Real results from real business leaders

""They are truly invaluable to the company. There is no way we could do what we've done without them.""

""[Brandy] gave me back time – and you can't put a price on that.""

""We could not have survived the growth that we've experienced in the last few months without help.""

"Partnering with BELAY allowed me to trust someone else with tasks, and the multiplication I've seen in my work is incredible. I can focus..."

"I finally got my book written and published, and I couldn't have done that without having someone like Carrie helping me. That was huge."

"This has been a total game changer for me, truly. Having the support is great, but knowing I have the support has just been wonderful."

"I have a happier work life – and that makes a happier home life."

"Jheri has been a godsend. She's smart, resourceful, and proactive."

""The value is definitely there. So we're getting every bit of the value that we had hoped for and then some. I would say it's definitely an..."

"The biggest thing I've noticed is I now have the headspace to pause. I actually have time to think beyond tomorrow and what I want next for..."

"They are Brand3 to me; they're not BELAY. And that's awesome."

"She was able to do things with my calendar quickly that I didn't even know how to do. So that worked out well!"

"My Virtual Assistant gives me momentum."

""That in itself changed my life. I wasn't just opening up my Gmail app on my phone every hour to make sure I'm not missing something.""

""It saved us in the long run. I would think it saved us about $80,000 a year. When you factor in benefits, retirement, and all the other..."

"BELAY has been a great resource for us. They are trusted advisors, and I feel like they're a team that I can depend on."

"Do it. It's worth the time, energy and cost to find a quality solution quickly!"

"To know that somebody's got an eye on it that's not going to let those mistakes happen again. Yeah, that gives a lot of peace."

"It truly frees up more time to be with family and friends and not have to be so all consumed with a burnout situation of work."

"We've seen our kids more in the last six months than I have in the last 15 years. And that's because of what Laura and Stacey have done for..."

""[She] elevates me to the next level of being able to scale,""

"[She] took a load off my shoulders. She's really helped alleviate a lot of stress and has allowed our clients to have a better experience..."

""I've nearly doubled the size of my business since I began working with BELAY, and I couldn't have achieved that growth without the help of..."

"Time is probably the most valuable asset and currency, and having more of it allows me to do more for my clients and the business."

"We raised more money last year than we ever have before, and positioned ourselves in a really solid place to reach our goals for 2023 as..."

"My business wouldn't even exist today if it wasn't for BELAY because I needed the help, and I needed people to come in very quickly."

"She's allowed me to have more time in the evening to not have to look at work because she is doing things I don't have to worry about —..."

"Cori demonstrated a level of confidence and judgment that surprised me. She anticipates my needs really well."

""I'm mad I didn't do this earlier. Had I just had someone good at managing my calendar and setting up appointments and managing my..."

""The business has the potential to be whatever I want it to be because of Michelle. I can focus on dreaming now.""

"Having somebody that owns that for us is a relief because I know — since Carrie is very detailed and organized — things are not going to..."

"I literally don't ever want to imagine a work-life without her now."

"I tell everyone who listens that I have the best job in insurance. I hired almost all the people I work with. I'm kind of living my..."

"Dianne has breathed the source of life in me to help me lead the organization at another level than I was leading it before."

""[Evonne] definitely was part of the reason that we doubled our growth and the year after had a 50-percent growth rate." — Tom DuFore"

"You don't even have to ask him. It's just being done. The confirmations come in and it's great."

"Maddie manages me, and I'm so grateful for it."

"It's a no-brainer."

"It created less stress in my life, and, in all honesty, that's probably more valuable than what I pay for BELAY at the end of the day."

"I was immediately freed up creatively. Within just a few months, I started to feel a lot more freedom to create — and then also to sell."

"BELAY has helped me focus in on my growth strategy by giving me back the time to focus on growth."

"The biggest win I've had is being able to cut my time out of the office and try and pair back as close as I can to a normal-ish work week."

"The accounting needs to support the ministry and BELAY allows me to do that."

"I thought all that was going to rely on me, and if it's relying on me, I wouldn't get around to it. And so having that, that quickly has..."

"What a blessing it's been to work with Brittany the last few years. I know you call her a Virtual Assistant, but now I think of her as..."

"I love having peace of mind, more spaciousness in my calendar, more organization, and a sense of being excited for growth versus..."

"It's the best job I've ever had. [Rich] values me, and shows me he values me and tells me he values me."

""You're not really an entrepreneur if you're not creating freedom for yourself.""

"It's super cool to have the ability to take what's in my brain and pass it onto somebody else and they actually execute it."

"What Aleisha has done has been incredibly important — for me and for us."

""[BELAY] has been really one of the best decisions I've ever made in the business.""

""I see the results, I see the rewards, and I see the benefits immediately.""

"She came at just the right time. Our church went through a significant crisis and she was really a godsend. I feel like the Lord sent her..."

"I've taken two trips with my wife and family and not had to take my computer and check my email — she's been there. And for somebody who..."

"There's a freedom to know that somebody has your back."

""Being able to go ahead and ramp-up was something I would have not been able to do without my Virtual Assistant.""

""She is easygoing, and we work well together. She works with you and not against you.""

"She accomplishes in 40 hours sometimes what a full-time person cannot."

"The fact that my calendar is being managed appropriately now has allowed me to be more available to my team."

""It took the promotion of the book for it to finally crystalize to me why you pay people to do social strategy. It's not as easy as people..."

"I've never felt comfortable enough or safe enough [until now] about having people here to have my back or watch my email [while I take time..."

"It became evident that Kelly was connecting with our board, connecting with our affiliate leaders, and connecting missionally."

"The BELAY relationship is honestly critical. Amanda has saved me time. She has made us money. Megan is doing the same thing."

"You can't put a price on the peace of mind."

"Give her something to do and it's done."

""I feel I am winning at life! If you want to multiply your leadership which in turn multiplies your ministry, you need someone to help you..."

"From my end, it was super simple – not a single headache. It was an amazingly efficient and simple process, and super easy on me."

"She made the process easy. If we didn't tell the faculty that she wasn't an Emory employee, they would not know."

"It's mission-critical as a leader to delegate, get help, and get out of your own way. You cannot get far on your own."

"Because of BELAY, I have time to do the things that only I can do. I'm not spending as much time trying to get myself in order."

"I'm responsible in my life all the time, and now it's nice to have somebody who also feels responsible."

"I have key objectives each week... There are not many weeks now where I don't meet my key objectives."

"Working with BELAY has been a game-changer for my business. I feel happier and less stressed."

"It was immediate, immediate relief."

""Within a week I was like, 'Oh, this is going to change my life.' She's just a perfect fit.""

""Hiring a Virtual Assistant was key for me to get back on track with the stuff I liked doing, and frankly that I'm good at doing.""

"It's like everything's clicking. The two BELAY members have been a huge part of making that possible."

""The BELAY experience has given me the freedom to focus on the things I believe are a priority, and that I believe I am uniquely called to..."

"Besides my co-founder, she's probably one of the most impactful people in my business, and it actually astonishes me that she only works..."

"It's taken so much stress out of my work week because I know that day is protected."

""I've sung the praises from the rooftops here [at Clark] and said, 'Look, this is one of the better decisions that we've made in a while.'""

""I literally could have a vacation without concern, without worry, without returning from it and being overwhelmed.""

""I had a leader [tell me], 'This is like Christmas. You don't understand what you've done for me.'""

""Our BELAY Virtual Assistant is absolutely critical to our functioning and our success.""

"Lisa got us further in three months than I have gotten in four years."

"Freedom. Even if I'm not at the office, Mikayla has my back. She knows everything I need to know."

"The VA [can] step in and pull [you] along. Once you see the value, it's easy to get over it."

"The win for me personally [is] it's off my plate. That's huge."

""Someone that's adept at moving with me and being agile like Jackie is – that's worth its weight in gold.""

"That's like a level of magic that, once you unlock it, man, you are really gonna get your life back."

"Better control of my time is the biggest improvement — but having someone gathering information for me and telling me when there are issues..."

"It's very freeing to know that you have an extension of your team, that you're able to build your team without necessarily bringing on..."

"My advice is to be a crockpot — not a microwave. Find the problems in your organization and choose the AI tools that can help. Take your..."

"Those results came with me being able to free up my time and work in the area that I know best, which is not bookkeeping."

"I feel like I had created this amazing vehicle — and I have the key. It's stunningly beautiful, but I didn't have the gasoline to run it..."

"Once I got linked up with Rachel, I don't know how he did it, but it was almost magic because the synergy is really, really good."

"I didn't gain a secretarial assistant sitting outside my door; I gained a business partner."

"Working with Leah, she has made me more accountable because when you're doing it yourself, it's always easy to blow it off."

"She's a huge help. [Barbara] understands my limitations, and so she's able to help me. And if I ask a question of her, she's responsive."

"I wake up every morning, look at my calendar, and know exactly what it is that I have in front of me that day."

"I am more productive now than I've ever been. I feel more confident now than I ever did before in getting things done in my business."

""Nikki does what I would take 10 minutes to do within 30 seconds. I've had massive amounts of time freed up.""

""Kim makes my life better. So those things make me really just recommend to anyone who's thinking about getting an assistant through BELAY.""

""I'm able to actually check out. When you get the right people around you, you feel better.""

"I gained real freedom; I genuinely gained freedom. I gained freedom from worry because I was always worried about the things that I hadn't..."

"Planning for the future, driving the business forward – those are things that I was missing."

""It just feels really good to know you have that support there – that you have somebody you can turn to cover a day or a week away.""

""If five hours a week, she's going to do this, and five hours a week, she's going to do that, and another five hours a week, she's going to..."

"Working with BELAY has really blown my expectations out of the water. It's been a win-win."

"It took a huge stress off me. I don't have to keep that to-do list myself. That's enormous."

"That kind of branding can cost you anywhere from $30,000 to $60,000. I can do it in five minutes."

"The more you utilize your VA, the more opportunities it gives you to execute the things that you want to accomplish, not only in your..."

"She's given me more time, which has given me a higher return back into the company."

"It's like somebody is holding another half of my brain. And for the amount that I'm dealing with every single day, it's been incredible to..."

"Hiring BELAY was one of the best decisions we've made here. What [BELAY] brings to the table has been nothing but absolute quality."

"Everyone needs an assistant. It's so nice to have an assistant who gets to know your business."

"My bookkeeper is indispensable to the work of our church, so I wouldn't be able to live without him."

"Our bookkeeper, in a lot of ways, feels like another employee instead of a contractor."

"She has been a key part of my ability to have been successful up to this point."

""It has given me more time, more space, [and] more energy to lead at the level that I know I need to lead.""

"I'm able to spend more of my time doing what I do best. Alexandra is, in a lot of ways, a calming influence."

"I remember hanging up and I could have cried [from] the relief I felt. And every call since, that's the feeling I get when I hang up from..."

"Lauren [has] stepped in and taken over. We had invoices that were sitting unpaid for 45 days and 60 days because I wasn't remembering to..."

"That's not relief; that's a game-changer. I can do a whole lot more with far fewer hours because I'm doing the things only I can do."

"It's given me such peace of mind and the ability to say, with honesty and transparency, here's how our church is run."

""It's crazy — she's been here almost a year, but if I actually look back on what it was like before she was here, it was so much harder.""

""I'm able to view things more clearly, repeat the successes that I have with an EA, and take it over to other departments or teams.""

"She's literally improved my health. I'm not as stressed as I was eight weeks ago."

"I can't imagine going back because I'm really enjoying this remote culture."

""I totally trust her and rely on her for [calendar management], and she does a great job with it. We all show up where we're supposed to..."

""I don't feel completely in the weeds all of the time. I do have moments where I feel like the groundhog that is rising out of the hole and..."

""For me, it's brought some calmness to my life and peace of mind.""

"To get an average of three hours back into my day … has been a huge win, and she has integrated well with the staff."

"BELAY has enabled me and Fortified Branding. It is a deep breath and a confidence of this solid ground that you can just stand on and focus..."

"It's an absolutely proven model that works – well. [And] it works fast. Don't try and recreate this on your own…why would you?"

""That stopped me in my tracks. Erica not only knew my strengths, but she could even anticipate my blind spots!""

""It's kind of an investment, and I'm willing to do it if it's going to help us grow in the long run. And it definitely has, for sure.""

"I no longer constantly feel behind and overwhelmed, and I now feel like I have a true partner who can support me."

"I still have urgency, but I'm not as stressed out; I know that it's planned because she's really very good at guarding my time."

"Just looking at the number of things that I would otherwise be needing to do that she's doing on my behalf is very, very nice."

"BELAY was the only organization that made it really clear that you'll do what's necessary to clear those hurdles; you didn't balk at all."

"To have an assistant that is competent and does a good job that you can trust. Just to have somebody that makes you feel confident and..."

"I love this. I love my new life. I really love, love, love my new life."

""She was processing all my emails and my life changed.""

"Switching to Accountfully was one of the best decisions we ever made."

"BELAY enabled me to be the executive I wanted to be. It challenged me to let go of what others could do and gave me the freedom to do what..."

""What keeps me in this line of work is how great it feels to help people get from one stage in their life to the next.""

"At the end of the first week, I was like, 'I have no idea how I even functioned before this,' because it was almost immediate."

"I get to spend more time on the things I need to be spending a little more time on."

"I have a much lower level of panic — and I feel a lot more supported — than I did two years ago."

""Having someone else prepare things – and having me be the person who's reviewing instead of the person in the weeds – has given me a very..."

""Everything that I do that is good, [Cassie] is part of because I wouldn't be able to do it without her.""

"We don't consider her any different than we do any of our other staff members. She was just such a great fit, and the longevity speaks to..."

"Having Helen has empowered me to focus on what I actually really want to do. And to me, that is an accomplishment."

"Something as small as email, that seemed insurmountable, became something I actually felt like there was a hope of managing and getting..."

""We met Sarah and it was an instant 'so glad we did this' kind of thing.""

"Within the first month, I started to see immediate benefits and so much growth and trust. And now, she's a part of our team. I very much..."

"BELAY has probably been the best thing that has happened to our church, and I mean that sincerely."

"I would say the best win for me is having somebody that I truly rely on, and I have slowly grown to trust a lot over the past year or so."

""I feel a lot of the weight off my shoulders in managing some of those little details.""

"One of the biggest value propositions is that if it doesn't work out, there's zero risk."

"The efficiency and professionalism I get from April is [something] I didn't know I needed."

"It's an indispensable value to have people you trust that you can delegate to. I'm able to focus more strategically because there's fewer..."

""She's helped me expand the impact that I want to have in my business and in the community as well.""

"I could not have done it without the organization that BELAY brought to it."

""[Lynne] dramatically transformed the quality of my life. Things get done, and I don't have to spend my days worrying about them.""

""The win for me has been that more people are able to find pathways out of homelessness than ever before because I have a greater capacity..."

""I would not be able to run my business without her.""

"Victoria has been a real asset, and I'm looking forward to several more years of collaboration [with BELAY]."

"I am not a numbers person, so I'm super glad he has taken care of all of the bills."

""It has multiplied my efforts fivefold in terms of what I've been able to accomplish.""

"You can't create time. Jenna gives that time back — which is invaluable."

""It's been affirming for me to recognize when it's time to invest in my business and now to find a quality contractor agency.""

"I feel like I have an ally, not an employee."

"BELAY has come in and just rocked our world in such a good way, getting us straightened out and scheduled and organized."

"I think it's really important for leadership to be able to focus on the things that [they] should be focusing on."

""Within a month, I had enough stuff off my plate that I was able to meet my goal of being home by 5:30 p.m. – that's been absolutely huge.""

"Now, I'm not worried about some of the things that I could have someone else doing for me – I feel like I'm winning."

"She definitely was part of the reason that 2018 to 2019, we doubled our growth and the year after had a 50-percent growth rate."

""Email for me used to be a big, big time suck and really kept me from doing a lot of the important business-owner things that only I can..."

""It's just taken off a lot of the things you think only you can do off my plate so I can focus on the big visionary projects.""

"Working with BELAY, I save 10 to 20 hours a week. That's translated into millions of dollars of extra revenue over the last five years."

"The most immediate relief was just getting everything out of my head and somewhere where it made most sense."

"I will tell you we couldn't be happier. She has been ideal."

""At the end of the day, if your finances are not in order, then your mission is compromised.""

"I pay for peace. That's one of the things I've always said… So essentially, the ROI is right away as long as I don't have to do the 50..."

"The value has come through time management, project management, enhanced communication, and idea generation."

""Erica is such a bright spot on our team. Her attitude, attention to detail, and excellent skills allow me to operate three businesses.""

""It has paid off big time. Primarily because of the cost of my or other leaders' time to handle logistical work.""

"Time is absolutely my most prized possession. And so when she saves me a lot of time, it's just like, 'You're the best. You're predicting..."

"She has leveraged me as a leader by putting me in my zone where I need to be."

"What surprised me was that they nailed it on the first try."

"I think I probably would've gone insane had I not had that assistance."

"When I leave work, I'm done with work. I know anything that happens, Julia's got it and we'll deal with it tomorrow."

"She's absolutely indispensable to my organization now."

"[BELAY] found me a VA who was tremendously helpful and allowed for my coaching business to take off and become so much more effective."

""It makes life easier. I actually have time to sit down and be a son to my mom. I have time to sit down and be a father to my son.""

"I told her, 'All I want to do is sell this stuff and be in front of clients. And if I can do that, then we can build more and make more and..."

"I can focus on making money and growing the business because I'm free to be strategic instead of tactical."

"I feel like I go in there less frequently, and I also feel less anxiety when I'm not in there because I know she's keeping an eye on it."

"Our company is here today – in large part – due to the relationship we have with Christina through BELAY."

"I finally felt like I didn't have to think of everything. I had somebody that was helping me think of everything."

"Having a VA has been incredibly impactful and helpful. It's gotten me to a place of working more out of my zone genius, as Kristin works..."