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Blogging is a really profitable undertaking, but it squeezes a lot of energy from you. Don’t be fooled by articles supposedly showing how you can make your blog earn money in just 5 days. To actually transform your blog into an earning venture, hard work is involved and a maintained inspiration level is crucial.
If you read up on blogging articles, you’ll know that creating a blog isn’t that hard at all. The technical aspect of setting up a blog is easy because there are so many simple platforms available now. You don’t need to be an Internet maverick to set one up.
It’s the steps after setting up that are hard. You need to write and re-write. You need to create graphics that are visually appealing, carve a niche, grow your audience, manage your social media, and do SEO. All these tasks make sure that people are paying attention to your brand because traffic is what is going to make your blog profitable.
Of course, apart from doing all these tasks, you need to source out a well of inspiration to keep you motivated to grow your blog in the event of traffic slumps, or when you find no traffic growth whatsoever. A blog is also an emotional investment, and sometimes, being in the middle of so many tasks can drain your motivational reserves.
A VA may be what you need.
I’ll tell you why.
Sure, at one point, maintaining a blog can be a solo act easily, especially in the early stages. But as time passes, the workload increases or the traffic may not be as expected, problems start to come in, and the creative juice will be fizzling out. There will come at a time when you realize that you should considering getting help.
Here are 5 reasons why you need a VA for your blog ASAP.
- It will be good for your health and general well-being.
Burnout is a big warning sign that you are in need of assistance. Any business owner will tell you that the stress of the job will get to you, whether you like it or not. Burnout is the price that any entrepreneur or professional pays as they struggle to be at the top of their game.
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Yet, in this quest to achieve your goal, you may be slowly working towards the four stages of burnout. First, you may feel emotionally, physically, and mentally exhausted. You begin to procrastinate. The prospect of coming up with new ideas tire you out, and your blog starts to become a source of fatigue rather than inspiration. Second, if you catch yourself emitting long, heavy sighs when you review your blog, and begin to question whether you can still deliver the same brilliant content, that’s the second stage of burnout. Third, when your stress starts to smolder into anger and frustration, and decrease your productivity, you are already on the third stage of burnout.
Before you reach the fourth stage of burnout, where helplessness becomes your defining emotion, avert this impending crisis head on. This is when getting efficient help from a specialist will come in handy. A virtual assistant to help you with the multiple tasks of writing content, maintaining traffic, and making your blog SEO-ready, while you focus on the tasks you want to manage. Having a much reduced workload plate decreases your stress considerably.
- It will find time you don’t have.
Most of us are not only entrepreneurs; we are parents, friends, professionals, and all-around multi-taskers. Since we wear different hats, the only way to manage our different roles in a way that allows us to balance our work and life commitments is to delegate.
Having a virtual assistant liberates you from time that you just don’t have. By outsourcing the blogging component of your business to a virtual assistant, you can focus on activities that will enrich your business. You can take on more exciting projects or roles that you would otherwise decline to take on for lack of time. You can also catch up on non-work tasks and be present in the lives of those who matter to you.
Let’s be real. To run a successful business, there must be time for others and for you, too. Yet when blog tasks demand 10 hours a day, 6 days a week, what good will those do for your emotional health? Wasn’t it freedom to manage your time the reason why you started a business in the first place? Hiring a VA for your blog means shorter workdays, a weekend freed up, and time well-spent with family, partner, or yourself.
- It will make you more productive.
Achieving higher productivity in your business is vital. Hiring a virtual assistant for your blog allows you to concentrate on the more important things, such as revenue earners. When balancing which tasks would contribute to higher productivity, choose those that will create more revenue streams for the business. However, it is the most non-revenue-generating tasks that are most tedious and take up more time. When you are too caught up with those non-essential tasks, you cancel on those that have more potential to improve your bottom line. Shift your attention to tasks that generate income and assign those that clog up your time to a VA.
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Doing things by yourself equates to lesser productivity. Imagine if you can assign those time-intensive tasks to a virtual assistant, you can come to work each day feeling motivated. With a shorter task list that features those you consider important and actually enjoy, you are happier at work and thus more productive knowing you will leave work with 100% of tasks completed.
- It will help your business grow.
There is nothing more satisfying than watching your business grow and become sustainable. If that is your intention, your blog can soon be your primary source of income. You can also use your blog to network and promote your products to a wider pool of clients.
Hiring a virtual assistant and delegating tasks efficiently will allow you to watch your business grow quickly. When you become more productive, things get done quicker and you are focused on tasks that will yield more results for your business. Tasks will be divided so you can spend more time on your specialty while your VA can focus on the smaller and time-consuming ones.
You will also find yourself on schedule since your to-do list becomes narrower and deadlines are effectively met. There are many tasks that a VA can take out of your hands, like list building, launching social media campaigns on Facebook, Pinterest, or Instagram to build your online presence, and promoting your blog posts to blog networks. These meticulous tasks need a lot of time and attention, and are better delegated to a VA. While your VA builds your presence and adds exposure for your brand, you can deal with landing new clients and finding ways to expand your business.
- It will make you earn more revenue.
Delegating to an efficient person with expertise just provides you with a large potential for revenue. Consider a scenario when you are a digital marketing consultant: you typically bill clients $150/hour when consulting, but have to refuse potential clients and billable hours because you need to fix the nitty-gritty details of your business. Imagine if you could delegate tasks that take you away from clients such as scheduling social media content, replying to emails, or building lists, you can land more clients and build a more solid reputation in your area of expertise.
Hiring a VA will entail cost, for instance, $30/hour but having more clients billed at $150/hour will net you an income of $120/hour. In the process, you are doing what you love and free yourself from the hassle of monotonous tasks.
Hire a VA – it will be good for you and your business.
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The tasks that are needed to run a successful business should not overwhelm you to the point where you become unproductive and miserable. Delegating the task of running a blog is a good way of increasing your productivity and getting some peace of mind. If you overrun yourself with tasks, you make yourself less able to perform tasks that will help you achieve growth and sustainability.
Burnout and stress are silent but deadly killers of productivity and well-being. Don’t let that happen to you. Running a blog with the help of an expert VA can allow you to mentally relax knowing that someone is handling all the tasks you can never do alone. It can reduce your stress levels significantly and get you that winning disposition to achieve your business goals. Plus, it can do away with the anger and frustration that naturally comes when you miss deadlines because of lack of time or skill.
Having a VA that has your back will cost you, but will be a rewarding investment in the end.
So, what are you waiting for? Hire a professional VA now.
