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Help Me Work Online, Esther!
Help Me Work Online, Esther!
Author: Esther Inman
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Do you want to work from anywhere, in a career you love? Founder of Virtual Assistant Internship and 6-figure digital business owner, Esther Inman, shares compelling advice on how to find a remote career. In addition to sharing her personal experiences, she interviews some of the best experts in the work from anywhere niche. If you want a career where you can travel, stay home with your kids, create a deployment-proof virtual career, or just finally live your life of freedom by working online, this is the podcast for you!
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Are you stumped on how to transition into a job that is remote? If so, you are NOT alone. Applying to a remote job is vastly different than applying to a traditional job. This episode unpacks insider tips from Esther Inman, an experienced online worker with over 6 years of experience!
Did you know that you should optimize your personal social media profiles to help you land clients!? Before you apply to remote jobs, optimize your Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn profiles. Your online profiles are essential because they are part of your resume! When you apply to remote jobs, business owners often look up your profiles to decide if you are the right candidate. In this episode, Esther Inman will go over the do's and don'ts for social media profiles.
In this episode, Esther goes over her entire money-making business journey over the past 2 years, starting at when she was working as a Virtual Assistant for $20/hr all the way until now with her steady $40K months. She goes into detail on the struggles that she has come across each step of the way including how each transition into the next money bracket has impacted her and challenged her mindset, plus Esther shares the numbers on how her own business is doing in terms of revenue, expenses and profit. Check out Esther's private group-coaching program if you're looking for help with your journey to $5K, $10K, or even $20K months: http://estherinman.com/propel We'll catch you next week!
Don't spend years looking for online jobs! We all know how easy it is to get lost on the online job boards, spending hours applying, then never hearing back. Ditch that strategy! In this episode, Esther shares her top three tips to help you find your online job.
Esther wants you to know that shifting from a traditional job to a remote job requires the right mindset. Since only a small percentage of people work from anywhere, it can be difficult to imagine yourself as a remote worker too! On top of that, online job postings are intimidating with their long list of requirements. Don't give up so easily and follow the guidelines in the episode.
Do you ever get the gut feeling that a job offer is too good to be true? Internet scams can be an easy trap for people looking for online jobs. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to tell if someone is trying to scam you for your personal information. In this episode, Esther shares the top job scams and fake job offers.
Do you ever get a gut feeling that a job offer is too good to be true? Internet scams are widespread and can be an easy trap for people looking for online jobs. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to tell if someone is trying to scam you for your personal information. In this episode, Esther shares some of the top job scams and fake job offers.
So you want to work from anywhere, but you need help? No worries! Taylor Lane started her company, Remote Like Me, to help people just like you navigate the world of remote jobs. Her passion is helping people find and land the perfect job so that they can enjoy the freedom of working remotely. Taylor and Esther share how to create the perfect resume (hint: use Canva), the importance of tailoring your resume for each potential job, and some other ways to get creative in the application process!
In this episode, we talk through how big the virtual assisting industry is, general industry trends, how to stand out from the competition and find jobs that aren't being competed for. If you're struggling with how to figure out where to find jobs or how to qualify for them, this podcast episode is just for you!
In this episode, we talk all things MONEY with personal financial expert, Brie Sodano. We talk through the cycle of debt, of being broke, of how to start living your best life right now plus Brie talks through 3 essential savings habits you need to have and how to start doing an audit of your current financial situation and how to get OUT of your unhealthy money habits.
"But... what about health insurance?" This is one of the most common questions I get asked about working online by Americans. In this episode, we talk through this daunting topic and I share all my top resources for those of you that want to live in a different country as an expat, those of you that want to travel, and those of you that are just ready to get going working online.
There are a LOT of online courses out there, and I know it can be confusing to try to figure out which ones are the best for your needs and if they'll do what they promise to do for you. In this episode, we're going to talk through how to distinguish between courses by asking 5 important questions that can help you make this important decision!
In this podcast episode, we talk through all things niching and figuring out which services to offer as a Virtual Assistant. This has got to be one of the most common questions I get in my DMs and from my course students, and it's understandably a hard question to tackle! The VA world is so vast, and it seems like the list of things you can help a business owner with is endless. Have a listen to this episode if you're struggling with figure out how to niche and what to niche in!
In this week's episode, I chat with Travel Vlogger & Content Creator, Andrea from It's a Travel O.D., all about what she does and how to work as a Virtual Assistant within the travel industry for travel influencers; this episode goes into which top skills Andrea recommends getting plus what her tips are for getting started.
In this podcast episode, let's talk about working online when you're a stay-at-home mom and you have kiddos at home. When Esther first got started working online, her son, Ben, was only 3 years old and she was single parenting because her husband was in the military and away often. Esther gives realistic tips and resources for how to ensure your kids are happy, you are happy and that you can continue with your work and building your online career. Note: This applies to all kids, of all ages.
This new podcast episode is all about how to work online in Public Relations; I'm super excited to feature Brittney Lynn, the owner of a successful PR agency, to talk about how to get into it the field as a Virtual Assistant. We talk through what exactly Public Relations is, what a PR Virtual Assistant could do and how you can get started!
Wondering how I work online and travel with my family? This highly-requested episode is all about that! In this episode, I talk about the logistics of working online and traveling with kids, including what we do for education for our son, how we get time to actually get work done, what we pack on our trips, and finally, how to get started working online and traveling with your kids yourself!
This episode is a really fun one! In this episode, I sit down with my 9-year-old son, Ben, and chat through what his perspective on part-time traveling as a family and living abroad in Bali is. We talk through what his favorite and least favorite things about traveling are, what his favorite things about living in Bali are and he shares some of his top tips on traveling with kids, packing and how to occupy your kids when traveling. I loved recording this episode, and I hope you enjoy hearing his thoughts on what living as a digital nomad family is *really* like!
2019 was a huge year of growth for me personally as well as professionally - my business quadrupled its monthly income this year, and a lot of tough lessons followed this rapid growth. In this podcast episode, I share 4 of the biggest personal takeaways and lessons learned from 2019 and share how I think you can avoid making the same mistakes that I did! Thank you all for being a part of this special year, and I wish you a wonderful last few weeks of 2019 and a wonderful holiday season. I can't wait to see all that we achieve together in 2020!
This episode is all about working in transcription! I talk with Nadia, a 90 Day VA member, who has been working online in transcription since 2013 so she can stay home with her two kids. She explains what transcription is, how much she is paid, the equipment she uses, and the potential health problems associated with transcription. She also gives advice on how to get started in transcription if you need money quick and how to make the shift from transcription to a virtual assistant.






