Podcast appearances and mentions of abbey ashley

Today on the Strategy Hour Podcast, Abbey Ashley joins me again to discuss how to leave your nine-to-five as quickly as possible. In this conversation, she is going to share how you can start selling services and grow your business fast so that you can replace the income from your job with it.  Join The Co-op - The Membership for Online Businesses Connect with Abagail Instagram All the Links! In 2015, Abbey was pregnant with her second child and drowning in financial responsibility. After trying all sorts of businesses, she realized how many business owners need help and decided to try to make a business out of helping them. She started her own virtual assistant business, grew it quickly, and replaced her full-time income. Now she has trained thousands of people on how to do the same and she has a community of over 130 000 virtual assistants that she coaches and mentors along the way.  Episode Highlights How to Make the Transition from Working 9-5 to Selling Services [0:07:58]  Just Get Yourself Out There [0:15:05] How to Secure Your First Few Clients [0:22:16] When to Start Building Your Audience [0:33:12] Knowing When to Leave Your 9-5 and Prioritize Your Business Full-Time [0:38:57] Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate, and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes, go to bossproject.com/podcast.

Starting a service business on the side is one of the fastest ways to build extra income. It's flexible, low-overhead, and you can probably start with skills you already have. “I had a lot of drive underneath me," Abbey Ashley told me, about starting her service business back in 2013. "I was super pregnant and I hated my job so much,” Abbey started offering her services as a virtual assistant, and connected with her first clients at local networking events in Washington, DC. My the time her maternity leave was up--just a few short months--Abbey had booked enough work to not have to go back to that job she hated. On top of that, she only had to work 20 hours a week to do it, and could work from home. There are almost no barriers to entry to starting a freelance service business, and the startup costs are minimal. (All Abbey did was make business cards for networking.) In fact, it was a service business, a house painting business in my case, that was one of my first entrepreneurial adventures. Over time, Abbey scaled her virtual assistant business from just herself at $20-30 an hour, to her own little virtual agency, to $75 an hour and up for some specialized work. Full Show Notes: How to Start a Service Business to Replace Your Income, Step-by-Step New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! Airbnb - Start an Airbnb business and earn money as an Airbnb Host! Monarch Money — Get an extended 30-day free trial of the top-rated personal finance app!

In this episode, I sit down with Abbey Ashley, the founder of Virtual Savvy. Today, we're taking a deep dive into the journey of her virtual assistant training business and her advice on what to do if you find yourself caught in a slump.Imagine this: Virtual Savvy experienced a significant surge in growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Abbey decided to pivot, steering the company towards a more compact and contented team.But success isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Abbey opens up about the emotional rollercoaster that accompanies rapid success, addressing both the highs and lows and the impact of past triumphs on present strategies.We'll also discuss a key ingredient in online business – building connections. Abbey emphasizes the importance of forging genuine connections in the digital realm, going beyond mere business transactions.To wrap it up, we'll talk about finding joy in the business journey. Abbey provides insights into adapting to changes in the business landscape and the importance of infusing enjoyment into your growth strategy.Listen to the full episode to hear:Learn how Abbey Ashley successfully guided her virtual assistant training business.Delve into the emotional aspects of rapid success in the business world.Explore the importance of fostering connections in the digital business landscape. Uncover the unique customer journeys and experiences associated with entrepreneurship.More about Abbey Ashley:Check out The Virtual Savvy: www.thevirtualsavvy.comThe Virtual Savvy InstagramFREE Resources to Grow Your Online Business:Grab our free course, Small Business 101: https://gillianperkins.com/free-training-small-business-101/ Write a Profit Plan for Your Business : http://gillianperkins.com/free-profit-plan Work with Gillian Perkins:Apply for $100K Mastermind: https://gillianperkins.com/100k-mastermind Get your online biz started with Startup Society: https://startupsociety.com Learn more about Gillian: https://gillianperkins.com Instagram: @GillianZPerkins

Do you find hiring daunting? Do you want to find the right people that will grow your business but don't know how? Then this episode is for you! It's been a minute since we've had a guest on the Strategy HourPodcast, but we absolutely had to bring our friend Abbey Ashley on so that you can hear more of what she's got going on with hiring, and get some tips from a multi million dollar CEO on how she has navigated hiring in her business, along with a few personal anecdotes from our experience over at BossProject. Abbey Ashley is founder and CEO of Hello Savvy, a new hiring platform that focuses on culture and community. She's been named one of Forbes Next 1000 Up and Coming Entrepreneurs and Inc.Magazine's Top 100 Female Entrepreneurs, and Hello Savvy's sister company, the Virtual Savvy has been placed on Inc.'s 5000 List in 2021 and 2022, along with being named one of Inc.'s best places to work. With a focus on team culture and a ‘serve first' motto among her team, her team went from 6 to 14 team members and over 3 million in annual revenue. Her passion is to help other entrepreneurs creatively carve out their own path forward via online business, and today we are talking about hiring well so that you can grow your business. We are sharing a lot of mistakes and some of the ways we needed to grow in order to fully step into our roles as leaders and co-founders. We touch on how to navigate some of the tough decisions that come with hiring, and how to truly understand your role as a co-founder and how that shifts as you hire, and how to do all of that while you focus on facts and feelings, which is something we love to do around here! Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes, go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wondering how you can make money working from home as a virtual assistant?Abbey Ashley, founder of The Virtual Savvy and Hello Savvy, is here today to share what exactly a virtual assistant is and how you can either start a new career path or generate side hustle income for you and your family! Side note: I found my AMAZING virtual assistant through her course! If you're interested in learning more check out the resources below. Resources:Become a Booked Out Virtual Assistant (FREE Training) Check out the VA Savvies FREE Facebook Group! Looking to HIRE a VA or find people who WANT to hire you as a VA? Check out HelloSavvy Follow Allison on Instagram! @inspiredbudget Read the full show notes here on the blog! Take my FREE budget class!

Abbey Ashley is a passionate online educator, multi-7-figure business owner, and influencer in the work-from-home space. Starting as a virtual assistant, Abbey has built a 6-figure company where she teaches others how to start, grow and scale a virtual assistant business from scratch using her value first philosophy. Abbey has a lot of experience hiring freelancers, and is bringing that experience to us this week. She's talking to us about how she looks for new team members, and why she firmly believes in hiring for culture even over skill set. If you've ever considered hiring, whether that is a freelancer or a full time employee, you won't want to miss this episode. Stay Connected with Abbey: Check out her new marketplace for freelancers, Hello Savvy, launching Sept 2022 and sign up for the wait list to learn more Check out her website and see all her services at thevirtualsavvy.com Follow her on Instagram @thevirtualsavvy If you enjoyed this week's episode, I'd so appreciate you doing a few things for me:  Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts.  Tag me @niclaino on your IG stories with a story of you listening to the podcast and I'll make sure to share your post!  Learn more about your Human Design and get your full chart for free. Click here to get your free chart. Interested in learning more about working with me? Click here to learn more about how we can work together.  Want to be in the know whenever I've got new content, freebies, and classes? Sign up for my email list.

You have built your business and now you're ready to transition to CEO. How do you do it? Abby Ashley has been there, done that and she's going to be sharing her story with us today. She has grown her company from $0 in 2016 to now $3.8 million per year. We're going to be talking about the challenges that come with this transition, 3 key elements of a simplistic and beautiful framework to transition to CEO, and a sneak peek behind the world's first platform when it comes to hiring a team so you can truly move into the CEO role. Links Mentioned in the show: The Virtual Savvy Website The Virtual Savvy Facebook The Virtual Savvy Instagram Business & Life Conversations Podcast Links: Australian Business Collaborative Facebook GroupAngela Henderson WebsiteAngela Henderson Active Business Facebook GroupAngela Henderson Facebook Business PageAngela Henderson Consulting InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#129 - In this week's episode of Subscription Box Basics, you will meet Abbey Ashley of Hello Savvy. Abbey will help us understand more on how freelancers in general can help you grow your business. Abbey will also talk about her new platform “Hello Savvy” - a platform to hire freelancers. So grab your pen and paper now and take note of the things that you might need when hiring a freelancer for your business.SUMMARY:Get to know Abbey (1:40)What is a freelancer (4:57)Tips on hiring a freelancer (8:30)How does Hello Savvy work (26:22)LINKS AND RESOURCESSubscription Box Bootcamp: https://www.subscriptionboxbootcamp.com/Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/subscriptionboxbootcamp/Sparkle Hustle Grow: https://www.sparklehustlegrow.com Use the code SBBPODCAST to get $10 off of your first boxHello Savvy: https://hellosavvy.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellosavvyco/

Your host, Devonee Thaxton, talks with Founder of The Virtual Savvy, Abbey Ashley. Abbey helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home businesses from scratch. After starting her own virtual assistant business in 2015, Abbey was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job and has since gone on to grow a multi-seven figure business. She used her passion and skills as a VA to create the Virtual Savvy and help other VAs start their own business. It is her goal to help others start their own VA business so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship. In this episode, Abbey and Devonee chat about being a VA from pricing, to incorporating already known skills, to navigating the work-life balance and still finding time for self care. To learn more about Abbey's work, visit http://www.thevirtualsavvy.com/ (http://www.thevirtualsavvy.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on Savvy, Booked, & Blessed, click https://podcast.prosavvyas.com/podcast-guest (HERE.)

Hiring is always a sticky point for business owners. What if you hire the wrong person? What if this person doesn't fit your business? Abbey Ashley has created a solution for businesses to hire freelancers in a way that not only accomplishes being a great match but propels their business forward.

Episode #221. Thinking about launching a new offer or even a whole new business? Wanting to scale but beyond frustrated about being the bottleneck? Or just oh so ready to get out from the daily grind and step into CEO status? You are precisely why we had Abbey Ashley come back on the Go-To Gal podcast! Abbey, founder of The Virtual Savvy, has scaled her business from being a virtual assistant to building a company that brings in $3M+ ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) with a team of 20 fully remote employees! AND…she is about to launch HelloSavvy, a new freelancer marketplace. Abbey is here to share with us the ins and outs, the messy middle, and behind the scenes of how she is juggling it all in real-time!In This Episode You'll Learn:What it looks like to scale your team and drop your workload down to a fraction of the size. Behind the scenes with how Abbey is keeping her ‘bread and butter' business running and growing, while preparing to launch something new. Discipline vs distraction, what it actually looks and feels likeThe key trait Abbey looks for in her team membersHow to build a team culture that supports your business mission, even if everyone is working remotelyFavorite Quotes“When business starts to get boring, that's when you can make something really magical happen. But so many of us just quit because they think it's not their passion anymore. When business gets boring, it's starting to get repeatable, which means it can be processed and you can now have systems for the business to run itself.”“By choosing my swim lanes in the business, I chose the things that really did give me life.”“It's not always going to be comfortable to operate inside of your values. It's going to grate against you at times. But at the end of the day, it's truly what you believe and how you want to treat people.“Mentioned on the Show:How to Make Money Online – From VA to Course Creator with Abbey AshleyMore about Abbey:Abbey Ashley is a passionate online educator, multi-7-figure business owner, and influencer in the work-from-home space.In 2016, she started her online business journey as a virtual assistant from a used craigslist laptop. She has since built that company to $3m+ ARR. and learned how to position herself as "CEO" through hiring a team of 20+ fully remote employeesThrough her free content and paid programs at The Virtual Savvy, Abbey teaches others how to start, grow and scale a virtual assistant business from scratch using her value first philosophy.At HelloSavvy, a new freelancer marketplace, Abbey helps business owners find mission-minded freelancers through personalized vetting and her signature hiring system built into the platform.Find Abbey:WebsiteFacebookInstagramInstagram (Personal)

Abbey Ashley of https://www.thevirtualsavvy.com/ https://hellosavvy.com/ joins us today to talk about: - Webinar vs. PDF for your optin freebie (or both) - Being the CEO in your business - Enneagram - The importance of hiring the right people - Simple funnels

The Bottom Line by Evolved Finance explores the financial journeys of some of the most successful online educators, thought leaders, influencers, and service providers in the online space. Each week, Parker sits down with a current Evolved Finance client to talk about their relationship with money and how their mindset has changed as their business has grown. This week, Parker chats with Abbey Ashley. Abbey is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home businesses from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business as a new mom and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! She's since gone on to grow a seven-figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. It's now her passion to help others start their own VA business so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship as well. To learn more about Evolved Finance: Follow us on iTunes and leave a review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evolved-finance/id1227529139 Download our free audio course: https://www.evolvedfinance.com/audiocourse Join our private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/evolvedfinance To learn more about Abbey and her business: Website: https://www.thevirtualsavvy.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevirtualsavvy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheVirtualSavvy

Tired of your stuffy office job? Your 9-5, salad-for-lunch-everyday routine?  DITCH ‘EM! If anyone can show you how — it's Abbey Ashley. She pivoted from a full-time corporate career into a booked-out virtual assistant in just 4 months (while on maternity leave!). She shares how you can too in this week's episode. In this episode of the podcast, we talk about:  What a virtual assistant (VA) is & what they do How Abbey pivoted from the corporate world to booked-out VA in just months (while on maternity leave!) Why you shouldn't be afraid of experimenting (& failing) on your journey to building your online business The key differences between marketing a digital, service-based business vs. a course on social media Your first step to creating a successful online course How she grows her email list by 100 people a day The hidden benefit of letting go of the reins to your team Her simple rule for choosing a social media channel to start & grow your virtual assistant business …and more!      This Episode Was Made Possible By: Social Media Rockstar Framework Free Course The Social Media Rockstar Framework is your chance to pull back the curtain and get insights on how to build a social media strategy that works for you, learn how to create (and implement) a simple and effective content plan, convert followers into buyers, and much more. Register for this FREE course and gain the confidence you need to use social media as a tool to grow your business: https://onlinedrea.com/free Raise Your Rates Free Audio Series You don't have to figure everything out on your own. Get the support & guidance you need to raise your rates with confidence so you can attract clients who LOVE what you do & appreciate your work. And finally have enough time to focus on what's really important: growing your business (sustainably) and LIVING your life for You. Sign up to access the free 3-part audio series: https://onlinedrea.com/training About the Guest Abbey Ashley is the CEO of The Virtual Savvy, where she teaches aspiring virtual assistants how to launch and grow their own at-home business. She was able to leave her full-time, corporate job in just four short months after starting her own virtual business (while on maternity leave!). Abbey leads a community of over 65,000 virtual assistants via her email newsletter and Facebook community. She has also appeared in many online publications and podcasts including NBC News, Smart Passive Income, The Side Hustle Nation podcast, and more. She lives in Springfield, Missouri with her husband and two young children. Download Abbey's FREE Virtual Assistant Checklist & Starter Kit at thevirtualsavvy.com/checklist Website: www.thevirtualsavvy.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheVirtualSavvy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevirtualsavvy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AbbeyAshley Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/thevirtualsavvy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thevirtualsavvy/ Go to the show notes for all the resources mentioned in this episode: https://onlinedrea.com/185

Do you have a plan to secure your next client? How can you build momentum in marketing yourself (even if it feels uncomfortable)? My dear friend Abby Ashley is with me today chatting about how you get a client. Learning is great, but we also have to take action to secure that first client. This episode is sure to help you move forward with gaining your first (or next) client. For full show notes, visit theopsauthority.com/podcast/131  

Get access to our free trainings for web designers and DIYers at https://shannonmattern.com/free Leave a Rating + Review! Get the full transcript at shannonmattern.com/368 Bio: Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home businesses from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business in 2015 and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! She's since gone on to grow a multi-seven-figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. Connect with Abbey: Website Instagram Facebook LinkedIn FREE Step-by-Step Checklist on how Abbey started her VA business from scratch!

Torn between parenthood and a successful career? Not anymore! Tune in to how you can have it all and live your life while building a truly fulfilling career.   Episode Introduction:  If you're a business owner who often finds yourself overwhelmed, this episode is for you. Our guest today, Abbey Ashley talks about the benefits and importance of outsourcing work to create a work-life balance. She also shares the best practices to outsource work, even if it's your first time.   Episode Summary:  Abbey Ashley walks us through her journey of starting her business as a Virtual Assistant who was looking to do something to kill time and make some extra cash to now owning The Virtual Savvy, a brand that has taught thousands of virtual assistants how to run a successful online business. She shares her challenges, how she overcame them, how she grew her own team, why outsourcing is important, and also some super effective tips to do so starting today.   Main Takeaways: When work starts to feel overwhelming and consumes your thoughts, sit with a journal to write down all about it. Just putting actual words to your feelings will help a great deal. Challenges are an indicator of growth so they'll always be there. The important thing is for you to become someone who's comfortable with facing their fears at different levels in life. Outsourcing can be really scary for multiple reasons but make sure you make an intentional effort to delegate work when you can and focus on your zone of genius. If delegation is difficult for you, start by outsourcing a one-time project to get in the practice of someone else taking over a task. How to outsource effectively: Start by outsourcing to tools first. Take a look at your outsourcing budget (after paying yourself first). Make a list of the tasks that you need to outsource. Find a VA that aligns with your brand and cultural values. Always choose action over perfection.   Recommended Resources: Hire a VA: https://www.thevirtualsavvy.com/hire/ Join the HelloSavvy Waitlist: https://hellosavvy.com/   Fun Facts About Abbey Ashley: Some of her favorite books are Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself by Mike Michalowicz and From 6 to 7 Figures: Simplify Your Business, Gain Your Time Back, Scale Faster Than Ever by Austin Netzley Some of her favorite business tools are Canva, Dubsado, ConvertKit, Kajabi, Slack, and Loom.   Help us mentor other entrepreneurs through the power of storytelling by rating us and leaving a positive review on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law-chat-with-girija/id1528580730   Get the FREE Five Day Legal Audit: https://yourcontractbuddy.com/5-day-free-legal-audit-challenge/   Join Law Chat for Entrepreneurs Free Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/449334726047480   Find Abbey Ashley: Website: https://www.thevirtualsavvy.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevirtualsavvy/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/abbeyashley Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheVirtualSavvy Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vasavvies Get the visual experience, watch the videocast for the episode here: https://youtu.be/SI0_8cENNQI   Connect With Girija: Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbplaw/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBPLaw/   Get Ready To Use Contact Templates At: https://yourcontractbuddy.com/

“I'm kind of a go-set-ready kind of person, like let's just do this thing and see what happens!”- Abbey AshleyWhat would happen if you let go of your self-doubt and built your business fearlessly?We can look to Abbey Ashley as a perfect example!Abbey started her own virtual assistant hustle in 2015 with zero business training, and doubled the salary she'd been earning from her full-time corporate job within just 30 days ...while working only 20 hours per week!She launched The Virtual Savvy, a business that helps aspiring VAs launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. The Virtual Savvy now earns Abbey multiple-7-figures a year, allowing her to support her family while doing work that she loves!Abbey is brilliant when it comes to outside-the-box networking. Listen now to learn her unique strategies for building a fulfilling and successful online business! She helps aspiring small business owners launch and grow their VA businesses and experience new freedom and flexibility.In‌ ‌this‌ ‌episode of the Road to Seven podcast,‌ ‌you'll discover:‌The genius tactic Abbey used to spark an amazing business relationship with her favourite influencerHow to set pricing that takes into account all of your expenses, including payrollHow Abbey successfully made the shift to selling online coursesHighlights:‌01:11  Meet Abbey Ashley04:57  Abbey's background06:25  Innovative proposal story09:47  Finding ideal clients12:22  Working with a team19:18  Lead generation23:35  Challenges25:35  What she wishes she knew27:58  What's next?Links:‌Abbey Ashleyhttps://www.thevirtualsavvy.comhttps://www.facebook.com/TheVirtualSavvyInstagram: @thevirtualsavvyTo work with me and make your next power move, visit:https://shelaghcummins.comStay ConnectedLike what you're hearing? Click here to subscribe in iTunes for more episodes to boost your Road to Seven today! I have more episodes with great tips and conversations with women that are revolutionizing the way we do business - don't miss it! You can also join the Road To Seven Facebook group to meet other like-minded entrepreneurs who want to band together and help each other rise up.I would be really grateful if you left a review on iTunes so that others can find and boost their business too! Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review.” I'd also love to hear what your favourite part of this episode is in the comments below. Thank you!Follow me!Instagram: @shelaghcumminsTwitter: @shelaghcumminshttps://facebook.com/ShelaghCumminshttps://linkedin.com/in/shelaghcumminsThe 9 Essential Profit Levers that help our students create more clients and increase their revenue - all while maintaining their sanity. Exclusive training for ambitious entrepreneurs who are sick of selling their souls for little profit and joy.Get immediate access to the training and the workbook at https://cummins.kartra.com/page/R27Blueprint

Abby Ashley: Multi Seven-Figure Business Owner With Just an Online Course & Membership My guest today is Abbey Ashley. Abbey is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business in 2015 and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! She's since gone on to grow a multi seven-figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. Episode Highlights: Six months into her journey as a VA she landed her dream client who introduced her to online course creation The popular concept among the online course community “validate before your create” helped Abbey launch her own online course business By following proven strategies and learning from the top coaches, she has built her business, most recently, a $750,000 launch It's now her passion to help others start their own VA business so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship as well. Listen in to learn how Abbey has grown her online course and membership business and is on track to earn multi seven-figures this year and have her first $1M course launch. Links mentioned in this episode: ✅ Sponsored by Course in a Box on AppSumo ✅ Where you can find Ashley: https://www.thevirtualsavvy.com/ ➡️Episode show show notes: https://destinicopp.com/podcast/74 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/destini-copp/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/destini-copp/support

You know you want to be home with your kids and make money online, but not everyone is called to entrepreneurship in the classic sense of creating products or offering coaching. Does that mean you're stuck? Nope. There are other options!  If you have a servant's heart, then offering services as a virtual assistant can be a great option for making money online.    Join me as I talk with Abbey Ashley of The Virtual Savvy about her journey to starting her own VA business and then scaling that into a multi-million dollar company where she teaches other women how to start their own VA businesses.  She gives a lot of great information about how to take those first steps to starting your VA business as well.    Episode Highlights:  Abbey's story of starting as a VA and how it grew The role faith played in her business journey Mom guilt around daycare and being home with kids Tips for starting a VA business   Whether you're interested in being a VA or you want to hear how one woman stayed home with her kids and eventually turned her business into a multi-million dollar company, then today's episode is going to give you some good nuggets of wisdom.  ************** Connect with Abbey on Instagram @thevirtualsavvy and her website at www.thevirtualsavvy.com Want more support as you're stepping into your calling? I've got you covered! >Want community? Join me in the Mama With A Calling Facebook group and other like-minded faith-fueled women all pursuing their calling of having purposeful and profitable online businesses.  >Want more how-tos and info? Check out the articles on my site www.mamawithacalling.com >Wish you had someone to just help you get clear on all the things you need in your business? Grab a clarity coaching session with me (www.mamawithacalling.com/clarity). Not sure if coaching is right for you? Sign up for a free mini session (www.mamawithacalling.com/coaching).  I'd love to connect with you on Instagram! Send me a DM and say hi  @mamawithacalling

Have you been thinking about doing something just for you? Today we have multi million dollar online course creator Abbey Ashley on the show.  Abbey shares with us that her dream was always to be a stay at home mom until she realized that she wasn't really good at some of the stay at home mom things! It occurred to her too that she was bored and needed something else just for her and also wanted to contribute financially. I know many moms out there might be finding more time on their hands as their kids are older and you too might be wanting something to fill your time that gives you a creative outlet or makes you use your brain in a different way.  Abbey talks about her success not happening over night and the hard lessons she learned to get where she is today.  One topic that stood out to me is that by asking her audience what they needed vs. just doing what she thought they needed is what made her wildly successful. Hear what she has to say about this topic and more on the podcast. If you liked this episode make sure to check out the episode I did on living a life too small for you. Click HERE Looking for 1-2 clients to help with building confidence and pivoting careers. Are you living a life too small for you but too afraid to take that first step? You guys know that I love helping moms, and so I wanted to be able to help you guys beyond the podcast.  I am so excited to announce that I am  getting certified as a Life and Weight coach! Even better, I am looking for 1-2 practice clients for the month of June/July 2021. This will be absolutely FREE. The only requirement is that you show up via Zoom and do the work as if you have financially invested in this journey. If you have a goal that you want to reach, I would love to help you achieve that!  Let's make 2021 your year! If you are interested email me at amber@mominspiredshow.com Guest info: Abbey Ashley: Interested in becoming a Virtual Assistant make sure to grab Abbey's free training below. Website: https://thevirtualsavvy.lpages.co/bbo/

Today on the show, we are excited to welcome Abbey Ashley, Founder of The Virtual Savvy. Abbey has helped aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home businesses from scratch. She started her own virtual assistant business as a new mom and was able to double her salary from her full-time corporate job in just 30 days! She has since gone on to grow a seven-figure business with 19 employees and certainly has some key insights to share about how to hire to scale. It's now her passion to help others start their own VA businesses so they too can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship. She is currently building a brand new platform, which you will hear about towards the end of the interview, that is going to make hiring so much easier, especially for creative entrepreneurs, connecting you with virtual assistants that are going to stick around and be the right fit for you and your company. In today’s episode, we’re talking about the hiring process, particularly how to hire for a culture fit over a skill fit. We think that that is one of the most remarkable things that Abbey has unlocked within her own business, and it has definitely been one of the key elements that has factored into her incredible success. We discuss how to identify your brand culture, how to speak that into existence within your team, and how to support your team through that journey, as well as how to hire for the perfect fit, of course. Whether you are ready to hire your first VA or dip your toes into hiring employees, this episode is full of practical tips that will be beneficial to you, no matter where you are on that journey. Make sure to tune into this insightful interview with The Virtual Savvy Founder and powerhouse entrepreneur, Abbey Ashley! Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. To download the transcript of this episode head to: thestrategyhour.com.

Are you ready to hear the story of someone who built a $4 million business without knowing anything about the online space?   In this episode, Abbey Ashley is joining me to talk about building an online business from scratch and how staying consistent and connected to her audience helped her grow.   Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business in 2015 and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days!    She's since gone on to grow a multi seven-figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. It's now her passion to help others start their own VA business so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship as well.   Abbey is sharing how she got started without knowing anything about being a virtual assistant, how staying consistent benefited her, how she decided on her product, what her business looks like now and much more.   Listen in to learn more about Abbey and her business and what her advice is for growing and scaling a business from scratch. Resources Mentioned:  FREE Digital Product Toolbox  http://hellosavvy.com https://thevirtualsavvy.com https://thevirtualsavvy.com/community https://thevirtualsavvy.com/checklist https://facebook.com/thevirtualsavvy https://instagram.com/thevirtualsavvy I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram! Show notes available at www.monicafroese.com/17

Emma here and I am soooo excited to share this bonus episode with you all today! You can listen to my interview with Abbey Ashley, founder of The Virtual Savvy. Abbey shares with me the story of how she changed her career (and life!) when she taught herself to become a Virtual Assistant, making it possible for her to work from home with her children. She grew that business but then eventually started teaching others how they too could own their own business and become a VA and have the freedom to work from home, or work remote, just like she had found. For show notes, visit abeautifulmess.com/podcast. You can also write to us at podcast@abeautifulmess.com or you can call into our new hotline at 417-893-0011.

Welcome back to another episode of the podcast. This week I am joined by the lovely Meridith McCarty. Meridith is the owner of McCarty Virtual Services, a full service virtual assistant agency and outsourcing expert. She has been working one-on-one with business owners for the past two years on how to most efficiently outsource work to a virtual assistant to maximize revenue and minimize costs and time consuming tasks. Meridith was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa (yes, another Iowan!) and after many moves for her husband Alex's career, she currently is residing outside of Baltimore, Maryland. After their third move in four years, she decided to create the lifestyle she desired and used all of her experience that she had gained in the corporate world to begin her own virtual assistant company, thus McCarty Virtual Services was born. I originally met Meridith at the She Did It Her Way Summit a few years back. She reached out to me, connecting as fellow Iowans and over our mutual work we do with coaches.Her husband's career had them moving every 1.5-2 years. This meant figuring out a new 9-5 with every move, which was less than ideal for growing her career because every time she got started, she had to stop again. She realized that she couldn’t keep doing what she was doing and knowing she was never meant to be in a 9-5, Meridith began looking into remote jobs she could do from home when they landed in Newport, RI in 2018. She discovered the world of virtual assistance and she dove all-in deciding that is what she was going to do. She committed to it and never looked back.What makes Meridith’s journey so amazing is that she never gave herself a ‘plan B’, she was simply determined to make this work. She put all her eggs and this one basket and decided she was going to whatever it took. With this mindset, Meridith set herself up for massive success, though she didn’t know it quite yet. One of the first things Meridith did was take Abbey Ashley’s (a past She Did It Her Way Summit speaker!) course, and with this course along with her own experience and knowledge she was able to dive right in, get uncomfortable, and start her business.She assumed her business would slowly, but steadily grow, but what happened was the exact opposite. She experienced growth almost immediately and had to quickly hire a VA to help her out on the back end of her own business. She was not prepared at all for this, despite being a VA herself and knowing what should be done.As a result, Meridith decided to pivot her business, consulting business owners on how to outsource work to VA’s. She shows them how to determine what to outsource, how to set themselves and their VA’s up for success, and grow their business with a VA in a positive way. Here are few of Meridith’s key recommendations for before you start looking to outsource:Download LoomRecord yourself doing routine tasks, step by stepCreate a place (whether in Drive or a project management tool) as a training library to store these instructional videosIn this space, also put all of the information a VA would need to be successful (your headshot, bio, SOP’s, your working schedule, etc.)Her business continued to grow, much quicker than she had anticipated thanks to a referral program she had put into place, and she decided it was time to continue to grow her team.Her big initiative in 2021 is to get out of actually doing any client fulfillment herself. She has set herself up to be so close to achieving this and now they just need to make that final pivot, as a team. Meridith lives by the saying,“Do what you love, and the money will follow.”Are you a VA looking to go the extra mile on your applications? Meridith likes to use video submissions in her job opp’s. It shows that the applicant is willing to go the extra mile. This also raises your chances of you being remembered because it dramatically cuts down on the number of applicants for a position, in her experience.  There are definitely moments where as business owners we think that the virtual assistants and people that work for us can read our mind. Obviously, this is just not the case and it really trains you to be super explicit, crystal clear, and over communicate what it is that you want done. “It also really requires you to recognize that hiring someone is like it is an investment, you spend more time and energy upfront.”We all have those times that we have failed, we have all been there and hired wrong. You learn by your failures and how you are going to ‘do it next time’. Massive action produces massive results. That's how the business grows and that's how we grow.As she has grown, so has her family. Meridith now has a beautiful baby who she loves to spend time engaging with. This makes it especially important for her to be able to focus her time when her baby is awake on her baby and when the baby is asleep, on her business. Learning to balance and keep doing the things she loves in her business is what keeps her fueled and fully present for both her family and her business.Want to connect with Meridith? You can connect with her on Instagram and also find her hanging out on Clubhouse (McCartyVA). You can find out more about her agency  via her website as well.Until next time, keep doing it your way!  Insights:“It's important to recognize and understand that your leap journey and transition is going to be different from one person to the next.”“If you can learn from someone and go straight to the source, it's going to save you so much time and energy, and it's going to allow you to accelerate your growth.”“The key is to take care of the people who are already there because by doing so that will attract and bring more people in.”“The better that you lay the expectation, the more stringent you are about the qualifying and hiring process, like the less work you're going to do on the back end, and they're going to make your life easier when it comes to that.” Resources:Meredith McCartyPrivate VA Outsourcing Facebook CommunityFollow Meridith on InstagramOn Clubhouse as ‘McCartyVA’Girl Wash Your Face, by Rachel HollisSDH 240: How To Determine Which Social Media Outlet That’s Right For Your Business with Rachel HollisYou Are A Badass by Jen SinceroSDH 188: Following Your Fears and Feeling All The Feels with Jen SinceroAbbey AshleyAsanaTeamworkGoogle DriveDubsadoLoom

On today's episode of Mother Daughter Connections™, I'm joined by CEO & Founder of The Virtual Savvy, Abbey Ashley.    Abbey and I discuss  the power of a mother's presence how to navigate the process of developing a close mother-daughter relationship ways to be mindful of your work and family needs in a savvy way ...and MUCH MORE! __________________________________ To Connect with Abbey, go to: Abbey's FREE RESOURCE:  The Virtual Assistant CHECKLIST & STARTER KIT at: www.vastarterkit.com   Abbey's Website: www.TheVirtualSavvy.com Abbey's Favorite Book: Clockwork, by Mike Michalowicz   ___________________________________ And Don't Forget To . . . Grab your FREE COPY of the Quick Guide To Lesson Arguments (https://bit.ly/lessarguments) NOW!   Until next time…   Let's Stay Connected :)   Dr. Michelle Deering

It's time to catch up with another course creator friend! Abbey Ashley is no stranger to this show, but it's been a while since we've heard what she's up to. And she does not disappoint: Abbey's been killing it this year! We chatted about how her business is evolving, where she sees herself focusing her... Read More

It's time to catch up with another course creator friend! Abbey Ashley is no stranger to this show, but it's been a while since we've heard what she's up to. And she does not disappoint: Abbey's been killing it this year! We chatted about how her business is evolving, where she sees herself focusing her... Read More

So you’re thinking of starting a business or maybe you have started but could use some direction or inspiration.  Where to start?  What to offer?  Will people actually pay me? All the questions???  Founder of The Virtual Savvy is with us today to spill the beans on how she DOUBLED her salary in just 30 days! Now she helps aspiring VA’s launch and grow their at home businesses from scratch.  If you are struggling today’s episode will totally inspire you to dream big dreams and keep on going!Guest expert, Abbey Ashley, started her own VA business as a new mom and was able to DOUBLE her SALARY while working part time in just 30 days.  SAY WHAT!!!  She has gone on to grow a 7 figure business and retire her husband!  Her passion is to help others know the freedom and flexibility of the entrepreneurial life.  These tips and strategies will have you diving into your own business with a new sense of excitement!Topics Covered in this Episode:Recognizing The Seasons of LifeIts a number's game, how to make the numbers work in your favorA Simple Process for Initiating the  ConversationThe Importance Of Actually TELLING people about your businessHow to be strategic with your business moneyConnect with Abby AshleyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevirtualsavvy/Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/TheVirtualSavvy/Website: https://www.thevirtualsavvy.com/Free gift: VA Checklist-- the step by step checklist to starting your VA business from scratch! Click the link to view:https://thevirtualsavvy.lpages.co/checklist-and-starter-kit/SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTSDid you love this episode? Then I would love to have you subscribe! A new episode comes out every week and I have SO many amazing guests/topics on the schedule I would hate for you to miss any.   Click here to subscribe on Apple PodcastsDid something specific resonate with you? Then leave a review! I LOVE reading each and every one of them. They inspire me to keep going and remind me that I am making a difference. I can not tell you enough how much they mean to me! Plus it helps other amazing moms like yourself find this podcast so they can have the same wonderful "ah-ha" moments you did!Wondering how to leave a review? Click here to review, then select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review”.  So easy and again I can NOT thank you enough!! YOU ROCK!

Our guest on the show today is Abbey Ashley, the founder of The Virtual Savvy! After running her own successful VA business for a few years, she has gone on to help other aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home businesses from scratch. We get to pick her brain today, and the reason we’re so excited is that she has an amazing business philosophy which involves keeping things simple while still making a major impact! She has perfected the art of doubling down on the areas that work and remaining laser-focused on those rather than getting distracted.  In this episode, you’ll learn about her launch game plans as well as how she deals with Black Fridays, teaching us how to set ourselves up for a booming year ahead. You’ll be thrilled to know that Abbey will also be a speaker at our upcoming Boss Project Summit, another great reason to sign up and get your pass! Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. To download the transcript of this episode head to: thestrategyhour.com.

Virtual assistants are in high demand because they provide an important service to busy entrepreneurs. Working as a virtual assistant is also a gateway to your own entrepreneurial journey. It prepares us for launching our own products and building businesses that fulfill us and give us freedom. Some of the most successful online entrepreneurs started out as virtual assistants and worked their way up to become CEOs in their own right. Offering our services online allows us to uncover what we’re good at, what we love, and where we can offer the most value. This allows for us to build something that will make an impact. How do we get into the world of virtual assistance? What kind of services can we offer? In this episode, I’m joined by Abbey Ashley, founder of The Virtual Savvy. She shares how she went from VA to CEO, and how she found success by focusing on one product.   The best way for me to make money is to improve on the things I already have, instead of creating new things. -Abbey Ashley   3 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode There is a huge market for VAs: As businesses grow, it stops making financial sense for the owner to spend their time on tasks that don’t make more money or move the business forward. More and more entrepreneurs are realizing they need help, and the virtual assistant niche is thriving as a result. How to go from generalist VA to niched down entrepreneur: Being a VA is an entry point to offering services online. It gives us the launching pad to figure out the problem we can solve, which becomes the service we offer. Starting out as a generalist allows us to attract clients, build our confidence, and then we’ll start seeing what we’re good at. Gradually that will lead to the development of a valuable service. How building upon one product/service gives us time freedom: It takes longer to get traction on a new product and marketing avenue than it does to pour our time and effort into perfecting a product that already exists. By pouring fuel on a product and service we already have, we can prioritize better, maximize our time freedom, and build something that has long-term value.   Guest Bio-  Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business as a new mom and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! She's since gone on to grow a seven-figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. It's now her passion to help others start their own VA business so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship as well.  To register for Abbey’s free training on Becoming a Booked Out Virtual Assistant visit https://boss-mom.com/abbey/.

Abbey Ashley of The Virtual Savvy talks to us about how she grew her organic traffic through focused efforts, one platform at a time.  Adding an evergreen webinar funnel grew the sales of her signature course even more.  Finally, she added fuel to the fire with Facebook ads and her business is growing by leaps and bounds! Find the full show notes for this episode at https://brilliantbusinessmoms.com/episode205

Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business as a new mom and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! She's since gone on to grow a seven-figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. It's now her passion to help others start their own VA businesses so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship as well. In this conversation, we cover Abbey's best tips for hiring the perfect VA for YOU, how and WHAT to delegate when you're working with someone new, how she and her husband transitioned to working together in the business, the power of having dedicated full-time support in your business (and a financial buffer too!), how creating a course changed the game for her business (+ how she knew exactly what to build so it would sell like hotcakes), and more. Grab your earbuds and enjoy! ______________________________ If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action. Get started here: http://naptimeempires.com/guide ________________________________ SHOW NOTES: http://naptimeempires.com/070  FB GROUP: http://naptimeempires.com/facebook INSTA: http://instagram.com/nikkielledgebrown MUSIC: "So Far So Close" by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License.Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business as a new mom and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! She's since gone on to grow a seven-figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. It's now her passion to help others start their own VA businesses so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship as well. In this conversation, we cover Abbey's best tips for hiring the perfect VA for YOU, how and WHAT to delegate when you're working with someone new, how she and her husband transitioned to working together in the business, the power of having dedicated full-time support in your business (and a financial buffer too!), how creating a course changed the game for her business (+ how she knew exactly what to build so it would sell like hotcakes), and more. Grab your earbuds and enjoy! ______________________________ If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action. Get started here: http://naptimeempires.com/guide ________________________________ SHOW NOTES: http://naptimeempires.com/070  FB GROUP: http://naptimeempires.com/facebook INSTA: http://instagram.com/nikkielledgebrown MUSIC: "So Far So Close" by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License.

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” ~ African ProverbWe get so caught up in I can do it all myself, and there is almost shame in asking for help, or admitting you can not do it all. There are a couple of options, either settling into the realization that you are swamped and stay there, or start reaching out and asking for help. Abbey Ashley helps aspiring Virtual Assistants start their business from scratch with www.thevirtualsavvy.com. She’s been featured on NBC News, Smart Passive Income & Teachable, now she teaches & trains hundreds of VAs to start their own VA business to help entrepreneurs like us. I knew she would be the perfect expert to share with you on hiring virtual help. In this episode, we cover how to identify only things we can do as "the boss”, and understanding things we can start to outsource, what to look for in a good VA - and certain red flags to watch out for. If you are someone how has ever struggled with doing it all yourself, then this episode is for you.Discover more about Abbey AshleyWebsite: www.thevirtualsavvy.comFacebook: VA Savvies Facebook Group, The Virtual Savvy Facebook Biz PagePinterest: thevirtualsavvyInstagram: @thevirtualsavvyYouTube: abbeyashleyLinkedIn: thevirtualsavvyTwitter: thevirtualsavvyBio: Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business as a new mom and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! She's since gone on to grow a seven-figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. It's now her passion to help others start their own VA business so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship as well. Resources shared in this episode:https://www.thevirtualsavvy.com/hire/Toggl

Maybe you have the dream that you want to work for yourself and be your own boss but you don’t know what you want to do.Maybe you know what you want to do, what you’re passionate about but for some reason, you can’t seem to get yourself into action. You can’t seem to get motivated.Maybe you’re already running your business full-time and you still find yourself getting stuck, focusing on all the things that don’t really matter.In today’s episode, I’m going to unpack all three of those scenarios with you and provide some actionable things you can do to get unstuck and take that very next best step.Maybe you’re in the first camp where you know you want to work for yourself but not exactly sure what type of business you want to start or how to channel your creative energy productively. If you’re in this camp it is most likely you have so many creative ideas, passions and you may spend a lot of time during the day scheming of what your business could look like and all the different options yet, when you get home from working or you turn off your work laptop, you’re depleted and have very little to no energy left to do anything. Don’t worry, I’ve been there too.Maybe you think you want to create graphics, build a website, write copy,The challenge when you’re in this camp is that you have so many ideas, you’re just not sure which one to focus on and invest your time and energy into.If you’re in this stage I recommend listing out all things you could do or ideas that you have. Go through each idea and identify and rate them on the following:On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest, how excited do I feel about this idea?On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest, how economical is this idea? Can I make money from this? Are other people making money teaching/doing/coaching this? (you can do a quick internet search or visit a site call Upwork to browse and see what and if people are getting paid to do what you want to do)On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest, how competent am I in this skill? The majority of people want to make money fast to replace their income and in this case, you want to stick with something that you already have developed a skillset in, vs, having to go out and get extensive training.After you’ve gone through all your ideas and tested them against these three questions, rate them and add up the numbers to see which idea is the most viable in terms of your zone of genius and sweet spot. Start at the top of the list and work your way down. Now that you’ve gotten clarity on which idea to start taking action on, let’s move to the next stage in this journey...When you know WHAT you want to do but don’t know HOW to get started, I recommend the following…Step 1:Find someone who is doing what you already want to be doing. Want to start a VA business, find someone who is doing what you want to be doing and learn from them. If you want to start a VA business, I recommend you check out my friend Abbey Ashley’s course, Savvy System. Abbey spent years being a VA, built a successful business and now she teaches women all across the world how to do the same. We’ve included her free training “Become a Booked out VA” in our training library on Shediditherway.com. (for show notes - LINK directly to the training library).This is the quickest path to success.Step 2:Be willing to invest in yourself. I spent years trying to piece together what I thought would work when I could have invested my dollars (not time) in learning from someone who has already done what I want to do.If you want to start a blog, learn from someone who has launched a successful blog. If you’re in Corporate America and you find that you don’t have a ton of time outside of your job, then you don’t have the time to NOT invest in yourself and pay for a course or coaching. It is worth it and will help accelerate the process of you being where you and where you want to go.Not only does investing in a coach or a course demonstrate your willingness to take the next step, but it also more importantly gives you a plan for what to do with your time that you DO have.The reason why it is so easy to come home from work and procrastinate is that you don’t have a clear plan with how you’re going to spend your time. If you know how you’re going to spend every minute when you get home from work, and you know exactly what you’re going to do in every 30-minute time block, you’re more likely to get work done and not just any work, important work. Work that will help you accelerate the process of getting out of Corporate America and making your ultimate leap.Step 3 (and the most important step):Is to commit. Commitment looks like not questioning what you’re doing when things don’t go the way you planned because they won’t go the way you planned, that I promised. Keep your goals the same but be flexible with the way you reach your goal and destination. Commit more than 3 months or 6 months. Commit for the next 12 months. Let’s say you enroll in a course that is standalone and you take on your time, make a plan for that course, and commit to the plan. What I mean by creating a plan is to decide what time and date you’re going to go through the lessons and what you’re going to do and by when. Start with what you’re going to accomplish and commit to doing in the next two weeks. Maybe that looks like in the next two weeks I want to have watched all of Module 1 training lessons and have done the homework. Great, schedule this on your calendar in 30-minute increments so you know exactly what you’re going to do with the time that you have.Now, if you’re a full-time business owner and you’ve recently made your leap, it can be easy to get distracted by ALL the things that you’re being told you need to do to have a successful business, you can easily get overwhelmed. When you’re constantly consuming content it can be easy to lose your way and get overwhelmed.I recommend limiting social media intake, unsubscribing from any emails that distract you, find a coach or a program and focus on only the things you’re enrolled in at that time. Focus on one strategy at a time. First, make sure you’re taking care of your existing clients. How can you offer up an even better experience for them? Referral marketing is one of the best, fastest and cheapest ways to grow your business. When you do great work, people talk. Then look at your business and identify where does your audience hangs out most of the time, where do you love to show up, where are you generating the most leads and revenue and focus on what is already working.One reason why you might feel like you’re all over the place and can’t see what next step to take is because you’re overloaded with being told so many things you must do right now. The key is to remember that everyone is sharing what worked for them. Which means it could work for you as well. The success is picking the method that most aligns with you, your personality, business and then sticking with that one thing for a period of time.So if you’re in the stage where you have so many ideas and not sure what to do or where to start, list them out and rank them.Then move to the next stage. If you’re already there and you know what you want to do but not sure how to get started, find someone who is doing what you want to do and is successful and learn from them.Lastly, the early stages of building your business can be some of the noisiest and overwhelming. Continue to serve your current clients, learn from a limited number of people and commit.Don’t forget early bird tickets are on sale for this year’s She Did It Her Way Summit until Friday, October 16th. Head on over to www.shediditherwaysummit.com to get yours today to this epic event!

Latrice Claiborne is a system and operations strategist who specializes in marketing automation (Infusionsoft Certified!) and making back-end business systems and processes seamless for small business owners! As a Systems & Operations Strategist, she's helped hundreds of amazing entrepreneurs totally transform their business back-end from "blah" to "all systems go”! She's also a Business Coach for Mompreneurs, helping them build profitable businesses without sacrificing family. I'm a wife, mother, Believer, speaker, and tech tools fanatic! Here's what we covered on the episode: How Latrice and I met through a mutual friend, Jordan Gill Latrice shares how she started at a company where she was overworked, underpaid and underappreciated but how that laid the foundation for what she does today The story of how Latrice was shown Infusionsoft and had to learn how it worked to teach to her team While on maternity leave Latrice felt overwhelmed and started thinking of ways she could work from home When Latrice's boys were 2 years old and 2 months old her and her husband created a strategy, saved up 3 months of her income and Latrice started business How Latrice's first client was her previous job because they didn't want to see her leave Latrice shares how she started out as a virtual assistant, then she started specializing and her business evolved into what it is today Latrice explains how when she started this business 4 years ago she had no idea it would grow into this and end up helping business and mompreneurs like it has Why having her first client be her previous job was a weird transition because the tables turned and she was setting the rules and pay as her own boss instead of them Latrice explains how she is so much bolder than she was four years ago and encourages everyone to ask questions, the worst answer you'll receive is no Latrice gave her job a 1 month notice that she was leaving and how 1 week into that notice her boss told her they want her to stay on, which is what Latrice wanted but had feared to ask How some companies do hire contractors and are starting to realize that they can have more remote workers and reduce their costs without having to micromanage people who are physically in the office Latrice shares how you can't be desperate, sign each client or business and ignore red flags, which is what she did at the beginning Questions you need to ask yourself when choosing clients to ensure they are a great fit for your company, for your services and your lifestyle How you should create multiple streams of income within your one business/niche so you become an expert in your field and don't confuse your audience Latrice shares how she had to learn how to manage her time when trying to balance all her commitments and obligations How Latrice uses Toggl to track all her time on tasks and the reason she tracks her time is to hold herself accountable because she is the only one who can do that  Latrice shares how using time blocking, scheduling, tracking and project management tools could help increase your productivity Latrice's Facebook Group, SuperMoms Business Society where they share tip and tricks to help moms be productive, especially those transitioning to working from home How Latrice schedules everything in her life and how if you want to achieve your goals you should put something on your schedule that relates to it Latrice explains how taking advantage of her time and  delegating tasks in her home and business has made a huge difference so she doesn't lose time or her sanity Latrice shares how she hired too soon in her business because she didn't have any systems or processes documented so it wasn't efficient How using her time management tools helped Latrice figure out what she should delegate first Latrice's friend Abbey Ashley's Facebook Group, Virtual Assistant Savvies where a lot of people go to hire freelancers, virtual assistance and more Latrice explains her extensive hiring process including where she gets potential employees and how she narrows them down using specific instructions, and specific phases The system side of Latrice's services, where she manages company's technology and tech department, does their marketing automation and can set up webinar funnels if needed The other side of Latrice's business where she's a mompreneur coach and gives them resources to build profitable and sustainable businesses How automating your systems and processes can help you maximize your efficiency and how that results in you maximizing your profit How you should identify what is paining you the most and start with creating a system for that thing first so you can delegate it in the future Why Latrice is so disciplined in her business so when a day comes where she feels unmotivated, she can take a break because she's not behind on anything and is actually ahead of schedule Connect with Latrice on her website or follow her on Instagram    Links mentioned Latrice's Website SuperMoms Business Society Facebook Group Virtual Assistant Savvies Facebook Group Connect with Latrice on Instagram Like what you heard? Click here to subscribe + leave a review on iTunes Click here to get access to my sales page Trello Board Let's connect on Instagram!

You've seen the insane online course success stories. The 6-figure launches. The passive income potential. But how does it actually happen? Are these really real people having these massive successes?Well… the answer is yes.On today's show, we have my friend Abbey Ashley sharing her story. Abbey went from from starting a VA business at 8 months pregnant, to launching her first course, and then building it to a half-million dollar launch within the span of a few years.You'll learn… Why her first launch was a flop and what she would never do againHow often she launches her courseHer juiciest tips for building an email listAnd more!Tune into today's episode and get ready to be crazy inspired by this mama of two from Missouri.Freebie of the week: Rapid List Building GuideWant to grow your email list?Get the top strategies from 20 online marketing experts like Jenna Kutcher, Jill Stanton, Tyler McCall so many others!Learn the HIGHEST converting strategies so you don't waste time on things that don't work, and you build that list of raving fans.Download it here: https://thesweetestdigs.lpages.co/list-building-guide/Don't forget to subscribe and review the podcast if you like what you hear: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-passive-project/id1470482672I love sending out emails to my peeps with helpful tips, inspiration, and free stuff I create and use in my own business. If you're already on my list, you'll see that I'll also be sure to alert you to the new episodes as they come out. If you aren't already on my email list, well babe… what are you waiting for? I can't wait to be BFFs with you and learn more about your business and goals and life.So make sure to get your cute butt over there. You can head to: https://gemmabonhamcarter.com/bestiesMake sure you go ahead and forward it to your biz BFF. Leave a review on iTunes. Share it on your instagram and tag me. I would give you some major online love for that.Want to see more of Abbey?Snag Abbey's FREE VA Checklist here: https://www.thevirtualsavvy.com/checklistSupport the show (https://thesweetestdigs.lpages.co/pp-webinar/)

It's time to talk tools! What works best for online course creation? What are the apps and software I can't live without? And do other successful course creators use the same tools I do? We are about to find out, because today's episode is jam-packed with tool reviews, tips on how to integrate different tools,... Read More

It's time to talk tools! What works best for online course creation? What are the apps and software I can't live without? And do other successful course creators use the same tools I do? We are about to find out, because today's episode is jam-packed with tool reviews, tips on how to integrate different tools,... Read More

Our guest on the show today is Abbey Ashley, the founder of The Virtual Savvy! After running her own successful VA business for a few years, she has gone on to help other aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home businesses from scratch. We get to pick her brain today, and the reason we’re so excited is that she has an amazing business philosophy which involves keeping things simple while still making a major impact! She has perfected the art of doubling down on the areas that work and remaining laser-focused on those rather than getting distracted.  In this episode, you’ll learn about her launch game plans as well as how she deals with Black Fridays, teaching us how to set ourselves up for a booming year ahead. You’ll be thrilled to know that Abbey will also be a speaker at our upcoming Boss Project Summit, another great reason to sign up and get your pass! Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. To download the transcript of this episode head to: thestrategyhour.com.  

Abbey Ashley’s online career started when she became a ghostwriter for an online course creator. She also hated her job as a stay-at-home phone operator, and knew she craved something more entrepreneurial and fulfilling. Especially since she and her husband found out they were pregnant.That’s when Abbey became a virtual assistant. And over the next two years, she earned a full-time income as a virtual assistant while slowly building up a website and an email list of just 1000 people.Today, we’ll learn how she turned that initial email list of 1000 people into an $8000 launch in round one, and three years later, how she’s used focused strategies to grow The Virtual Savvy into a million dollar business.To learn more about Abbey, The Virtual Savvy, or Teachable, visit teachable.com/eit11.

Ever considered becoming a virtual assistant? It might just be the way to go! With flexible hours, lots of options, and different ways to work virtual assisting has so much to offer. Especially for busy Moms- waiting for Nap Time. Meet Abbey Ashley, a lady who knows all about it! Abbey became a VA years ago while looking for flexible work after Motherhood. Today she teaches others how to become virtual assistants through her online courses at Virtual Savvy. This topic is so interesting and needs to be a part of today's conversation! For more follow Moms Who Rule the World on Instagram @MomsWhoRuletheWorld

Come listen as we hear from Abbey Ashley and how she completed her first live launch WITHOUT any ads what so ever and how she can help YOU become a profitable Virtual Assistant! If you are tired of setting for the hustle heavy lifestyle of the entrepreneur and are raising your hand to consistent income that DOESN'T require you to work crazy hours, I created a free class and saved a seat for you here: http://profitplanner.co/grow. This class goes over the 3-part profit plan system so you can run a business that allows you to be laptopless - where you can work when you WANT to, not because you HAVE to.

Starting a service business on the side is one of the fastest ways to build extra income. It's flexible, low-overhead, and you can probably start with skills you already have. “I had a lot of drive underneath me," Abbey Ashley told me, about starting her service business back in 2013. "I was super pregnant and I hated my job so much,” Abbey started offering her services as a virtual assistant, and connected with her first clients at local networking events in Washington, DC. My the time her maternity leave was up--just a few short months--Abbey had booked enough work to not have to go back to that job she hated. On top of that, she only had to work 20 hours a week to do it, and could work from home. There are almost no barriers to entry to starting a freelance service business, and the startup costs are minimal. (All Abbey did was make business cards for networking.) In fact, it was a service business, a house painting business in my case, that was one of my first entrepreneurial adventures. Over time, Abbey scaled her virtual assistant business from just herself at $20-30 an hour, to her own little virtual agency, to $75 an hour and up for some specialized work.

Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business in 2013 and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! She's since gone on to grow a multi-six figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. It's now her passion to help others start their own VA business so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship as well. In this episode, we talk about how Abbey built her business so quickly and how she helps others create a thriving business too. Abbey shares some really helpful tips about launching a business, scaling with a membership site, and creating a community.

Abbey Ashley leads an online community of 25,000 virtual assistants. She started offering virtual assistant services in 2013 and was able to leave her full-time, corporate job while on maternity leave. She now teaches others how to start working as a work-from-home virtual assistant. In this episode, Abbey shares how she got started as a virtual assistant, the benefits of becoming a virtual assistant, and the benefits of hiring one as a mompreneur. During our conversation, Abbey talks about: what a virtual assistant is how moms can get started working from home and making money faster in this industry than many other types of home-based businesses her take on Upwork, Fiverr and other outsourcing companies the one thing that she did that made a MAJOR difference for her family and business how to hire a VA to support your small business, and more   Where You Can Find Abbey Ashley Online: Website: https://thevirtualsavvy.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/thevirtualsavvy Twitter: www.twitter.com/thevirtualsavvy Instagram: www.instagram.thevirtualsavvy As we close out, I want you to be encouraged. It’s easy to get caught up in doing everything on your own when you’re building your business because you think that’s how it has to be. Then you discover that you don’t have to do it all by yourself. Resources and support are available if you’ll open your heart to receive. I hope that you heard something today that helps you as you continue to build your dreams. I’d love to hear your thoughts and answer any questions you may have. Feel free to leave a comment below the show notes at http://ericablocker.com/146. You can also email me directly at: Erica@momswithdreams.com. Until next time, reclaim YOUR dream. Do what YOU love. Make a difference! Take care, Erica

Starting a service business on the side is one of the fastest ways to build extra income. It's flexible, low-overhead, and you can probably start with skills you already have. “I had a lot of drive underneath me," Abbey Ashley told me, about starting her service business back in 2013. "I was super pregnant and I hated my job so much,” Abbey started offering her services as a virtual assistant, and connected with her first clients at local networking events in Washington, DC. My the time her maternity leave was up--just a few short months--Abbey had booked enough work to not have to go back to that job she hated. On top of that, she only had to work 20 hours a week to do it, and could work from home. There are almost no barriers to entry to starting a freelance service business, and the startup costs are minimal. (All Abbey did was make business cards for networking.) In fact, it was a service business, a house painting business in my case, that was one of my first entrepreneurial adventures. Over time, Abbey scaled her virtual assistant business from just herself at $20-30 an hour, to her own little virtual agency, to $75 an hour and up for some specialized work. Before long, the questions started coming in: How can I do what you do? How can I work from home and set my own hours? How can I do work I enjoy? In response, she built up a complete training program for would-be virtual assistants. She's helped thousands of people start their own service businesses and has built a thriving free community of virtual assistants.  If you want to dive in deeper, check out her free training called Become a Booked Out Virtual Assistant. (That's an affiliate link; if you buy her full program, I'll receive a commission.)

Abbey Ashley is the founder of The Virtual Savvy. Abbey is a virtual assistant startup coach who is helping women all over the world start, launch and grow their VA (Virtual Assistant) businesses to $5,000 per month and beyond! She had started her own virtual assistant business in 2012 while on maternity leave and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week in just 30 days. Ashley has been featured on Boss Mom, Smart Passive Income and NBC News and is passionate about empowering women to start their own work-from-home careers, so they can have the freedom to quit their 9-5's, travel the world, and spend more time with their families. If you’re looking for opportunities to start working remotely, becoming a VA is a great first step and Ashely's here to tell you how you can do that fast and avoid some major mistakes on the way. Here is what we talked about: Being a virtual assistant as a new mum Abbey’s journey to entrepreneurship while having children Starting a business while pregnant Planning maternity leave The #momguilt Being the provider of the family as a woman Prioritizing business and family Developing the VA business and teaching others Finding confidence to "do it all" "What's the worst thing that can happen?" attitude Failures and challenges along the way Starting your VA business: where to begin  Mistakes to avoid when starting your VA business What makes an amazing VA Myths and challenges about working from home Find all the links mentioned in the episode here >>> P. S. Sign up for the free, exclusive training from me on “The Lie of Female Success: How to Get Unstuck, Release Pressure & Stop Trying to Do It All” to find out: How to overcome the "Superwoman Syndrome" so you can start living in freedom, with ease, and owning your truth True feminine power and what you can do right now to begin feeling supported, stop pushing & controlling your life and men How to rediscover, embrace and cultivate feminine flow and become embodied so you can stop overthinking and start making decisions from the heart The essence of masculine/feminine polarity and how to attract and magnify the relationship you want And much more… Sign up at girlskill.com/webinar

Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grows their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business in 2013 and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! She's since gone on to grow a multi-six figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. It's now her passion to help others start their own VA business so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship as well. Listen in to hear Abbey share: How she started her virtual assistant business and replaced her full-time income while on maternity leave What kinds of work moms can do from home as a VA How to get started as a VA (it’s easier than you think!) The pros and cons of working for a VA company vs starting your own VA business How she has gotten over mom guilt in order to embrace being a high achieving entrepreneur Links Mentioned: Join me at Shameless Mom Con on April 26th & 27th: Shameless Mom Con Connect with Abbey: The Virtual Savvy Get Abbey’s Checklist: Checklist Abbey on Facebook Abbey on Instagram Abbey on YouTube Thank you to our sponsors: Grove Collaborative: Shop at Grove Collaborative today and get a FREE $30 Mrs. Meyer’s gift set with your first order at Grove Collaborative. Headspace: If you’ve been wanting to add mediation to your life, check out the Headspace app and get a free month trial at Head Space Open-fit: Join the Open-fit 30-day challenge and get a special extended 30-day free trial membership to Open-fit when you text SHAMELESS to 303030.

Gems. I still think the virtual assistance was just the quickest way to make money online. It is just the easiest entry point. It’s just an awesome way to kinda get your feet wet in this whole online space. Now with building an online course, let’s take that because that’s what I did. You really […] The post How to Make Money Online – From VA to Course Creator with Abbey Ashley appeared first on Jaclyn Mellone || Go-To Gal Podcast.

When Abbey made $8000 from her 1000-person email list, she knew she was on to something. Over the last several years, Abbey Ashley has gone from earning $25 as a virtual assistant, to coordinating monster 6-figure launches of her own product. I actually met Abbey at the bar during Traffic and Conversion Summit. Her “Virtual Assistance Is My Jam,” t-shirt caught my attention and I had to know more. Eight months pregnant with her first daughter, she couldn't imagine putting her child in day care just to go back to work at a job she hated. Note: Click here to download Abbey's top tips from this episode. So she started devouring everything she could find online about working from home and virtual assisting. Before long, she'd landed her first clients and booked enough work not to have to go back to her old job when her leave was up. Eventually she started subcontracting out some of the work, which was her first taste of passive income. As some of her clients were doing really well selling online courses, Abbey tried to enter that world as well. Her first course launches were major flops. Then she did what all good entrepreneurs do when a first attempt doesn't go as planned. She looked at what went wrong, made the necessary changes, and tried again. She pre-sold her next course idea to the tune of $8000 from a 1000-person list. Her second launch generated $40k in sales, and 6 months later her next launch generated $160k in sales. Tune in to how Abbey walked The Side Hustle Path, her actionable hacks and strategies along the way, and how she built and sold her online course even without a huge audience starting out.

Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business in 2012 and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! It's now her passion to help others start their own VA business so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship.

Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy.

Visit the show notes for all links and information at http://losethecape.com/podcast/150 In this episode, we talked about: How Abbey replaced her corporate income within 30 days of starting her VA businessWhy you should embrace your entrepreneurial energy and not feel scatterbrainedThe main concerns that potential VAs have, according to AbbeyHow to manage client expectationsWhy and how Abbey created her first courseTapping into your audience's pain pointsBeta-testing coursesWhy NOW is the time to become a VAHow Abbey can help you find a VA for your business  

Abbey Ashley is back for an exciting second conversation about how you CAN balance working as a virtual assistant (VA) and creating online courses for your own brand. As the founder of The Virtual Savvy, she is an expert in helping bloggers turn their valuable skills into profit by working as a VA. Throughout this […] 015: You Don't Have to Choose Between Your Own Biz and Working as a Virtual Assistant, with Abbey Ashley of The Virtual Savvy, Part 2 is a post by Jeni B. at Biz Mavens.

Digital Nomad Mastery Interview about How to Start your Own Virtual Assistance Company with Abbey Ashley Check out Abbey's website here:http://www.thevirtualsavvy.com.Abbey's free checklist can be found at:http://www.thevirtualsavvy.com/checklist Check out her Online Course and Bootcamp here:http://www.va-bootcamp.com Thank you for watching our video.GET EMAIL UPDATES on our website:http://www.DaddyBlogger.com LIKE us on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/daddyblogger SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/tokyoricky FOLLOW us on Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/tokyoricky

Online course creation, writing quality content, and sharing your brand story should be your main focus as an entrepreneur—not simple operating tasks. For many entrepreneurs, basic tasks like responding to emails and monitoring social media accounts chip away at the valuable time we have to focus on actually creating and developing within our company. On […] 014: Delegate Your Way to Better Business by Hiring a Virtual Assistant, with Abbey Ashley of The Virtual Savvy is a post by Jeni B. at Biz Mavens.

Running your own business from home by marketing the skills you most enjoy using— with the freedom and flexibility that comes with it. Delegating the tasks you aren't proficient in, don't have the time for, or just plain dislike. Whether you're launching a virtual assistant business or considering hiring a VA to help with your own business, the concept of virtual assistance is very attractive. But what's the most effective way to get this sort of remote work off the ground and generating steady income if you don't already have a roster of potential clients? And where can busy business owners go to find a VA that fits their specific needs and company culture? Abbey Ashley joins us this week to talk all things VA! Abbey is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy, where she helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow at-home businesses from scratch. She started her own virtual assistant business in 2013, doubling the salary from her full-time corporate job while working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days. She's gone on to grow a multi-six figure business and retire her husband, ALL though her at-home business. One of the biggest mistakes I see people making is that they just wait until everything's perfect instead of just launching. -Abbey Ashley In 2016 Abbey began teaching others how to build a VA business and taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship. Listen in and learn about: the skills that are essential for an aspiring VA (and some that are not so essential) who may be best suited to virtual assistance work tips for someone hiring a VA and how to find the right person a common mistake Abbey sees people make when hiring VAs specialization vs generalization: when to narrow your niche her advice for those starting their own VA business You'll also hear all about Abbey's online course that's a virtual "business in a box"— VA Bootcamp. Enjoy and prepare to launch! And don't hesitate to shoot your VA questions over in our private Facebook group, Businessese HQ. Psssstt... need a contract for a virtual assistant? We've got those. Resources: The Virtual Savvy 50 Services to Offer as a Virtual Assistant Hire a VA form VA Bootcamp I Like Giving: The Transforming Power of a Generous Life by Brad Formsma

Today on the show we welcome Abbey Ashley, founder of The Virtual Savvy. Abbey is a virtual assistant startup coach who is helping women all over the world start their online businesses and launch and grow their VA businesses to $5,000 per month and beyond! Ashley has been featured on Boss Mom, Smart Passive Income and NBC News – so you can image, this girl knows her sh*t! If you’re someone who can’t stand the 9-5 life, being a VA is a great place to start for anyone who is wanting to get their feet wet in the online world. But how do you get started? For anyone who is stuck, not knowing where or how to even begin tapping into the online VA space, then this is literally the episode for you. In this episode, Abbey provides so many fantastic ideas for you to get something off the ground as well as how to pivot, niche and scale your VA business so that you can totally crush it. After listening to this episode, you will be able to start making money this very week! So, take some notes and let’s get started. Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. To download the transcript of this episode head to: thestrategyhour.com.

In this episode I chat with the ever so optimistic and energetic Abbey Ashley, founder of The Virtual Savvy! Find out all about how Abbey went from working a 9-5 job when 9 months pregnant with her daughter to making 6 figures and working only 20 hours a week being a virtual assistant from home. You won't want to miss out on how she grew her online business to being a virtual assistant to now training and mentoring 20,000 + people on how to do the same! Abbey Ashley shares a lot of juicy tips on not only how to start up your own business as a virtutal assistant but also on being a business savvy woman in general!  Thank you for listening and I know you will learn a lot from this inspiring woman in business who I can 100% say that #shescrushinit!!!!   xo    Charissa     https://www.thevirtualsavvy.com/

In today's episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Abbey Ashley about the success of her virtual assistant courses and her best advice for aspiring course creators. Abbey shared a wealth of insight on how to approach setting up and launching courses, and it was very interesting to hear her perspective on what has... Read More

In today's episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Abbey Ashley about the success of her virtual assistant courses and her best advice for aspiring course creators. Abbey shared a wealth of insight on how to approach setting up and launching courses, and it was very interesting to hear her perspective on what has... Read More

When Abbey made $8000 from her 1000-person email list, she knew she was on to something. Over the last several years, Abbey Ashley has gone from earning $25 as a virtual assistant, to coordinating monster 6-figure launches of her own product. I actually met Abbey at the bar during Traffic and Conversion Summit. Her “Virtual Assistance Is My Jam,” t-shirt caught my attention and I had to know more. Eight months pregnant with her first daughter, she couldn't imagine putting her child in day care just to go back to work at a job she hated. Note: Click here to download Abbey’s top tips from this episode. So she started devouring everything she could find online about working from home and virtual assisting. Before long, she'd landed her first clients and booked enough work not to have to go back to her old job when her leave was up. Eventually she started subcontracting out some of the work, which was her first taste of passive income. As some of her clients were doing really well selling online courses, Abbey tried to enter that world as well. Her first course launches were major flops. Then she did what all good entrepreneurs do when a first attempt doesn’t go as planned. She looked at what went wrong, made the necessary changes, and tried again. She pre-sold her next course idea to the tune of $8000 from a 1000-person list. Her second launch generated $40k in sales, and 6 months later her next launch generated $160k in sales. Tune in to how Abbey walked The Side Hustle Path, her actionable hacks and strategies along the way, and how she built and sold her online course even without a huge audience starting out.

Abbey Ashley has created an amazing Virtual Assistant business.  Can you write?  Can you talk on the phone?  Can you send an email?  Then you can become a virtual assistant too! Get her Virtual Assistant Launch Checklist and Starter Kit – This checklist contains the exact method that she took to go from $0 to […]

Do you have a service-based business and wonder the best ways to market? Where do you even start? Have you ever thought about creating an online course? Would you think about creating one if you could make 8k in one week? Today’s Lady Boss, Abbey Ashley, took the leap and started her VA business in 2012 while on maternity leave. After feeling the fabulous freedom of entrepreneurship, she used her passion and skills as a VA to create the Virtual Savvy and help other VAs start their own business. Tune in as she answers some of these questions and provides even more savvy solutions. In this episode you will... Learn how to market your services Discover how to use Pinterest in your marketing funnel Understand why building an email list at the beginning is crucial Know how to make a course Hear what’s on her routine checklist Value “niching down” and asking what your audience wants INSIGHTS: “I wouldn’t wait until everything is perfect until you have a perfect idea, the perfect product to start building an audience, because believe it or not people will just want to learn from you.” “It’s amazing what will happen when you just start talking to the people you already know.” “If you can get really specific and move them significantly from one point to another, then your course is a success.” RESOURCES: Meetup Website Trello Boss Mom Podcast Systems Saved Me Podcast The Femtrepreneur Podcast “Profit First” by Mike Michalowicz The Virtual Savvy Website

What makes a highly successful woman? Society often paints a picture of success that looks like this: Either you're home all the time, dedicating 100% of your time to your family, or you're at work all the time, completely abandoning your friends, family and the rest of your life. But as I discussed with Laura Vanderkam in Episode 34: Excuses That Steal Your Time, that's a myth! The truth is, you can be successful in multiple areas of your life. You can be successful in your career, your relationships, your business and even your health and exercise routines-get this!-all in the same life.     It's all about priorities. When every waking minute is taken up for work, routine responsibilities, or taking care of others, you'll feel the opposite of successful; you'll feel stressed out and set back. For example, when I start to feel overwhelmed, it's usually because I'm not spending time on the things that I care about the most. So, I've made it a habit to take a look at my schedule when that happens. It's pretty eye-opening to see what gets my time. If I'm honest, there are a lot of unworthy motivations I have that sometimes creep to the top of my priority list, such as: Pleasing people Being the hero Accomplishments Keeping up with Facebook Pursuing perfectionism Approval Feeling needed Chasing those motivations, no matter how much effort I put into them, always leaves me coming up short. I spin my wheels, and I feel like a failure. The problem with achieving success in your life (and mine!) isn't that we aren't doing enough, and it's not that we're doing too much. Often, it's that we're doing the wrong things. So, let's talk about the right things! And don't worry, you don't have to sacrifice-at least, not in the way you think you do. In this episode, I'll reveal habits, characteristics and traits that are present in the lives of highly successful women. I'll dive into the seven things you need to prioritize to achieve success. And the great news it this: If you don't currently have them, I promise you can learn to practice all of them starting today! By the way, you know what's not on the list of traits of successful women? Pleasing people Being the hero Seeking approval (You get the idea!) My guest this week is Ali Brown! Ali is the host of the highly successful Glambition podcast, and her passion is to see women succeed in business! Ali's story of success began with recognizing what she was good at. She was a mover and a shaker working in an office of-as she puts it-"turtles!" It didn't take long for Ali to realize her own potential, get excited about doing things her own way, and quit her day job to pursue her own freelance business full time. In my conversation with Ali, we'll talk about: What it means to blaze your own trail, do business differently, and design your business around your life How Ali got started using email newsletters when the Internet was just becoming a thing The benefits of being inspired by other women rather than intimidated by them What success really looks like today Three trends she sees in highly successful women Success Story: Abbey Ashley's Wildly Successful Courses & Coaching! Our success story this week is Abbey Ashley, founder of The Virtual Savvy. Abbey says she helps "savvy starters launch and grow their virtual assistant business to 5K months and beyond!" Abbey took what she knew from being a virtual assistant and turned that knowledge and experience into online courses. While her first course launch was by no means successful-she only had one customer sign up-she didn't give up there. The next iteration of her business was in virtual assistant business coaching, and she started The Virtual Savvy in August 2016. Since then, she's become hyper-focused and (at the time of publication) has made over $300K in sales! I'm so excited that she's sharing her strategy for success with us. Plus,...

What makes a highly successful woman? Society often paints a picture of success that looks like this: Either you’re home all the time, dedicating 100% of your time to your family, or you’re at work all the time, completely abandoning your friends, family and the rest of your life. But as I discussed with Laura Vanderkam in Episode 34: Excuses That Steal Your Time, that’s a myth! The truth is, you can be successful in multiple areas of your life. You can be successful in your career, your relationships, your business and even your health and exercise routines—get this!—all in the same life.     It’s all about priorities. When every waking minute is taken up for work, routine responsibilities, or taking care of others, you’ll feel the opposite of successful; you’ll feel stressed out and set back. For example, when I start to feel overwhelmed, it’s usually because I’m not spending time on the things that I care about the most. So, I’ve made it a habit to take a look at my schedule when that happens. It’s pretty eye-opening to see what gets my time. If I’m honest, there are a lot of unworthy motivations I have that sometimes creep to the top of my priority list, such as: Pleasing people Being the hero Accomplishments Keeping up with Facebook Pursuing perfectionism Approval Feeling needed Chasing those motivations, no matter how much effort I put into them, always leaves me coming up short. I spin my wheels, and I feel like a failure. The problem with achieving success in your life (and mine!) isn’t that we aren’t doing enough, and it’s not that we’re doing too much. Often, it’s that we’re doing the wrong things. So, let’s talk about the right things! And don’t worry, you don’t have to sacrifice—at least, not in the way you think you do. In this episode, I’ll reveal habits, characteristics and traits that are present in the lives of highly successful women. I’ll dive into the seven things you need to prioritize to achieve success. And the great news it this: If you don’t currently have them, I promise you can learn to practice all of them starting today! By the way, you know what’s not on the list of traits of successful women? Pleasing people Being the hero Seeking approval (You get the idea!) My guest this week is Ali Brown! Ali is the host of the highly successful Glambition podcast, and her passion is to see women succeed in business! Ali’s story of success began with recognizing what she was good at. She was a mover and a shaker working in an office of—as she puts it—“turtles!” It didn’t take long for Ali to realize her own potential, get excited about doing things her own way, and quit her day job to pursue her own freelance business full time. In my conversation with Ali, we’ll talk about: What it means to blaze your own trail, do business differently, and design your business around your life How Ali got started using email newsletters when the Internet was just becoming a thing The benefits of being inspired by other women rather than intimidated by them What success really looks like today Three trends she sees in highly successful women Success Story: Abbey Ashley's Wildly Successful Courses & Coaching! Our success story this week is Abbey Ashley, founder of The Virtual Savvy. Abbey says she helps “savvy starters launch and grow their virtual assistant business to 5K months and beyond!” Abbey took what she knew from being a virtual assistant and turned that knowledge and experience into online courses. While her first course launch was by no means successful—she only had one customer sign up—she didn’t give up there. The next iteration of her business was in virtual assistant business coaching, and she started The Virtual Savvy in August 2016. Since then, she’s become hyper-focused and (at the time of publication) has made over $300K in sales! I’m so excited that she’s sharing her strategy for success with us. Plus, I’ll answer some of your business questions from our Business Boutique event in November! 1:12 Top Traits of Highly Successful Women 15:29 Interview with Ali Brown 45:38 BB Success Story with Abbey Ashley 57:12 #ASKCHRISTYWRIGHT 64:31 Homework Get Christy's 25 Ways to Protect Your Time by filling out the form here! To save $5 on any Business Boutique 1-Day ticket, use the code BBWRIGHT. Sign up for the Business Boutique Academy at BusinessBoutique.com/Academy. If you have a success story you would like to share with the Business Boutique community, email me at podcast@businessboutique.com. New podcast episodes are available every other week.

This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group. Today, I’m talking about onboarding new clients with Trello. My guest is Abbey Ashley, who is the founder of The Virtual Savvy, which helps women launch and grow their virtual assistant business from scratch. Topics: (:44) Systems Saved Me Summit (1:36) Introducing Abbey (2:25) Virtual assistants (2:50) Business before Trello (4:53) Time to upgrade (6:28) Abbey’s process (10:38) Client boards (12:56) Personalize your systems (14:39) Abbey’s board process (17:08) Client onboarding (19:07) Best financial investment (22:16) Worst financial investment Quote of the Week: “It takes time to save time in the long run.”– Abbey “An organizational system isn’t going to work if it doesn’t make things easier for you. If it’s going to take more work because you don’t understand it or it’s not simplifying things for you, then there’s no point in having the system at all.” - Abbey   Resources:   Systems Saved Me Summit www.trello.com www.thevirtualsavvy.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, talk with Abbey Ashely of the Virtual Savvy about her business journey, what she's learned, and the amazing Virtual Assistant community she has brought together. Get full shownotes at digimorphs.com/podcast

Perhaps you dread going to the office every day because you simply aren’t inspired by what you do. Or maybe your heart isn’t in the traditional 9 to 5 anymore because of little ones at home that you are missing. Either way, today’s guest has been in your shoes, and she knows how to launch a business as a virtual assistant that will afford you the opportunity to be the parent you want to be and develop a career that you love. Abbey Ashley was looking for work-from-home opportunities after the birth of her first child. A friend recommended that she look into becoming a VA, so she did some research and determined that it would be a good fit. She leveraged her background in marketing to help small business owners with various administrative projects, and within four months she had to bring in subcontractors to help with the overload of work! In March 2016, Abbey founded The Virtual Savvy to help other women launch and grow their own virtual assistant businesses. She is on a mission to empower women to enjoy the freedom and flexibility afforded by a work-from-home VA career. Today she discusses the most in-demand services a virtual assistant can offer as well as proven strategies for landing clients. Turn passion into profit and launch your VA career today!   Key Takeaways The role of a VA Help entrepreneurs/small business owners online General tasks include marketing, admin and social media Abbey’s guidance for ‘repackaging’ traditional job skills Start with what you already know (list skills you might offer) Pick one or two things you are interested in learning as you go The most in-demand VA services in the current market Social media (content creation and scheduling) Blog posts Web programs (back end) Landing page creation Email marketing How to land your first client as a new VA Look to people you already know Accept one-off/short-term projects Why it’s better for VAs to offer general services in the beginning Small wins build confidence Practice period helps you determine your niche, ideal client Opportunity to develop processes, learn contracts and invoicing Potential to get paid to learn new skills, do research Abbey’s best strategies for landing new clients Leverage online sources (i.e.: Facebook, LinkedIn, Upwork) Join 20-30 entrepreneurial Facebook groups Use search terms such as VA, hire/help How to make your proposal stand out Develop a value-first mindset Invest the time to customize your proposal Abbey’s number one tip for new VAs Spend less time on things that aren’t going to directly land clients 80% of your time should be spent on marketing   Resources Canva MailChimp ConvertKit Constant Contact WordPress Squarespace Upwork Connect with Abbey Ashley Website Free Checklist Facebook Facebook Group Pinterest Twitter