I've hired the wrong person more times than I want to admit. They aced every test, passed every check, and showed up as a completely different human being.

So I stopped asking recycled interview questions and started asking five specific ones that actually cut through the performance.

Whether you're the one hiring or the one being interviewed, this one's for you.

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If you’re new here, I’m Amy Wallin.

CEO of Linked VA.

We help business owners scale with high-performing offshore support (EA, Ops, Marketing, Recruitment, Bookkeeping)...

without turning payroll into a crime scene.

A little about me…

A few years ago:

I was the admin department

I was the marketing department

I was the entire operations team

and I still thought hiring help would “slow me down” 😅

Now:

we build offshore support layers for growth-stage companies

we recruit, screen, train and performance-manage talent

so founders can stop drowning in $10 tasks while trying to build a Million Dollar business

If you want more output, better margins, and less founder dependency… you don’t need another productivity hack.You need leverage.

Apply for a VA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FREE inbox SOP for your EA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

*Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Always consider your specific business circumstances and seek advice from your financial and legal professionals before making major hiring or operational decisions.

Your culture is broken. And it's your fault.

Not your managers. Not the people you hired. You.

Either you created it, or you stood by while someone else did. The fish rots from the head down, and you're the head.

But here's the good news: if it's your fault, it's also within your power to fix it.

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If you’re new here, I’m Amy Wallin.

CEO of Linked VA.

We help business owners scale with high-performing offshore support (EA, Ops, Marketing, Recruitment, Bookkeeping)...

without turning payroll into a crime scene.

A little about me…

A few years ago:

I was the admin department

I was the marketing department

I was the entire operations team

and I still thought hiring help would “slow me down” 😅

Now:

we build offshore support layers for growth-stage companies

we recruit, screen, train and performance-manage talent

so founders can stop drowning in $10 tasks while trying to build a Million Dollar business

If you want more output, better margins, and less founder dependency… you don’t need another productivity hack.You need leverage.

Apply for a VA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FREE inbox SOP for your EA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

*Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Always consider your specific business circumstances and seek advice from your financial and legal professionals before making major hiring or operational decisions.

Everyone's talking about AI, but when I ask most business owners what they actually want it to do, it falls apart pretty fast. In this episode, I'm sharing exactly how I've implemented AI inside my own offshoring agency, Linked VA, what's working, what isn't, and where I think this is all heading.

I'll walk you through the 3-stage framework I use myself, from building a GPT library, to setting up AI automations, to knowing when (and whether) to build a custom AI portal.

Whether you're a solopreneur or running a team, I'm cutting through the hype and giving you a clear, honest starting point.

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Save 10 hours a week and download the FREE inbox SOP for your EA:

Grab it here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

If you’re new here, I’m Amy Wallin.

CEO of Linked VA.

We help business owners scale with high-performing offshore support (EA, Ops, Marketing, Recruitment, Bookkeeping)...

without turning payroll into a crime scene.

A little about me…

A few years ago:

I was the admin department

I was the marketing department

I was the entire operations team

and I still thought hiring help would “slow me down” 😅

Now:

we build offshore support layers for growth-stage companies

we recruit, screen, train and performance-manage talent

so founders can stop drowning in $10 tasks while trying to build a Million Dollar business

If you want more output, better margins, and less founder dependency… you don’t need another productivity hack.You need leverage.

Apply for a VA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FREE inbox SOP for your EA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

*Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Always consider your specific business circumstances and seek advice from your financial and legal professionals before making major hiring or operational decisions.

Ever notice you say the same filler word on repeat, and once you do, you can't un-hear it?

That's exactly what happened to me when I listened back to one of my own podcast episodes. I was sick, pushing through, and the word "right" was everywhere. Now I can't stop noticing it. 

And honestly? That discomfort is the whole point.

In this episode, we're diving into filler words: why we use them, why we each gravitate toward our specific ones, and what it actually costs us when we can't stop.

I'm working through this in real time alongside you, so yes, you will hear me say "right" in this very episode. Consider it a live demonstration.

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Save 10 hours a week and download the FREE inbox SOP for your EA:

Grab it here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

If you’re new here, I’m Amy Wallin.

CEO of Linked VA.

We help business owners scale with high-performing offshore support (EA, Ops, Marketing, Recruitment, Bookkeeping)...

without turning payroll into a crime scene.

A little about me…

A few years ago:

I was the admin department

I was the marketing department

I was the entire operations team

and I still thought hiring help would “slow me down” 😅

Now:

we build offshore support layers for growth-stage companies

we recruit, screen, train and performance-manage talent

so founders can stop drowning in $10 tasks while trying to build a Million Dollar business

If you want more output, better margins, and less founder dependency… you don’t need another productivity hack.You need leverage.

Apply for a VA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FREE inbox SOP for your EA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

*Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Always consider your specific business circumstances and seek advice from your financial and legal professionals before making major hiring or operational decisions.

He made three of my VAs cry. So I fired him. 

Some clients aren't difficult, they're destructive. And the longer you keep them, the more they cost you: your best people, your culture, your sanity, and your time.

In this episode, I'm sharing the real stories behind why I've walked away from paying clients, and why it was the best business decision I ever made.

Not every dollar is a good dollar. Some clients cost you far more than they ever pay.

If you've been sitting on the fence about firing someone, this episode is the push you need. 

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If you’re new here, I’m Amy Wallin.

CEO of Linked VA.

We help business owners scale with high-performing offshore support (EA, Ops, Marketing, Recruitment, Bookkeeping)...

without turning payroll into a crime scene.

A little about me…

A few years ago:

I was the admin department

I was the marketing department

I was the entire operations team

and I still thought hiring help would “slow me down” 😅

Now:

we build offshore support layers for growth-stage companies

we recruit, screen, train and performance-manage talent

so founders can stop drowning in $10 tasks while trying to build a Million Dollar business

If you want more output, better margins, and less founder dependency… you don’t need another productivity hack.You need leverage.

Apply for a VA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FREE inbox SOP for your EA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

*Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Always consider your specific business circumstances and seek advice from your financial and legal professionals before making major hiring or operational decisions.

Have you watched the Manosphere documentary on Netflix?

Louis Theroux put it all on screen, the rhetoric, the manipulation, the business model built on convincing young men they were born worthless.

And the loudest voices in entrepreneurship will tell you dominance and ruthlessness are the price of success.

But look at Tony Robbins, the wealth, the empire, the respect.

Built entirely on one belief: you are capable of more than you think.

Your business model is a reflection of what you believe about people.

The best CEOs don't build on fear. They build on belief.

That's not soft. That's strategy.

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If you’re new here, I’m Amy Wallin.

CEO of Linked VA.

We help business owners scale with high-performing offshore support (EA, Ops, Marketing, Recruitment, Bookkeeping)...

without turning payroll into a crime scene.

A little about me…

A few years ago:

I was the admin department

I was the marketing department

I was the entire operations team

and I still thought hiring help would “slow me down” 😅

Now:

we build offshore support layers for growth-stage companies

we recruit, screen, train and performance-manage talent

so founders can stop drowning in $10 tasks while trying to build a Million Dollar business

If you want more output, better margins, and less founder dependency… you don’t need another productivity hack.You need leverage.

Apply for a VA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FREE inbox SOP for your EA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

*Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Always consider your specific business circumstances and seek advice from your financial and legal professionals before making major hiring or operational decisions.

Are you trying to hire your way out of a problem you haven't even identified yet?

I have one question I ask on every single sales call, and it cuts through the bullshit fast.

"What is going on in your business right now that is making you consider getting a VA?"

You'd be surprised how many people can't answer it.

In this episode, I'm calling out the mistake I see most often, business owners trying to outsource their thinking before they've done it themselves.

Staying out of the details isn't delegation. It's deferred responsibility. And it always comes back. Bigger. With your name still on it.

The most valuable thing you bring to your business is your ability to think. The moment you hand that off, you're not running a business anymore, you're just along for the ride.

Know your business.

Know your problems.

Know what you need.

Then get help executing on it.

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Apply here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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If you’re new here, I’m Amy Wallin.

CEO of Linked VA.

We help business owners scale with high-performing offshore support (EA, Ops, Marketing, Recruitment, Bookkeeping)...

without turning payroll into a crime scene.

A little about me…

A few years ago:

I was the admin department

I was the marketing department

I was the entire operations team

and I still thought hiring help would “slow me down” 😅

Now:

we build offshore support layers for growth-stage companies

we recruit, screen, train and performance-manage talent

so founders can stop drowning in $10 tasks while trying to build a Million Dollar business

If you want more output, better margins, and less founder dependency… you don’t need another productivity hack.You need leverage.

Apply for a VA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FREE inbox SOP for your EA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

*Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Always consider your specific business circumstances and seek advice from your financial and legal professionals before making major hiring or operational decisions.

Every week I'm in rooms with business owners pitching models, pivoting their offers, and reinventing their structures, and a lot of them are making the same fundamental mistakes.

Before you redesign your offer, pivot your niche, or launch something new, there are three questions you need to be able to answer. And most people skip all of them.

In this episode I'm breaking down the pricing trap that keeps service businesses stuck, why one-to-one models have a ceiling most people refuse to look at, and the uncomfortable question of whether people actually want what you're selling.

Changing your model is not a magic trick. If the fundamentals aren't there, all you're doing is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

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Apply here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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If you’re new here, I’m Amy Wallin.

CEO of Linked VA.

We help business owners scale with high-performing offshore support (EA, Ops, Marketing, Recruitment, Bookkeeping)...

without turning payroll into a crime scene.

A little about me…

A few years ago:

I was the admin department

I was the marketing department

I was the entire operations team

and I still thought hiring help would “slow me down” 😅

Now:

we build offshore support layers for growth-stage companies

we recruit, screen, train and performance-manage talent

so founders can stop drowning in $10 tasks while trying to build a Million Dollar business

If you want more output, better margins, and less founder dependency… you don’t need another productivity hack.You need leverage.

Apply for a VA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FREE inbox SOP for your EA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

*Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Always consider your specific business circumstances and seek advice from your financial and legal professionals before making major hiring or operational decisions.

Everyone told you pessimists are a problem. They're actually your secret weapon.

I've spent years collecting optimists in my life. I love them, I really do. 

But in business? Some of the most valuable people I've ever worked with were the ones everyone else wanted to shut down in meetings.

In this episode of The Virtual CEO, I'm breaking down why pessimists, or "realists," if they're feeling sensitive about it, are often the best operators in a business, and why your company probably can't grow without them.

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If you’re new here, I’m Amy Wallin.

CEO of Linked VA.

We help business owners scale with high-performing offshore support (EA, Ops, Marketing, Recruitment, Bookkeeping)...

without turning payroll into a crime scene.

A little about me…

A few years ago:

I was the admin department

I was the marketing department

I was the entire operations team

and I still thought hiring help would “slow me down” 😅

Now:

we build offshore support layers for growth-stage companies

we recruit, screen, train and performance-manage talent

so founders can stop drowning in $10 tasks while trying to build a Million Dollar business

If you want more output, better margins, and less founder dependency… you don’t need another productivity hack.You need leverage.

Apply for a VA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FREE inbox SOP for your EA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

*Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Always consider your specific business circumstances and seek advice from your financial and legal professionals before making major hiring or operational decisions.

I sat down with KT, co-founder of KX2 Management Group, and honestly? I went completely off script because I just couldn't stop asking questions.

35+ years in business, a radar for reading people, and zero tolerance for ego in the room. KT is the kind of person who walks into a meeting and already knows who's going to be in the "resistance club" before anyone opens their mouth.

We talked about everything from AI and identity, to why your tech rollout is probably failing (spoiler: it's not the tech), to the one piece of advice she gives every founder that half the room gets offended by.

And the rule she thinks every founder breaks?

Don't outsource your thinking.

That one stuck with me.

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Want a VA who actually makes your business run better (not just “help a bit”)?

Apply here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Grab it here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

If you’re new here, I’m Amy Wallin.

CEO of Linked VA.

We help business owners scale with high-performing offshore support (EA, Ops, Marketing, Recruitment, Bookkeeping)...

without turning payroll into a crime scene.

A little about me…

A few years ago:

I was the admin department

I was the marketing department

I was the entire operations team

and I still thought hiring help would “slow me down” 😅

Now:

we build offshore support layers for growth-stage companies

we recruit, screen, train and performance-manage talent

so founders can stop drowning in $10 tasks while trying to build a Million Dollar business

If you want more output, better margins, and less founder dependency… you don’t need another productivity hack.You need leverage.

Apply for a VA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linkedva.com/enquire/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

FREE inbox SOP for your EA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://go.linkedva.com/inbox-sop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

*Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Always consider your specific business circumstances and seek advice from your financial and legal professionals before making major hiring or operational decisions.