Welcome to Rebel Energy, the podcast where I help you get out of the 9-5 mindset and create a new narrative for moms working from home to gain more freedom, more income, and living your dream life. I help virtual assistants just like you get clear on what they want, how they want to show up, and make a massive impact in their business. I have helped thousands of women learn how to show up more authentically, take back their power and make more money by tapping into the strategies I am going ...
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We've all been there, right? The endless reasons why kick-starting a business seems impossible, especially for us busy women. From wrangling kids and their activities to jobs that devour every minute, and families always on the move – it's a symphony of chaos! Sure, we totally get the 'crazy busy' life. But hold up, there's more to building a susta…
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In just four calls, Kristy transformed her VA business, turning $4,000 into an inspiring success story. But that's not all – she's now closing the doors to her classroom, marking the end of an incredible journey. Kristy's path to success is one that resonates with many. As a single mother navigating the challenges of a recent divorce, she embarked …
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STACY MUENCH: Booked out with a waitlist and working full-time
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Stacy Muench | Marketing Specialist Stacy and I go way back as dear friends. After following my posts for a while, she decided she'd had enough of draining her finances on daycare. Being a mother of two, holding down a full-time job, and managing two businesses, Stacy exemplifies the kind of women I find truly inspiring to work with. She's a whirlw…
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Haley Benson: Business Bestie Haley came to me during a time when she was on the lookout for ways to boost her income. Her goal? Just a couple of thousand extra bucks each month to tackle the credit card debt she'd taken on for her RSA investment. But guess what? In just five months after leaving RSA, Haley was consistently pulling in a cool $5,000…
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KARA BUBOLZ: From 80 hour weeks & multiple jobs to $4500 in 14 weeks!
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Kara Bubolz: Marketing & Business Strategist Kara started just like many of us, struggling to make her first payment. Despite her packed schedule, Kara prioritized her time and landed two clients within her first three weeks. She didn't stop there. Kara continued to work tirelessly, attend coaching calls, serve her clients, and grow her business. I…
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Kat Kurdziel: Social Media Manager & Mentor In this episode, we've got an incredible success story that's bound to inspire you. Imagine doubling and almost tripling your virtual assistant income in just 12 weeks – well, that's exactly what Kat did through our exclusive program, Scale to Summit. Kat started her journey with us after experiencing con…
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RENEE AUFDERMAUER: Said goodbye to her 9-5 after 6 weeks of RSA
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Renee Aufdermauer: Virtual Assistant Get ready to meet the incredible Renee in this episode of the Rebel Energy podcast! She waved goodbye to her 9-5 job and embraced the thrilling world of being a virtual assistant, all while juggling the demands of home life. Join us for a heartwarming chat with Renee as she spills the tea on her journey, includi…
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ASHLEI CLOWERS: Teacher to Full-Time VA in 8 weeks
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Ashlei Clowers: Virtual Assistant Coach + SEO Copywriter Ashlei's journey with RSA is like a whirlwind romance with success! In just 8 WEEKS, she said "adios" to her 9-5 grind, all while juggling the epic task of raising four awesome kids and rocking her full-time gig as a teacher. We've got to give it up for Ashlei because she's the kind of client…
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Lauren Werth: Virtual Assistant Lauren started her virtual assistant business in January of this year, and let me tell you, her journey has been nothing short of amazing! Initially, she had some reservations about joining Rock Solid Academy, mainly because of the investment. But we decided to sprinkle a bit of magic dust by reserving her spot with …
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Keri Baker: Marketing Strategist & Copywriter Keri's journey with Rock Solid Academy (RSA) was a delightful rollercoaster of transformation! Initially, she was a tad skeptical about investing in RSA, but destiny had something special in store for her. One random Friday, Jade ran a promotional discount on RSA and without missing a beat, Keri leaped …
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Rebel Energy is back for a fifth season! This season we will be showcasing some past RSA clients and sharing their stories with you in hopes that you will be inspired to take the leap and start your own virtual assistant business. Welcome back, Rebels!By Jade Elsberry
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This episode is very special because I’ve never done a hot seat coaching before. You’re in for a treat! I’m going to visit with my RSA client Sara who is really motivated to get her business up and going and I’m hoping you can relate to where she is right now. We’ll cover prospecting, objections in the discovery call, and refining her niche. If you…
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Up-Level Your Client Experience with Ellyse Colson
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I’m so excited to visit with Ellyse Colson today about building consistent income and a sustainable business without having to constantly be bringing in new clients. Ellyse began as a virtual assistant and soon learned that by chasing the income goal, she was neglecting her clients - and ⅔ of them left. We’ll cover a lot of aspects of the client ex…
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When planning this season, I took a poll of the top 5 struggles y’all are having in your Virtual Assistant businesses, and I’ve saved the best for last! One of the most important things you have to think about as a business owner is the client experience. Every client goes through 3 phases: pre-client, current client, and renewal. It starts when th…
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Today I’m visiting with Willow Shanks, a sales and affiliate marketing coach, and she’s here to teach us all about sales. It’s very common for newer entrepreneurs to feel nervous about seeming sleazy or slimy about sales, but we’re going to debunk some myths! Some rules of sales that we’ll explore today: Sales is service Sales are about them, not y…
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One of my favorite things to talk about is marketing & sales. Before I get into the techniques I use in my business and with my clients, first you need to be totally clear on who your ideal client is. If you need a refresher on how to really nail that down, I did a deep dive way back in Season 1 Episode 3: Finding Your Sweet Spot. A few of the top …
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Today we’re going deeper into pricing with my guest Jade Jemma, former corporate sales strategist turned entrepreneur sales strategist and trainer. The big difference in shifting from working for herself instead of a corporate setting was the urge to discount her services because of a potential client’s money story. What she found was that if someo…
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I bet this sounds familiar. Back when I started my VA business, I decided to charge an hourly rate a little lower than the 9-5 job I had just left. Honest to God, my thought process was that I was greedy to charge more because I was so blessed to be able to work from home and save on daycare expenses. There were a few problems with that logic. It d…
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Human Design and Your Energetic DNA with Adina Kroll
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Today I’m going to visit with Adina Kroll about what Human Design is and how it affects your life and your business. There are a few different types, and within each there are lots of variations of how people tend to deal with things like decision making, working with people, and taking instructions. We often get in our own way by allowing conditio…
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The 4 Things You Need To Know About Your Ideal Client
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One of the biggest struggles that people have when it comes to their virtual assistant business is knowing who their ideal clients are. Get ready to take notes because we’re working through that today! What type of business do they have? What type of characteristics do you look for in a partnership? How much profit are you wanting to make? How to r…
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Building Your Marketing Team with Amy Hager
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As online business owners, there comes a time when we may want to hire some help for a facet of our business that is taking too much time and energy. The problem is that sometimes, business owners will hire people that are similar to themselves, which results in tension and disappointment. What needs to happen instead is to hire people that are str…
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Why is it so important to create social content consistently? It really comes down to the KLT - the Know, Like & Trust factor with your audience. Content is the way that they can get to know you, who you are, what you do, what it’s like to work with you, and build trust with them to hopefully move them into being a client. That said, content creati…
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The whole purpose of this podcast is to inspire women to do more and to be more, and to face the fear of being that rebel and doing something different from what your friends and family expect you to do. We are changing the generational wealth and we are changing our own stories to inspire our children and their children. In Season 4, we're gonna b…
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Building a Business Without a Support System with Mary
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Mary was laid off from her corporate job during the C19 pandemic and decided to open her own wedding and event venue with her mother and two friends. She was drawn to the virtual assistant (VA) world after seeing Jessica Hawk's TikTok and decided to launch her own VA business in October 2021, and her background in graphic design helped her to succe…
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In middle and high school, I was picked on mercilessly by my classmates. I had gotten a horrible haircut that made my already somewhat large nose much more obvious. They had awful nicknames for me, and I learned how to grow a thick skin. That served me well in the military, but it also inspired me to teach my kids to do better. Everything we do has…
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So many of you have reached out to me since last week’s episode and I truly appreciate all of you. I see you and your struggles and it was very brave and it meant a lot. In this episode I’m going to flip the script a little bit towards my clients and how we work together to overcome the internal struggles when it comes to our own businesses and our…
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This season has been about resilience and fortitude, and doing what you need to do even when life throws you curve balls. So many women come to me having gone through a major upheaval like a breakup or divorce, or there’s been a family death, or they’re just tired of the mundane and have had an epiphany that they are done with the 9-5 grind. In thi…
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CONTENT NOTE: In this episode I will talk about loss, specifically miscarriage. It’s a difficult topic for sure, but the experience was a very important element to how I’ve gotten where I am today. I had never planned to get pregnant at 22. Looking back now, I was just a baby myself. Regardless, after that I had everything planned out. My then-husb…
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A very common mistake I see in marketing and messaging is giving waaaaaaay too much information. People who are asking questions don’t need a wall of word vomit - that’ll get you ghosted. You don’t need to jam-pack your modules just to prove that you are a wealth of information because you will overwhelm them. Do your market research! Learn who you…
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As you climb the ladder of success, and as you progress in the personal growth required to grow your business, people who don’t understand will fall away. That doesn’t mean that relationships will be imploding left and right, but as you release the people pleasing and get better with setting boundaries, it will become clear who your people are. As …
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I grew up in a small town, which I love. However, in a small town, everyone knows everyone and their business. When I started sharing about my success with my business, some small town haters that I went to school with came out of the woodwork and really showed their true colors. Unfortunately, that included some people that I had been really close…
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In this episode I’ll look back at 17 year old Jade who joined the military, left home, got married at 18, then divorced by 20 and had to start over with absolutely nothing. At the time, I didn’t know what a disaster my first marriage would be. There were all types of abuse and when we divorced, I was left with no money, no home, no car, and very fe…
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After I gave my marriage one more year and hired my VA coach, my business took off and I was able to finish with a 6 figure year. At the same time, I was in the process of leaving my husband and avoiding my depression by diving into work. I later signed up for Voxer access with a coach that had no idea where my business was and convinced me that bu…
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CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes detailed descriptions of domestic abuse and alcohol addiction. I invested in a VA coach to provide for my kids and myself, yes, but the real reason was a lot bigger than that. In this episode I’ll go into more detail about what I endured at the hands of my ex-husband, how I was finally able to leave, and how I ma…
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When Self Development Becomes Self Liberation
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Welcome back and Happy New Year! I want Season 3 to be a lot more personal and vulnerable. I want to talk about the hard lessons, abuse, trauma, and lies that I’ve endured and how I’ve turned them into a successful business and better myself. CONTENT NOTE: This episode contains talk of miscarriage, spousal abuse, and alcohol use. My marriage was ne…
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Something I struggled with a lot as a new VA was that I was addicted to people pleasing. Maybe that sounds familiar. I’m in recovery now and it’s better, but I had to learn some hard lessons to get there. Something I often see with my Rock Solid Academy clients is that the clients they land don’t really understand what to do with a VA and aren’t re…
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This is probably my favorite thing I do in my business. Get ready to take some notes! One thing I hear a lot is, “I’m a brand new virtual assistant. Who’s going to want to hire me?” The trick is that you have transferable skills from previous jobs and those count. Don’t say you’re a brand new VA - say you’ve been doing VA tasks for the last 10 or w…
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It’s not enough to just show up and post occasionally and expect ideal clients to fall into your lap. There are some myths around content creation that I’m going to bust today. The post itself isn’t going to do all the work for you. You will still need to put in the work, build that rapport, and get to know any leads that come in. You also need to …
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What You're Doing Wrong (And Right) In DMs - Descript
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I’m sure you know that a lot of selling goes down in the direct messages, so are you saying the right things to land clients? A lot of it comes down to the confidence piece. If you haven’t really nailed down what your offer is, who you help, and how you can help them, how can you hold a conversation with them? If you’re messaging some leads but the…
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I know this is one of those topics that everybody in the entrepreneurial space is talking about and you may be rolling your eyes at it coming up again. But, it’s true and there’s scientific backing: if your mindset isn’t where it needs to be, you won’t get where you want to go. Period. First, I recommend some books about it if you’re ready to make …
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Another thing I see a lot of business owners doing is overwhelming their audience. I spoke with a couple of different podcast producers to start my podcast and after a casual inquiry, one of them sent me a huge wall of text that overwhelmed me so much that I didn’t even read it. I ended up ghosting her… oops. Are you trying to prove yourself by sen…
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The anniversary of the day I invested in my VA coach just popped up on my memories the other day and I wanted to share my feelings about that with you. I had struggled on my own for 18 months as a mom needing 2 full time incomes to make ends meet. I didn’t know what an ideal client was. I was emailing local small businesses, getting very few respon…
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You’re in for a treat today! I’ll be talking with a dear friend and RSA graduate, Haley Benson. Haley is a mom of 3 very busy kids and going back to the 9-5 was not an option with the activity schedules. She had found a makeup company, but wanted to branch out into more online work, and she found Rock Solid Academy. Listen in as we chat about Haley…
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That’s the big question, right? Where can I find clients? What should onboarding look like? Don’t I need a fancy welcome packet? You’re probably overthinking it. Show up, and make connections. You need to actually reach out and talk to your ideal clients. Show up consistently for your business, and the people watching you will believe that you will…
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When I was younger, I didn’t realize how much of my life I was living for other people. It wasn’t so much that I cared what others thought of me, but I wanted my parents to be proud and I wanted to fit in with my friends. Throughout my entire twenties, everything I did was to please the people around me. Life is a journey. Entrepreneurship is a jou…
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I often hear about the fears that pop up when women want to start their virtual assistant business, or scale their existing business. What if I have an off month? What if I’m not able to provide for my family? What will my parents think? In this episode, we’re going to talk about why you’re afraid to do the things you need to do to be successful. H…
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Welcome to season 2! Before we dive in, grab a pen and paper. Write out every single reason why you think you won’t be successful as a virtual assistant. I’ve heard it all before. I wrote down the same things when I was getting started too. Those fears mess with your mindset, and your brain turns that into self-sabotage. Those thoughts are valid, b…
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In today’s episode, I welcome my co-coach Jen Beam to join me. Jen was part of my 2nd cohort of Rock Solid Academy and while she was working with me, she doubled her income. When it was time for me to hire a co-coach, there was no question that it needed to be Jen. Jen is a VA coach as well as a confidence and mindset coach, and she homeschools 4 o…
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Well, how much time do you have to talk about this? Nowadays, there’s a coach, manager, or assistant for just about everything you can think of. Then there are subcategories inside of those. Your skillset you already have is needed in the online space. You don’t know what you don’t know. No matter what your background looks like, we can help you fi…
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Moving Through The Fear with Raquel Acosta
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Today, I’m visiting with Raquel Acosta, graduate turned co-coach of Rock Solid Academy, about how we worked through the fear of investing and how she finally found her niche. Raquel found her stride and has some tips: In discovery calls, it’s less about the skillset and more about making sure that person vibes and you understand each other’s goals.…
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