Vital VA: Recent Episodes
Amy Figueroa
Virtual Assistant Coach & Mentor, Amy Figueroa, shares valuable insider tips and dynamic interviews to help you grow and scale your virtual assistance business while creating the ultimate lifestyle of freedom, flexibility, and vitality for you and your loved ones.
With 5+ years experience as a VA and online service provider, Amy is intimately acquainted with the struggles, challenges, and obstacles you face in the industry and knows exactly what it takes to build a business from scratch, find & sign clients consistently, and scale your income so you can live life on your terms. Listen in for tips, inspiration, and expert advice so you, too, can become a vital VA.
In this episode, Amy shares 13 top deductions for online service providers, as well as some tips for making the process of filing your taxes smooth and easy.
Resources mentioned:
Expensify
QuickBooks Online
Wave
FREE Tax Deductions Checklist - Inside the Free Virtual Assistant Resource Library
'Tis the season of PLANNING!
January is the best time to evaluate, plan, and tweak your service business.
In this episode, Amy covers:
- Re-evaluating your service offerings & packages
- Time blocking & accounting for your business, your life, and your vitality
- How to determine if it's time to raise your rates and how to go about doing that
- Getting super clear on your Ideal Client Avatar
- Developing other (easy) income streams
- Simplifying your marketing efforts
Tune in and get ideas on how to successfully plan out your year and increase your income in the face of inflation and economic downturns!
Amy shares her top insights on upcoming & ongoing trends in the online business world for 2023 along with her top tips and tricks to help you make this an amazing year no matter what this year may hold.
Listen in for tips on:
Marketing & Networking
Keeping clients even in a recession
Determining which niches are most in demand now
Finding clients in 2023
Platforms mentioned in this episode:
Hire My Mom
Flex Jobs
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In this episode, Amy spills insider secrets for spotting a scam job posting! Listen for the red flags and tips for avoiding falling victim to a fake job opp.
In this episode, Amy provides tips, tricks, and strategies for optimizing your Facebook Profile so you can stand out and win more clients!
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Go here: https://www.vitalvirtualassistance.com/free-resource-library/
In this episode, Amy discusses the 3 C's approach to closing the client, how to perform a mini-audit to ensure you're shining online, and the different methods you should be using to stand out from the competition.
Interested in gaining access to the FREE Virtual Assistant Library? Great!
Go here: https://www.vitalvirtualassistance.com/free-resource-library/
In this episode, Amy discusses the idea of traits over skills. How to tell if you have what it takes to truly be successful as a virtual assistant.
You don’t need tons of fancy, high-level skills to get started as a virtual assistant. In fact, there are tons of options out there to obtain free training in all of the tools and platforms you’ll use as a VA. Amy discusses where to find free skills training in this episode, as well.
So, while skills aren’t really the issue, if you want to build a successful business there are a few virtual assistant traits you really must have in order to be successful. Listen in to this episode to find out which traits they are! As mentioned, you can gain access to the FREE Virtual Assistant Resource Library here: https://www.vitalvirtualassistance.com/free-resource-library/
In this episode, Amy shares her top tips for starting, running, and growing your virtual assistant business while balancing a full workload and a busy home life.
Amy shares strategies for getting clients while building your business on the side, the benefits of starting out this way, and the ins and outs of creating a schedule that works for you and sets you up for success.
Also includes a list of Amy's favorite services to offer when running your business on the side of a 9-5 job.
As mentioned, you can gain access to the FREE Virtual Assistant Resource Library here: https://www.vitalvirtualassistance.com/free-resource-library/
In this first full episode, Amy Figueroa discusses what it means to be a "Vital Virtual Assistant" and why it is so important. You'll learn about the mission of Vital VA, as Amy shares her story of how she started her virtual assistance business in the wake of her infant daughter's death as well as how her business evolved, and how she plans to use her 6 years experience in the online business world to help you launch, grow, and scale your own virtual assistance business.
As mentioned, you can gain access to the FREE Virtual Assistant Resource Library here: https://www.vitalvirtualassistance.com/free-resource-library/