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Podcast: Challenge Yourself So You Can Grow Your VA Business

Welcome to another episode of the podcast that teaches you how to be a ridiculously good virtual assistant. Today we are talking about beginning to challenge yourself to get out of your comfort zone. Today’s Quote: The sooner you step away from your comfort zone you’ll realize that it really wasn’t all that comfortable. – Eddie Harris, Jr. Click the play button above to tune in, or choose your favourite podcast player below:   Connect with Tracey D’Aviero, VA Coach and Trainer         Episode Notes: Being able to get where you want to go with your VA business takes getting out of your comfort zone. Sometimes it takes a lot of that. We feel scared because we… Read More »Podcast: Challenge Yourself So You Can Grow Your VA Business

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Podcast: Help I’m Stuck and I Don’t Know What To Do

Welcome to another episode of the podcast that teaches you how to be a ridiculously good virtual assistant. Today’s topic is Help I’m stuck! I have no idea what to do. Today’s Quote: If you feel like you’re stuck, that’s a good indicator that you need to think about how to get somewhere else. – Rebecca Jarvis Click the play button above to tune in, or choose your favourite podcast player below:   Connect with Tracey D’Aviero, VA Coach and Trainer         Episode Notes: One of the words that VAs like you use when they first start talking to me about a problem they are having is the word STUCK. I remember being in a coaching group… Read More »Podcast: Help I’m Stuck and I Don’t Know What To Do

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Podcast: Struggles VAs Face (And How To Fix Them) Part Three

Welcome to another episode of the podcast that teaches you how to be a ridiculously good virtual assistant. Today we are talking about struggles VAs face – and often don’t even talk about … part three! Today’s Quote: Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. Oprah Winfrey Click the play button above to tune in, or choose your favourite podcast player below:   Connect with Tracey D’Aviero, VA Coach and Trainer         Episode Notes: We are back with part three of struggles VAs face, and how to fix them. A quick recap if you haven’t listened to the other two episodes yet – a few years ago I hosted a VA conference in Calgary. I… Read More »Podcast: Struggles VAs Face (And How To Fix Them) Part Three

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Podcast: Struggles VAs Face (And How To Fix Them) Part Two

Welcome to another episode of the podcast that teaches you how to be a ridiculously good virtual assistant. Today we are talking about struggles VAs face – and often don’t even talk about … part two! Today’s Quote: Find a great mentor, someone who has already been through the many challenges of being an entrepreneur. – Jodi Levine Click the play button above to tune in, or choose your favourite podcast player below:   Connect with Tracey D’Aviero, VA Coach and Trainer         Episode Notes: We are back with part two of struggles VAs face, and how to fix them. A quick reminder, a few years ago I hosted a VA conference in Calgary. I asked the… Read More »Podcast: Struggles VAs Face (And How To Fix Them) Part Two

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Podcast: Struggles VAs Face (And How To Fix Them) Part One

Welcome to another episode of the podcast that teaches you how to be a ridiculously good virtual assistant. Today we are going to talk about struggles VAs face – and often don’t even talk about. Today’s Quote: I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. – Steve Jobs Click the play button above to tune in, or choose your favourite podcast player below:   Connect with Tracey D’Aviero, VA Coach and Trainer         Episode Notes: A few years ago I hosted a VA conference in Calgary. Before COVID hit, I planned to host one every fall there. But it was not to be after the first one,… Read More »Podcast: Struggles VAs Face (And How To Fix Them) Part One

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Is It Time to Raise Your Virtual Assistant Rates?

If you are wondering if it’s time to raise your Virtual Assistant rates, then it’s probably time. Raising your rates is a natural step in any business – and if you don’t have a plan in place to do it regularly, you should put one in place now. How do you know if it’s time to raise your rates? Well, if you are thinking about it for any reason, then you probably know it’s time. But here are a few reasons that you should be thinking about it: If you have worked with a client for a period of one year and have not increased their rate If you have started providing newer or higher-level services through experience and training… Read More »Is It Time to Raise Your Virtual Assistant Rates?

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Business Lessons from the Demolition Derby

Recently, we went to the demolition derby at our local fair. It was crazy. So many cars strategically smashing into others so they could be the winner of their heat and go on to the finals. Watching them, I saw their strategies, the split second decisions they made, and the actions they took, as they tried to be the last man standing. It was fun, and fascinating. This is my cousin’s car before the finals (he placed 3rd out of more than 30 derby cars). It was pretty new looking when he arrived. (before pic courtesy of RW Tomlinson) He beat his car (and his body) up, but he came third! Many other cars had to be carried out of… Read More »Business Lessons from the Demolition Derby

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Stuck to Unstuck: Get Your Virtual Assistant Website Working For You

Your website is something that will always be a work in progress for your Virtual Assistant business. But it doesn’t have to stop you from starting your business! For many VAs starting out, not having a website can be a big place to get stuck – something that stops you from getting started, or from growing. ‘I have to finish my website first.’ If I had a dollar for every time someone told me this, I would be a rich woman! You actually don’t have to finish it to put yourself out there. A work in progress is never really done anyway. Your website will go through a lot of different stages as your business starts and grows. And the… Read More »Stuck to Unstuck: Get Your Virtual Assistant Website Working For You

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