“It’s all about narrowing your focus and what do you need to spend your time at.”
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with a young and inspiring VA king, Justin Nelson. He is the CEO and founder of Sphere Rocket, a Virtual Assistant Company specializing in helping Real Estate Agents get a Virtual Assistant and any business looking for leverage. He started in the real estate space and working with virtual assistants from a very young age.
Let’s jump right into this episode and learn more about scaling & leveraging with Virtual Assistants.
[00:01 - 05:20] Opening Segment
Let’s bring Justin Nelson to the show.
Justin shares his background.
He started as an insight sales agent for real estate at the age of 15.
He studied mechanical engineering in college.
He jumped into the consulting world and work around the globe.
Justin talks about how he started to work in the Virtual Assistant space.
How he started to help people with his organization to find their own Virtual Assistant.
[05:21 - 14:07] Leveraging with Virtual Assistant
Justin shares his experience working with his first Virtual Assistant.
Understanding how to leverage with Virtual Assistant
The 4-hour workweek book by Timothy Ferris
The target market age for VA service.
Using a different strategy for different demographics.
Justin talks about narrowing down your market demographic.
[14:08 - 20:00] Convince Your Market
Justin talks about how he convinces people about leveraging their business.
Find the motivation behind their decisions.
Until you can show them enough time that leveraging will give them more pleasure than pain, then they're never going to make a change.
Open to the idea of giving things off.
A lot of people do not realize how inexpensive help can be
[20:01 - 26:21] Ethical Business Vs. Non-Ethical Business
Justin talks about hiring foreign virtual assistants.
Equivalency salary data
The reason why real estate goes to the Philippines
Education and language factor
Self-sourcing
Sub-contract your Virtual Assistant
The up-charge gap to hire a VA through a company
Justin talks about how to find and recruit the right VA and talent for your business