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A Secret to Growing Your Business

By Allison Babb

ASSESS YOUR WEEK

Take a look at your week. Where are you spending most of your time? If it's administrative tasks, then it's time to delegate. Here's a list to get you thinking about what you may need to get off your plate once and for all: scheduling appointments, responding to emails, filing, office organization, document editing, following up with clients, creating flyers and brochures, accounting, and the list can go on.

If most of your week is not on the task of bringing in clients and customers, then you may be out of balance.

WHO TO DELEGATE TO

As a small business owner or solo entrepreneur, you do not have to hire a full time staff person. You may just need to discover the world of virtual assistants. I found my own assistant on www.elance.com. I posted the job, indicated that the job can anywhere from zero hours per week to 15+ hours per week and my assistant gets paid hourly based on the number of hours worked.

There are other sites too, like www.AssistU.com and www.guru.com where you can hire help for an hourly rate or per project. Depending on the task, I've paid as little as $3 per hour up to about $15 an hour. You request for help can indicate the max you are willing to pay.

TAKE ACTION - TRY IT FOR JUST $50

Business owners often put off the task of delegating because they fear that it will be enormously expensive. So try this. Designate $50 immediately to getting help. Go to www.elance.com, and hire someone to check your emails or book your appointments for just one or two weeks and see what that feels like. Cap it at 2-3 hours of work.

Three hours may not seem like much but someone devoted to just one task in your business can get a lot done in 3 hours. Or just pick one task that's been sitting around waiting for you to get to it. Delegate it and feel the relief you get.

The time you free up (both mentally and on the clock) will allow you, the business owner, to grow your business. Once you get a taste of delegation, and you see the impact on your business, I assure you that you'll never look back. :-) And your busine$$ will thank you.

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