesty, trust and integrity it's pretty much impossible to build long-lasting client relationships.

Like the saying goes people, honesty truly is the best policy!

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why trust is the most important asset in your client relationships.
• What to do if a client’s competition approaches you.
• The language to use when you don’t understand.
• How to handle being sick, away or expecting.

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

Being in business is likened to riding a roller coaster. There are heart pumping highs and anxiety ridden lows.

The key to building a sustainable business is learning to ride out both without spewing – or panicking – or both.

It’s not unusual for the work to dry up or for multiple clients finish up simultaneously - so be prepared.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The easiest ways to bring in more work – FAST!
• How to avoid projecting the desperation you’re feeling.
• How Jo’s team responds to a down-turn.

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

Honestly, this VA gig isn’t for everyone.

Listen in to find out whether your personality traits, attitude, work ethic, quirks, mindset and skill-set mean you’ll be a flash-in-the-plan VA or a long-lasting one.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why you need to prepare for rejection.
• The harsh reality of managing clients.
• The level of tech savviness that just won’t cut it.

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

It’s time to level up with our Top 5 quick as lightening, on-your-biz wins that will make you more attractive to your ideal clients, put more money in your bank account and allow you to step away from your desk regularly.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How to stand out amongst the sea of virtual assistants.
• How to stop being a slave to your inbox.
• The easiest way to make more money
• How to bring joy back into your 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