Be Your Own Detective

Being your own detective means making sure your eyes remain wide open and being willing to re-evaluate your processes and procedures to ensure that they are still relevant!

Today's blog gives you three ways to keep a fresh eye on your work and how it's impacting your business. 

As a small business owner or solo professional, you’ve got many processes and procedures in place, not to mention lots of outwardly facing marketing things, like your LinkedIn profile and your web site.

Over time, it’s easy to look at them, without really seeing them. That can be a problem, particularly as your business evolves. With that in mind, here are three ways I keep a fresh eye on my work:

  1. Question past decisions. Decisions we made about how to do something 3 or 5 years ago may no longer apply today. Better software solutions are invented all the time. Maybe your business focus has shifted. Or, maybe, there is an easier, less expensive solution available now.
     

  2. Look closely at the parts of your business that are right in front of you. The other day, a friend noticed a typo in her email newsletter that had literally been there for years – how could that happen?

    To avoid this, I suggest you do a scan of the parts of your business you may be taking for granted. If you’re about to give a presentation you’ve given many times already, review it closely one more time. Look at your website – every page – and make sure all the buttons and links your potential clients might be clicking are working as they should. 
     

  3. Know that the buck stops with you. I’ve heard many times from solo-professionals: “I don’t know how that works, so and so set it up for me.” That’s fine, I don’t expect you to know how the technology was set up, let alone how to make modifications to it. But it is critical to check the work you outsource and make sure you understand what is supposed to happen when. Then document it, so you can look back later on and check again!

It’s easy to fall into a comfortable groove when running your own business. That can be a good thing; just make sure your eyes remain wide open!

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About Me
 
Gracefully Rustic Designs is me, Sara Comer. 

I solve one big problem for my solo and small business clients: I take some of the stress out of running a business and give back the flexibility and time they've been missing in their life and business.

When you work on your own, it's all up to you. My role is to handle all the details and all the minutiae - the things you hate doing - so that you can get back to work.

Learn more about my services here.

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