The Sam + Jo VA Show

We had a really interesting chat with a VA during Summit Week 2021.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t getting any new leads. 

This VA shared with us that she’s already taken our advice, and that she’s ticked all of our boxes on how to find clients. It just wasn't working for her.

It was time for us to take a deeper look at things.

We checked out her LinkedIn profile, her website, her social media accounts and having chatted with her face-to-face we got a good idea of how she was coming across when meeting people.

It got us thinking.

Our systems are proven to work. When done well they work 100% of the time.

So if you’re a VA who is still struggling to get clients DESPITE taking all of our advice then there’s something not quite right.

You may be saying you’re doing it all, but we’re here to tell you that you aren’t.

In this episode you’ll learn:·        

• Why you still aren’t getting clients.
•  The mistakes you don’t even realise you’re making online.
• How to make a great first impression in networking groups.
• Why VAs should treat '90s clip art like it’s got COVID-19.

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 xoxo

Shout out to Kajabi VA Kate MacGregor for requesting this topic!

If you’ve never done it before, working with a sub-contractor can be overwhelming.

We’ve taken the overwhelm away by sharing with you the exact process and tool Jo uses when handing over work to her team of 20+ VAs.

It’s a tried and tested system, and one that Jo has perfected over the past decade.

You’re welcome!

In this episode you’ll learn:     

• The best tools to help streamline the handover process
• Things that can go wrong
• How to sell the concept to clients

Download your FREE Pre-Scaling Checklist here.

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 xoxo

The 2021 Virtual Assistant Summit was EPIC! (if we do say so ourselves haha).

Bringing together 15 international speakers at the top of their game, for a live and interactive 5 day online event for hundreds of VAs from across the globe, is a pretty mammoth undertaking. 

But we bloody well did it!

And we did it in style thanks to our amazing speakers, some pretty mad organisational skills, and our new favourite tool ... Airmeet!

You'll be pleased to know we’ll be doing it all again 14 – 18 February 2022! So lock the dates in your diaries NOW people! 

In this episode you’ll learn:·        

• How to run an online Summit
• Our key takeaways from the 2021 VA Summit
• What we’d do differently
• Why we chose Airmeet

If you missed out on attending this year’s Summit, it’s not too late to watch the recordings! Get access now.

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 xoxo

Over the years we’ve both worked hard at individually creating the perfect virtual assistant businesses for US. 

Successful businesses that suit our very unique business and life goals, family commitments and personality types.

We all start out with great intentions, but it’s easy to lose track along the way of WHY we got into the VA biz in the first place.

In this episode you’ll learn:·        

• Why your ‘WHY’ is so important.
• How to create a VA business that is perfect for YOU (not Bob from across the road).

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 xoxo

We hear (and see!) some shocking advice given to both aspiring and established virtual assistants. 

Advice that comes from a place of wanting to help, but that (in our minds anyway) is off the mark for one reason or another.

Whose advice are you listening to? Do they know the VA industry well? Are they successful VAs themselves?

In this episode you’ll learn:·        

• The worst pieces of advice we’re seeing thrown around lately.
• Who to take advice from.
•  Who NOT to take advice from.
•  How much money you should be making in your biz.

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 xoxo

First off. If you’re just starting out on your virtual assistant journey You. Do. Not. Need. A. Website.

Now that’s out of the way, we’re going to assume that you’re listening in because:

1.      You’ve been in business for a while;

2.      You’ve already got some regular clients under your belt;

3.     You get regular enquiries coming through via networking & word of mouth referrals; and

4.      You've got some time up your sleeve to figure out why your website isn’t converting its visitors into paying clients.

In this episode you’ll learn:       

• Who actually needs a website.
• The reasons your website isn’t converting.
•  How to improve your SEO.

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 xoxo

Have you called your own phone lately?

A funny question for us to be asking … right?

Wrong!

Making a great first impression starts with the basics. And it doesn’t get more basic than your phone’s voice mail message.

In this episode you’ll learn:·        

• What new leads expect to hear when you can’t answer the phone.
• Why you could be losing out on new clients due to your current voice mail message. 

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 xoxo

Are you sick and tired of clients not paying you on time?

We don’t blame you!

Having to chase consistently late payers, month after month after month, is costing you time AND money.

This is not acceptable behaviour. You deserve better! It’s time to nip it in the bud … right now!

In this episode you’ll learn:·        

• The simple tactics to get clients to pay immediately.
• Why following up late payers is key.
• When to let clients go.

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 xoxo

You’ve probably heard the saying “A goal without a plan is just a wish”?

Well … it’s trueeee!

Having a plan written down on paper, with goals that are measurable and actionable, helps you focus and keeps you moving forward in order to grow.

It’s time to give those VA business dreams of yours an actual shot at becoming a reality by getting your ‘plan’ on!

In this episode you’ll learn:·        

• Why all VAs should have a business plan
• Simple steps for planning

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 xoxo

Let's face it, a flexible lifestyle is the ultimate goal for all of us and one of the main reasons that you became virtual assistants BUT how many you have inadvertently created something that feels more like a burden.

Don't worry though because you are in complete control and with the right strategies, you can turn things around and get that flexibility back.

In this episode, you’ll learn:·        

• The business models that can support a truly flexible lifestyle
• Why knowing your 'why' is so important
• The services to offer or avoid
• How to set expectations so you can take holidays

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 xoxo