Joshua Yanong

Founder, Nomad VAs

Joshua Yanong is the founder of Nomad VAs, a virtual workforce company based in Cebu City, Philippines that matches businesses with vetted remote specialists. He writes Founder's Insights about hiring, delegating and building a remote career, in his own voice.

Founder's Insights

What Happens When All Your AIs Share One MemoryI got tired of re-explaining my business to every AI I use, so I gave them all one shared memory. This is the story of the Brain of Josh and what it changed.I Shipped Fast and Got It Wrong. Here's What It Taught Me.I chased link volume over quality, skipped my vetting and left a job over it. Here is the nine-step system I built afterward and why fewer, better links win in SEO and AEO.

Guides on the blog

What Is an Executive Virtual Assistant? Duties & When to HireWhat an executive VA does, which tasks to delegate, weekly hours, cost against an in-house hire and a ten-point readiness check, with a 40-task Scope Map.Content Writer vs AI in 2026: Which Should You Hire?Cost, quality, speed and risk compared across a human writer, AI and a hybrid workflow, with research and original Nomad VAs test data.How to Brief a Content Writer (Framework + Free Template)A seven-part content brief framework, a copy-paste template, a ten-point review checklist and first-party data from 322 article briefs.Real Estate VA vs Transaction Coordinator: What's the Difference?Scope, licence limits, cost per file and handoffs, with a break-even model, an Admin Leak Audit and a handoff protocol to choose a real estate VA, a transaction coordinator or both.What Is a Real Estate Virtual Assistant? 20 Tasks Realtors DelegateWhat a real estate VA does, 20 tasks agents delegate, a four-question test for where the licence line sits, compliance checkpoints and costs.How to Cut Support Response Times with a CSR VASlow replies are usually a scheduling problem. Reply benchmarks by channel, a coverage model, an SLA matrix, a time zone map and a five-step playbook.When to Hire a Paid Ads Specialist vs an AgencyCompare a dedicated paid ads specialist with an agency by monthly ad spend, with fee benchmarks, account ownership rules, a decision table and a vetting checklist.What Does a Paid Ads Specialist Do? (Google, Meta, TikTok)What a paid ads specialist does day to day: campaign setup, creative testing, budget pacing and ROAS reporting across Google, Meta and TikTok, plus tools, costs and weekly deliverables.Social Media VA vs In-House Manager: A Cost BreakdownA numbers-first comparison of salary, benefits, tools and ramp time, so you can see the true cost of each option.What Is a Social Media Virtual Assistant and What Can They Manage?What a social media VA handles: content calendars, scheduling, community management and reporting, plus where the VA role ends.How to Write an SEO VA Job Description (+ Free Template)A copy-paste SEO VA job description, the KPIs and skills to include, current pay benchmarks, and the mistakes that attract the wrong applicants.15 SEO Tasks You Can Delegate to a Virtual AssistantFifteen SEO tasks worth handing to a virtual assistant, from keyword research to reporting, sorted easy to advanced with a reason to delegate each one.SEO VA vs SEO Agency: Which Is Right for Your Business?A fair, side-by-side comparison of an SEO VA against an SEO agency on cost, control and scale, with a simple rule for choosing the right one.The Future of Hiring: Direct Hire vs. Contract-to-Hire vs. Temporary StaffingDirect hire, contract-to-hire, or temporary staffing? A side-by-side on cost, speed, and commitment, plus a decision framework for building a workforce that flexes with demand.Why Hiring an SEO VA Is Important in 2026AI Overviews cut click-through rates nearly in half, and organic search still drives 53% of all traffic. Here's what that means for who does your SEO work, with a straight cost comparison against in-house hires and agencies.