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From Hot Mess to Hand-Off: How to Prep Your Business for a VA with Brittney Ashley

May 26, 2025 • Braden

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🔹 Episode Summary:

This week on Breakthrough with Coach B, I’m sitting down with Brittney Ashley, the founder of Creative Dynamics Virtual Services. If you’ve ever said, “I just need a VA!”—you might want to listen to this first.

Brittney shares what needs to happen first to get a real return on that hire. We explore the difference between a VA and an Online Business Manager (OBM), how to know which one you need, and how a business audit can uncover the hidden inefficiencies costing you time, energy, and money.

We also talk pricing models, team structure, delegation fears, and what “fractional employment” actually looks like in a modern real estate business. This is about more than outsourcing—it’s about stepping into leadership and setting your business up to grow (with or without you).

🔹 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Why OBMs are more than just “advanced VAs”
✅ What needs to be in place before you hire help
✅ How to stop being a DEY (Do-Everything-Yourself) agent
✅ The surprising ROI of cleaning up your back end
✅ How to know if your business is actually sellable
✅ Tips to prepare for onboarding—from systems to passwords
✅ Why leadership (not perfectionism) is the real growth strategy

🔹 Bumper Sticker Worthy Quotes:

💡 "A lot of people say that they need a VA but they don’t have the systems or procedures established in their business to utilize their VA." – Brittney Ashley
💡 "We need to reshape the conversation from the expense of hiring to the investment of hiring." – Braden Wheatcroft
💡 "As your business grows, your roles and responsibilities shrink." – Braden Wheatcroft

🔹 Resources & Free Downloads:

📚 Explore virtual support services and business audits at CreativeDynamicsVA.com
💻 Complete our free Resource Review to learn which tasks in your business are ripe for delegation

🔹 Next Steps:

✅ Audit your own business—do you have SOPs? Would your business survive if you took a week off?
✅ Review your Visa statement and start collecting those logins and subscriptions—you’ll need them

🔹 Connect with Us:

🌎 Website: BradenWheatcroft.com
📱 Instagram: @bradenwheatcroft
📩 Email: braden@bradenwheatcroft.com