Self-Care Tips for Busy Entrepreneurs
In our fast-paced, highly competitive world, being “stressed out” is one of the most common feelings. As an entrepreneur, it’s easy to let stress become part of the daily routine. But, it doesn’t have to be. It’s time to stop accepting the high-stress lifestyle as “just the way it is.” You do not need to work 24/7, push, drive and grind until you break. It is possible to build a successful business with balance and wellness at the core. Gallup found that 39% of the owners they surveyed worked over 60 hours a week. According to a study from OnDeck, just 57% of small business owners take vacations, and that vacation time tends to be far less than the traditional two weeks. Even when on vacation, 67% of small business owners will check work at least once a day. So, to the busy, stressed-out, and overworked entrepreneur reading this, here are the tips for taking care of yourself without…
Automate Your Business With The Help Of A Virtual Assistant
To help you automate your business, we’ve compiled a list of relevant business statistics* for saving time in your business. Marketing automation drives a 14.5% increase in sales productivity and a 12.2% reduction in marketing overhead. 88% of small business owners say task delegation allows them to compete with larger companies by enabling them to move faster, close leads quickly, spend less time on admin work, reduce errors, and offer better customer service. 69% of the employees have reported that automation reduces the wastage of time and 59% believe that they would have more than six spare hours per week if repetitive jobs were automated. Professionals take 18 minutes on average to locate a document manually––20% to 40% of their time––and spend 50% of their time searching for information. Automating social posts and ads can save more than 6 hours per week. A Virtual Assistant can help you put your business on auto-pilot by taking on the following tasks: Take admin tasks off your plate Any…
Balancing Work & Family Life
Succeeding in business is time-consuming, to say the least. A lot of your time will be spent on things that you don’t get directly paid for. Tasks such as admin work (dealing with emails, phone calls, follow ups and bookkeeping) can result in long hours and leave you feeling burnt out. These tasks are important but unfortunately, they eat into your work-life balance by reducing your free time and impact the quality time you spend with family or on hobbies. According to multiple large studies, working more than 40 hours a week is not good for your health or the health of your relationships. – In fact, working more than 40 hours a week is associated with increased alcohol and tobacco consumption, unhealthy weight gain, and depression. – Working more than 10 hours a day is associated with a 60 percent jump in unhealthy cardiovascular issues. – Ten percent of people working 50 to 60 hours a week report relationship…
Learn All About 6 Strategies To Grow Your Business
Are you running a small business or have the responsibilities of a big enterprise? Now is the time to take control of your business strategies and decide how you’re going to give it the best chance for growth.Keep reading to discover six strategies to supercharge your business’s progress. 1. Build a strategy for successBrainstorm a plan full of strategies on how your business can succeed.Ensure you plan how you will attract customers, how much will each customer cost, cashflow projections, etc. 2. Boost the online presence of your businessNo matter how successful your business is offline, its online presence will determine future success. Having a website not only improves your visibility but also improves your conversion rate. In addition, it establishes your business as a reliable brand. 3. Reconsider your customer experienceThe world’s fastest-growing brands have something in common: they are continuously improving their customer’s experience.From implementing website chatbots to personalized loyalty programs and…
5 Tips for Building a Win-Win Long Term Relationship with Your VA
With the expansion of online workspaces, the option of hiring a VA is becoming more and more attractive for business owners, although it does come with its fair share of challenges. Communication lapses, learning curves, language/cultural differences, and so on. So how do you overcome such challenges to build a win-win relationship with a VA? Based on our experience here are the top 5 tips we can offer to build help you build a strong, successful relationship with your VA: 1. Foster a friendly relationship When you work virtually and converse mostly through email, there can be a tendency to forget about pleasantries and “get down to business” when communicating with your VA. Fostering a friendly relationship will open communication and honesty. 2. Hire a VA based on character, not skill. Skills can be taught over time but one’s character is something that has to be present from the beginning. To successfully build…
Different Ways To Market Your Business Online For Free
There are billions of customers looking for new products and services and nearly as many ways to catch their attention. For many business owners, the word marketing conjures up visions of pricey marketing strategies and excessive expenditure. However, it doesn’t have to be expensive: there are plenty of free ways to market a business. Here are a few ways for you to market your online business for free. Email Marketing Start by setting up a free account with Mailer Lite or Mailchimp, and start distributing emails. Avoid being overly promotional and always offer something genuinely useful to your audience. Keep the emails regular but never bombard, otherwise people will hit unsubscribe. Video Marketing YouTube offers a great resource for marketing your business on the web. While you might find some friction at the outset in building your audience, if you focus on creating useful videos, eventually, you’ll reach a vast…
Winning Mindset of a Successful Entrepreneur
Being a successful entrepreneur requires outside-the-box thinking and larger-than-life ideas. Anyone can come up with a new idea, but building a successful business is the real challenge. There is no magical formula to succeed in business; however, there are characteristics that all aspiring entrepreneurs should cultivate to boost their odds of success. If you want to learn how to build an entrepreneurial mindset, you need to know how successful entrepreneurs think. Let’s take a closer look at 6 essential entrepreneurial mindset characteristics. 1. IndependentThis is one of the most important aspects of the entrepreneurial mindset.Entrepreneurs don’t follow the crowd or look to others to be given instructions. Instead, they listen to their gut and carve their path. 2. Goal-OrientedEntrepreneurial thinking is goal-orientated.In other words, successful entrepreneurs don’t have wishes and dreams – they have goals and plans.So, when creating an entrepreneurial mindset, set SMART goals. 3. Not Afraid of FailureEntrepreneurs don’t fear failure –…
How To Be More Productive At Work
Do you ever finish your workday feeling like you weren’t able to accomplish everything on your list? Try incorporating these tips to increase your productivity and work smarter! 1. Delegate tasks to a Virtual Assistant. If you want more time for yourself, maybe it’s time you delegate some of your tasks to a virtual assistant. 2. Focus on one task at a time. Concentrating on one task at a time until it is complete can help you increase your productivity because when you focus on one project at a time, you are setting a single objective at once instead of many. 3. Take regular short breaks. These short breaks can allow you to recharge, clear your mind and get ready for the next task. 4. Focus on your biggest task first. Focusing on your biggest and most time-consuming task before any other assignments can actually help you stay more focused rather…
Leverage Your VA To Do Research For Your Business!
What does every great idea start with? Research! It doesn’t matter how big or small your idea is; it doesn’t even matter which industry you work in. All successful businesses have one thing in common, knowledge about their product and service! No matter what, you will always need to conduct research for several motives, such as tracking competition, finding new markets, launching a new product, etc. Unfortunately, researching takes up an extensive amount of time, something business owners lack. This is one of the reasons why successful business owners hire a Virtual Assistant. Here are a few examples tasks that you can delegate to your Virtual Assistant! • Market Research Your VA can use the latest market research tools to extract the information you need using the help of their experience and the internet! Whether you want audience research, product and competitor research, or brand evaluation, your VA can use…
Hit Your Goals WITHOUT Working Harder
To Hit Your Goal You’re Going To Need Help, Not Just Hard Work! When it comes to productivity, you have a good idea of how much you want to get done. Maybe it’s the next level of your career, or it’s starting a side project or new business. It’s just a matter of getting there. While it’s true you have to work to achieve your goals, we often overvalue individual hard work and undervalue getting the help of others. If you’re already working full time, working longer hours won’t help and may actually be counterproductive. Working more than 40+ hours a week can lead to stress, sleep deprivation, poor health and diet, and other issues that will set you back. The world’s most successful people get the most help. The most productive individuals don’t do it all by themselves. – How A Virtual Assistant Will Help – The easiest way…