Virtual Assistant Income Report: November 2016 — Miranda Nahmias
December 2016 Income Report

How I Made $5k as a Virtual Assistant in 1 Month!

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Let’s jump right in with this December 2016 income report!

I’m so excited to share with you guys what went on this past month in my business. December was a little bit crazy and stressful, but overall, I’m extremely proud of the fact that, for the very first time, I was able to make $5k as a virtual assistant in one month.

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Ever since my very first month in business, I’ve been sharing my income and expenses in order to give other online entrepreneurs a good baseline of what a real business looks like during its start-up phase. My goal with these posts is to give you guys a super realistic look into what type of income and expenses you can expect from being a “girl next door” online entrepreneur who isn’t making 5-6 figures each month (yet!).

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How I Made $5,000+ Online Last Month as a Virtual Assistant // Miranda Nahmias

December 2016 Income Report: An Overview

December was weird. I’m actually really surprised that it was this month that allowed me to finally hit $5k, because I took two weeks of the month off! From December 19th until after the new year, I took a holiday vacation away from my business. Yet still, somehow, I managed to bring in over $5k of income. Craziness!!

A FEW HIGHLIGHTS:

  • I hired a bunch of new people! — After how busy my business was in November (and because I was about to take a vacation), I knew that I was going to need some extra help. Fast forward to just a few weeks later, and I know officially have 9 people on my team! And I hope that all of them will be longterm members. Three of those new members came from my signature VA Internship program that I opened up for a fourth time at the end of November.
  • I took my second-ever vacation from business — The past few months have left me more than a little burnt out. It was nonnegotiable that I needed to take some hard-earned time away from my business to relax and rejuvenate a little bit. Now that I’m back, I have to be honest and say that going on vacation was still pretty stressful (even though I followed all of my own advice about how to prepare your business for the holidays!). I’m wishing that I had just a few more days to hang out and do nothing.

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My Goals For December 2016: Success or Failure?

  1. Get a massage — SUCCESS! I finally booked myself a much-needed appointment, and it was blissfully relaxing. I loved it so much that I booked another one for the end of January as well!
  2. Earn at least $500 that did not come from my services — SUCCESS! Using a combination of passive infoproduct income and affiliate income, I made more than $500 that was not through my services.
  3. Keep expenses under $1,500 — FAILURE. Not sure what I was thinking here! Didn’t even come close.
  4. Run a successful Facebook ad for The VA Vault — FAILURE. It’s on my list!
  5. Get The VA Collective Facebook group up to 250 members. — SUCCESS! We’re now at over 300 members!

My Goals for January 2016 — Let’s Do This!

  1. Use at least 4 days of the month to work on my own business (not client work).
  2. Earn at least $500 of passive income.
  3. Run a successful Facebook ad for The VA Vault.
  4. Launch my new service and get 3 new clients for it.
  5. Get The VA Collective Facebook group up to 450 members.

December 2016 Expenses

**Annual expenses not included (such as Tailwind*, hosting costs, and LeadPages). 

  • Deposit Photos = $29.00
  • Employee Holiday Gifts = $410.00
  • ConvertKit* = $49.00
  • ClickFunnels* = $97.00
  • Active Campaign* = $45.00
  • Teachable* = $39.00
  • Adobe Creative Cloud = $21.39
  • NameCheap* = $18.94
  • BoardBooster* = $10.00
  • Buffer = $10.00
  • Zapier = $20.00
  • E-Courses & Ebooks = $722.00
  • Ads & Marketing = $45.42
  • Paypal & Wave Transaction Fees = $112.91
  • Team Member Payments = $1,923.81
  • Referral Payments = $134.00

Total Expenses = $3,588.58

December 2016 Income Report

  • Affiliates = $252.50
  • Google Adsense = $9.34
  • Passive Income Products + Coaching = $323.00
  • Client Work = $4,704.30

Total Income = $5,289.14

Total Net Profit = $1,700.56

December 2016 Income Report: All the Stats & Analytics!

  • Number of blog posts = 3
  • Monthly blog page views = 7,077
  • Email list subscribers = 2,504
  • Facebook page followers = 376
  • The VA Collective group members = 308
  • Instagram followers = 1,831
  • Twitter followers = 4,819
  • Pinterest followers = 3,544
  • Google+ followers = 44

Final Notes on My December 2016 Income Report:

I have to admit that although I did really well on income this month, my actual profit left something to be desired. It’s still a full-time income for me, but I want the percentage of profit from income to be higher. The biggest things that affected that this month were my team member payouts and my e-course spending.

In December, I made the decision to invest in a $2,500 mentorship program run by Julie and Madelaine from Create Your Laptop Life. The first $625 payment was made this month, which is why that portion of my expenses is so much higher than normal (I also purchased one other $97 course in December).

The other big expense in December was how much money I gave out through team member payments. All in all, I’m not too concerned about this. I love my team so much, and they are a huge help when it comes to client work. They were also there for me while I was on my holiday vacation. The cost this month was higher than normal because I paid a few hundred dollars for someone to switch me over from ConvertKit to Active Campaign.

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