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My first business coach told me, “You have to spend money to make money.” But the biggest mistake I made when I was starting out was buying a bunch of expensive systems I never used. Honestly, I should have started my virtual assistant business on a shoestring budget. I mean, all you really need to […]
A few months ago, I had a flare up of my symptoms. My pain escalated and the brain fog made it almost impossible to think straight for more than 10 minutes at a time. Obviously, this wasn’t great for my business…but one of the perks to working from home when you’re chronically ill is that […]
Over on Instagram, I’ve had so many people message me about finding virtual assistant clients. The truth is that building a business is the easy part. You can write a business plan and build a website. It’s not difficult to learn the skills you can offer to entrepreneurs need support with their business. But entrepreneurship […]
Building a virtual assistant website without knowing how to code is easy…if you have the right tools. The first website I built was a mess. Even with an “easy” drag and drop builder, I struggled to make the pages look like I wanted. The graphics were a mess and I found out two months into […]
I’m going to be 100% honest with you–I don’t know how to code. I can add a button to a page but that’s about it. My background is in social work, not graphic design. But I’ve still managed to build over a dozen websites. It’s only hard if you tell yourself it’s hard. That’ why […]
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Can’t turn up the sound? Here’s the transcript: I had planned on doing a tech tutorial for you today. When I woke up, before my feet even hit the floor, I realized that my brain was too foggy to be able to talk tech with you. But I’ve been thinking about something a lot lately–I […]
One of my first clients was a consultant in the insurance industry. He was what I lovingly refer to as a “needy” client. I was on the phone with him every day (sometimes more than once) but he gave me very little work because he didn’t want to give up control of anything. I hit […]
When you’re starting out, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the skills needed to be a virtual assistant: Best practices, changing algorithms, and sales funnels. Automating social media posting. Setting up email marketing systems. Graphic Design. Copywriting. Marketing strategy. With the abundance of content on the internet, It’s quite possible to spend hours (and days!) […]
Can’t turn the sound up? Here’s the transcript: Hey friends, it’s Nicole from the Resilient VA, and today we’re chatting about boundaries, email, and my favorite Gmail inbox tool. One of the things that I feel so strongly about as a virtual assistant is the power of setting boundaries. Every virtual assistant I know has […]