110. How to Supercharge your Business By Leveraging A Virtual Assistant with Belay CEO Tricia Sciortino

In this Season finale episode, we are celebrating 100k Downloads for the podcast!!  Host Paola Soares shares her journey in this season as she pauses the podcast for 3 months for maternity leave. She also shares moments when she  felt like she  failed in this season and how she  reframed it and why I made the counter cultural decision to completely pause the podcast for 3 months to focus on maternity leave…. This and so much more…..   Let’s Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Paolasoares.com Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community Email me: [email protected]  

In this episode, Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month Host Paola Soares speaks with  the author of the newly released book “An American Immigrant” That recently hit the Amazon’s Best Sellers List, Johanna Rojas Vann Johanna is a professional writer whose work can be found online and within numerous publications. She is a second-generation Colombian American, with dual citizenship, and lives with her husband and children in Nashville, Tennessee. Her writing has appeared in Good Grit Magazine, Grit and Grace Life, and on her own blog, where you can read about her personal experience as an “Immigrant’s daughter”… In this interview she shares about the power in really going back and exploring where we come from, what the book writing process looks like and what steps one would have  to take to get a literary agent and get their book published by a big publisher and so much more…. Connect with Eugenia: Instagram: @johannarvann johannavann.com waterbrookmultnomah.com/books/category/new-releases/ Let’s Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Paolasoares.com Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community  

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with her podcast bestie Eugenia Woo, the Host of the newly launched and buzzed about, Creator To Leader Podcast. Eugenia is a seasoned Digital Marketing Strategist who helps established entrepreneurs become thought leaders so they can scale their impact and revenue. She specializes in developing comprehensive marketing strategies, crafting compelling brand messaging, and ensuring cohesiveness across platforms. She provides Fractional CMO services to a handful of private 6 & 7-figure clients, overseeing their entire marketing operation so they can focus on building the vision for the business. Her clients have successfully restructured and relaunched premium offers, doubled email engagement in only a month, revitalized conversion-driven marketing funnels, and tripled podcast downloads. Interestingly, she is a producer for the top-rated podcast, the Jasmine Star Show. She also created one of the very first podcasts in Spanish! In this interview she shares what a Fractional CMO is and how it can be beneficial for business owners, what it means to go from creator to leader and the common mistakes she sees business owners make when it comes to their marketing strategy… This and so much more. Connect with Eugenia: Instagram: @eugenia.woo                       Creator To Leader Podcast   Let’s Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Paolasoares.com Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community Email me: [email protected]

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with Chelsi Jo is the host of the top podcast Systemize Your Life with over 2 million downloads, a top ten ranking podcast in her category with over 350 episodes.. Chelsi Jo helps moms and business owners go from overwhelmed to organized with systems through her time and task management systems… Whether you are a work from home mom that feels like chaos at home bleeds into your Business hours and productivity or just needs the home systems aspect of it or the business systems of it, Chelsi Jo can help ... .Her course has helped hundreds of women gain control of their time and life… In this interview what it means to systemize your life and why it’s crucial, how creating systems is beneficial both at home and in your business, and the top mistakes you see work from home mom or business owners make when it comes to time management… this and so much more… Systemize your life BFSF Affiliate Link: https://butfirstshefailed--chelsijo.thrivecart.com/sylvip/ Systemize your biz BFSF Affiliate Link: https://butfirstshefailed--chelsijo.thrivecart.com/sylvip/635c3cd37072c/ Connect with Chelsi Jo: Instagram:Let’s Connect: @chelsijo Free Quiz: https://chelsijo.co/system Let’s Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Paolasoares.com Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community Email me: [email protected]  

In this episode, Host Paola Soares continues diving into the topic of limiting beliefs. She discusses the 3 types of limiting beliefs, limiting beliefs about yourself, others and the world that could be keeping you stuck. We discuss how limiting beliefs could become self-fulfilling prophecies and why it’s important to know what these unhealthy beliefs are.   Let’s Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community    

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with bestselling author and highest grossing charity auctioneer Lydia Fenet. Lydia Fenet is the founder and CEO of the Lydia Fenet Agency, a boutique agency representing best in class charity auctioneers. Over her two-decade long career, Lydia served as the Global Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships for Christie’s and reshaped the fundraising landscape as the world’s leading charity auctioneer. She has single handedly raised over one billion dollars for more than 800 organizations and broken-down countless barriers for women in the auction industry. Widely recognized for her poise and power onstage, she has stood alongside celebrities including  Hugh Jackman, Elton John, Matt Damon and Jerry Seinfeld to raise record-breaking donations for the most notable charities across the globe.  Lydia is the author of two best-selling books, The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You & Claim Your Confidence as well as the podcast host of Claim Your Confidence in collaboration with Rockefeller Center.  Her first book was optioned by Netflix in 2022 for a series starring Kiernan Shipka as the lead…. She also travels internationally to speak to companies about unlocking their sales potential, empowering people in the workplace and the art of public speaking… In this interview she  shares how to sell authentically, the importance of never apologizing and why to start negotiating instead, how to claim your confidence, and how to slam imposter syndrome… this and so much more… Connect with Lydia: Instagram: @lydiafenet  Lydiafenet.com   Let’s Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Paolasoares.com Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community  

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with the CEO of Belay, a remote staffing company that offers fractional U.S. based virtual assistant, accounting, social media services that are flexible, cost-effective, and scalable. Tricia’s story is remarkable, having been hired on as Belay’s first employee, a virtual assistant and rising up the ranks to then serve as Director, Vice President, President, COO, and now CEO. In the time she has been at Belay it has gone from a start up to being a well known and awarded company including being named in the prestigious  Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest growing private companies 9 years in a row. In this interview she shares with us her fascinating career trajectory and how she rose up the ranks from being the first VA of the company to know the CEO of this award winning company, how to know when it’s time to hire a VA, how to delegate in a way where you get the most out of a VA/ EA relationship… this and so much more. Interested in hiring a Virtual Assistant or Executive Assistant? Get the special But First, She Failed Listener Discount with Belay below ***Make sure to mention But First, She Failed/ Paola Soares referred you so you can get the discount!*** Belay Connect with Tricia: Instagram:@triciamsciortino Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciasciortino/ Podcast: One Next Step: Managment Tips & Tools For Small Business Owners Rise UP & Lead Welll     Let’s Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Paolasoares.com Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community Email me: [email protected]  

In this episode, Host Paola Soares continues diving into the topic of limiting beliefs. She discusses the 5 steps to combating and overcoming limiting beliefs. If you’ve ever struggled with limiting beliefs this episode is for you.  Whether you are a woman entrepreneur or a career boss woman this episode is for you. Interested in the BUT FIRST, SHE OVERCAME FAILURE Mini Course?? Go to overcomefailure.co and sign up for the wait list now! Interested in hiring a Virtual Assistant or Executive Assistant? Get the special But First, She Failed Listener Discount with Belay below ***Make sure to mention But First, She Failed/ Paola Soares referred you so you can get the discount!*** Belay   Let’s Connect: overcomefailure.co Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Paolasoares.com Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community [email protected]  

In this episode, Host Paola Soares dives into the topic of limiting beliefs. She discusses what are limiting beliefs and how they could subconsciously affect you. She also goes over where limiting beliefs come from and goes over 7 common core limiting beliefs that affect most people. She also discusses some signs that you could be dealing with limiting beliefs. Interested in the BUT FIRST, SHE OVERCAME FAILURE Mini Course?? Go to overcomefailure.co and sign up for the wait list now! Get the special But First, She Failed Listener Discount with Belay below ***Make sure to mention But First, She Failed/ Paola Soares referred you so you can get the discount!*** Belay   Let’s Connect: overcomefailure.co Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Paolasoares.com Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community Email me: [email protected]

In this episode, Host Paola Soares continues diving into the topic of limiting beliefs. She discusses 5 ways limiting beliefs could be affecting your career and business. Whether you are a woman entrepreneur or a career boss woman this episode is for you. We discuss the ugly ways that limiting beliefs could be popping up in your actions without you even realizing it and how it could potentially be impacting you. Interested in the BUT FIRST, SHE OVERCAME FAILURE Mini Course?? Go to overcomefailure.co and sign up for the wait list now! Get the special But First, She Failed Listener Discount with Belay below ***Make sure to mention But First, She Failed/ Paola Soares referred you so you can get the discount!*** Belay   Let’s Connect: overcomefailure.co Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Paolasoares.com Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community Email me: [email protected]