
Discovery Call Tips for Introverted Virtual Assistants
05/20/22 • 5 min
Does the thought of having discovery calls make you nervous? I have 9 tips to help calm your nerves!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Introvert VA Club: https://introvertvaclub.com
- Ask me a question: https://desiretodone.com/podcast
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Does the thought of having discovery calls make you nervous? I have 9 tips to help calm your nerves!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Introvert VA Club: https://introvertvaclub.com
- Ask me a question: https://desiretodone.com/podcast
Join my weekly newsletter full of VA tips! https://desiretodone.com/newsletter
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🖥️ Visit my website: https://desiretodone.com
💌 Sign up for my newsletter: https://desiretodone.com/newsletter
📺 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@desiretodone
🦄 Join my membership program: https://introvertvaclub.com
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Q & A for Virtual Assistants #2 - happy clients, how to succeed, making businesses accessible, finding clients, and where to learn new skills
In today's Q & A I cover how to make your clients happy, which personality type is most likely to succeed as a VA, a service idea for making businesses more accessible, finding clients without social media, and where to learn new skills.Mentioned in the episode:
- Send me a Q for a future podcast episode: https://desiretodone.com/podcast
- Skillshare: https://desiretodone.com/skillshare * (get 1 month free with my link)
- Blog post on creating captions: https://desiretodone.com/add-captions-to-your-videos/
- FREE Hire a VA Service for anyone looking to hire a VA: https://desiretodone.com/hire-a-virtual-assistant/
- My Hire a Virtual Assistant Workbook on Amazon: https://amzn.to/37FajGI *
- My membership for VAs (all VAs are welcome, even if you're not introverted): https://introvertvaclub.com
Other Resources:
- 11 Traits of Highly Successful Virtual Assistants (blog post): https://desiretodone.com/successful-virtual-assistants/
- Episode on finding clients: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1892364/10001347
- My newsletter: https://desiretodone.com/newsletter
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Passive Income Ideas for Virtual Assistants
Passive income products allow you to make money while you sleep. Sounds pretty good, huh?
And guess what! You can create these products anytime during your VA journey.
In this episode, I’ll be covering different types of passive income products you can create, plus tips and tools for creating and selling your products.
Even if you’re not ready to create passive income products yet, it’s good to have an idea of what’s possible with your business in the future.
Mentioned in this episode:
- *Canva for creating materials like templates, presentation slides, AND recording your presentation - https://desiretodone.com/canva
- *Creative Market for cute clipart and patterns for your printables or print-on-demand products. You can also sell your designs there - https://desiretodone.com/creativemarket
- PDF Escape to make your templates, printables, ebooks, or workbooks editable so people can fill in digitally (instead of printing) - https://pdfescape.com/
- *DPD which stands for Digital Product Delivery for selling your templates, printables, ebooks, or workbooks - https://desiretodone.com/dpd
- *Screencast-o-Matic to record and edit tech tutorials - https://desiretodone.com/screencastomatic
- Passive Income Ideas for Your Business course - https://introvertvaclub.com
More resources:
- *Ring light – Good lighting is essential if you’re doing videos of yourself talking - https://amzn.to/3mj7Oi8
- *Lavalier microphone for recording videos of yourself talking. It attaches to your shirt and connects to your video recorder or phone. - https://amzn.to/3wNuPPc
- *Rode Podcaster Microphone – This microphone is used for recording screen recordings: https://amzn.to/3A5UaTd You’ll also need a *microphone stand for your desk: https://amzn.to/2WGsPZu
- *Teachable – Super easy to set up and sell a training, workshop, or ecourse. You can even create a simple membership - https://desiretodone.com/teachable
- *40 Days to a Finished Book – Writing a book can be a daunting task! This course will help you write and publish your book in less than 2 months - https://desiretodone.com/leoniebookcourse
- *If you create videos of yourself talking (referred to as talking head videos), I highly recommend these videos by Dennis Schrader on Skillshare - Make Engaging Videos with a Teleprompter or Phone: https://skl.sh/3rn0Eez, Framing and Composition for Videography: https://skl.sh/3NCjl6K, and Lighting for Video: https://skl.sh/3lQ65iZ
Sign up for my weekly newsletter full of VA tips: https://desiretodone.com/newsletter
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Desire to Done Podcast for Virtual Assistants and Introverts - Discovery Call Tips for Introverted Virtual Assistants
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Discovery Call Tips for Introverted Virtual Assistants
It’s common practice for Virtual Assistants to have a discovery call with potential clients before working with them. It’s a way to find out what the client needs help with and see if you both “click.”
But discovery calls can feel terrifying! Especially for introverts!
Welcome to the Desire to Done podcast! I’m your host, Billie Gardner.
In today’s episode, I’ll cover 9 tips to help
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