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Too Busy? When It’s Time to Get Help

When it comes to running and managing my business, I’m the first person to admit that I would prefer to do everything myself, at all times. 

Not that I want to do all that work, I’m just very particular about how I want things done. 

But as much as I would like to do it all, there’s just no way I would have enough hours in the day to do all the important creator tasks and all the little administrative tasks, and everything else that goes into running an online business. 

And even if I could, I didn’t become a blogger to live my life behind a computer desk all day every day. 

If you want to run a successful online business, at some point, you’re going to need to hire help.

But how do you know when you’ve reached that point?

In this episode, I’m sharing our experiences with hiring our first team member, including how we determined it was time to hire some help, and what we wish we had done differently. 

Alex and I never set out to be people managers, but as our business grew, things started to fall off our plates–and that translated to lost revenue. 

There’s a certain point in pretty much every company’s growth where it actually becomes more profitable to hire help.

But even before you reach that point, it’s important to think about your other resources–specifically, your time. 

Y’all, you can make more money, but you can’t really make more time.

However, you can save time, or free up time, when you outsource tasks that don’t really need you in them. 

And I know it’s scary to bring in someone to your business, or to trust someone else with tasks that you’ve done from the beginning. 

But at some point, you have to get out of your own way, so you can really push your business to its fullest potential, as well as create the lifestyle you want. 

We’ve learned a lot (and personally, I’m still learning some important things) about when to hire out some of your tasks, and how to empower the people you hire.

I’m sharing those lessons with you in this episode so you can hopefully avoid some of the pitfalls we made in the beginning.

I’m sharing: 

  • How to determine when you need to hire help
  • The first two roles we recommend outsourcing, and why
  • Potential roadblocks to success, and how to avoid them
  • Our top three mindset tips when hiring help
  • What to do when things start falling off your plate

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Episode Highlights:

[2:50] The first sign that it’s time to hire help 

[4:30] An overview of the different hats bloggers wear

[6:28] The biggest problem you’ll have with growing your business

[7:04] How to create more time in your life

[8:41] The advantage Alex and I had as a two-person team 

[11:36] The best place to start when hiring help 

[12:43] The second role we recommend hiring out 

[14:22] Two potential roadblocks to success and growth 

[14:36] Potential roadblock #1: Spending the money to outsource help

[16:36] Potential roadblock #2: Letting go of control and perfectionism

[19:07] Mindset tip #1: Train people to be problem solvers

[20:57] Mindset tip #2: Learn everything yourself before you outsource

[22:30] Mindset tip #3: Continue to optimize your time and daily tasks

[23:38] What to do when things start falling off your plate

[25:08] What’s coming up next on the Launch Your Blog Biz Podcast

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