Podcast: Claire Kinnell: From Accidental Virtual Assistant to Digital Business Manager

Claire has been working online since 2018 when she accidentally became a virtual assistant for her brother’s economic consulting company! Now she’s upleveled to the digital business manager role and is helping her clients expand their teams so they can continue to scale their businesses. Her superpowers include: implementing systems, organization, project management, and automation.
01:11 – The Accidental VA
07:31 – From VA to OBM
14:49 – Finding clients
15:35 – Claire’s favorite part of the job
16:14 – Is it possible to automate yourself out of a job?
19:00 – Working with life coaches
24:03 – How to take time off
27:46 – Claire’s VAs
30:19 – Project management tools
31:32 – Virtual misconceptions
34:12 – Is OBM right for you?
35:59 – Looking to the future
You can find Claire at:
https://www.instagram.com/claire.kinnell/
Here are the tools mentioned in today’s episode!
ClickUp – https://clickup.com/
Asana – https://asana.com/
Airtable – https://airtable.com/
DBM Bootcamp – https://dbmbootcamp.com/
Elise Darma’s Instagram Tips – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9MieAwRtJCcUdxJXhvaUuA
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