Outsourced Business Solutions

17/04/2018

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This is "Introducing OBS.mov" by Steven Bell on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

17/04/2018

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This is "Ingredients for a successful business" by Steven Bell on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

14/03/2017

I attended a fantastic breakfast event this morning hosted by BT Financial Group. The audience was privileged to have the opportunity to hear from Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix.

I am very pleased I had the opportunity to attend as I took away some great insights that I would love to share with you:
http://www.outsourcedbiz.solutions/articles/what-i-learned-netflix/

03/02/2017

Client Surveys are a powerful way to help business owners understand what their clients want, what is important and helps with business planning and decision making. We are running a promotion on surveys. If you want to be better aligned to your clients and improve your business in the process, please be in touch 0430 079 995
http://www.outsourcedbiz.solutions/articles/what-can-you-learn-clients/

02/08/2016

Great meeting this morning at RealLogic WestPerth. This is a dynamic group made up of committed professionals looking to support each other's business. We are looking for the following to join: accountant, solicitor, settlement agent, general insurance agent, web design, real estate agent. If you are interested please let myself know, or contact Gary Pontifex

21/07/2016

Working Smarter, Not Harder - Part 2

Earlier this year, I provided some time saving tips in my post Working Smarter, Not Harder. I now add a few more ideas for you to consider.

I am constantly amazed by how often I hear the expression – “I just don’t have enough time”.

For me, prioritising has proved to be a massive help, from which the creation of a weekly schedule has provided significant benefits. The right things get done at the right time.

Other actions that have created positive outcome include:

Delegating
Stick to your strengths and delegate away your weaknesses. Often we feel that we have to take care of all aspects of our businesses for things to run smoothly – but this is just not true. Letting go or giving up control of certain things can be hard, but it can definitely be worth it. The opportunity cost of not doing so can be enormous and it comes down to the simple question “where is my time best spent?”

Get it in the calendar
If it’s in my diary, it gets done. Colour coding tasks and activities is a useful tool and creates delineation between say personal time (which is important to be included in your calendar), client time, and training and education – for example.

Being clear on why I am attending a meeting
We all have sat through meetings and said to ourselves - “This is a waste of time”. Time is precious and if attending a meeting is not going to serve any positive purpose for you or your business, say no. Your time can be put to better uses. Alternatively, if it is just not possible to get out of a meeting, ensure an agenda has been set, helping to keep the meeting focussed and agree that the meeting will be finished in a designated amount of time.

Saying no is okay
For many of us, our default position is to say yes. This may be the right response a lot of the time, but I am sure it is not the case all of the time. Remember this, on occasions when you don’t want to say yes, but you do, you are really saying no to yourself. Is that crazy or what?

Working smarter is a lot better and easier than working harder. There are no excuses – it is up to each of us to know what is truly important to us and what our end goal is. Embracing some of these ideas just may make a difference to you.

10/07/2016

This is a great little video - an insight into the beginnings of Virgin. If you believe in yourself, have the willingness to go for it, and throw in a bit of hard work, great things are possible. Check out the following link:
How Richard Branson Started His First Business Out of a Phone Booth
http://www.inc.com/richard-branson/how-he-started-his-first-business-out-of-a-phone-booth.html

08/07/2016

Check out http://www.outsourcedbiz.solutions/articles/ for a range of informative articles

Outsourcing – An Effective Option For Business Owners Hands up if you are a small business owner and your business is running on the red-line and requires additional manpower, though you are reluctant to employ someone because it is just a little premature to do so.

08/07/2016

PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS
For many business owners, it is not uncommon to feel that you have to take care of all aspects of business yourself for everything to run smoothly. However this is a fallacy. Often, it is the opposite that ends up occurring – instead of running the business, the business ends up running you and not much runs smoothly at all. OBS can help you.