245: Leveraging Virtual Assistants for Growth with Justin Nelson

Justin Nelson, founder and CEO of Sphere Rocket VA, shares his journey from overcoming addiction to building a leading virtual workforce company. Discover the top functions of virtual assistants, the impact of AI, and how small businesses can leverage VAs for growth. SHOW NOTES: Justin Nelson is the Founder and CEO of Sphere Rocket VA, an industry leading virtual workforce company. Since 2020 Sphere Rocket has placed more than 5,000 virtual assistants, serving 1500+ growing small businesses. Justin began in real estate at age 17, running marketing, lead generation, and inside sales campaigns. After getting licensed, he quickly became a top producing agent, generating $320,000 in gross commissions his first year using social media and marketing growth hacks. In 2019 Justin started coaching new and veteran agents to create leverage in their businesses through social media, hyper growth strategies, and eventually virtual assistants. The need for a service to help small business owners hire and effectively utilize virtual workers quickly became apparent, and Sphere Rocket was born. Justin says he’s overcome addiction, depression, and anxiety along his entrepreneurial journey In leadership.   In this podcast for managers, Audrey, Lee and Justin discuss:   ·   How he overcame addiction, depression and anxiety to find entrepreneurship. ·   How to create leverage through social media, hyper growth strategies and virtual assistants. ·   Time spent managing a virtual assistant to get  the most ROI out of having one. ·   How to use virtual assistants to push your social media posts out and look for warm leads for prospecting and referrals, and set up systems where they work for you full-time online, no matter where they are located. "I have a unique perspective as a young entrepreneur, overcoming the pitfalls of success, and the journey of bootstrapping 8 figure companies.”– Justin Nelson Build Credibility and Effective Leadership with the Manage Smarter Podcast Join hosts Audrey Strong and C. Lee Smith every week as they dive into the aspects and concepts of good business management. From debunking sales myths to learning how to manage with and without measurements, you'll learn something new with every episode and will be able to implement positive change far beyond sales.    Connect with Justin Nelson http://sphererocketva.com/ https://www.facebook.com/justinnelson76  Connect with Manage Smarter Hosts ·         Website: ManageSmarter.com  ·         LinkedIn: Audrey Strong                                                                    ·         LinkedIn: C.Lee Smith    Connect with SalesFuel ·         Website: http://salesfuel.com/  ·         Twitter: @SalesFuel  ·         Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salesfuel/    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices