Hi there accounting fans!
I’m back!!
Phewh, that one-week break went by like a flash! To be fair, I was still busy working on accounting stuff and I had meetings lined up almost back-back.
But more importantly, I had the necessary space to get through some of the backlog and now I can come back to publishing with a clearer head!
So over the break, I learned a few things, that as a small business owner I thought I would share with you, my dear readers.
I didn’t do EVERYTHING I wanted to do – but that’s ok!
So at the start of my break I wanted to do a lot of things – videos, comics, collab posts all on top of sorting out my accounting work.
Needless to say, accounting work took up more time than expected (BUT IT’S DONE!!! – for now anyway) and I’m ready to take on more clients. But it meant that I didn’t have much time to do much else.
But it’s fine.
My main goal was always to get on top of accounting work (my clients pay me for a service and I deliver on my promises) and in that respect I did it! Woohoo!
My secondary goal was to work on my collab posts, and thanks to wonderful input from my collaborators, I’ve got one post ready to go out this week! (double Woohoo!)
Yes, it is a shame that I didn’t find time to do videos and comics, but sometimes, these things have to wait until the future. I am not giving up on them, but rather I will have to make time for them in the future.
I guess the lesson here is that – in prioritising work, always have the ONE THING YOU MUST DO at the top of your list, and work your way down in terms of priority. As long as the most important things are taken care of, don’t beat yourself up if you don’t get to the other, lower priority stuff.
Sharing old stuff is pretty refreshing!
One of the things that I did to keep the traffic going to the site was to constantly share old blog posts everyday. Interestingly, this led to higher engagement on my facebook page for last week.
I never really thought that anyone would care to read my old stuff – but then again, I’m forgetting the fact that the bulk of my readership would have only discovered me a few months ago – so the stuff I shared last year, they wouldn’t have read yet.
So this has taught me that old news is still good information and that I should be sharing my old posts more frequently. So from now on, I will be sharing old posts everyday of the week (with breaks on weekends) and I’ll be cycling through them throughout the year.
I mean, I can automate all of this anyway – there’s no reason why I shouldn’t be doing it! Which brings me to my next lesson:
Automate, automate, automate
In case you haven’t noticed, we are living in the future! (It’s the year 2020!!) and there now exists so many amazing pieces of technology that small businesses can use to streamline their processes.
I’ve made it my life’s work to simplify and automate as much of my business as possible. This reflects the accounting software I use (yay for automated rules!) and the CRM and publishing tools I use (yay for Chat bots!). The idea is that the more of your business you can automate, the less physical work you have to put into it.
Be warned though, setting up the automation systems can be a bit of a headache if you are unfamiliar with what you are doing. And even if you know what you are doing, expect to sink in a few good hours to get things running.
But once everything is set up, you’ve built a cool automation pipeline which will tick along while you can focus on other parts of the business, like driving sales and building leads!
Needless to say, I’ve become a bit of an expert in this area and if you are feeling overwhelmed and are looking to automate processes in your business, contact me for a free consultation and we can look at how we can make your business processes smoother :D.
It’s been a pretty awesome break from publishing and I’ve learned a great deal about myself and my business. Remember that breaks are important as a business owner – you are your own boss, so be sure be a good boss to yourself!
Take care accounting fans!
Stay Positive!
Love,
Sam