Are you doing it all? How is that going?

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Patty

Why did you start your business? What was your passion when you started? Did you start it to coach others and help them? Did you start it to display your artistic abilities in web design? Did you start if for your love of bookkeeping? What was your reason???

Now, what do you find consumes most of your time? If you did it to offer your bookkeeping skills, are you spending the majority of your time on bookkeeping for clients, or are you doing paperwork for your business? As a web designer, are you designing web sites for the majority of your time, or are you spending more time on the admin end? Coaches, are you spending the time helping others acheive, or are you busy doing the drudge work in your business?

If you find that you are spending more than 10% of your allocated work time on the running of your business, and not on your passion, it is time to see if you need outside help.

Ask yourself these questions:
Do I dread going into the office each day because of my “personal business” work?
Am I spending more time on non-billable vs. billable time?
Is the running of my business taking so much time I am not able to expand my business so it has stalled?

I could continue on, but you get the picture. No matter what your profession, whether you are a bookkeeper/accountant, web designer, coach, or even virtual assistant, you may need help!

Whether that is finding someone to help you out with your business tasks so you can focus on your clients or finding someone to take on some of the client work you dislike, it is TIME to sub out some of your workload!

Don’t stagnate because you are trying to do it all! Find a Virtual Assistant to help you out. Virtual Assistants, DON’T get stagnate your business because you are doing tasks you don’t like. Do what you recommend to your clients, and let go of the work that is drudge work to you. Someone else will love it, I guarantee!!

What do I know about this? After my first year in business, I started subbing my work out. Last year we DOUBLED our income and came in just under 6 figures. We paid out $56,000+ to subcontractors. This year, as of April, we are 1/2 way to 6 figures, and have paid out just under $35,000 to subcontractors. That is just in FOUR months! So, when I tell you that you can take your business to a whole new level, I KNOW for a fact!

I am offering a *FREE* workshop entitled “Using Subcontractors to Take Your Business to the Next Level.” It is being held on May 12, 2008 at 10 am MST/12 pm EST (US). Take an hour out of your day to get tips and ideas on how you can take your business to the next level by using subcontractors. Though we will be talking mainly about using subcontractors to help you with your client workload, I will briefly address using them to help decrease your business workload as well. You can sign up by going to http://www.virtualvacoach.com/subcontractorsworkshop.html

Oh, and if you know someone who is stuck where I described before, send them the workshop link so that can get “unstuck” and start moving forward! They will thank you!!

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