Ever catch yourself singing that line from “Viva Las Vegas?” The one that goes “How I wish that there were more than 24 hours in a day!” In the song, The King was pining for more time to cut loose in Sin City.
Slipping off to Vegas may not be in the cards, but we all wish to get back more hours in a day that we can call our own. There’s a lot we’d rather be doing if we weren’t stuck with mundane tasks. Well, having a virtual assistant is kind of like gaining back some hours in a day – someone to help you sort through what you are good at, what you enjoy doing, and then outsourcing the rest!
On this episode of Stand Out: Growing Your Organizing and Productivity Business, host Sarah Karakaian talks with guest Molly Rose Speed. Molly Rose has a thriving virtual assistant business of her own, and also teaches others the ins and outs of becoming a virtual assistant.
Sarah and Molly Rose talk about both being a virtual assistant and hiring a virtual assistant. For those of us in the organizing and productivity business, adding virtual assistant services might be a natural progression in what we offer. And this is not just clearing out someone’s inbox. That is one level of service, but virtual assistants can also offer more premium services – like streamlining and automating common business processes, helping with social media presence, and more.
Academy for Virtual Assistants took shape after Molly Rose was frequently stopped or contacted by people saying, “I want to do what you are doing!” So she decided to put together what has become a 6-week, online learning program. The course teaches you how to communicate with clients, how to manage multiple projects, stay organized, and ultimately make a profit as a virtual assistant.
Molly Rose and Sarah go on to talk about what it takes to be a virtual assistant. They touch on the importance of trust when you are working on potentially sensitive areas of client business. There are a number of ways to bill for services, but Molly Rose encourages setting up a retainer as a win-win for both parties.
There’s much more packed into the interview – be sure you take a listen. To check out the podcast and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode, visit: https://napopodcast.com/
Molly Rose Speed is the creator of the Academy for Virtual Assistants. After years as a corporate accountant cubicle dweller, Molly Rose decided to live out her mission to live a life owning her time and her unique service to the world. By helping passionate, mission driven entrepreneurs implement their ideas online through flawless tech execution, she has not only freed herself but the hundreds of entrepreneurs she’s automated and streamlined. Through The Academy for Virtual Assistants, she trains others on starting successful virtual support businesses.