Play To Your Strengths (Not Your Weaknesses!) | Yellowstone

Starting a business is all about playing to your strengths. Every single person in the world has different strengths to the next ? that?s what makes us all unique. Some people are amazingly creative, whilst others react well to pressure ? some people have pockets full of cash that can really help a startup business, whilst other people have nothing more than a unique idea or a vision that they want to monetize. It doesn?t matter what your strengths are, because there is always someone else out there who can provide the strengths that you don?t posses.

The internet has been great for business ? it has opened up many new platforms through which businesses can sell products, and it has also made it easier than ever for businesses to get the help and support they need to be successful.? Some businesses like to keep a blog on their site, to keep their website up to date. Previously it would have taken a good chunk out of the day of a full time employee to write a blog post ? but thanks to sites like Elance, Guru and oDesk, businesses can now outsource tasks like this, for very little money.

Even if you?re running a bricks and mortar business there are still lots of things that you can outsource to contractors online, although obviously ecommerce businesses are going to benefit far better from outsourcing on the internet.

Things a bricks and mortar business can outsource online:

-????????? Website design. If your company doesn?t have a website, or your website is looking a little dated, why not contract someone to produce a swanky new one for you?

-????????? Internet marketing. Gone are the days when people open a phonebook to get the phone number for a local business ? they use search engines like Google instead now. Have your bricks and mortar business plastered all over the internet to increase exposure, leads and sales.

-????????? Other design tasks. If you?re thinking of getting some new business cards designed, or even some flyers that you can hand out in the street, have an online designer do them for you.

Things that an ecommerce business can outsource:

-????????? Website design ? as above.

-????????? Marketing ? as above.

-????????? Customer service ? if you sell lots of goods there?s a high chance you?ll have a lot of emails and calls to answer. If this drains your time and you have other more important things to do be doing (not that customer service isn?t important, because it is!), you should think about outsourcing your customer service. You can outside to people like ?stay at home moms? or even people in the far East.

There are lots of other things you can outsource too. Don?t do a bad job of something because it isn?t one of your strengths ? pay someone else to do it for you, properly! If funds are a problem when you?re just starting out, why not think about a merchant cash advance to help improve cashflow?

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