Do you need an extra pair of hands in your business? Have you thought about hiring a virtual assistant or digital marketing assistant? If any of these signs keep cropping up in your day to day business life, it might be time to start thinking about hiring a digital marketing assistant.
Starting your own business can give you so much freedom. You can decide when and how much to work and it allows you to do exactly what you’re passionate about. Right?
But sometimes busy business owners can get caught up in the hustle and bogged down in the daily tasks that are needed to run your business, but might take you away from the things you love most about running your own company. If this was your expectation, but not your current reality after setting up your biz, we hear you! This actually happens a lot. It probably means that you’re spreading yourself thin trying to do it all on your own. Running a business is a lot of work, but you don’t have to do it all alone!
If you’re finding that you’re struggling to manage your business or that you’re not growing like you want to, then it might be time to consider some help! Here are the most common signs that it’s time to outsource and build your team. And let us share a little secret with you. A digital marketing assistant could be the perfect hire to solve all your problems!
Read on to learn more about the 4 biggest signs that you need to hire a digital marketing assistant:
1) You Keep Running Out of Time
Do you find yourself working all the time? As in 24/7? It’s quite normal when starting your business to work long hours because you’re knee deep in figuring out how to run your business, learning about all the little things that make a business operate, and setting goals. At some point, you have to reevaluate those working hours because on top of that, life is still happening.
We all know that time is limited and part of the beauty of running your own business is that you can decide your own hours and projects, if you play it right.
In our experience, a lot of small business owners find it hard to balance life and growing a business when starting out. They try to do it all alone, because either they feel like they have to or they just don’t know how to hire people to help them. But building your team by hiring a digital marketing assistant can be the perfect answer for you. This leads right into the next big sign to watch out for!
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2) Your To Do List Never Gets Smaller
Running a business has a lot of moving parts. Staying on top of that is a job by itself, and then you still have to execute those tasks. You probably have an endless to do list that just keeps growing. Checking off one task can mean adding five more!
If you’re stuck on executing those little tasks, you might be stuck thinking small picture instead of looking at the big picture. You also might be spending a lot of time on things you don’t enjoy at all. Even worse, you’re probably postponing things that could really help you grow, unconsciously slowing down your business’ potential.
If you really think about it, you don’t actually have to be the one that is executing all those to dos.. if you have tasks that aren’t in your zone of genius, it makes sense to bring on a trusted team member as a digital marketing assistant who can take care of your social media marketing or website design if they aren’t your forte. Outsourcing the tasks that don’t enjoy but do need to get done can be a great way to check items off your to do list and take your small business to the next level!
3) You Don’t Have Time to Learn New Skills
You probably started your business because you’re good at something and wanted to offer value to your target market. Unfortunately, running your own business might require you to operate outside of your zone of genius. There’s marketing, website design, copywriting accounting, PR, social media and so much more involved!
So what if you’re not an expert in website design but you need your digital storefront to wow and impress? You could either spend countless hours learning your website platform, googling answers to the many questions you might have, and watch loads of YouTube videos to perfect your website. Or you could hire a digital marketing assistant who can take the project by the reins and get everything together for you without you having to spend all that extra time on learning something new.
Hiring a professional is an investment, but it can propel your business forward. Digital marketing assistants like us here at C3 Social have years of experience and knowledge and can provide your business with the strategies you need to get business booming. You’ll find that hiring the right person will actually make you more money in the long run!
Those big companies you look up to in your field didn’t get there by just the skills of the founder. They hired professionals to help them with tasks that weren’t in their expertise! We know that you can’t hire a full team of experts off the bat when you just start your business, but here’s what you can do: figure out what task is really holding your business back from growing and find a good digital marketing assistant to help with that!
4) You Want to Focus on Your Zone of Genius
The reason you started your business is because you’re passionate about something and you’re good at doing it, right? Stretching yourself thin and trying to do it all usually means you’re spending very little to no time doing that thing you actually love. Your zone of genius is what makes your business special, but if you don’t give yourself time to focus on that, you might end up with no progress at all.
Smart business owners take advantage of the world of knowledge out there by hiring one or more people to take care of their social media, content creation, marketing, accounting, or whatever else it is they don’t need to do themselves. This will not only help you grow your business, but will also allow you to get back to your roots and your zone of genius.
A digital marketing assistant is a perfect hire to help you get time back in your business and get those tasks done. Whether your needs are big or small, a digital marketing assistant can work on those projects or continuing tasks you need help with to give your business exactly what it needs to grow.
Are you ready to free up your valuable time, see items on your to do list get checked off, and watch your business grow to its full potential? Contact us today! Our team is ready to take your content marketing, social media marketing or website design off your plate, so you can get back to your zone of genius and focus on doing what you love! You can also schedule a free no-pressure consultation to see how we can elevate your marketing!