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How to Expedite Your Books and Breeze Through Tax Season as a Virtual Assistant Feat. Morgan de Klerk
Episode 84 – How to Expedite Your Books and Breeze Through Tax Season as a Virtual Assistant Feat. Morgan de Klerk
April 5, 2021
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
  • [10:58] The #1 biggest mistake that first-time freelancers or virtual assistants make when starting out
  • [14:10] The differences between filing your taxes as a contractor vs. as an employee
  • [15:27] What you can do NOW to prepare you from paying a massive tax bill at the end of the year
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Resources From This Episode
  • Contact Morgan with any bookkeeping questions you may have or connect with her on Instagram.
  • Expedite Your Books from anywhere in the world here.
  • Get started Mastering Your Finances with Morganโ€™s full course here.

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What You Need to Know for Tax Season as a Digital Nomad
Episode 83 – Tax Season: What You Need to Know as a Digital Nomad Feat. Kathleen Di Paolo
March 29, 2021
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
  • [4:57] Kathleenโ€™s best tax prep tips for first-time entrepreneurs and virtual assistants
  • [7:27] The #1 you need to have in order when approaching tax season
  • [8:45] What you can use to make bookkeeping easy for your business as a new entrepreneur
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Resources From This Episode
  • Connect with Kathleen on Instagram or via email!
  • Grab Kathleenโ€™s free tax reduction list on her website.ย 
  • Not sure what 90 Day VA is or what a โ€œVirtual Assistantโ€ is or what they do? Check out our 100% free intro class here to find out how you can get started in the work online journey.

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Podcast Cover_ How to Find Support on Your Online Work Journey_ 90 Day VA Q&A Call Sneak Peek
Episode 82 – How to Find Support on Your Online Work Journey: 90 Day VA Q&A Call Sneak Peek
February 9, 2021
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
  • [01:34] The types of work you can submit to your portfolio mentor for feedback
  • [02:40] How to assess if you can or canโ€™t afford a portfolio mentor
  • [04:22] The #1 thing business owners are really looking for
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Resources From This Episode
  • Not sure what 90 Day VA is or what a โ€œVirtual Assistantโ€ is or what they do? Check out our 100% free intro class here to find out how you can get started in the work online journey.
  • Check out our free Work from Anywhere Virtual Summit to get to know our experts and online work options!
  • Check out our Remote Resume Blueprint to get your remote resume all spruced up plus ready-made remote templates!

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I'm Not Good Enough to Be a VA: 90 Day VA Q&A Call Sneak Peek
Episode 81 – I’m Not Good Enough to Be a VA: 90 Day VA Q&A Call Sneak Peek
February 2, 2021
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
  • [01:50] The unexpected skill youโ€™ll learn working as a VA and its silver lining
  • [03:58] One of the most in-demand services you can offer as a VA
  • [04:45] A helpful word of advice from former 90 Day VA student
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Resources From This Episode
  • My course, 90 Day VA, is open for enrollment โ€“ Enroll HERE!
  • Not sure what 90 Day VA is or what a โ€œVirtual Assistantโ€ is or what they do? Check out our 100% free intro class here to find out how you can get started in the work online journey.
  • Check out our free Work from Anywhere Virtual Summit to get to know our experts and online work options!

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How This Exercise Physiologist Made 6-Figures in Her First Year Working as a Virtual Assistant Feat. Katie Hudspeth
Episode 80 – How This Exercise Physiologist Made 6-Figures in Her First Year Working as a Virtual Assistant Feat. Katie Hudspeth
January 25, 2021
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
  • [7:41] The skills Katie had from prior experience working in healthcare that she uses as a VA
  • [13:18] The 1st tip you need to know if you want to create service packages but youโ€™re not sure how
  • [16:32] This helped Katie reach 6-figures in her first year of working as a VA
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Resources From This Episode
  • Connect with Katie on Facebook or send her an email with any questions you may have!
  • Not sure what 90 Day VA is or what a โ€œVirtual Assistantโ€ is or what they do? Check out our 100% free intro class here to find out how you can get started in the work online journey.
  • Check out our free Work from Anywhere Virtual Summit to get to know our experts and online work options!

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How to Get Set Up Legally as a VA in Australia Feat. Ruth Gibbons
Episode 79 – How to Get Set Up Legally as a VA in Australia Feat. Ruth Gibbons
January 18, 2021
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
  • [04:50] The 3 biggest reasons why Ruth chose to leave her full-time, corporate job and transitioned to working online
  • [09:13 ] How Ruth worked past the negativity she received as a 51-year-old woman working remotely
  • [21:42] How Ruth works her business expenses (like superannuation and taxes) into her rates
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Resources From This Episode
  • If you want to hear more about Ruth, her services, and her business, check out her website.
  • Want to know more about how Ruth can help your business? Set up a complimentary consultation with her.
  • If you need some help setting up your business plan, check out the Small Business Development Corporation website.

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The Adventures of Tiny Home Living and Working Remotely Feat. Tiny House Expedition Featured
Episode 78 – The Adventures of Tiny Home Living and Working Remotely Feat. Tiny House Expedition
January 11, 2021
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
  • [3:48] One of the biggest takeaways from tiny home living
  • [8:16] The mindset you need to get into to make the downsizing seem possible and why you need to be kind to yourself in the process
  • [36:55] How tiny living acts as a tool for financial and lifestyle goals
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Resources From This Episode
  • Connect with Alexis and Christian with The Tiny House Expedition on Instagram!
  • You can also follow the tiny house movement on their website or YouTube channel.
  • Download the Campendium app to find free campsites and strong WiFi signals based on your phone provider in the U.S.

 

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FUNemployed Family traveling the world
Episode 77 – How This Family of 4 Left Their Corporate Jobs and Sold Their House to Travel the World Feat. The FUNemployed Family
January 4, 2021
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
  • [3:57] What sparked Ben and Kelly to both leave their full-time, corporate jobs to travel the world as a family
  • [13:35] What to expect when youโ€™re traveling with kids and working remotely from all over the world
  • [15:54] Ben and Kellyโ€™s biggest tip for families traveling with kids
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Resources From This Episode
  • Connect with the FUNemployed Family on Instagram or Facebook!
  • Learn more about the FUNemployed Family on their website.
  • You can also watch all of their fun adventures on YouTube!

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How This Aussie Turned His Love for Adventure, Travel, and Photography into a Full-Time Job Feat. Jess Bonde Featured
Episode 76 – How This Aussie Turned His Love for Adventure, Travel, and Photography Into a Full-Time Job Feat. Jess Bonde
December 28, 2020
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
  • [4:53] How much he bought his first van for, the renovation costs, and the profit he made after selling it
  • [7:16] How Jess landed his first gig as a travel photographer
  • [9:39] One of his biggest tactics used to land new clients and connect with different brands
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Resources From This Episode
  • Connect with Jess on Instagram!
  • You can also learn more about what Jess does for a living on his website.
  • Not sure what 90 Day VA is or what a โ€œVirtual Assistantโ€ is or what they do? Check out our 100% free intro class here to find out how you can get started in the work online journey.

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how this mom pays rent in the most expensive city in the world while working online feat. lottie reeves FEATURED
Episode 75 – How This Mom Pays Rent in the Most Expensive City in the World While Working Online Feat. Lottie Reeves
December 21, 2020
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
  • [6:47] What is a narrowboat? And how Lottie and her boyfriend decided they wanted to live in one
  • [13:34] The advantages of living in a narrowboat versus living in a flat and what their monthly expenses are
  • [31:09] How to deal with the opinions from friends or family members who donโ€™t understand the decisions you make
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Resources From This Episode
  • If you want to learn more about Lottie and her services, check out her website!
  • You can also connect with Lottie on Instagram!
  • Not sure what 90 Day VA is or what a โ€œVirtual Assistantโ€ is or what they do? Check out our 100% free intro class here to find out how you can get started in the work online journey.

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๐•‹๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•’ ๐•ƒ๐•†๐•‹ ๐• ๐•— ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐•”๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ๐•–, ๐•“๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•™๐• ๐•จ ๐••๐•  ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•œ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•จ ๐•จ๐•™๐•š๐•”๐•™ ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐•š๐•ค ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ?

I get this question ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ all ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ the ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ time.

And I know it can be confusing ๐Ÿ˜ซ to try and figure out which ones are the best for your needs and if theyโ€™ll do what they promise to do for you. ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ

This is why I'm throwing it back to an older podcast episode ๐ŸŽง filled with little nuggets ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ that will help you to decide.

I cover:

โšก How to determine if you will actually land jobs
๐Ÿค” Whether you'll start working in a few weeks or a few years
๐Ÿค‘ If the course is going to hold you accountable 

and more! ๐Ÿคฉ

๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผ Click my picture on my profile to go to my stories for the link to this episode!

๐ŸŽง Or you can just search โ€œHelp Me Work Online, Estherโ€ on Spotify or Apple podcasts to tune in to 5 Important Questions to Help You Decide Whether to Invest in an Online Course!
๐‘ฐ๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’–'๐’“๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’‚๐’'๐’• ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‰๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š, ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†'๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’…. ๐Ÿ“ฃ

These are โœจ 13 average salaries โœจ for 13 different jobs you could do TODAY! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐Ÿ“Œ Virtual Assistant: $39,617
๐Ÿ“Œ Business Development Manager: $71,968
๐Ÿ“Œ Copywriter: $50,570
๐Ÿ“Œ Curriculum Designer: $61,389
๐Ÿ“Œ Customer Support Specialist: $41,382
๐Ÿ“Œ Front-End Developer: $71,145
๐Ÿ“Œ Marketing Manager: $64,500
๐Ÿ“Œ Online ESL Teacher: $43,878
๐Ÿ“Œ Product Manager: $82,916
๐Ÿ“Œ Recruiter: $49,544
๐Ÿ“Œ Social Media Manager: $49,881
๐Ÿ“Œ Translator: $47,974
๐Ÿ“Œ Web Designer: $49,649

๐Ÿคฉ ...And these are only SOME of the jobs that are out there, guys!

There are so many opportunities for you to live your dream โ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒˆ and work from home. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป Sometimes it just takes a little investigation, ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ but it's out there! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

You can do this! ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿคฉ You CAN be successful. 

The skyโ€™s the limit! โ˜๏ธโ˜๏ธโ˜€๏ธโ˜€๏ธ

If you donโ€™t know where to start, my signature course, @_90dayva , has everything you need to get started as a Virtual Assistant. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ’ป

๐Ÿ“ฃ Doors open for enrollment on May 1st. ๐Ÿ“ฃ But if you join the waitlist, you can enroll early. ๐Ÿ˜‰ 

The link is in my bio. ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผ
๐”…๐”ข๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ž ๐”ฐ๐”ฒ๐” ๐” ๐”ข๐”ฐ ๐”…๐”ข๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ž ๐”ฐ๐”ฒ๐” ๐” ๐”ข๐”ฐ๐”ฐ๐”ฃ๐”ฒ๐”ฉ ๐”ณ๐”ฆ๐”ฏ๐”ฑ๐”ฒ๐”ž๐”ฉ ๐”ž๐”ฐ๐”ฐ๐”ฆ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ๐”ž๐”ซ๐”ฑ ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ณ๐”ฌ๐”ฉ๐”ณ๐”ข๐”ฐ ๐”ช๐”ฌ๐”ฏ๐”ข ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ž๐”ซ ๐”ง๐”ฒ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ ๐”ฅ๐”ž๐”ณ๐”ฆ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ž ๐”ค๐”ฌ๐”ฌ๐”ก ๐”ฅ๐”ฒ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ๐”ฉ๐”ข ๐”ž๐”ซ๐”ก ๐”ฐ๐”ฑ๐”ฏ๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ค ๐”ฐ๐”จ๐”ฆ๐”ฉ๐”ฉ ๐”ฐ๐”ข๐”ฑ. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป

๐Ÿ”ฅ You can step up your virtual assistant game by growing your network, โœจ getting organized, and ๐ŸŒˆ pushing your creativity with different free online tools... ๐Ÿ’ป  but the most helpful one is...

๐Ÿ’ฅ FACEBOOK GROUPS ๐Ÿ’ฅ

Facebook groups are a virtual assistantโ€™s lifeline. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

If you are seeking:

โœ”๏ธ Work
โœ”๏ธ Advice
โœ”๏ธ Fellow virtual assistants
โœ”๏ธ Skill trades

โ€ฆthereโ€™s a group for that. ๐Ÿ˜Œ

This powerful tool allows you to network with fellow virtual assistants and potential clients. ๐Ÿค

Did you know I have my own Facebook group with over 19,000 supportive and hustling virtual assistants? 

I share industry advice and post legit online jobs. You can check it out here ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

๐Ÿ”— facebook.com/groups/virtualassistantinternship
๐‘ซ๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’• ๐’‡๐’†๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’‹๐’๐’ƒ ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’†? ๐Ÿ˜ณ

Internet scams are widespread and can be an easy trap for people looking for online jobs. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป

Unfortunately, it can be difficult to tell if someone is trying to scam you for your personal information. ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”

This is why I'm bringing back a fan-favorite podcast episode ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐ŸŽง about how to spot an online scam. ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

I cover...

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ How to identify an online job scam
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ Jobs that aren't scams but you should still avoid
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ Real remote job boards that won't scam you

๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿผ Click my picture on my profile to go to my stories for the link to this episode!

๐ŸŽง Or you can just search โ€œHelp Me Work Online, Estherโ€ on Spotify or Apple podcasts to tune in to Watch Out! Spot an Online Job Scam From a Mile Away!
๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ? ๐Ÿก

What if when your husband deployed or your family had to PCS you weren't scrambling? โœˆ๏ธ

What if when your kids got sick you didn't have to stress? ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป๐Ÿง’๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿพ

When those tickets to the Bahamas went on sale you could just GO FOR IT? ๐Ÿ–๏ธโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ

๐Ÿ“ฃ This stuff isn't impossible and it can happen to you. ๐Ÿ“ฃ 

A bunch of us have already been doing it for years. ๐Ÿ’ป  We work online and get paid by the hour or project. ๐Ÿ’ต  We set our own hours and do what we need to do when we want. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

In 90 Day VA, I teach you everything you need to know about starting your own business as a Virtual Assistant. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป

๐ŸŒŸ I believe that you can live your dream life if you want to! ๐ŸŒŸ

If you're worried that this could be scam or you're not sure if you could actually make this happen ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ Check out my free workshop and decide from there. 

Link is in my bio ๐Ÿ”—
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