Episode #89: The Agency Series -Sadie Prestridge
The Get Your Act Together Podcast
English - August 09, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBEntrepreneurship Business Management businessadvice obm agency agencycoach getyouracttogether sinkhandle smallbusiness Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Welcome to our Agency Series. This week we talk to Sadie Prestridge, Owner of Prestridge & Co., an Virtual Assistant Agency. Sadie talks about her journey from VA to owner of a 12 person team, the big mistakes she made early on, and much, much more.
Timestamps:
01:00- How I got into this business.
04:30- How I figured out what I wanted to offer my clients.
09:03- The difference between a VA and an EVA
12:00- What kind of people Prestridge & Co. works with
19:45- About the choice to work or spend time with family as an agency owner
24:26- How Sadie structured her company, who she’s hired and how they work with clients
28:56- tools for people that want to get their agency together
29:41- Keeping client work consistent when somebody leaves or goes on vacation
34:19- Getting out of the client work and adapting to the work of running your own company
39:50- Meetings, communication, and culture with a remote team
43:18- Hiring contractors or employees how to pay people.
46:39- Structuring client packages
51:30- Financial breakdown of a billable hour.
54:05- The hardest part of running an agency.
57:16- What makes Prestridge & Co. different
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