Podcast
Virtual Duality
The podcast for Aspiring and Emerging Virtual Assistants who want the low down on how to excel in these digital streets!
I walked, so you can run
For over 15 years, I was employed in an administrative capacity in the world of corporate and commercial business, before transitioning to become Virtual Assistant (VA) in 2009.
Today, I lead a small team in my remote support agency, Remotely Onit! and work with clients around the globe.
The Virtual Duality podcast explores the duality of providing a service, whilst simultaneously running a sustainable business that serves you as the sole Service Provider.
We don’t gate-keep round ‘ere - enjoy the gems!
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017: Should VAs Pay For Training and Development?
Should VAs pay for training or stick to free resources? Cyd weighs up what free will get you, and when paid investment actually earns its keep.
016: Turn your Passion into Profit with Clarity
Pricing strategist Natalie Freeman joins Cyd on value-based pricing, market research, and how to stop your business being an expensive hobby.
015: How Much is Too Much?
Broken links, missing contact details, unclear services — Cyd walks through the gaps that cost VAs clients before a discovery call ever happens.
014: Protecting your Intellectual Property with Summer Burnley
Attorney Summer Burnley joins Cyd on protecting your brand and business assets, and why running a business takes more than knowing your trade.
013: 7 Steps to Attracting VA Clients
How do VAs actually find clients? Cyd walks through her seven-step process for attracting the right people, from niching to referrals.
012: Engaging Your Ideal VA Clients
Design consultant Kayleigh Hall joins Cyd on the science behind good design, DIY branding pitfalls, and how to keep your brand consistent as you grow.
011: 13 Tools VAs Need
Cyd runs through the 13 tools every VA needs, from design and email to accounting and note-taking, and why the right stack saves you time and money.
010: Brand Marketing - What VAs Need to Know
Brand strategist Jae Gibbs joins Cyd to explain why your brand is far more than a logo — and how to build one around the clients you actually want.
009: Why You Don't Need A VA Website
Do new VAs actually need a website? Cyd argues no — and shares what to build instead to create a digital home that brings in clients.
008: How To Ditch People Pleasing
Course creator Corinne Worsley joins Cyd on ditching people-pleasing, unlearning corporate habits and choosing discomfort over resentment in business.
007: The Power of Discovery Calls
What is a discovery call, and why is it not an interview? Cyd covers what to ask, what to listen for, and how the call shapes your pricing.
006: How To Turn Your Vocation Into A Successful Online Business
Online business consultant Kase Dean joins Cyd on lead generation, sales conversion and why transformation-based pricing beats charging by the hour.
005: How to Manage Client Expectations
Cyd shares her four-step framework for managing client expectations — the thing that turns a one-off booking into a client who keeps coming back.
004: Setting and Honouring Your Boundaries
Emilia Powell joins Cyd to talk client boundaries — why they matter, what happens when you don't set them, and how to hold them without losing the work.
003: VA Experience is Overrated!
Think you need VA experience to get VA clients? You don't. Cyd explains what clients actually look for, and how to show them you have it.
