Have you heard of KISS? Kiss was developed by the American Navy and stands for Keep It Simple Stupid. This is a management model. The idea is that if you don’t overthink things and keep things as simple as possible, then you’re going to find managing your business a lot easier. It makes sense, right? It’s also useful because there are plenty of people today who run a business today with literally no experience on the market at all.
But how do you keep your management simple? Well, there are a few possibilities you can consider and let’s start with a delegation.
The Art Of Delegating
Delegation is a business skill that you have to learn as a business owner as you can read about on Inc.com. You won’t survive if you try and take all the jobs and responsibilities on your own shoulders. You need to pass some off to other people and build up a team underneath you who you can always rely on. You then need to get into the mindset to trust other people in your business to handle the jobs that you simply can’t manage with your time and resources.
Once again, this can be tricky. Start off with a team or an outsourcing service that you can trust or think you can trust to handle some of your business jobs. Then, put checks in place. For instance, if you are ordering content for your site, don’t just immediately upload it. Check it and make sure it’s the level of quality you want your customers and clients to see. Don’t forget, an area like this is going to impact your business brand and image. But with the right checks in place, you can easily make managing this area easier, taking it off your hand while also maintaining the level of quality that you want.
Investing in Automation
Another area that you should explore is automation. With automation, you will be able to get the processes in your business running rapidly, and you won’t need to worry about the a low level of efficiency. You’ll also find it easier to manage because, with automated solutions, there’s often no human input. That basically means that there’s no chance of human error. If you look at sites like DataServ.com for instance, you’ll see that they offer automated solutions for complex processes such as a 3-way-match managing invoices with no human input at all.
This is the type of service you want and need if you’re going to take your business to the next level on the market and ensure that management is an absolute breeze.
This isn’t the only area where automation could be the right move of course. Various areas of your business can be automated including customer response. This will work by essentially, allowing you to quickly shoot off an email once a customer buys your product. By doing this, you can quickly show them that they are interacting with a real person behind your business, even if you don’t have the time to handle each individual order individually. It can still feel that way with the right automated email response.
Don’t Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
It’s possible that you might be running a solopreneur business and currently using no outsourcing service at all. If that’s the case, you do need to be careful. You need to think about whether you are taking on the right number of clients or jobs. The natural reaction would be to get as many clients and jobs on the go as possible. This, of course, is a mistake. If you do this, then you could end up in the position where you can’t handle the pressure. That essentially means that you will start to either let clients down or your level of quality will begin to decline. Both are serious issues that must be addressed.
The best way to do this is to keep your business at a size that is easiest to manage. In other words, don’t expand before you have the demand or resources or even the funding to handle the commitment. The last thing you want is to end up in red with your company, and that’s exactly what will happen if you don’t keep a handle on the number of projects you take on.
When your business expands, so to can your client base and the jobs that you choose to take.
Flexibility
Running with this train of thought, you do need to think about the costs that you are taking on when managing your company. Too many large costs will sink it, and the trick to avoiding these large costs is to keep your company as flexible as possible. Potentially, you need to think about whether you need to run your business from the office that’s rented or bought. Ideally, you should instead be running your business from home where possible.
You also want to avoid taking too many people on the permanent payroll. If you can manage your business just by using freelancers and outsourcing agents then that is exactly what you can do. By using these types of services, you cut out the typical costs that come with a full time staff.
This isn’t the only way to make sure that your business model is flexible of course. You also need to make sure that you have more than one source of income for your business. You have probably heard these days that it’s important to have more than one income. Well, the same is true for a business model, and there are a variety of ways to do this. But one option would be to use your business site for sponsored content and link building. Whether you have a business website or a blog, you will find there are similar companies who share your audience but do not compete that want to use your online space for promotion. That’s exactly what you need to use to ensure that more money is coming into your business accounts each month. You can learn more about getting sponsored content on TheFrugalNavyWife.com
Using this advice you really can kiss your business management troubles goodbye just by keeping things simple.
