3 Useful Resources for Your Online Business
It does not matter how hard you work, if you are not being efficient with your time, it is going to hurt you in the long run. When 3 hours of work could have taken you 45 minutes if you only sat down for 15 to plan it out - it may be time to start incorporating more tactics to help you work smarter (not harder).
Utilizing applications is an easy first step - scheduling social media content, keeping track of hours, meetings, etc. What used to be a daily task can now transition to weekly as you get acquainted with the latest scheduling technology and let it work wonders for your time.
Outsourcing is another massive time saver. If you don’t have time to keep up your blog but it significantly boosts your SEO, making it mandatory, hire a writer. You could also hire a VA who is social media savvy and can do all the time-consuming content work in half the time!
Start time blocking! Tackle the overwhelming feeling that comes when you have 12 things to do that day. When they all have to get done, and they are all of equal importance, it can feel like you spend the whole day running from one to the other with your hair on fire. If you schedule out your tasks one by one, you will not have to worry about whether or not you’ll get it all done - you know you will - and when! It will also keep you accountable to be productive when you know how long you have to work.
Here are 3 useful resources to help you get on top of your work efficiently while not compromising quality!
Canva
Canva is an online design software that can make creating and publishing items for your business extremely easy. You can create thumbnail images for your blog posts, graphics for your newsletters and more. The platform is pretty collaborative too so it is great for designing back and forth with a team.
Items you can create with Canva:
Blog Thumbnails
Newsletter graphics
Social media design
Pinterest templates
Business cards
Presentations
+ more
Your Website
Your website can also be a great resource for your business. House your event calendar for customers and clients to access with ease. You can integrate your scheduling platform such as Acuity or MindBody within your site to book out client spots.
Plus with your website analytics panel, you can see what content resonates with your audience and continue tapping into that type of content.
Task Management Platform
For many business owners, their pen and paper to-do list can quickly get out of hand. If you have twenty different lists around your desks with all the tasks you have to do and seem to always be letting to-do’s slip, then you need a task management platform.
Are you a service-based business? This makes a task management platform even more important because on top of your typical business functions, you are working to provide valuable services.
Some great task management platforms include Asana, Trello, and ClickUp. Using one of these websites may help transform the efficiency of your business and will give you peace of mind with your to-do list!
