Investing in your business can be scary, but instead of just thinking of it as a lot of time or money spent on your business, think of it as an investment in yourself. Investing in yourself is 100% necessary in growing both personally and in your business.

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. ⁠

As a business owner with a team, it’s inevitable that you’re going to have to have tough conversations with your team members from time to time. No one is perfect, miscommunication will happen, and mistakes will be made. On the same note, there is always room for improvement, for you and your team. Therefore, you need to find a supportive and effective way to give constructive criticism to your team.

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.

So often, entrepreneurs get nervous about unplugging and leaving their team to handle the day-to-day tasks, projects, and client communication. They fear that something will go south or something will not be able to move forward without them.

I’m here to tell you… that’s bullshit! If you trust your team and prepare them well, you can 100% enjoy your time away guilt-free. Check out these 5 tips for preparing your team while you’re on vacation.

Social media is all about putting yourself out there, sharing your expertise, establishing yourself as an authority and expert in your industry, and gaining visibility so that your dream clients can find you!

Consistency on social media is the key to success and getting more eyes on you and your offers.

Check out these 3 tips for showing up more consistently on social media and using your social media platforms effectively.

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.

Do you ever find yourself on the struggle bus trying to focus? This is one of the hardest parts of being an entrepreneur, especially in the virtual assistant space where you may be working with multiple clients and team members. When it feels like there are a million things to get done and not enough time, it’s important to take a moment to get re-centered and take it back to the basics with these 6 simple tips to get more shit done in your business.

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.

As entrepreneurs, it can be easy to want to chase down the income and shiny objects that we see others achieving on social media.

However, if you only focus on the money, you will never succeed.

The truth is, no matter how much your clients pay you, you should treat each and every one of them the same.

Whether they pay you $500 a month or $5,000 a month, each client should be given the same level of attention and priority in your business.

Check out this list of a few things that are more important than making money in your business.

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.

As an entrepreneur, you reach a point where winging it just doesn't cut it anymore.

In order to run a kick-ass, productive business and find success in every project, you need to be using a framework.

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.

Entrepreneurs often think they have to have a shit ton of products and services in order to sell and hit their sales goals.

However, that can often lead to overwhelm and burnout trying to master ALL the things.

If you’re not hitting your sales goals right now, I guarantee you that the reason is not because you don’t have enough products or services.

In order to find success and hit your sales goals, you have to slow down and simplify.

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.

Does the word “delegation” fill you with dread and send you into a sweaty-palmed, heart-racing spiral?

As entrepreneurs, letting go of control and allowing others to take the reigns doesn’t come easy to us.

Sometimes, it’s hard for us to recognize and admit we need support, let alone take the steps to actually put those supports in place.

By being able to allow others in to support us, we enable ourselves to take a step back and focus on the big picture.⁠

The way we talk to ourselves impacts everything we do in our business.

As entrepreneurs, we tend to be our own worst critic. It’s easy for us to question every damn thing we do, think, or don’t do in our business.

All of these negative thoughts and habits of questioning and doubting ourselves can be draining and detrimental to our business success.

Grind culture has become quite the norm over the past years in the entrepreneurial world.

It tells us to ignore our well-being in order to be more productive. The premise is to go, go, go until you can’t go anymore.

But I'm here to tell you… you are not a damn machine!⁠