Unfiltered Entrepreneur by Ashli Pollard - Business Tips for Digital Service Based Founders and Agencies

The Shop is back with all new services and we've got tons of new podcast episodes coming. In the midst of all of our growth, Team AP Consulting has become the business that I always dreamed of having. There's validation in seeing all of my hard work pay off, even with the ups and downs of entrepreneurship. I know that many of you have asked me for advice on building your dream business, and I want...

Who doesn't want to make an extra $10k this year?! This episode gives you my secrets (based on your archetype!) so you can earn some big bucks. This information is typically reserved for my 1:1 calls (priced at $500!) and it's all yours, for free. Make sure you take your Archetype quiz to unlock loads of free content tailored to you + your business plus get all the goodies just for you in today's...

By taking a hard look at our business decisions, you'll see you have way more control over your sales than you think you do. Here are 3 ways to reframe "sales" being "low" and instead take more active control.

If you missed my IG Live (well firstly make sure you're following  @teamapconsulting !) we made it into a podcast for you! Sure, sales is not everyone's forte. But how are some people so damn good at it?! I want to give you some secrets to sales that have nothing to do with a sales pitch and everything to do with a mental shift. Like what you're hearing? Don't forget to let us know by writing...

Really making you think on this one.

Last year,  Me Time dropped, and I wanted to share what I learned from building a product-based business from the ground up. After working in marketing for product-based brands for years, I thought the process would be a little more...seamless. This entire year has been a lot of work I have never experienced and the learning curve was steep, I hope these five things make it easier for you to...

We all got ‘em

Today's episode is for the solopreneurs out there deciding how to allocate some cash to a team. Of course, there are some standard areas we tend to spend money in business: socials, assistant, copy, etc. But...let me open your eyes to some other options. _____ Into it? Subscribe/Follow/Rate the podcast wherever you are listening (from one entrepreneur to another, we know how important this is righ...

Somethings gotta change

Tiffany Chaplin is a client of Team AP Consulting and the founder of Good on Paper, a brand and web designing agency that caters to female influencers. Tiffany started out in advertising and worked with Merkley + Partners in New York City for almost 4 years. After deciding to build up her own business in the online space, Tiffany used her expertise in advertising to launch Good on Paper. In this e...

I said what I said you know

At the beginning of my business, I grew so much from the free information that others were generous enough to give on their YouTube channels, podcasts, and webinars. I chose to pay it forward through my own free resources, because I strongly believe in the power of giving some things away for free. So today, I want to have a heart-to-heart with you on what has led to exponential growth in my busin...

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Feeling stuck in your content strategy? Or like there is a solid space between you and your clientele? Let's unpack three ways to bond with your audience via email list, membership, social media, etc. without stepping foot out the door or spending a dime! _____ Into it? Subscribe/Follow/Rate the podcast wherever you are listening (from one entrepreneur to another, we know how important this is rig...

When I hear a space in "saturated" I take it as a GOOD thing! Why? Because a "saturated" market means there is a need for that market! So today we're delving into 5 things to keep in mind when dealing with competition in your "saturated market"...you lucky entrepreneur you! _____ Into it? Subscribe/Follow/Rate the podcast wherever you are listening (from one entrepreneur to another, we know how im...

Save this and use this as your comprehensive launch guide so you spend your time and efforts WISELY.  Sidemark: one of my main goals for May was to give away as much free info as possible. I mean like -- free educational content that has so much info you could’ve paid for it⁠ -- type of free. So enjoy this week’s issue of free content - because launching your new product or service is a...

Nicole Nixon is a top-hairstylist-turned-graphic-designer/brand designer/web designer...basically, she is my go-to for all things creative. She comes from the professional beauty industry, where she worked as both a hairstylist and Director of Education and Training for brands such as SexyHair, Colorproof, and DevaCurl. After finding her way to an online brand design course at the end of 2019, Nic...

Alia O'Neal is the Founder and CEO of The Product Place. Alia began her career in pattern-making and apparel construction before working her way up to Director of Production and Sourcing. Having climbed to the top of a luxury product-based business, Alia founded The Product Place to help others build up their own businesses. After working with her to create Me Time and achieve my morning journal d...

Bday Team toolkit is $450 for her team contracts + my team toolkitNina Marinaro, Esq. is known online as Nina The Lawyer. She spent over 10 years in NY as a lawyer before deciding she wanted to travel the world. As she started building her dream life, she realized that many online entrepreneurs had no idea how to ensure legal protections for themselves and their businesses. Now she provides busine...

Building your business is HARD work. We make mistakes, we encounter problems, and we have to innovate at every twist and turn. On this journey that you've started as an entrepreneur, you'll face up and downs. Maybe you'll feel on top of the world one day and unsure of what to do on the next. Maybe you'll encounter having a client base you don't know how to grow, an immense lack of confidence, or t...

Burnout is the boogeyman for entrepreneurs. We worry about it sneaking up on us — hiding behind every corner just waiting to put a huge wrench into whatever plans we have coming up. Luckily, after 10 years in corporate and a few years building my own business from the ground up, I've come up with a few tips that have helped me avoid burnout for my entire professional career. I'm sharing those exac...

So you want to grow your team but you don't know where to start. Maybe you don't know where to look, or you aren't sure how to conduct an interview, or you don't even know how to budget for a new team member. Don't worry — the Unfiltered Entrepreneur is here for you. In this episode, I am going to guide you through the interview process, from finding talent, to creating an application, to having a...

Maintaining profits in our businesses can be overwhelming. There can be so much to sell, so many sales goals to meet, and burn out is waiting around the corner. Maybe you feel that if you don't meet/maintain that 10k a month, you'll enter into that beast or famine phase where we are working paycheck to paycheck. But what if I told you there was another way? In this episode, I am going to walk you...

 What I want from my business and what you want from your business may be two completely different things, and that's okay! Whether you want a side hustle, a company that makes 100k a year, or a big business, each and every entrepreneurial venture is valid. Those business tips you hear on Instagram may not be wrong per say, but they may not be what you need to do for your particular business...

The way that a business grows is basically what it was like for me to find my way in New York. I went from dancing with club promoters to get into clubs for free, to buying one crappy drink because that's what I could afford, to buying anything and everything I wanted once I could finally afford the city. It was a long process that took years, and our businesses also take years to level up to wher...