If you want to take your business to the next level, you have to walk the walk. In order to make your dreams a reality, you have to shift into the energy of taking action. ⁠It's not just about having systems, processes, or life-altering ideas, even though those are extremely important and I want you to have those too! Success and sales come from actually taking action, no matter how big or how small those actions are.

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.

If you’re an online entrepreneur that works with service providers, team members, or an agency that delivers services, you should ALWAYS have a contract in place. A contract sets out the terms of your working relationship including the services to be delivered, the price, how payment should be delivered, and more.

It is essential to read your contracts carefully in order to fully understand what you can and can’t expect from your service provider and how they do business. When you sign the contract, you’re making a promise to the person that is delivering the service that you will honour what is in it.

As an online business owner, one of the biggest parts of the job is creating content. Your content is what attracts your ideal clients, adds value, and builds know, like, and trust before they decide to buy from you. However, constantly creating content can be a huge time and energy suck. Instead of always being in creation mode, check out these 5 types of content that you can batch like a boss.

Many entrepreneurs start their business with the goal of creating a life with more freedom, flexibility, and opportunity. Then, once they see the impact their business is making and the lifestyle it’s creating for them, they can’t help but want more. If you’re at this place in your entrepreneurial journey where you want to scale sustainably, read on to learn about the 3 types of support your business needs in order to go the distance.

Do you have a ton of knowledge, expertise, and content inside of you that you just can’t wait to share with the world? A great way to deliver all of this to your ideal customers is through an online course or program. Once you decide you’re going to go the course/program creation route, the first step is finding a platform that allows you to beautifully design and deliver your material.

Read on for our 3 favourite platforms to launch your course or program.

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.