Whether you’re a brand new virtual assistant just starting out or you’ve been in business for a while, setting your prices can be tricky. When it comes to pricing your services and knowing your value as a service provider, the online space can feel like uncharted waters. There isn’t a lot of transparency around money and many providers don’t even include their prices on their website or in their portfolio. It’s become a game of showing and not telling. Here at AK/VA, we believe in full transparency, which is why we don’t gate-keep our secrets to financial success (or hide our prices!) Read on for our top 3 tips for setting your prices as a virtual assistant.

Running a successful business isn’t about reinventing the wheel. In fact, it’s about honing in on the things that consistently work and amplifying them with your unique set of skills. Check out these 6 sales tips to help you get back to basics and crush your goals while serving major value to your clients.

Having a task management system is essential to keeping your clients organized, your tasks and projects managed, your team supported, and all details and processes streamlined.⁠ Read on to learn more about our top 3 task management systems that we love using here at AK/VA. ⁠

Social media is great for sharing value, growing your audience, and building a business. However, you CANNOT rely on social media alone!⁠ As great as social media is, it shouldn’t be your only strategy to land clients and grow your business. Check out these 3 reasons why you need a solid email marketing strategy in place as well.

Are you drowning in all of the day-to-day tasks in your business? If you are feeling bogged down and pulled in a million directions, it may be time to hire a virtual assistant. When preparing to hire a virtual assistant, you must plan for where you are going, NOT where you are now.

Trends are exciting, especially in the business world. We often see our fellow entrepreneur friends trying out a new strategy or an online marketing guru forging a new path with a new approach and immediately think that we need to do what they’re doing.

We think we need to be on top of all the trends in order to make sales and be successful.

However, they are not always a good thing. They are often shiny object syndrome in disguise.

How many times have you heard the saying, “just show up consistently and you’ll find success?”

While you may have heard this a thousand times, it’s true!

Consistency is the name of the game when it comes to succeeding as an entrepreneur (and really at anything in life)!

Not only is it important for your visibility online, but it is essential for creating brand recognition, building an audience that converts, and staying top of mind for your ideal clients.

Read on for my top 5 tips for showing up consistently in your business.

When you’re running a business, there are a lot of moving parts. There are a lot of tasks to manage, communications with clients and team members to be had, and notes to keep track of.

Without systems and processes in place, shit is going to hit the fan.

Minimize the disruption and arrive at the solution more efficiently with these 4 systems for business success.

No matter what type of VA you are or what niche of clients you work with, having a kick-ass onboarding process is essential to building a strong customer relationship and getting yourself and your new client set up for success.

The key to setting up a positive working relationship from the get-go is to nail your onboarding process and make it seamless.

Plus, it’ll save you a ton of time and stress knowing your system is rock-solid and easy to execute.

A kick-ass onboarding system can even help you land more clients.

Imagine this…

You're drinking mimosas at brunch on Thursday and decide to take Monday off because your girlfriend decided to stay in town another night. ⁠

⁠You're no longer staying at the office late to finish the tasks you absolutely despise.

You actually have the time to spend with your kids that you’ve craved for so long.

You have a thriving online business that you love (and that loves you back).

It sounds like a dream, right?!

Honestly, your dream life is not that far out of reach.

Don’t you love the feeling of a brand new year?

A new start. A new mindset. A new opportunity to make this year exactly what you want it to be.

No matter what your goals for your business are this year, it is so important to reflect and start the year with a clear vision and fresh organization.

I’m going to come right out of the gate and tell you one of my biggest pet peeves.

I see it a lot in business, and every single time, it makes me want to shake my wine glass and scream “YOU are worthy!”

That pet peeve? When people discount their best-selling tool – themselves.

The truth is, I doubt myself everyday. Doubt comes up in moments where I can’t figure out the perfect workflow of a program. It comes up again in moments when a mistake or oversight is made that I didn’t have control over. And it even comes up when I see other businesses scaling faster than mine.

As an entrepreneur, building a schedule can be hard! We are so lucky to live our days unconfined from opening and closing times, set lunch hours, and certain vacation slots. However, this freedom also means that we are required to create our own schedule, one that supports our goals and optimizes the use of our time. Here are my top four tips for building a schedule that supports your incredible success!

I’m not sure about you but summer is my favourite time of the year. Here in Vancouver, the hot weather means patios, beach time, wine touring and an increased social calendar! And as a business owner…it means goal-setting season!⁠

As entrepreneurs, letting go of control and allowing others to take the reigns doesn’t come easy to us. We have an attachment to our business that is difficult to break but by being able to allow others in, we enable ourselves to take a step back and focus on the big picture stuff.

I had The Moment last week. The moment that all entrepreneurs building their biz and team wait for. The moment that’s a result of the hard work, the tears, the frustration, the successes and the perseverance. Here it is.

You don’t have to sell a million products, or have 100K Instagram followers, or use the most advanced software programs. It’s a matter of assessing your business and finding where you can streamline! Here are my top four tips to simplify your biz and set yourself up for success!