Justin Nelson's Sphere Rocket VA Upends Virtual Assistant Business with Customized Solutions

With remote work becoming more common especially in the wake of the pandemic-induced restrictions, the demand for virtual assistant, or VA, services have been growing. In a study of over fifty career categories, FlexJobs found virtual assistant was one of the top 10 fastest-growing remote career categories. In a nutshell, a VA provides remote services to professionals who need someone to support their business. The duties of a VA may include anything from answering emails to performing web development or content creation. In other words, a VA takes a huge burden off a busy professional’s shoulders.

The idea to create a virtual assistant business came to Justin Nelson, a 25-year-old licensed realtor and a serial entrepreneur despite the young age, during a road trip that lasted almost a year and brought him to 135 locations in the US where he delivered speeches to real estate agents. “Speaking is by far my biggest talent that I have. I love speaking and can sell anything to any audience when the offer is right and the need is there,” explains Justin. He taught over 10,000 realtors how to use social media in their line of business. By the time Justin hit the road, he was an experienced realtor with 5 years in the family real estate business under his belt and dozens of deals closed and hundreds of leads generated, all thanks to his mastery of social media tools. The business was initially founded by Justin’s father after the end of a long corporate career. Putting his son in charge of lead generation and all marketing turned out to be the right decision. In the sixteen months after getting his real estate license, Justin made $360,000 in CGI, an impressive outcome for a budding realtor. Having been promoted to the position of a team leader at the age of 19 he was instrumental in growing the team to fifteen people and opening an office in Colorado

Coming from humble beginnings, with zero funding, Justin created Sphere Rocket VA, a company that soon became a leader in the VA sector thanks to his grit, hard work, and open-mindness. He lives by his favorite quote, “”there is someone less qualified than you doing what you want to do, because they simply took action.” These traits helped Justin revolutionize the VA business. According to Justin, the fact that Sphere Rocket VA offers its clients two models of interaction makes it unique. Model #1 assumes subcontracting a VA to the client, whereas under model#2, Justin’s company consults the client on building their own team without Sphere Rocket’s direct oversight or involvement in structuring the team. Under the first scenario, the client pays a monthly fee; the second model is based on a consultancy fee. Such flexibility, according to Justin, allows his company to work with inpidual entrepreneurs and big corporations.

In the four years, Sphere Rocket VA has grown into a leading virtual assistant placement company catering to the needs of the real estate and other business sectors. Justin, however, is better recognized in this new role among the real estate professionals.
Justin’s VA consultancy has 1,400 active clients in the USA and about 2,300 virtual assistants. In 2020 alone, Sphere Rocket VA matched over 3,200 real estate agents with a full-time VA for $500 a month. 

As Justin’s goal is to hit a 10,000-client mark, we hope that with his grit, innate ability to reach out to people, and marketing talent, this will soon be achieved. 

(DS)