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Episode 21 – How to Work as a Virtual Assistant in Public Relations (PR) feat. Brittney Lynn

November 25, 2019

Key Takeaways To Tune In For

[03:51] Brittney explains what “PR” really is & what’s included
[08:39] How Brittney got started working in PR and why she got booked out so quickly
[10:55] Why Brittney believes anyone can get started as a PR Virtual Assistant
[13:01] What the key first step to working with PR clients is

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Resources From This Episode

Join our FREE 90 Day VA intro class on how to get started as a Virtual Assistant!
You can find Brittney’s Website here and find her freebies there, too!
Sign up for my weekly job pack that sends fresh, legit remote jobs to you every Friday.

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Episode 20 – 7 Childcare Hacks For Stay at Home Moms Working Online

November 18, 2019

Key Takeaways To Tune In For

[05:32] Esther’s #1 recommendation for childcare for your kids while you work – that gets you 2 hours of free childcare every single day
[12:30] Esther’s top tips for establishing a schedule that suits your child and you
[19:20] What is ‘child swapping’ & my favorite app for doing it!
[21:06] Why it’s essential to give yourself permission to design your life

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Resources From This Episode

Mentioned in the episode: Komae, the child-swapping app
- Get the Komae app for 40% off to get free childcare so you can date your spouse, have alone time, and build your online business/career! You can enroll here and get 40% off by using my code: EstherRocks40
Join our FREE 90 Day VA intro class on how to get started as a Virtual Assistant!
Follow me on Instagram to see what my family and I get up to traveling and working online!

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Episode 19 – How to Work as a Virtual Assistant for Travel Influencers

November 11, 2019

Key Takeaways To Tune In For

[02:33] Top 6 things a travel influencer needs help with from a VA
[05:00] What travel influencers look for when hiring a VA
[08:26] Andrea’s secret tip for landing your dream client

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Resources From This Episode

Join our FREE 90 Day VA intro class on how to get started as a Virtual Assistant
Sign up for my weekly job pack that sends fresh, legit remote jobs to you every Friday
Follow Andrea on Instagram

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Episode 18 – How to Figure Out Your Niche as a Virtual Assistant

November 4, 2019

Key Takeaways To Tune In For

[02:04] Why profitability of a niche is not the most important factor to consider
[06:13] How to create your Dream 10 client list
[08:32] How to future-proof your niche
[10:09] What Team VAI looks for when we hire contractors

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Resources From This Episode

Join our FREE 90 Day VA intro class on how to get started as a Virtual Assistant!
Sign up for my weekly job pack that sends fresh, legit remote jobs to you every Friday.
Join our free Work from Home Facebook group that we post jobs in and that you can use to chat with others who are looking to start working online, too!

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Episode 17 – 5 Important Questions to Help You Decide Whether to Invest in an Online Course

October 28, 2019

Key Takeaways To Tune In For

[02:04] The 1st question that determines whether you’ll be making $10-$15/hr or $30/hr+
[03:18] The 2nd question that determines whether you’re working in 4+ years or within weeks
[03:46] The 3rd question that determines whether the course is just going to sit there or if you’re going to be held accountable

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Resources From This Episode

Join our FREE 90 Day VA intro class on how to get started as a Virtual Assistant!
Sign up for my weekly job pack that sends fresh, legit remote jobs to you every Friday.
Join our free Work from Home Facebook group that we post jobs in and that you can use to chat with others who are looking to start working online, too!

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Episode 16 – How to Handle Health Insurance When Working Online

October 21, 2019

Key Takeaways To Tune In For

[05:47] How I handled healthcare for me and my family when I was broke living in a pay-by-the-week studio
[10:05] My top 4 resources for finding health insurance
[12:50] My top tips for Americans living outside of the U.S. or traveling outside of the U.S. for a majority of the year
[14:08] My tips for non-Americans traveling outside of their home countries

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Resources From This Episode

Freelancers Union – you can find dental, health, term life, disability, liability and accident & illness insurance here!
98point6 – app that has on-demand text-based primary care delivered by board-certified physicians
Join our FREE 90 Day VA intro class on how to get started as a Virtual Assistant!

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Episode 15 – 3 Crucial Habits to Getting Out of Debt & the Cycle of Being Broke ft. Brie Sodano

October 14, 2019

Key Takeaways To Tune In For

[07:15] Why people accumulate debt
[12:13] The 3 essential savings habits you need
[28:48] A step-by-step walkthrough of how Brie helps her clients get out of your unhealthy money habit cycle
[37:58] Couponing vs. wealth-building – leaving the starvation and money cutting phase and moving into the growth and problem-solving phase

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Resources From This Episode

Join Brie’s free Shark School Facebook group
Check out Brie’s website
Join our FREE 90 Day VA intro class on how to get started as a Virtual Assistant

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Episode 14 – Is Virtual Assisting Getting Too Competitive?

October 7, 2019

Key Takeaways To Tune In For

[02:50] Why the trend for remote and online work is only growing
[06:24] How and where to find good virtual assisting jobs
[08:59] How to stand out from the competition and uplevel to higher skilled services

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Resources From This Episode

Join our FREE 90 Day VA intro class on how to get started as a Virtual Assistant!
Sign up for my weekly job pack that sends fresh, legit remote jobs to you every Friday.

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Episode 13 – How to Boost Your Remote Resume and Land Remote Jobs ft. Taylor Lane

September 30, 2019

Key Takeaways To Tune In For

[3:10] Biggest misconceptions people have when applying to online work
[5:56] Having a social media link on your resume is so important and why
[7:50] Learn how Taylor Lane got started working online!

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Resources From This Episode

Taylor’s free Facebook group!
Taylor’s membership program: Remote Like Me
Canva
If you are interested in going the virtual assistant route, be sure to visit us on Facebook and join our free group that will help you work from anywhere!

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Episode 12 – How to RV Around America and Work Online ft. Julia Taylor

September 23, 2019

Key Takeaways To Tune In For

[3:37] Learn how Julia Taylor and her husband made the jump to RV life!
[4:40] How does she makes money online from her laptop

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Resources From This Episode

GeekPack.co
Julia’s Instagram: @DestinationNomad
Free Class on What a Virtual Assistant Does

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𝔸𝕞𝕒𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕖... ⁣ 🏡 Orders housewares for our big move and follows up on any missing items, returns or late deliveries⁣ ⁣ 🔍 Researched and ordered me an entire home gym⁣ ⁣ 📝 Orders my home office supplies, face products (cancels auto ship if needed!), weekly meal and smoothie delivery, and routine grocery/household items ⁣ ⁣ 🧹 Coordinates and books home cleaning, handy men, travel, and excursions locally or when we travel (even booking dinners + buying local event tickets!) ⁣ ⁣ 🎁 Sends birthday cards, gifts and flowers (also for Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day!) ⁣ ⁣ ✉️ Pays personal bills, deals with health insurance claims or bills and car insurance or DMV needs ⁣ ⁣ 👩🏼‍💻 Watches and takes notes in virtual webinars, classes or long articles for me to quickly read through ⁣ ⁣ 🎙 Coordinates my podcast recordings with guests and submits interview requested info for when I’m a guest ⁣ ⁣ ✍🏼 Takes an audio note, email, quick note or whatever and turns it into an IG post for me with emojis, spacing and fonts ⁣ ⁣ 🎤 Takes quick audio memos and turns them into podcast outlines in our backlog so then when the time comes I can beef up the content and record later⁣ ⁣ These are saving me HOURS every week and my assistant @claire.kinnell.va is located in the UK 🇬🇧 she works virtually on her own schedule.⁣ ⁣ Are these things you could do for someone? Then guess what, you can be a virtual assistant too! 👏🏽 ⁣ ⁣ The best place to start is with my free class linked in my bio 👆🏾⁣ ⁣ PS for my business owners, if you want to hire an amazing VA like mine then DM me ✉️ for the free hire form to snag one of our AMAZING already-trained students

Today she would have been born, I would have been

Today she would have been born, I would have been a first time (birth) mother.⁣ ⁣ Instead I’m crying in bed and lighting a candle for her little life “gone” too soon.⁣ ⁣ But then I remember Jesus telling me she cannot possibly be “gone” when time isn’t linear, we just aren’t physically together at this moment. It makes me feel a little better...but I’m still sad. ⁣ ⁣ So today we cry and mourn. And that’s ok.⁣ ⁣ I decided to plant a succulent for each year on what would have been her birthday. My Mom is sending me the first one so then we can propagate off of it. ⁣ ⁣ I imagine it’d be pretty sweet to be surrounded by succulents I can actually see and talk to when I want. ⁣ ⁣ In this moment, I feel surrounded by women who have also lost their babies. I visualize myself unable to stand up and them literally pushing and holding me up. Just as everyone did for them before. ⁣ ⁣ I chose this photo because I’m pregnant in it. I went to tea when we still lived in Bali with my friend Mary who was also pregnant. She had her baby a few months later, I did not. Watching friends and family go on to have their babies is such a weird mix of joy for them and deep grief for yourself all over again.⁣ ⁣ Were you a little girl or boy? What would we have named you? Where would your cradle go in our new house? Would you have little curls? Blue eyes or brown? ⁣ ⁣ We remember you little baby. And can’t wait until we get to meet you one day to find out how your hair curls and what color your eyes turned out to be 💜⁣ ⁣ PS please don’t send me fertility treatment suggestions or anything unless it’s to the tune of “I’m so sorry for your loss...” ⬅️ this is how you support someone grieving even if it makes you uncomfortable to not be able to fix it 💕

①⓪ 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 ⁣💻🌎🏃‍♀️🏻⁣ ⁣⁣ At least 1️⃣ good thing about #Covid19 is all the companies making permanent remote work moves 👏🏽 Here’s some amazing companies hiring workers around the world for full-time remote positions. 🤩 Tag a friend, partner, or family member who’s looking to go remote and bookmark for later! 👆🏾⁣⁣ ⁣ To apply for any of these companies ➡️ check out the “careers” page on their respective sites 🤓 ⁣ ⁣ Salesforce @salesforcejobs ⁣ Powerful CRM and Customer Success Platform⁣ Hiring for 👩🏽‍💼 management positions, product security handler, and accountant 🤑⁣ ⁣ Shopify @shopify ⁣ Ecommerce platform for small and midsized companies⁣ Hiring for 📧 email marketing managers, product managers, and financial managers 💸⁣ ⁣ Slack @slackhq ⁣ Communication messaging platform for businesses⁣ Hiring for 🙋🏾‍♀️customer success manager, and accountant 💰⁣ ⁣ Square @square ⁣ Card-reading application and digital payment provider⁣ Hiring for 📱 Android engineer and art director 🎨⁣ ⁣ Twitter @twitter ⁣ Social networking and news service⁣ Hiring for👩🏼‍💻software engineer, product designer, and admin specialist 💃🏼⁣ ⁣ Upwork @upworkinc ⁣ Freelance marketplace⁣ Hiring for help desk specialist 📲⁣ ⁣ Lambda School @lambdaschool ⁣ Online alternative to college⁣ Hiring for ⚙️ program manager and student success coordinator 👩🏻‍🎓⁣ ⁣ Zillow @zillow ⁣ Online real estate marketplace⁣ Hiring for👩🏽‍💼escrow officer and content strategist 📝⁣ ⁣ Adobe @adobe ⁣ Software company⁣ Hiring for 👩‍❤️‍👩 customer service manager and account manager 💵⁣ ⁣ Amazon @amazon ⁣ Online retailer⁣ Hiring for 📈 financial analyst and program manager 👩🏽⁣ ⁣ Pro tip - if you’re still using the same resume from high school or a template you found on google🤦🏽DM me for remote resume templates + resources so you can land the job 💣

𝕀 𝕠𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕚𝕫 𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕖𝕣. The business owner will text them in the middle of the night, send them work all day long and expect it back right away, or aren’t being paid enough. They blame the business owner and don’t realize what 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 did to get into this situation and how to avoid it in the future (otherwise it’ll just keep happening again and again). 👎🏼⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝐒𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⏰ Did you establish clear time and communication channels and boundaries? Do you uphold them? ⁣⁣ 💸 If you were paid more from this business owner to do this work, would you be happy to do it? Would you be happy to answer whatever they need if they paid you x amount to be available all day? ⁣⁣ 🤔 What should you have done differently to avoid this situation in the future?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦. Take 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 for the part you played and see if you can work with the biz owner to adjust your communication channels, role, and pay if that’s what’s bothering you vs just quitting and blaming them for everything or tossing in the towel that you just weren’t meant to be a VA 🙄⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ For example, when you start working together 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 what communication channels are allowed, what days you are off and if they need something in less then 24 hours that it’ll cost extra. 🚫📆💰⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Remember, a biz owner worked hard to acquire and train you. Don’t run off just because 𝐘𝐎𝐔 didn’t set clear boundaries and aren’t keeping them. I would way rather transition a team member I like into another area of my business or give them a pay increase then have to find and train and new person. This goes the same for most other business owners too! 💁‍♀️

⏰ Slamming the phone alarm off for the third tim

⏰ Slamming the phone alarm off for the third time 😴 ⁣ ⁣ Half awake preparing for the day. ⁣ 🚿 Shower, makeup, hair, fancy clothes. Try to scarf something down while phase 2 of getting Ben up and out of the door before 7am began 🏃‍♀️ ⁣ ⁣ Dropping him off crying after me leaving 😞 ⁣ ⁣ 🚗 Commuting an hour to the office. ⁣ ⁣ Counting down again until Friday. Until a holiday. Until a vacation. 📆⁣ ⁣ Now I can’t wait until Monday morning! I’m the first one out of bed every day BY CHOICE. Often I forget to shower and eat...but no longer because I am so busy, but because I am having so much fun working 😱 ⁣ ⁣ Create a life you don’t need a vacation from.⁣ ⁣ A life where everyday you can’t wait to wake up and dive into your life’s purpose.⁣ ⁣ 👆🏾This is what becoming a virtual assistant and growing into a six figure agency did for me. And that’s why I’m so passionate about helping as many of you launch your online work life as possible 💕 ⁣ ⁣ Right now my Remote Resume Blueprint is on sale for only $27 😱⁣ ⁣ It includes...⁣ ⁣ ☑️ MasterClass where I give all the best remote specific methods to help you land the job ⁣ ⁣ ☑️ 5 remote ready editable templates (including how to edit them using free software) ⁣ ⁣ ☑️ Cover letter dos/donts and template⁣ ⁣ ☑️ My biggest hack that lands my students interviews every time 🤫 ⁣ ⁣ My mission is to bring freedom to as many people as I can 💪🏼 I know the Remote Resume Blueprint can help get you there at a crazy low price of $27 👏🏽 ⁣ ⁣ Check my stories or DM me for the link 👆🏾⁣ ⁣ And LMK any Qs you have about going remote! 💕 ⁣ ⁣ PS throwback to Christmas 🎄 because I’m obsessed with these pics from @keiramasonphotography 😍 and once a year to share them isn’t enough 😉

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