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There’s nothing quite like the excitement of starting your own business. The thrill of putting your ideas into play and imagining running your own successful business is a feeling like no other. However, if you’ve ever had any experience when it comes to running a business, you’ll know all too well that it’s very easy to forget things from time to time. While you might have a plan of action in place for your business, and you might have training and procedures there for a reason, there may be small details you could have missed that could be detrimental to your business.
Whether you’re thinking of starting a new business or you simply want to make the best of what you’ve got, let’s look at some things to remember when running a business.
As you’re probably already aware, the internet is one of the most valuable tools in this day and age. Whether you’re using it to check or update your social media or you simply want to check your emails, it’s important to remember that the Internet is your best friend if you use it right.
You should make sure that even before you’ve launched yourself as a business, you’ve got a professional website, social media accounts, and email addresses for you and your team members. This will help your reputation rise from day one in the right way, and establish your business as a competing brand in your industry. Consider looking at trends online within your industry and get involved as soon as possible. For example, SHEIN uses influencers all over TikTok to help spread their brand name and the quality of their products.
While there’s a good chance that you’ll need to hire some staff to come on board with your new adventure, it’s also important to remember that hiring isn’t always the way forward. Sometimes, outsourcing is better for budget and the quality of the work completed. Things like handymen for broken items around your station or office cleaning at the end of a busy work day are better than hiring someone in house. Not only can it be cost-effective to hire only as and when you need the services, but they are often more skilled, bring their own tools and products to the job, and you don’t have to worry about committing to hiring someone full-time.
If you’ve started this venture alone, there’s a good chance that you’ve had a lot of tough decisions to make about the future of your business. And that can quickly take a toll on your mental health. It’s a good idea to hire or promote someone to serve as a second in command so that when you do have big decisions to make, you can fall back on someone you trust. Also, for those times when you’re not in the office, they will be able to keep things running while you’re away. Having someone around to help you run your business and back up your decision-making will do you and your business a world of good.
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that every idea you have for your business is a good one. While it may very well be, it’s important to remember that not every idea will work. Any successful entrepreneur will tell you that they have made hundreds of mistakes to get to where they are now, so it’s important to make sure that you learn from every experience or mistake you make. Once you begin making and learning from those mistakes, you’ll begin to recognise when an idea or theory isn’t going to work. Again, having someone to fall back on is never a bad idea when it comes to taking a leap with something new in your business.
Finally, even if you’re new to the business world or even the industry you’ve entered, there’s nothing you can rely on more than your gut instinct. Don’t be afraid to use it if it’s screaming at you that there is something wrong. Not sure about the client you’ve just taken on? Review your decision. Unhappy with the colour scheme of your new product? Change it. It might take some time to trust your gut instinct, but it’s almost always right. Your business is your lifeline, so protect it at all costs.
This is a collaborative post.
Welcome to Birds and Lilies! I'm Lou: mother, blogger and freelance writer. This is my lifestyle blog, where I talk about motherhood, infertility and IVF, beauty, my love for food and wine, as well as my thoughts about stuff, and our real-life and travel adventures.
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