Some of you here have been struggling to scale because you’re doing everything yourself. There is a limit to how much you can do by yourself. You either automate, delegate or hire staff.
Don’t let your love of bootstrapping hold you down to one level and prevent you from ascending to another level. The activities that got you to N100,000 or N300,000 month, won’t bring you to N1,000,000 a month.
Automate your systems.
Transition from bank transfers to using Paystack or Selar.
Host your content on Selar or Teachable or Bookney instead of transferring PDF files and Google Drive Links to people.
Delegate tasks.
Get a volunteer community member or Intern to handle group requests and approve posts.
Get a Graphic designer to do your book covers and event fliers.
Hire staff. Hire a Personal Assistant or Virtual Assistant to handle the non-income-producing activities of your business while you focus on creating, selling and engaging with your audience.
You may think that you’re spending more, but the return on your investment is way more than the investment itself.
Plus it allows you to truly live a life of freedom instead of working on your business 7 Days a week.
You no dey tire?? (To my non-Nigerian audience, it simply means “Don’t you get tired?)
You started an online business to achieve financial and time freedom, not to turn into a 7-days a week job working for yourself.
True freedom is achieved when you have the power of CHOICE. You get to choose when to work and how to work.
Keep your goals in sight and keep working towards that freedom. You deserve it.
-VC.
