How to Get Further in Your Speaking Career With Virtual Support with Trivinia Barber

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4.8 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Do you want to hire a virtual assistant (VA), but don't know where to start? Or have you been disappointed when you tried to get further in your speaking career with virtual support? In either scenario, Trivinia Barber is here to help on episode 148 of The Speaker Lab.

Trivinia is the founder of Priority VA, a virtual staffing company that matches high-level entrepreneurs with talented virtual support. Prior to starting her firm, she worked as a VA for entrepreneurs like Michael Hyatt and Amy Porterfield. Soon her demand grew and her availability shrunk - so she built a company of talented people like her. Four and a half years later she has a staff of 83 VAs!

Today we'll talk about how to utilize virtual staff to help grow your speaking career, the pitfalls to watch out for when hiring, some simple steps to take to ensure you find a good match and why you can start delegating to a VA with just one or two small tasks. Trivinia is a wealth of knowledge so be sure to tune into this edition of The Speaker Lab.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

How to know if you're ready for virtual support?
Why you need help if you plan to get farther than you are right now.
What are the primary reasons entrepreneurs don't hire someone?
Where to start if you struggle to give up control in your business.
One exercise to find tasks you can and should outsource.
Why you should outsource for outcomes and NOT tasks.
What are common things a VA can do for you in your speaking business?
When do you need a domestic VA versus an overseas VA?
The three Es to build a long-term lasting relationship when you find a great VA.
And so much more!

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0:00.0	Hey, friend, are you looking for ways to book more paid speaking gigs?
0:03.7	Well, of course you are.
0:04.4	Maybe you're just starting out as a speaker. You're trying to figure out what to prioritize in order to get booked and paid as quickly as possible. Listen, if that's you, I want you to join us for a free live training where you're going to learn how to create the number one marketing asset that you need to consistently book more paid gigs. This is a tool that one speaker on our team used to book over $36,000 in paid gigs before he even had a website.
0:27.2	This training is free.
0:28.1	It's live and we offered a few times a week so you can find a time that works best for you.
0:32.5	All you got to do is head over to thespeakerlab.com slash get booked.
0:36.3	That's all one word.
0:37.2	Thespeakelab.com slash get booked. That's all one word, the speakerlap.com slash get booked
0:39.3	and register right now. We look forward to seeing you on the live training.
0:50.3	Hey, what's up, my friend, Graham Baldwin here. Welcome back to the speaker lab podcast. Good to have you
0:54.1	here. Appreciate you hanging out with us. Speaker Lab podcast. Good to have you here.
0:54.6	Appreciate you hanging out with us.
0:55.7	We've got a great episode for you today. Got a great guest. And, again, do appreciate you being here. We're going to have a lot of fun today. Before we get into today's guests, before we get into what we're going to be covering and talking about today, let me remind you. If you haven't already, we'd love for you to stop by and check out free speaker workshop sometime.
1:12.6	Freespeakerworkshop.com.
1:14.6	Free speakerworkshop sometime. FreeSpeakerworkshop.com, free speakerworkshop.com. There, you will find a
1:17.9	free training that we do teaching you all about how to find and book paid speaking engagement.
1:22.6	So if you haven't joined us for one of those before, definitely register for that. Again, go to
1:26.2	free speakerworkshop.com. Now, today,. Again, go to free speaker workshop.com.
1:28.7	Now, today, we're going to be talking all about hiring VAs and hiring support and building a
1:33.4	support team and staff to help you in your speaking business. And to do that, we're going to be
1:38.0	talking with my friend Trevenia Barber. Now, Trevenia runs a company called Priority VA,
1:43.3	priority VA as in virtual assistant. And so we're going to be chatting with her all about all things related to VAs and hiring a VA. We're going to talk about how to determine if you even need a VA. We're going to talk about overcoming some mental hurdles of hiring a VA. We're going to talk about what a VA can even do to help you as a speaker. We're going to talk through how to find and keep a good VA. We're going to talk about how much you should pay, as well as the difference between U.S. versus international VA. So a lot of really good practical nuggets in this one. I know for many of you that you're busy, you have a lot going on. And so maybe it's time that you start thinking about bringing someone else
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