Have you been trying to do everything in your business? You know, the bookkeeping, admin tasks, and even those graphic designs in Canva?
If you have, then you most likely have been experiencing burnout. And if that wasn’t bad enough, you are losing out on money in your paycheque too! After all, if it takes you six hours to learn how to create a graphic in Canva, you can’t bill clients for those six hours of your time.
Many people in our industry hit this point of overwhelm in their business and decide it is time to hire a bookkeeper. But a bookkeeper may be the last person you need right now. A VA or graphic designer may actually be your saviour now because they can do some of those much-needed tasks a lot better than you can. They can even complete them faster than you!
Graphic designers, web designers, virtual assistants, and any other expert you hire besides a bookkeeper will be part of your peripheral team. These people are all experts in their field, and you must let them do the job you hired them to do. If you are new to delegating, it will be difficult to take a step back and refrain from micromanaging your new team members. It is necessary though if you really want to gain extra time to grow your business and stay sane.
Items to Delegate in Your Business
As a business owner, you might not want to spend the money to hire a person to do anything for you. However, there are so many tasks that are worthwhile hiring out, because they will save you money in the long term. A perfect example is those six hours of lost billing time I mentioned above.
You must delegate:
- Anything outside your pay grade
- Anything that isn’t something you know how to do
- Anything you are not good at
- Anything someone else can do better
- Anything someone else can do faster
- Anything someone else can do cheaper
Items to delegate in your business may include:
- Graphic designs
- Web design
- Landing pages
- Copywriting
- Proofreading and Editing
- Administrative Tasks
- Social Media Marketing
- Public Relations
For the longest time, I was struggling to complete every single task for my business. I was trying to find the cheapest solutions, which ended up making me lose even more money since the results were not amazing.