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How To Free Up Time To Effectively Run Your Business

 Running a business takes a lot of time and energy, especially if you’ve got a relatively small team to help with day to day demands. This can quickly lead to you feeling burnt out, mistakes being made and worst of all, loss in profits. However, with some effective optimising, you can free up time to help effectively run your business. Here are some tips on how to do exactly that.


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Outsource an assistant

It’s easy to take on the workload and try and do everything yourself. However, as your business grows, your time and attention will be best spent on more important and pressing matters, and that’s where an assistant can come in handy. Outsourcing an assistant to reply to emails, remind you of appointments, and simply take much of the administrative work off your hands will free up plenty of time to get on with other things.

Hire a cleaner

If you spend the end of each day clearing your workspace or office, not only does it add to the length of time you’ve been working, but it can wear you out quickly. Hiring a cleaner to come around your office once or twice a week will help you get home that little bit earlier and also allow you to continue concentrating on business matters. You can bulk buy cleaning products online to save costs and prevent your cleaner from having to buy their own.

Follow a schedule

It’s not unusual to have your day mapped out in your head, but it’s very easy to fall away from the plans you made due to unexpected problems arising, or particular tasks taking longer than planned. Creating and following a schedule for each day will help utilise your time wisely and ensure that you complete everything on your list every day. Remember to schedule time for a break too, because a tired mind doesn’t function as well as a rested one!

Set demands for your staff

You trust your staff, of course you do, but there’s nothing wrong with placing deadlines on their work to increase productivity. Be understanding that sometimes things take longer than planned, but remember to remain firm on your deadlines. Setting deadlines allows you to get on with your tasks and not worry about what they’re up to. By doing this, your staff will also have more time to help take some of the load from your shoulders too.

Let your website run itself

A good website shouldn’t need much maintenance, so consider investing in a website designer that’s able to build a website that pretty much runs itself. You’ll want contact forms, automatic replies, chat systems, and a shop that requires only the end user rather than someone at your end manning the system. Having a website that doesn’t need much maintenance means you can put it to the back of your mind and concentrate on more pressing matters.


There are many ways to free up your time, these are just to name a few. Try out these tips to give yourself more time to complete your tasks effectively!

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