If you have started your own business, a reason for this may be due to the fact that you wanted to have more freedom and control. This could be over your schedule, as well as your income, and what you’re doing each day.

However, many business owners soon learn that running a business is hard work. Many may end up feeling like they’re drowning in their business, because of the number of jobs to do on a daily basis.

In order to actually grow and scale your business, then you need to be able to let go of some time-consuming responsibilities and learn to focus on the elements of business you are best involved in. As the face of the company, you need to ensure you’re well placed to expose the business, network, and see your business become a profitable venture.

For many, this will involve outsourcing. Of course, if you’re just getting started with outsourcing, then it can seem really overwhelming, but you’re definitely going to feel better once you start, so here are some simple tips to get you started with it.

  • Identify your needs:

Before making any decisions, you need to identify what your needs are when it comes to your business so you can see what needs to be outsourced.

The best way to approach this is by creating a list of every single task that you have to complete on a daily or weekly basis in order to keep your business running. Go through this list and assess certain elements that are taking up too much of your time or are wasting employee energy and resources.

For example, maybe you need to hire someone who can provide you with copywriting or local SEO services to give your company better exposure and a higher ranking on Google. No matter if you are based in the south of the country and are looking for the best SEO services Southampton has to offer, or are looking for a company that can give you international bearing, outsourcing can help. Maybe you need to hire someone who can work remotely, and help you with admin tasks and staying organized in your business.

  • Do your research:

Now that you have an idea of what things you need to be outsourcing, then it’s time to start researching potential freelancers, contractors, and employees for taking on the tasks that you need help with.

There are different ways you can go about this. For example, you can look at freelancing sites and choose the best people to interview, you can ask around within your network, and you can even post on job boards or your own social media accounts to let people know what you need.

  • Reach out:

Once you’ve identified how you’re going to start looking for people, reach out and contact them so that you can start the process of hiring people and potentially working with them.

This will help you to feel less overwhelmed and more in control; once you start doing this, you’ll start to see that it’s easier than you thought to start outsourcing.

  • Start trials:

When hiring people, even if it’s freelancers for your business, it’s recommended to start with some kind of trial period or assessment, and of course, depending on your business, this will look different for each person. This could be something like a paid week-long trial for both of you to see what working together will actually look like, before you commit to anything long term.

By Eddy Z

Eddy is the editorial columnist in Business Fundas, and oversees partner relationships. He posts articles of partners on various topics related to strategy, marketing, supply chain, technology management, social media, e-business, finance, economics and operations management. The articles posted are copyrighted under a Creative Commons unported license 4.0. To contact him, please direct your emails to [email protected].