The Burden of Business Operations.

Running a business can often feel like you’re wearing too many hats and juggling multiple tasks at once… As a business owner, you probably know this struggle well! It can be overwhelming having to deal with answering emails, managing finances, marketing your business, dealing with customer enquiries and more. Do you sometimes feel like you’re working all the time, but not making any progress? Here are some practical and easy to implement methods to organise and ease your workload. 

Productivity Traps

Do you believe that doing everything yourself will save you money? Let’s be honest, this isn’t always true. When you try to handle everything yourself, typically one aspect of your business will always suffer. For example, when you put all of your attention into operations, your marketing might suffer. If you go all in on building and developing your customer relationships, you might forget to prepare your VAT return. When you try to juggle everything yourself, it can easily lead to burnout, reducing your efficiency and missing opportunities. When you spend a lot of time and energy on administrative tasks, you might be missing out on business growth strategies, product/service development, networking and more.

The Hidden Cost of Doing It All

Getting additional help can sometimes be seen as an extra cost to the business. When you outsource some tasks, you will financially invest, but you have to consider what your return on investment is. If you use your time on admin tasks, you lose time which you could have spent on revenue generating activities. This leads to delayed business growth as you aren’t consistently spending time working on growing your business. 

Ways to Lighten the Burden

Imagine that instead of putting too much energy into the background tasks of your business, you focus solely on working in your zone of genius - the tasks that you love to do and the tasks that fall within your area of expertise. Good news - this is possible if you decide to outsource some of the tasks!

How VAs and OBMs Can Streamline Your Business

Virtual Assistants (VAs) and Online Business Managers (OBMs) are your secret weapons to combat the burden of business operations. For example, a VA could help you lighten your workload by providing administrative support in various aspects of your business. For example, an OBM could take a step further and analyse and optimise your business processes. A well organised Customer Relationships Management (CRM), set up for you by an OBM, can save you hours and allow you to deliver a far better service to your clients.

An OBM will also hold you accountable and work with you on your goals and priorities. They can work with you to set goals, create action plans and track progress. Do you have a long term project you’ve been putting off for ages? An OBM can support you to manage this project from start to successful completion.

I am sure that you didn’t start your business to spend all your time on admin tasks. You more likely started it from passion, but the burden of business operations makes it hard to focus on what you love. If this is how you feel, grab my free copy of Delegating for Success: How to Boost Your Productivity and Reduce Overwhelm Workbook HERE. This guide is your roadmap to delegating for success and lightening the burden of business operations.

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