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🗓️ 28 November 2025
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If clients praise your speed but you’re still billing like a beginner, it’s time to level up. Today we pinpoint the three value levers that justify higher VA rates—and a script that keeps loyal clients on board.
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| 0:00.0 | If you ever shop online, which, let's be real, who doesn't, you already understand how important |
| 0:05.6 | customer reviews are. You know this as a consumer, right? You always check the reviews before you buy |
| 0:10.1 | something and your customers are checking reviews as well. That's why if you run an e-commerce |
| 0:14.7 | business, reviews have an enormous impact on your business and you want to level up your business |
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| 0:52.8 | If clients are really happy with how fast you're doing the work, but you're still billing |
| 1:01.1 | like a beginner, perhaps it is time to level up. Let's talk today. How do you price your work for |
| 1:07.3 | true value? Hourly pricing feels safe when you're new, but months later, you're kind of |
| 1:12.0 | boxed into cheap helper status. So if you're charging $30 an hour like our caller today, or even if |
| 1:18.6 | it's $50 or $100 an hour, the specific amount doesn't matter so much. The point is, as you get better at |
| 1:24.0 | what you do, now all of a sudden you are delivering more work for the same rate, |
| 1:28.4 | which is why it's often better to price based on a deliverable. We've got this caller who's delivering |
| 1:34.5 | lightning fast inbox management. She is really good at virtual assistant work. And now she's trying |
| 1:40.5 | to figure out, you know, what do I do? Do I need to raise my prices? Can I change the model somehow? |
| 1:46.0 | My goal is to show her how to calculate her true market value. That's my objective. Stay tuned for her |
| 1:51.7 | detailed question and my response. Whenever I buy something online, I probably do the same thing that you do. |
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