{"id":24170,"date":"2015-09-07T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/2015\/09\/07\/three-things-its-okay-to-outsource\/"},"modified":"2015-09-07T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T15:00:00","slug":"three-things-its-okay-to-outsource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/three-things-its-okay-to-outsource\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Things It\u2019s Okay to Outsource"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4736\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ThreeXThingsXItXisXokXtoXoutsource.jpg\" alt=\"ThreeXThingsXItXisXokXtoXoutsource\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Holding onto everything yourself and doing everything in-house is a fight that business owners have every day with themselves. However, the truth is that you \u2013 and your employees on hand \u2013 are limited beings, and if you aren\u2019t devoting yourselves to the most worthy, expensive tasks, then you\u2019re wasting a lot of time, money, and potential. For example, if you\u2019re doing a task that you can outsource for $15 an hour, and your hourly is $50 an hour, that\u2019s $35 an hour that you\u2019re losing. Two hours of that and you\u2019re down $70. What could you buy with $70? How about $140? A lot, that\u2019s what, especially if that\u2019s per day.<\/p>\n<p>While it can be hard to let it go, it\u2019s also necessary for success. You are the king of the castle, and kings rarely do the knight\u2019s job, handmaiden\u2019s job, and cook\u2019s job too \u2013 they outsource all of that, and so should you. Here are three things that you can start with to get the ball rolling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Things You Hate Doing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, we must do a task that we dislike as business owners. Maybe it\u2019s balancing the books, having important check-in meetings with our employees, or dealing with difficult customers that our employees just couldn\u2019t handle. Other than a few select things, however, you should be able to outsource the vast, vast majority of other tasks that are just headaches for you. Think of the one thing you dread doing, but you do anyway. Is it receivables? Is it filing paperwork? Is it scheduling appointments? These are all things that can be handed to someone else for a relatively low cost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social media is quite tedious to a lot of people, especially since while it\u2019s easy to use, there\u2019s a steep learning curve for figuring out how to develop a following, maintain that following, and build a brand on social media. It can take hours a week, and luckily, a social media manager is built to do this kind of thing for you. It\u2019s a worthy thing to outsource, especially if you aren\u2019t too savvy with all of the social media websites you need to be using.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not all writers, and we should leave writing that\u2019s compelling, comprehensive, and interesting to those who are. We should do some of the writing as we do have a unique perspective as experts in our fields, but most other content can be written and copyedited by someone else. This helps both the business owner and writers who enjoy writing for different niches, and most content writers aren\u2019t particularly expensive. They are well worth what they do cost, too, especially since many of them know how to optimize content and make it appealing to search engines, which means higher rankings for you.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it\u2019s okay to outsource sometimes, especially when it\u2019s something you can\u2019t do or hate doing. 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