A common piece of advice from business coaches to those who want to grow their business is to outsource to team members who can do the support work so you can focus your efforts on money-making tasks. In other words, don’t waste your time doing bookkeeping or sending emails because you’ll make more money selling your signature program or coaching clients.
So how’s a business supposed to run smoothly when you’re not doing those necessary support tasks? Simple…you hire people to do those tasks for you. There are expert Virtual Assistants who can handle your email marketing, social media, marketing tasks and manage your classes. There are expert Bookkeepers who find joy in numbers and live for balancing your books each month. And there are still others who adore creating online content and graphic design. This is the team you need to create.
There’s Not Enough Time in Your Day
If this is your excuse for not getting tasks done, then it’s time to hire at least one team member. Make a list of your most pressing tasks that need doing and hire the appropriate person for the job. Start small if necessary, paying a Virtual Assistant for 10 hours a month, for instance, and then work up from there as you become more comfortable delegating tasks to her. You’ve just gained 10 hours in your month so use it wisely.
You Can’t Clone Yourself So You Need To Outsource
How on earth can you coach your clients while also getting prospects into your sales funnel and creating books or other signature programs? You can’t, plain and simple, because there is only ONE of you! This leads back to you doing the money-making tasks. Hire a ghostwriter to write your book or programs; hire a Virtual Assistant to help with administrative tasks; hire a copywriter to create copy that resonates with your audience and inspires them to take action. While they work, you work on building relationships with your clients and prospects.
You Don’t Have Time to Learn the Latest Technology
Technology is wonderful and keeps improving every day but who has the time to learn all these programs and apps? Canva is certainly a cool tool for designing graphics but instead of fooling around for hours to design your book covers or social media graphics, hire a graphic designer who already knows about design and color principles and likely has the latest and greatest design program. There’s no learning curve here. You only have to explain your vision to the designer and let her take over. Again, focus on your money-making activities.
I Don’t Know What Tasks to Outsource
Giving up control can be intimidating but if you have a business plan and know exactly what tasks YOU want to handle, the art of delegation becomes much easier. A tip I share with people I talk to who don’t know what to give up is to take 3 days and write down every task they either don’t like doing, feel like it’s a waste of their time or don’t feel competent completing. These are the tasks you can and should delegate.
Do you have more work to do than can be accomplished in just 24 hours? Do you need a break from all those balls you’re juggling? Are you missing deadlines and missing out on opportunities? (That’s a big one!) Yes, I totally Get YOU, Busy Entrepreneur!
I’ll bet my weight in gold that you didn’t start your business to be swamped with administrative tasks such as posting and promoting your blog, program management or marketing.
Of course, you didn’t! I can handle those items so you can concentrate on what’s most important: Serving your existing clients, and booking new ones so you can get more done and make more money.
Some of the things I excel at are blogging, (editing and promoting), social media marketing (creating and scheduling), customer care (so their experience with YOU is ALWAYS awesome), and membership site setup and management (how fantastic is THAT??). Need an autoresponder or a funnel designed and set up? Need an e-course installed so everything’s running smoothly and painlessly for you? I can tie all the moving pieces together and provide you with an ‘AHHHHH’ (that’s the angels singing) experience.
Not magic…just experience! With 13 years of expertise working with business owners like yourself, I’m a professional, virtual assistant, (think Butler for your Business, you’re ‘Get-It-Done Concierge’) providing exceptional service to my clientele.
I LOVE to make things simple, smoother and easier for you. Don’t waste a minute more of your valuable time, contact me today and we’ll discuss how to get your business running like the well-oiled machine you need it to be. Psssttt…this goes to the top of your ‘To Do’ list so we can Get It Done together!
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