| Business Ideas, Tips and Hints |
|
|
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|
Previous: Beware of Maxed Out Credit Cards when Traveling by Janet Attard No, that's not a typo. It's a reminder. A reminder to stop DOing your business long enough to think about your business and give it a life separate from you. Let me explain. If you are like most small business owners you started a business doing something you know how to do or learned how to do. Say, something like building websites, or finishing basements, or fixing the plumbing, or doing bookkeeping, or designing and selling T-shirts. Then you discovered you had to learn how to bring in business, so you learned how to do marketing in addition to doing the work or producing the products the business sells. Then maybe you got a little busier and you finally decided you needed to hire one or more employees. But, ooops! They always seem to come to you with problems they run into and need you to do something about. So, now, instead of you running the business, your business is running you ragged. You're working harder than ever, have more overhead, less time, and little or no more profit than you had in the past. What can you do? Start by asking yourself what you shouldn't be doing or shouldn't have to do. If you truly want to run a business (as opposed to giving yourself work to do for an income), you need to systematize and standardize as much of the work as possible. Once your systems are in place and documented and your employees are trained, you will be able to assign things you do to other people, or possibly to a machine. Take Back Your Time: Focus on What's Important and Throw Out the Rest Posted by Janet Attard on January 18, 2008 at 9:34 AM | Comments (4)Comments Right on the money ... simple,to the point and meaningful. Now,the next challenge is executing ... not so simple Posted by: bob on January 18, 2008 at 12:50 PM I recommend hiring a virtual assistant to handle the tasks that keep you from doing what you love best. Posted by: Debbie Lynn Butler on January 18, 2008 at 2:18 PM This article is a great reminder to myself and other Small Biz Owners who think they need to “Do it all to make it sure it is right”. Following this mindset will only lead to unproductive time and stress…and most likely, less revenue. Posted by: Charlotte Risch on January 21, 2008 at 1:04 PM |
|
|
|
|
Disclaimer
The information compiled on this site is
Copyright 1999-2008 by Attard Communications, Inc. and by the individual authors. |
This is exactly what our organization will be focusing on this year..."Developing Business Systems."
Excellent information!
You are right on target.
Thanks!
Posted by: Tisha Mosley on January 18, 2008 at 10:41 AM