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The Virtual Assistant School | Start a Side-Hustle, Make Money From Home, & Grow Your Online Business
Welcome to The Virtual Assistant School Podcast. I’m your host, Kate, a teacher-turned-entrepreneur, mom of two, and I teach women how to use the skills they already have to make money from home as a virtual assistant.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, you’ll get step-by-step strategies, behind-the-scenes insights, and hear honest, unfiltered conversations about making money and growing an online business so you can stop feeling stuck and start taking action toward your goals. Whether you're looking for a flexible side hustle or want to take your business full-time, this podcast is for you!
Building a business — or starting something new — can be super overwhelming at times. But here, you don't have to do it alone. 🫶🏻
Episodes
73 episodes
72: Replacing My Teaching Income in Just 3-4 Hours a Day as a Virtual Assistant
You’ve likely heard me talk about how you can make an extra $500/month as a virtual assistant and how being a virtual assistant is the best side-hustle out there right now — but what if I told you that it is possible to replace your full-time a...
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71: What Does a Virtual Assistant Actually Do? (And Why You’re More Qualified Than You Think)
You don’t need to be a tech genius, have a stacked resume, or know the Instagram algorithm to be a successful virtual assistant. 📣In today's episode, I’m breaking down exactly what virtual assistants do, what clients are really ...
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70: How to Make Money From Home As A Virtual Assistant
What even is a virtual assistant—and how do you actually make money as one?In this episode, I’m breaking down what a virtual assistant is, why it's one of the best (read: the best 😉) side hustles or online businesses you can sta...
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69: It's Good for the Plot [Voice-Memo Pep Talk]
Coming at you with a little voice note-style episode today because sometimes you just need a bit of a pep talk. If you have been feeling like "man, that just didn't go the way I planned it to go" or you didn't see the results you wanted to see ...
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68: We Are SO Back & I Changed My Word of The Year Mid-January 🫣
In this episode, I’m diving into the transformation that was 2024! From committing to mastering my sales skills (best decision ever!) to starting 2025 with a fresh mindset and a brand-new word of the year🫣, it’s been a ride. <...
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67: 5 Myths About Becoming a Virtual Assistant [RE-LISTEN]
We are back from our holiday break and because we have so many new listeners on the podcast, we wanted to share a popular episode from back in 2023 to bust some myths about becoming a virtual assistant!For an industry that's been around...
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66: Failure Isn't Final
This episode is a little sneak peek into our Monetize Your Skills Challenge. We have a 5 day challenge, and today's episode is just about 20 ish minutes of our day four training, I wanted to share it on the podcast so you can kind of get ...
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65: You Might Be Thinking About Your Dream All Wrong
Okay, okay — there’s no ~right way~ to dream BUT in today’s episode I want to offer you a shift in the way you might be thinking about your dream. Because what if it’s not about the destination at all? What if… it’s closer than you think? ...
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64: The Process is The Point [Voice Memo Pep Talk]
Have you ever received a voice memo from one of your close friends that is just what you needed to hear and gave you what you needed to keep going? That is exactly what this episode is! Me, Your BFF Kate sending you a voice memo reminding...
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63: How to Uncover Your Money-Making Skillset
In this episode, I tackle a common hesitation among women wanting to start an online business: feeling they lack the necessary skills or experience. If you’ve ever thought, “I’d love to work for myself, but where do I even start?” this episode ...
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62: How to Build a Successful Business with Limited Childcare
Is it just me or does it feel like no one talks about what it's really like building a business and being a mom? If you have been following me for 2 seconds, you know I am a huge proponent of building a business while raising babies, b...
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61: September R.E.P.O.R.T. & A Little Reflection Over the Last Year
We are kicking off the month of October (and Q4) with a little September R.E.P.O.R.T. & I may or may not get sappy at the beginning sharing a little 12 month reflection moment with you all! 🫶🏻| MENTIONED |❊...
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60: Making Money Online Without Sharing Your Entire Life on Social Media (No, it's not "Faceless Marketing" either)
This episode’s a little bit different because it is an episode that it recorded with someone else on their podcast and it was so good I wanted to bring it over to this podcast as well. I recorded this episode with Brock Johnson from S...
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45:38
59: Life Update (I Can't Believe I Am Telling You This! 🤭💃🏻🥳)
We are BACK after a little podcast break as we took last month off to create a new strategy for the podcast and plan some content out ahead of time and it feels SO good! That being said, this episode is a little (BIG) life update with an announ...
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22:45
58: 3 Things I Would Do Differently If I Was Starting My VA Business Over (& a couple things I wouldn't change)
I have been an entrepreneur for 6.5 years and Your Behind the Scenes BFF® has existed for 2.5 of those years. Over that time, I have learned and grown so much as a business owner (& as a person in general) and looking back, there are a few ...
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57: How to Take a ~Real~ Vacation As a Virtual Assistant
We have all seen it – people claiming to have all this freedom when it comes to entrepreneurship but what most don’t show you is how close their laptop is within reach at all times.In today’s episode, I am pulling back the curtai...
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56: Must-Have Business Automations & Organization with Taylor Mobley
If you have ever thought “There HAS to be a better way to streamline this” when working with different processes in your business, this is the episode for you! Today we have Taylor Mobley who is a systems & automation expert and we are chat...
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55: How I Earned a Chanel Bag By "Getting It Wrong"
Two weeks ago, I was at Salesgirl Summit and the entire event was one to remember but there was one thing that happened that I will truly never forget.I don’t want to spoil it for you so tune into this episode to hear how I “got ...
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54: I’ve Gotten Ready Every Day in 2024 – Here Is What I’ve Noticed (& May/June's Monthly R.E.P.O.R.T.)
We are over 150 days into 2024 and there has been one thing I have done every single day -- I've gotten ready.Yep, I have gotten ready every day in 2024 and I have gotten quite a few questions about it SO I decided you know, why not sha...
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53: Romanticizing Your Life (& Your Business Will Follow) with Tori Sprankel
What if I told you that romanticizing your life will actually improve your business? Well, that's exactly what personal brand expert, Torie Sprankel, and I are talking about on today's episode! From figuring out the things that make you YOU, to...
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52: My April R.E.P.O.R.T - The books I read, my go-to lunch, my newest hobby, and more!
To kick off a new month I thought it would be fun to have an episode about my monthly R.E.P.O.R.T - a trend that I have seen going around and one my friend Tori participates in!
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51. Client Boundaries, Expectations & A Hint of HR with Kira from Paradigm Consulting
On today’s episode, we have Kira from The Paradigm Consulting and with a decade of experience in People Operations in the corporate world, Kira is no stranger to the sensitive issues involved in the human side of running a business.
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50. Becoming a Mom Made Me a Better Entrepreneur & Here is How
It is the 50th episode of the podcast and we are celebrating with an episode that is near and dear to my heart and something I believe SO strongly in: how becoming a mom made me a better entrepreneur. 🫶🏻If you are tired of hearing about...
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49. 5 Mistakes Virtual Assistants Make When Starting Their Business (And What to Do Instead)
One of the reasons I created our courses and coaching frameworks for Your Behind the Scenes BFF was to take the guesswork and the mystery out of building a business as a VA and help you get where you want to go faster! Part of that, is talking ...
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