Your step-by-step roadmap for landing your first influencer client, even if you have zero experience, zero connections, and a full-time job you haven't quit yet.
The TikToks are saved. The Instagram posts are bookmarked. The "how to become a virtual assistant for influencers" Google searches are happening at 11pm when you’re dreading going to work the next morning.
It feels like everyone around you is creating their own businesses with a lucrative side hustle that might even go on to replace their full-time salary. They’re taking the leap, trusting themselves, and booking out with clients.
And you want that too!
Except taking the first step feels overwhelming. You don’t know when or where to start, and TBH, you’re not even sure it’s possible for you. (It is!)
I understand how it feels to doubt yourself and your abilities, though. It's only human to feel nervous and uncertain when you think about changing your life.
But how would your confidence change if you were handed the EXACT roadmap with all the steps and support to become indispensable to your fav influencers?
Trust me when I say, the women who built these businesses weren't more ready than you are. They weren't more qualified, more experienced, or less scared. They simply stopped waiting for the perfect moment and started taking messy action to make it happen. That’s exactly what ISM will teach you to do.
Working a 9-to-5 that drains you and daydreaming about building something that's actually yours.
A stay-at-home mom ready to bring in real income without sacrificing your schedule or your sanity.
Already in the VA world but feeling like you're just blending in, and you know you could be doing something more specific, more specialized, and more lucrative.
Watching other women work with your favorite creators, thinking, “I want to do that, but have no idea where to even start.”
You're craving real freedom: setting your own rates, making your own schedule, and working from anywhere with Wi-Fi.
(Hello, European summer!)
But without a structured roadmap and someone in your corner, it's all just information. And information without action doesn't change your life (the saved posts + freebies are the reality of that, said with love because I want you to succeed).
The creator economy is growing with or without you.
The global creator economy was worth $205 billion in 2024…
And is projected to reach 1.3 trillion by 2033, growing at over 23% each year.
80% of brands either maintained or increased their influencer marketing budgets in 2025, with 47% raising budgets by 11% or more.
There are over 207 million content creators worldwide, and the ones who are building multi-6 and 7-figure businesses with engaged communities, brand partnerships, affiliate platforms, and product lines need people behind them to keep those businesses running.
That's where you come in. (Yes, you!)
The influencer assistant role is one of the most in-demand, underserved positions in the entire online service provider space. These creators aren't looking for a social media manager or a generic VA.
They need a right-hand woman who understands the creator economy from the inside out – someone who can manage inboxes, coordinate brand deals, run content calendars, organize affiliate platforms, and keep the backend of a multi-six-figure business from falling apart.
And they're willing to pay well for it.
One client is all it takes to start.
You wake up when you want with no alarm, commute, or boss controlling your time.
You’re genuinely excited for the day and embrace a slow morning with coffee, journal, hot girl walk, and your Good Vibes playlist in your cute work-from-home outfit.
You’re not stressed as you clock in for a couple of hours, supporting two incredible creators you genuinely admire, doing inbox management, brand partnership coordination, and content calendar updates. Work that uses your actual brain and makes you feel proud.
You take a real lunch break where you catch up on your favorite show before finishing your second block of work, and you’re still done by 3 for your hot pilates class, school pick up, or whatever you want because your time is YOURS.
Oh, and you made $4,500 this month from your two retainer clients, and you're not even close to burning out because you love the work you’re doing for your creative influencer clients.
This is the life ISM students are building. And it started with one decision to stop waiting and start moving.
Most women in this program start exactly where you are: employed, cautious, and building in their free time.
Your first client doesn't have to be your last day at work.
It’s just the first tangible proof that this path works.
Many ISM students start part-time, use that first retainer to 💳 pay off debt or 💰save up a runway, and transition to full-time when they're ready and when it makes sense for their life.
ISM is built to flex around wherever you're starting from because the destination is the same.
And multiple have landed two or three.
The roadmap works when you do the work.
ISM is a full ecosystem: a self-paced curriculum that walks you through every single thing you need to know (the industry, your services, your pricing, your content, your networking, your proposals, your onboarding, your retention, and your scaling), paired with community support, monthly group coaching calls with me, and a VIP upgrade that includes 1:1 access and a custom game plan I build for you personally.
In 12 weeks, you'll go from “I want to do this” to “Omfg I have a client, a portfolio, a contract, and a business that's working.”
A fully built, SEO-optimized Instagram presence and portfolio that positions you as a credible influencer assistant before you even land your first client
Total clarity on your services, your rates, your niche, and exactly who you want to work with
Done-for-you resources: contracts, trackers, proposal templates, onboarding docs, AI prompts and a CEO dashboard you'll use for years
Real, in-demand skills from inbox management and brand partnership coordination to content calendar management and affiliate platform support
A network of women going through the same journey alongside you, full of community, accountability, and momentum that makes you follow through
A professional portfolio and an ISM Certificate of Completion that makes you stand out when you apply for client roles
Your first (or next) influencer client within 12 weeks or les
🎀 Lifestyle & fashion influencers
💪 Fitness coaches and personal trainers
✈️ Travel creators
🐾 Pet influencers
🏠 Home and interior creators
💄 Beauty and skincare influencers
🍽️ Food and recipe creators
📚 Educators and online coaches
15+ Clients served | Working 10–15 hrs less than her office job | Surpassed her salary
Megan knew she wanted her own business but had no clear direction and a fresh ADHD diagnosis made her fear she couldn't see a program through to completion.
“I came into the program scared but so hopeful for what I could learn... what I didn't expect, was to make friends! I was so pleasantly surprised by the community I built while in the program. There are ladies that I went through ISM with that I still talk to on a regular basis today.”
She left her dental office job entirely. Megan now runs her business full-time, has built an online and local community, and works 10 - 15 fewer hours per week than she did at her day job and is officially hitting $6k months!
First clients landed within one month | ROI achieved | 10/10 confidence rating
Amber was just finishing up a performing contract and didn’t want to have to find another job. She didn’t have freelance experience, but wanted income that didn't require permission from anyone else, was fully her own and separate from her creative career.
“I showed up, went through the course, had real time with Alex, and by the time I started offering my services, I'd made my money back within my first month of clients. One of those original clients, I'm still working with them today, and we're building something really big together."
She made her investment back in her first month of clients, and it’s continued to grow. She has coaching and community to turn to when she feels lost and doesn’t feel alone in her work.
First clients landed within one month | ROI achieved | 4-figure first client contract
Jessica struggled to find clients and was heavily underpricing herself. She’d tried other programs and seen zero ROI despite putting in real effort.
“When I landed my first 4 figure client. Alex walked me through exactly what to say on the call, how to price myself & also the mental shifts I had to make to feel confident about what I was doing. That plus when I started booking multiple clients in a month.”
Landed her first 4-figure client within the program, then quickly scaled to multiple clients per month. She finished with a clear sense of her ideal client and the services that make her stand out.
Landed her first client during the program | Increased rates from $800 to $1500/month
Samantha just left teaching and wanted more freedom and flexibility online, but didn't know which direction to go or whether she was even on the right track.
“If you're like me, trying to pivot from a career or job no longer serving you, there is a world of opportunity in the online space. Becoming a virtual assistant/influencer assistant/OBM/OSP is the path to go down. ISM will prepare you fully for this journey."
“I would NEVER have done this on my own but because of Alex's belief and the lessons within ISM, I nearly doubled my monthly retainer from $800 to $1500!”
Before you can support a creator, you need to understand the world they operate in.
In these two weeks you'll learn the creator economy from the inside out: how influencers make money, how their teams are structured, and exactly where you fit in.
You'll also set up your Instagram presence and booking link, so by the end of week two you're already showing up as an influencer assistant before you've landed your first client.
This is where your business takes real shape. You'll nail down exactly what you offer, price it with confidence, and learn the content strategy that gets you in front of the right creators.
No more guessing at your rates or wondering what to post. You'll have a clear offer, a clear number, and a clear plan.
You'll have the scripts, the proposals, the contracts, and the confidence to land your first client and deliver an experience so seamless they won't want to imagine their business without you.
This is the phase most students say changes everything.
Now that you have a client, you build the infrastructure for a real business: automations, waitlists, SOPs, and the strategic thinking that takes you from side hustle to company.
You finish with a polished portfolio, an ISM Certificate of Completion, and social media badges that signal to every potential client that you're trained, credible, and ready.
CEO Business Hub & Planning Dashboard
Brand Partnership Tracker
Brand Partnership One Sheet
Contract Renewal Worksheet
Independent Contractor Agreement
Analytics Report Dashboard
Influencer Team To-Do List
Client Onboarding & Offboarding Templates
Content Calendar Templates in Notion, ClickUp, and Google Sheets
Affiliate Management Database
...and more!
Naomi works with creators every day and knows exactly what makes a brand pitch land and what makes it get ignored. In this lesson, she walks you through when to pitch, how to find the right brand contacts, what every strong pitch includes, and the principles that separate the deals that close from the ones that don't. You'll leave with pitch templates and a clear process you can implement for your clients immediately.
Getting clients isn't just about what you post, it's about what you say and when you say it. Emma breaks down her full approach to turning Instagram conversations into client bookings: organic growth, lead generation, commenting strategy, cold DMs vs. follow-ups, the power of polls, and, yes, what to do when you get left on read. (It happens to all of us.)
The financial side of running a business is often one of my most confusing parts. Chauvon covers the money mindset shifts every new entrepreneur needs, the key financial terms you'll actually use, how to set strategic goals, manage your cash flow, and handle your taxes like a pro. This is the business finance foundation most courses skip entirely (but it’s so important!) to help you build a financially stable and successful business.
Two of the most powerful assets you can build for your clients, and most VAs have no idea how to create them well. Kelsi walks you through what media kits and case studies truly are, how to build them, what data to pull, and when and how to use them to win brand deals. By the end of this lesson, you'll know how to create assets that make your clients the obvious choice for brands.
Reels are one of the fastest ways to grow your visibility as an influencer assistant and one of the most in-demand services you can offer clients. Gel covers the key elements of a high-converting Reel, IG editing basics, how to stay on brand, trending vs. original audio, the biggest mistakes to avoid, and how to package Reels as a service offering. This one is a two-for-one.
Pinterest is an underutilized, high-value service you can add to your suite, and Kayla makes it approachable from day one. You'll learn keyword research, business profile setup, how to create static and idea pins, how to build a pinning schedule using Tailwind, and how to package it all as an attractive offering for your creator clients.
Seven women who are really, really good at what they do, and they're all showing up for you inside the vault.
You're building a real business, and real businesses need real protection. Veronica covers the contracts, liability basics, and legal foundations every new VA needs to have in place before they sign their first client. Not the most glamorous lesson in the vault... but possibly the most important one.
If you're hesitant to pursue your passion because you're not sure if it's a viable career option, let these incredible women be your inspiration. They've turned their side hustles into thriving businesses, and you can too!
Whether you want to turn your passion into a full-time business or keep it as a side hustle, ISM gives you the flexibility to pursue your dreams on your own terms.
Most creators are either doing everything themselves (and burning out) or hiring people who don't understand the industry and dropping them within months. You could be the person who walks in already knowing the language, already understanding the backend, already ready to be indispensable.
That gap is your opportunity window, and ISM is how you walk through it.
It sucks. You've probably seen it happening all around you. Good people with solid performance records are being let go, and the "stability" of a corporate job isn't as secure as it used to be.
Building an income stream you control (one that isn't dependent on one company, a corporate restructure, or a decision made in a room you'll never sit in) is one of the smartest financial moves you can make right now.
I know this firsthand, having been unexpectedly laid off. But I didn't have to panic because I already had one client and knew I could continue building from there.
That's what ISM can be for you. The backup plan that becomes the main plan either unexpectedly, or when you're finally ready. The thing you built for yourself, by yourself, that nobody can take away.
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(and multiple have landed 2-3)
Here are the kinds of Influencers that ISM students work with! And here's what they had to say about their new VA's!
There's a version of you on the other side of this program who doesn't recognize the woman who was scared to start. She has a portfolio she's proud of. A contract template ready to send. A rate she doesn't apologize for. A client she genuinely loves supporting. And an unshakeable confidence that comes not from someone telling her she's capable, but from proving it to herself, action by action, week by week. That version of you exists. ISM is just the 12-week bridge to get there.
In September 2020, I sat down and wrote out the life I wanted to call in.
At the time? I was burnt out working a 9-to-5 at a celebrity tattoo shop in New York, living paycheck to paycheck. I hadn't even heard the term "virtual assistant" yet. But I wrote it down anyway: travel more. Help women in their businesses. Have freedom in my day-to-day life. Work remotely. Spend more time with the people I love. Live life on my own terms.
A month later, I learned what a VA was. I texted my influencer friend: "Hey, I want to be a virtual assistant. I think I'd be really good at it. I want to help you in your business." And she said yes!
By January 2021, she was my first client. I was making an extra $300–$500/month on the side, and I absolutely loved it. It felt like I was finally building something of my own.
And then, in April 2021, I got laid off. I was completely blindsided by it.
I call it the moment the universe pulled the rug out from under me because I would have never left on my own. I was too comfortable to be brave (even if I was miserable).
But I woke up the next morning fired up. That "little" side hustle? It was about to become my full-time life.
Fast forward to today, and I now work as the right-hand woman inside multi-6 and 7-figure influencer businesses. I'm talking about MY dream clients: @professionaltraveler, @jtbarnett, @taylorramsue, and more. I manage their projects, support their teams, execute their launches, and organize their systems so they can focus on creating.
And I created ISM to give every woman who wants this life the roadmap I didn't have, complete with all the actual systems, scripts, templates, and frameworks I use inside real creator businesses every single day.
ISM is the roadmap. I'm in the passenger seat, helping you drive.
ISM gives you the curriculum AND the community AND the coaching AND the templates AND the resource library AND (in VIP) the Guest Expert Vault and direct access to me, all in one place, over 12 weeks of structured, supported progress.
But more importantly, I actually do this work.
You’re getting access to everything I use in my business on a day-to-day basis while supporting my influencer clients.
I am actively operating as the right-hand woman inside multi-6 and 7-figure influencer businesses right now. When I teach you how to manage brand partnerships, I show you the exact tracker I use for my own clients. When I teach discovery calls, I give you the exact script I've used to sign every client I've ever had.
ISM was built from the inside out with real systems, real client relationships, real lessons learned, and constantly updated to stay ahead of where this industry is going.
You're investing in a shortcut through my own trial and error with someone who's already on the other side.
Landing your first client at $500/month covers your entire Base Tier investment within two months. VIP pays itself back within three. Some ISM students have earned enough to leave their full-time jobs entirely (hi, Kara..hi, Megan..the list goes on). ISM literally shows you HOW to make money. And with monthly payment options available, you can start for a few hundred dollars and recoup that within weeks.
It's a fair question because AI is changing some things about this work. It can draft captions, generate content calendars, and summarize emails. And yes, ISM teaches you exactly how to use it strategically so you stay ahead of the curve.
But AI can't build trust with a creator, understand the nuance of their brand voice, handle a brand deal gone sideways with grace, or show up as a human being who genuinely cares about their business.
The creators who are building real, multi-six and seven-figure businesses don't want a bot in their backend. They want a right-hand woman they can rely on. Someone who knows their business as well as they do and is proactive. That's not a role AI is filling.
If anything, as AI handles more of the repetitive tasks, the demand for skilled, strategic human support is only going up. The creators who are serious about their businesses need real people by their side.
This is exactly why ISM exists. You don't need to have worked with a creator before. You need a roadmap, the right skills, and the confidence to take that first step. ISM gives you all three. Every single woman who has ever landed a client through this program started exactly where you are right now.
Previous students recommend planning for 3–5 hours per week inside ISM. Many of them were working full-time during the program. The course is self-paced, the community is asynchronous, and monthly calls are recorded so you can catch the replay at your own time. You go at the pace that works for your actual life.
Yes, ISM was literally built for this. The program starts from the very beginning and walks you through everything: the industry, the skills, the services, the tools, and the confidence to take that first step. Zero experience required.
Most ISM students are working while going through the program. Previous students recommend planning for 3–5 hours per week to stay on track, which includes learning, implementing, networking, creating content, and showing up in the community. It's designed to work around real life.
Forever. Once you're in, the course, the templates, and the resource library are yours to keep and revisit forever as long as the course exists.
Both tiers include the full 12-week curriculum, the template and resource libraries, community support, and monthly group coaching calls with me. VIP adds a private 1:1 messaging channel with me for direct feedback throughout the 12 weeks, in-depth material reviews (I'll review your content, proposals, and documents via a personal Loom video for you), an additional VIP-only monthly group coaching call, the full Guest Expert Vault, and a custom game plan I build specifically for your goals. If you want the closest possible access to me, VIP is the move.
That's the goal, and students who do the work (show up, implement the networking framework, post consistently, send proposals) absolutely do. What you put in determines what you get out. Results are not guaranteed, but the roadmap is proven.
ISM is a great fit. You already have foundational skills, which ISM will help you reposition, refine your services for this specific space, and give you the influencer industry knowledge and lead generation strategy to attract creator clients.
Most VA courses are self-paced video libraries with no support and no community. ISM includes monthly live coaching calls, optional VIP access to me directly, and a curriculum built specifically for the influencer niche, not general VA work. The templates, the bonuses, and the coaching all exist inside the world of creators and content.
Absolutely. ISM graduates have gone on to support business coaches, fitness coaches, actors, mental health professionals, lawyers, boutiques, and aestheticians. The strategies transfer. The creator niche is just where the framework is sharpest.
YES! YES! YES! If you are already working with a client and want to see if they'd be open to purchasing this for you, it's a tax write-off! Use this email template to make your own and send it to them!
I have absolute confidence that Influencer Support Method© will help you take your business to the next level, just as it has done for all previous graduates of this program. This program is designed to provide you with the strategies and tools you need to succeed, and I’m sure that you'll get results if you put in the effort.
That being said, I always want to be transparent with you. I do not offer refunds because I’ve seen the proven results my program can create for those who are fully committed and take action. Before enrolling, please make sure you're 100% committed to making this investment in yourself and your business. If you have any questions, I’d be happy to answer them and make sure this is the right fit for you. You can read our policy here or email hello@alexporterfield.com with your questions!
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You can keep saving the TikToks you never act on. Keep telling yourself you'll figure it out when things slow down, when you have more money, when you feel more ready.
But here's what I know after watching hundreds of women go through this process: the feeling of "ready" doesn't show up before you start, it shows up because you started.
The women inside ISM right now? They were scared too. They had the same doubts, the same excuses, the same 11pm Google searches going nowhere.
The only difference between them and where you are right now is one decision.
ISM gave them the roadmap. The community gave them the momentum. And the work they put in gave them something no one can ever take away: proof they can do it.
That proof ripples into everything from the way they show up for their clients to the way they negotiate their rates and the way they wake up on a Tuesday morning and feel excited about their day.
That's what's waiting on the other side of this.
You can be next!
ENROLL NOW
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VALUE
Not sure if ISM is the right fit for you? Book a free 15-minute call with me, and we can chat through your hesitations and hopes! You can ask me anything about the program, the tiers, what's right for your situation, and what your first few weeks could look like.
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