Live the life you want and build a
thriving VA business on YOUR OWN terms
Ready to make your mark as a virtual assistant and desperate to find the flexibility and financial freedom you need?
You’re in the right place. Timpi Essentials gives you the facts you need and the lessons you want so you can:
Market your business and tell your ideal clients all about you and how you can help them.
Find dreamy clients who respect you and your terms. (No flaky or creepy clients for you!)
Know how to nail what you offer to suit your skills and be clear about what you stand for.
Live life on your terms without bending over backwards to satisfy the folk who don’t matter.
Work safely, securely and sensibly with all the basics in place 🤓
Make meaningful progress by working towards a future you know you deserve.
Just imagine having everything you need to build a reputation as a seriously fantastic virtual assistant, and doing so on your own terms
But let's get real. Right now, you might feel something like this
✖️ Broken by the daily commute and crazy expectations at work.
✖️ Exhausted if workplace politics and petty gossip.
✖️ Bored to the back teeth of doing a job you don’t care about.
✖️ Sick of asking for holiday leave and having to fit round everyone else’s plans.
✖️ Desperate to quit your job but terrified of not making enough money to survive.
✖️ Workings stupid hours and missing out on precious family time that you just won’t get back.
✖️ Guilty about dosing your kids up with Calpol so they can attend school or nursery because just can’t miss another day of work.
✖️ Working so hard that you deprioritise exercising, hobbies and even sleep. Your physical and emotional health have never been worse.
✖️ Snapping at your partner, kids and family because you’re continuously exhausted by the juggle.
✖️ Downloading every freebie you see and hoping they will magically solve all your problems.
✖️ Simultaneously envying and admiring other self-employed people. If only you could be like them!
✖️ Having no idea what services to offer and whether people would even want to hire you in the first place.
✖️ Flummoxed by the idea of how much to charge potential clients and (terrified they wouldn’t pay you anyway)
✖️ And above all, you’re ready, (so, so ready) to make a change but don’t know where to begin.
You know something needs to change, but you’re just not sure what. Or how!
What you really need is
✔️ Real-life advice from someone who’s done the work and got the t-shirt.
✔️ A host of ways to find clients you’ll LOVE working with and who love working with you.
✔️ Advice on pricing your services so you can live the life you want and save for your future.
✔️ Tools and templates that simplify the things you find challenging.
✔️ A course you can complete on a timescale that suits YOUR needs
✔️ A community of like-minded souls to support you through thick and thin.
✔️A course which you can pay for without sacrificing your family holidays or renovation project.
“Nothing but positive comments! Steph has had 100% confidence in me and provided the most valuable support, whether talking through client expectations or how to source new clients.”
- JESS
8 modules
In just 8 modules, you’ll learn everything you need to know to get your VA business up and running. You’ll get a full range of materials including a video, printable workbook, interactive workbooks, and a learning summary.
Flexible learning
This is a self-paced learning guide so you get access to everything as and when you want it. Complete the course in a day or over a year - it’s up to you! You’ll get a full range of materials including a video, printable workbook, and a learning summary.
No-nonsense resources
Get inside knowledge about the proven platforms you NEED to know as a VA - what to use, what to avoid, and how to get the best security and value for money. You’ll also get access to free resources, insanely useful worksheets and templates.
And that's not all ...
You can also upgrade your Timpi Essentials course with our brilliant bolt-on
Lifetime Access
You’ll never feel like you don’t know the answer with lifetime access to your course materials. This way, you can tap into the modules and any bolt-on webinars any time you need to go back and check something.
Access to me
Want a little extra support? Buy the 121 bolt-on and you get an hour-long video call with me to chat through questions, ask for advice and bounce any ideas off me. You can book as many of these as you like - Timpi Academy students get three 121s as part of their package.
Details person?
Me too. Here’s what you’ll cover each week.
Week 1
Services & Ideal Clients
We get started with the most fundamental details first. What services will you offer and who are your ideal clients? You’ll learn about niching and whether it’s right for you and your business. You’ll also learn to establish who your ideal clients are and how to identify potential ‘red flags’.
Week 2
Pricing & Availability
This week is all about putting money in the bank. We focus on figuring out how much money you need to earn in order to meet your goals, and what that means for the hours you need to work. We’ll also help you help you figure out how to find enough time to work on your business and for your new clients, even if you’re still in a full-time role.
Week 3
Legal & Compliance
We talk contracts, insurance, GDPR. None of this is exciting, but it’s all super important for protecting you and your clients and an essential for ongoing success as a self-employed virtual assistant.
Week 4
Branding
You won’t grow if you’re not visible! This week we start focusing on establishing a meaningful presence. As well as helping you decide on a company name and establish your branding, we’ll work on your domain name and emails and focus on setting up your own website and social media accounts.
Week 5
Visibility
Branding and a website are only part of the story when it comes to visibility. You also need to understand how to market your business. By the end of this module, you’ll know all about the best marketing tools for your VA business and how to use them. There will be a special focus on Google My Business, networking, and social media connections. We’ll also go into the dos and don’ts of freelance platforms and how to use them for the best results.
Week 6
Wellbeing
When you’re self-employed, it’s critical to look after your health and wellbeing. After all, if you’re unwell, you can’t work! Because self-employment is a new way of working, we go deep into the importance of practicing genuine self-care here. This includes ways to work from home effectively and how to set boundaries with your clients (and friends and family) when you establish your business.
Week 7
Finding your first client
With everything in place, you’ll be in the perfect position to find your first clients. This module dives into the techniques you can use to find clients who fit your ideal client persona. This includes content marketing, SEO and advertising. You’ll also learn how to engage with your audience, how to use cold emails to find new clients and the much-underrated power of following up with your prospects.
Week 8
Onboarding your first client
Landing your first client is part celebration, part panic! In this final module, you learn everything you need to onboard your client smoothly and professionally, so they won’t even realise they’re your first client! You’ll learn how to host an effective discovery call and how to establish a streamlined and repeatable onboarding process for every new client. You’ll receive a host of templates to help you with this, including a welcome email template and kick-off call templates to make sure you capture all the information you need, every single time.
I will help you learn to:
✔️ Launch your VA business in a way that’s authentic to who you are.
✔️ Build a sustainable business model that won’t exhaust you or your bank account.
✔️Decide what services you want to offer (and which ones you don’t).
✔️ Identify the working practices that work for you and the ones that don’t
✔️ Recognise and find your ideal clients so you can grow your business with confidence
✔️ Manage your clients and pre-empt common situations.
✔️ Become seen as an expert in the industry who everyone wants to work with.
“I could not be happier. Steph is so supportive and always on hand to answer any, and help with any questions or issues”
- Caroline
I know exactly what you're going through
It frustrates the 💩 out of me when being a VA is sold as an ‘easy’ way to make a living. Some ‘experts’ say that all you need is a laptop and smartphone to make a living and find financial freedom.
But that’s a load of rubbish.
Being a high-quality virtual assistant is hard work. But it’s also immensely rewarding if you get it right. And trust me, to get it right you need more than a laptop!
I’ve gone through the process of becoming a VA, supported the VAs in my agency, and mentored virtual assistants at the start of their careers. And I’ve seen the same things time and time again. So believe me, there’s very little that surprises or shocks me.
Truth bomb - you’ll face a whole lot of bumps in the road when you become self-employed.
When I first started out there was almost no help and I made a LOT of mistakes. Things were definitely not plain sailing. It was a lot of fun, but I’d have grown more quickly if I had had the right support. It could also be isolating. I didn’t know many other VAs and it wasn’t as if I could reach out to ask my clients to tell me what I should do!
Setting up the Timpi Transformation course is my way of helping others - sharing the mistakes I made when setting up my own business, and bringing these learnings to life.
“Perhaps the best part is the sense of community. Being remote can sometimes be lonely but with this I feel as though I have an extra family. The support and companionship means there’s always someone to help if I get stuck”
- Amy
Imagine if you…
✨ had a bank of clients you loved working with, so that Sunday night dread was a thing of the past.
✨ earned the money you needed to give you and your family financial security now and in the future.
✨ could work on your terms, taking holiday and days off whenever you want or need to.
✨ had the kind of job that gave you a glow of satisfaction because you're making a true difference to other people’s lives.
✨ Knew how to deal with the inevitable bumps in the road, because you’d be equipped with the knowledge, tools and network to help you work through them.
“Steph is lovely, I can ask her anything, she is always on hand to help! She has no judgement on others and promotes an easy breezy atmosphere”
- YASMIN
Sign up today...
Want to build a thriving VA business on your own terms but don’t have the time or money to invest in the Timpi Academy? Timpi Essentials is the next best thing - a DIY course that teaches you the key information you need to establish yourself as a credible VA. This self-guided course takes you through the steps you need to take to become a fully functioning virtual assistant. You set the deadlines and get access to the course materials as and when you want them. Sign up for instant access
FAQS
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This is a self-guided course that you complete at your own pace, together with worksheets that you complete as you go.
In comparison, the Timpi Academy is paced over 8 weeks and includes interactive exercises that you get tutor feedback on for an enhanced learning experience.It also gives you 8 weeks of unlimited access to the
Timpi Academy
Slack channel where you can ask any questions or sense-check ideas with Steph. You also get 3 x 121 video calls with Steph to check in on how the course is going, ask questions and bounce ideas around.
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Not at all - it’s entirely up to you! The bolt-ons are there to enhance the Timpi Essentials programme, but you might find the course and worksheets are everything you need.Description text goes here
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You can buy a Timpi Essentials Bolt-On at any time. However, because we know the Power Hour with Steph is so helpful, you will get an exclusive sign-up discount if you buy this at the same time as the Timpi Essentials course.
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Becoming a VA is wonderful and it’s given me the chance to live and work in a way I love. I want as many people to have this experience as possible. I recognise that not everyone has the means to commit to the price of the Timpi Academy. I also know that not everyone’s life is predictable enough to fit an 8-week course. And that’s why I introduced the Timpi Essentials programme. It teaches you everything you need to know to become a VA at a more accessible price and on a more flexible timescale
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No. If you want additional support as you work through the programme, you can buy a Power Hour with Steph separately.