Why You Have To Hire People To Make More Money

Why You Have To Hire People To Make More Money

Tips and Tools
Have you ever looked up at the end of the day and wondered to yourself, what did I do all day? Between responding to emails, posting on social media, researching, following up with a prospective client, taking phone calls, and keeping your coffee cup full, the day is over and you haven't tackled half of your to-do list. And you still need to generate revenue today. Uh oh... it's going to be a long night. As you sit there running your biz on the solo, you know there has to be a better way. There are only so many hours in the day and you can't possibly get everything done, no matter how many hours you work. So then we have internal conversations. If we could only: stop wasting time…
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How To Structure Your Digital Marketing Team [Infographic]

How To Structure Your Digital Marketing Team [Infographic]

Marketing Strategy
You are probably starting out doing everything yourself when it comes to your online business. You’re the business mastermind, the content creator, tech guy (or gal) customer support, and barista. That’s all good and well when you’re first starting out, but as your business grows, you’ll get to the point where there just aren’t enough hours in the day to do it all. That’s when you know it’s time to start outsourcing. And digital marketing is usually the most desirable place to start. Talk about a time drain! How to Structure Your Digital Marketing Team Start Slow and Stay Profitable Don’t feel like you have to outsource everything all at once. Instead start with one task or one particular part of your business. If making graphics isn’t your strong suit,…
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Transcribe Audio and Video Files with TEMI [Review]

Transcribe Audio and Video Files with TEMI [Review]

Reviews: Stuff I Love, Tips and Tools
Can you talk faster than you can type? How many pieces of content could you produce if you could simply transcribe your ideas and watch them come to life? If you’re like most business owners, you have a ton of info in your head, and not enough time to pour it all out in a useful, logical fashion that you can then review and repurpose as needed. Writing takes too much time, typing takes too much time. You could use speech to text, but that doesn’t work for me. As far as I am concerned, I speak the queen’s English and the speech to text tools never work for me! I’ve tried apps and software and they just don’t work for me. Besides, if I see what the app is…
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Outsourcing Work: 5 Mistakes to Avoid

Outsourcing Work: 5 Mistakes to Avoid

Tips and Tools
As a business owner, you typically want to spend the most time on activities that add to your bottom line. This should be true no matter what stage of business you're in.  However, this is not necessarily the reality of many small business owners. Are you outsourcing work yet? There will come a time when you feel the pinch of not having enough time in the day. You may be busy, but time spent on productive activities may be slipping away from. At this point, if you want to maximize your output and thus increase your profit, then there are two ways to go about it. One way is to take on more work, and to put yourself or your business under an increasing amount of strain. The other is by outsourcing work.…
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Outsource: Hire Help And Give Yourself A Pink Slip

Outsource: Hire Help And Give Yourself A Pink Slip

Tips and Tools
As an entrepreneur making your way to the big time, bright lights, fortune and fame, you will face the challenge of trying to do everything yourself. Some entrepreneurs have this notion where they think they’re too small to hire help they so desperately need. Others think they’re not making enough money to outsource work, even though they have clients and stay busy. Still there are those entrepreneurs that lack a certain ability and would rather stumble along with a do-it-yourself approach to every nuance of their business instead of hiring a professional to unleash the burden. This sounds crazy doesn't it? Yet these very scenarios plague many entrepreneurs every day. Do you face these challenges in running your business? If so, I say... It's time to hire help and fire…
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No More Excuses: Do It, Delegate It, or Ditch It

No More Excuses: Do It, Delegate It, or Ditch It

Tips and Tools
As a solopreneur/micro business owner, you usually have to wear too many hats. Well no more, it's time to take some of those hats off! Say it with me - DELEGATE! This post is for all of you that have brilliant ideas, all of you that take on too many responsibilities, say yes far too often, micro manage every task, or worse, complete every task on your own, and every one of you (excuse me, US) that needs to make a dramatic shift in the way we go about our business! Here's my plan of attack to deal with every single goal, opportunity and task that I face. This plan has only 3 options, it's a short list that commands decisive action. I’m committed, and I’m sharing it. Feel free…
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