Grow your interior design business in 2024 with outsourcing
It’s 2024 and you have made your list for the new year, it’s exciting but also daunting. As a busy interior designer you realise you will need help to reach these goals, but you don’t know where to start. Having a list a great, but having an action plan for each goal is crucial for success. Decide today which tasks you need to keep close to your heart and which business tasks can be outsourced. Let’s make this your best year yet!
Create a list of tasks which can be outsourced - concentrate on the tedious ones, which takes you away from the creative side and the tasks which are slowing down your business growth, Source: Glenn Carstens-Peters
You are ready to start delegating to a Virtual assistant when….
It is the beginning of the year and you are already feeling overwhelmed
Your to-do list is never ending
Your business is growing, but the commitment to hire an employee is daunting
You are not sure which tasks can be outsourced
It feels as if you are re-inventing the wheel with every new project
Your creativity levels seem low
Tracking products are becoming a nightmare
Social media is falling behind and inconsistent
I have great projects, but don’t seem to find the time to write blogs and send newsletters
Drawings and renderings are taking forever!
Concentrate your energy on design. Source: R Architecture
Which tasks can be outsourced?
Drawings, renderings and visualizations are usually the easiest to outsource first
Creating mood boards or concept boards
Newsletters and setting up newsletter templates
Blogs
Social media posting and commenting
Collect client testimonials and send thank you gifts
Monitor email, email cleanup
Create documents such as Welcome guides, Questionnaires
Client presentations and presentation templates
Placing orders, tracking orders and dealing with claims
Set up email templates
Set up policies, systems and company manuals
Set up or manage project management software
Basic bookkeeping - sending Invoices, purchase orders
Manage diary and calendar
Setting up and maintaining client dashboards in design software
Photo and video editing
Maintain website