Online business owners are typically sole proprietors and because of that, efficiency needs to be part of everything you do. Balancing both business and personal life can cause quite a bit of stress. The more efficient you are with your time, the less overwhelmed you’ll feel in your day-to-day life. Things that don’t require your input or constant attention can be put on autopilot if you take the time to do so. 

Here are a few tips for increasing the efficiency of your business.

Outsource

There are numerous tasks and projects that you can outsource to Virtual Assistants to free up your own time. You can outsource your social media, customer service, email marketing, project management, and more. You can even get help around the house by hiring a maid to come in once in a while to clean. 

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Automation

Technology allows you to set up automation that can help streamline your business. You can automate a majority of your regular tasks such as social media and email marketing. Just be careful about trying to automate personal interaction as that can never be replaced.

Set up Systems

If you set up systems for everything it will make your life easier and run smoothly. If you know when you sign up a new coaching client you do a specific set of tasks, create a checklist that you can use each time you onboard someone. This will save you time in the long run and make you more efficient. It also helps for when you expand as you can give the checklists to your team members to use.

Utilize Tools

I see so many business owners trying to cut corners by using free tools for their business. They spend more time managing several free tools than if they just invested in one or two premium ones. Paid tools offer a lot of features, typically are more secure, and offer more support so you’ll avoid problems and save time in the long-run.

Set up a schedule

People who work from home often work too much and put their personal life on the backburner. If you want to be efficient and have more balance, set up a schedule and stick to it. A good way to do this is by scheduling everything you do into your calendar. I mean everything from personal to business. Schedule your client calls, your grocery runs, your dog walks etc. 

Do Money-Making Tasks First

I was told to do this years ago and I think it’s one of the best pieces of advice I’ve been given. When you set up your schedule, schedule those money-making tasks into the work times first. Get those out of the way before you do anything else with your business that doesn’t directly earn money.

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Being efficient will help you earn more money and also cut down on the stress of running a business. If you set up systems that help you get more work done and work with virtual assistants who can implement your systems you’ll be running a successful, efficient business in no-time.

Can you think of a task you want to hand off to a Virtual Assistant? Contact me today so I can help.