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Most home service owners hear virtual assistant and think someone to answer emails. Alyssa Shivers and Mia Juan of Ready Roles think bigger: five callers on $5.75 an hour brought one moving company almost $500,000 in paid estimates in a single month. In this episode they break down what owners get wrong about VAs, why a $3 an hour VA gives you a $3 outcome, the 10-day onboarding that makes a remote hire work, the flat fee model where every dollar after that goes straight to your VA, how many calls a data activator makes a day, and the real reason most VAs fail (it is not the VA). If you are still reading your own email, this one is for you.

Ready Roles: https://readyroles.com | Mia Juan on YouTube: search "Mia Juan"
VA readiness checklist from Ready Roles: [LINK OR ATTACHMENT FROM READY ROLES]

-- 🕐 TIMESTAMPS 🕐 --
00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - What a VA actually does
02:13 - Data activators explained
05:56 - The first-hire mistake
08:01 - The owner is the problem
10:00 - Night shift in the Philippines
13:47 - $3 an hour buys a $3 outcome
15:11 - VAs and AI tools
20:16 - My Home Story Pro
21:19 - $500K from five callers
23:18 - The pitch and the script
26:35 - The Dream 100 list
29:10 - The time study
30:00 - How to start with a VA
33:04 - Ten minutes a day
34:46 - What to pay a great VA
40:25 - The octopus executive assistant
41:38 - Eight steps of delegation
42:34 - The owner who blamed his VA
48:30 - The Big League Movers story
52:58 - What it costs
54:56 - 200 calls a day
58:08 - Go after the big players
1:01:58 - Closing advice

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