VA Diaries: Michelle Eshelman on starting a VA business while pregnant, setting boundaries from day one, and standing out from the cookie-cutter crowd.

VA Diaries: Hayley Hudson on launching a VA business mid-pandemic, why collaboration beats competition, and building growth you can actually sustain.

VA Hirer series: PR founder Rachel Humphrey on what made her choose her VA, why your processes sell you, and what clients actually need beyond tasks.

VA Diaries: Rachael Dalton on leaving 14 years as an executive PA for a hedge fund, finding clients through her existing network, and trusting her instincts.

VA Diaries: Shiela Pialago on a decade as a digital marketing VA, working in your zone of genius, and why your rates aren't tied to your self-worth.

Zena Tuitt joins Cyd from the client side — what a VA hirer really looks for, why industry knowledge matters less than you think, and how to stand out.

VA Diaries: Jo Mower and Laura Mitchell on two very different routes into the VA world — starting as an associate, and building a tech VA business.

Author Jeremy Burrows joins Cyd on what makes a leader assistant, how the EA role has changed post-pandemic, and moving from executive assistant to VA.

VA Diaries: Gemma Baxter and Louise Sam on going self-employed, why you don't need an admin background, and how a skills audit gets you started.

Marketing founder Gemma Cormack joins Cyd on social media mistakes VAs make, and how she went from billing £240 a month to £4,000.

Cyd goes in the guest seat with OBM Gemma to talk about hiring VAs — what she looks for, what makes a partnership work, and what gets a VA overlooked.

Cyber security for VAs — digital consultant Martin Riley joins Cyd on protecting your tech, your data and your clients, and why backups are not optional.

A beginner's guide to data management for VAs — controller or processor, the compliance steps you need, and the tools that keep client data secure.

Award-winning PR consultant Ronke Lawal joins Cyd on raising your visibility, building credibility as a new business owner, and being seen by the right people.

Cyd shares how she left a banking EA career to go full-time VA — the strategy she used, the learning curve, and the financial cushion you need first.

Leeanne Adu joins Cyd on making the switch from executive assistant to VA — the mindset shift, the mistakes she made, and what she'd do differently.

Ready to build your VA website? Cyd covers the must-haves, what SEO actually means, and how to make a site that converts rather than just looks good.

Marketing consultant Shona Chambers joins Cyd on building a marketing strategy that works, using customer insight to sharpen what you actually say.

How do you get testimonials with no clients yet? Cyd shares a script you can steal, and why working for free is not the answer.

Victoria Tretis joins Cyd on going from employed PA to self-employed VA — the steps it took, finding those first clients, and the mindset shift.