The Sam + Jo VA Show

We’re not gonna lie!

Starting up your VA biz whilst juggling your full-time day-job is going to push your mental and physical limits, will test your relationships and will have you second guessing your virtual assistant aspirations.

The good news is that with the right support, motivation and mindset you can absolutely do it!

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How to have it all.
• Why you can’t do it alone.
• How to be intentional with your time.
• Why boundaries are your biggest asset.

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

Is a lack of confidence is holding you back from making your VA dreams a reality?

Do you find yourself comparing yourself to other VAs, only to find yourself lacking?

Are you tired of your self-sabotaging behaviours kicking your butt?

Then listen in to Confidence Coach Gina Hubbard’s expert insights on recognising your triggers and moving past your fears.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• 3 unexpected signs you’re lacking confidence.
• Why as humans we can’t help but to compare ourselves to others.
• Why affirmations don’t work for everyone.

Gina Hubbard, Gina Hubbard Coaching

Gina is a confidence coach who helps women increase their confidence, take their power back & reconnect with their careers after workplace trauma.

Sign up to Gina's VIP newsletter here and get her FREE What You Really Need to Change Your Career Guide, plus top tips on how you can create your dream business without worrying about getting it wrong.

Connect with Gina here:

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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

You know your prices are too low. So why aren’t you doing anything about it?

We’ll tell you why …

You’re worried you’ll be too expensive. You’re worried you’ll lose clients. You’re worried no one will ever want to hire you at a higher rate.

But can we let you in on a secret?

If you DON’T start charging what you’re worth, and if you DON’T start making money from your clients … you won’t ever be truly profitable enough to pay yourself what you need and grow a sustainable VA business.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why an employee mindset will rob you of your VA dreams.
• How loyalty can hold you back from being profitable.
• Why being told you’re too expensive is a GOOD thing.

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

If you’ve listened to ep #105 ’11 Ways To Gain Credibility As A Virtual Assistant’ you’ll know that being crowned the winner of an appropriate industry award (or even being announced as a finalist!) is a blooming GREAT way to add credibility to your virtual assistant business.

And more credibility means … you guessed it … MORE leads and clients!

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why winning isn’t everything – although it is pretty cool!
• How the process of entering awards will benefit you.
• How to get expert business advice … for free!

Check out all the details about the upcoming 2022 NZ VA Awards here!

Sam + Jo xo

We get it.

It’s super tempting to keep adding to our list of services in the hope it will attract more leads.

Because surely the more we offer the more we attract …. right??

WRONG!!!!!!

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why you DON’T want to end up being a general, all-purpose paint brush.
• Why you DO want to be the VA equivalent of a fine dining restaurant.
• Why you’re going to end up with the polar opposite to what you want by adding services to your current offerings.

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

The question most asked by virtual assistants who are also parents to young children is … “Should I highlight my mum-status online? Should I have photos of my kids on my website and should I be posting about how I juggle business and motherhood across social media?”

Hold on to your hats VAs!

It doesn’t happen often, but this is one of those rare topics that we have different advice on!!

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why we have such differing opinions on this topic.
• Why it’s your clients’ perspectives that matter most.
• The types of ‘mum in biz’ social media posts that make both of us cringe.

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

Twenty-three year old full-time virtual assistant Taylor Bignall has embraced her Gen Z strengths to become an in-demand and fully booked virtual assistant in just months.

It hasn’t been all rainbows and unicorns, but Taylor’s early struggles with uncertainly around her age vs her value are a distant memory and she’s now killing it online (Instagram being her platform of choice!) and is going from strength to strength.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why Gen Zs have a competitive advantage in the VA space.
• Taylor’s top tips when preparing to leave your 9 – 5.
• Why your age has nothing to do with your hourly value.

Taylor Bignall, Tasks By Tay

Taylor Bignall is an in-demand Gen Z Virtual Assistant based in New Zealand offering a variety of administrative and creative services.

Connect with Taylor here:

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LinkedIn

Website

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

No matter how desperately we want to sign on a new client, if they aren't flying any green flags then you need to stop for a moment, take a breath, remind yourself of your WHY, and ask yourself whether or not accepting this new lead is the right decision for YOU.

If you look at red flags as being potentially detrimental to your mental (and financial) health, then consider green flags to be the polar opposite.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The 5 top green flags to look out for when chatting with a new lead.
• Why having no green flags is a big red flag.
• How to separate the dream clients from the nightmare ones.

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

Spring cleaning your client list is a great way to become more profitable!

It's healthy to give our homes a regular spring clean, so why not treat our businesses the same way? Just like the clean, fresh and decluttered feeling a house cleanout gives us, the same goes for saying goodbye to clients that are no longer a great fit.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The benefits of spring cleaning your client list.
• The point system that determines which clients are no longer a right fit.
• The fastest way to spring clean without firing clients.

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

Credibility is one part of the all-important Know, Like and Trust factor we talk about.

Coming across as a credible virtual assistant means that leads will feel confident that you're someone to trust, that you’re going to fulfil your promises to them, that you’re reliable, professional, and that you’re going to do a great job for them.

And the more credible you're coming across to potential clients, the more likely it is that potential client will turn into an actual client. Hello! Who doesn’t want another client or three?!

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why credibility is key in the VA space.
• What VAs can do in order to gain credibility.
• Why having a website builds on your existing credibility.

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