{"id":2232,"date":"2021-04-01T18:32:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paperound.com\/?p=2232"},"modified":"2021-05-04T15:26:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T14:26:09","slug":"7-tasks-a-founder-spends-too-much-time-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/7-tasks-a-founder-spends-too-much-time-on\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Tasks a Founder Spends Too Much Time On"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2232\" class=\"elementor elementor-2232\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b47cd45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b47cd45\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2186f76\" data-id=\"2186f76\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abf9770 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abf9770\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Too much to do, too little time?\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bebea1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bebea1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The life of a founder is unarguably busy. Busy doesn\u2019t even do it justice. Hundreds of email notifications, management needs, and to-do lists later, it\u2019s hard to know what to prioritise, and when. As the clich\u00e9 goes, time is money, it and needs to be utilised to the fullest. <\/span><b>The key is prioritisation.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason many founders struggle to prioritise, is because they struggle to delegate. Effectively assigning tasks to others is not easy. The common objections are: \u2018I can do it better and faster\u2019, \u2018they won\u2019t do it to my standard\u2019, \u2018I like to have control\u2019, or \u2018I don\u2019t feel comfortable managing others\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-615e6a8 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"615e6a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor-pro - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n@charset \"UTF-8\";.entry-content blockquote.elementor-blockquote:not(.alignright):not(.alignleft),.entry-summary blockquote.elementor-blockquote{margin-right:0;margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-blockquote 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.e-q-footer{flex-direction:row}.elementor-blockquote--align-right .elementor-blockquote__content{text-align:right}.elementor-blockquote--align-right .elementor-blockquote .e-q-footer{flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote{text-align:center}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote .e-q-footer,.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__author{display:block}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__tweet-button{margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto}<\/style>\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u2018If you really want to grow as an entrepreneur,\nyou\u2019ve got to learn to delegate\u2019\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Richard Branson<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3899267 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3899267\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst these are all valid objections, there comes a time when it\u2019s near to impossible to grow and scale a business without delegation. It\u2019s important to do it at the right time, and to remember that spending time on bigger problems in your business leads to better outcomes. <\/span><b>Of the hundreds of tasks on your radar, over 90% will only marginally drive business growth and improvement &#8211; focus on the few that offer the biggest opportunity.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of your skills, experience, or how involved you want to be in brand development, trying to do everything yourself can, and will, lead to burn out. It\u2019s important to take a step back and regularly ask yourself: \u2018which of these to-do\u2019s is absolutely necessary for me to do, and which can be done by someone else?\u2019<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of <\/span><b>delegating tasks centres around three main steps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: identifying which tasks to delegate, deciding who will do the tasks, and finally, delegating with trust.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74265e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74265e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7 Tasks you Should Consider Delegating<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc2530d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc2530d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Admin<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef3648f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef3648f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheduling meetings, sifting through emails, planning travel, or preparing administrative documents seems quick, but in reality, they sum to make up a sizable chunk of your working time. Sometimes they boil over, and a temporary assistant could just give you the breathing space to power through with high value tasks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Admin tasks might include: preparing policy-related documents, developing workflows, facilitating communication between teams, cleaning up shared drives or project management software, researching ways to improve current administrative processes, or inbox and calendar management.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65852c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65852c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Brand design<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f31900c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f31900c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35efd98\" data-id=\"35efd98\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15bd43a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15bd43a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brand design is important &#8211; it\u2019s the face of your product and\/or service that customers first interact with. There is a downside to its importance: many founders spend countless sleepless nights deciding on minute details of brand design. It is unquestionably a difficult task, as you hope to marry your vision for the brand, with what customers like to see. It\u2019s important to remember that many companies rebrand along the way, so it\u2019s not a be-all and end-all. Consider the Apple or Coca Cola logos over the years.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having an external and diverse perspective on brand design is very useful. Someone might have more experience than you in branding, which might translate into better quality. Quality and experience in this area is definitely important. To put things into perspective, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweor.com\/firstimpressions\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38% of people will stop engaging with a website if the content or layout are unattractive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweor.com\/firstimpressions\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">75% of consumers admit to making judgements on a company\u2019s credibility based on the website design<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: Sweor &#8211; Feb 2021<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brand tasks might include: company name choice, logo design, brand colours, font selection, graphic design, marketing material, website layout. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488c2e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"488c2e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Competitor Research<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c88bb88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c88bb88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Product development itself should be driven by customers, not competitors. It\u2019s important to understand what they want and need. Placing faith in your team\u2019s knowledge and intuition about the market, paired with actively listening to customers, is likely to prove more effective than keeping a close eye on competitors and shadowing their moves. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With that being said, it\u2019s interesting to know how competitors position themselves. Keeping track of who competitors are, what they are doing, and what people think about them, can inform your positioning and diversification strategy. This applies to virtually everything: the product, marketing, branding. Instead of sifting through piles of material, outsource and keep your eye on the most valuable to-do\u2019s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research tasks might include: tracking social media content and engagement of competitors, their competitive product developments, relevant press releases, or collating data on business-specific sites.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f007222 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f007222\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Customer Research<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2683fa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2683fa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defining who our customers are, and identifying their pain-points, wants and needs are arguably some of the most important tasks for product or service development. Sometimes, our target market might be broader than we think, and often, it will be far more complex than it initially seems. Furthermore, the process of customer research is iterative: customer perception, desires and needs not only change over time, but also change with every iteration of our product. Research is key.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer research tasks might include: setting up online feedback communities, secondary research, focus groups, surveys, phone calls.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e5fd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26e5fd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Customer Support<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef84a90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef84a90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer interaction and maintaining quick response times are important for customer satisfaction. If you\u2019re not fast enough in responding to their query, it\u2019s highly likely they\u2019ll go away to sort it elsewhere. Outsourcing support and ensuring consistency by developing an FAQ list with a basic response guideline, to which personalisation can be added, is an easy way to make the customer feel valued. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicereply.com\/blog\/importance-of-customer-satisfaction\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">81% of satisfied customers are more likely to do business with you again if they have a positive experience,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> whilst<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicereply.com\/blog\/importance-of-customer-satisfaction\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 95% of customers will take action after a negative experience &#8211; like sharing concerns with family and friends<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: Nicereply &#8211; Sept 2020<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support tasks might include: replying to queries, sending out thank you and follow-up messages, setting up touch-points for certain relationships, directing to the right person or source of information.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5779549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5779549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6. Social media management<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68ce0c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68ce0c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our social media and marketing material more broadly is often the first interaction customers have with the brand. We want to make a great first impression, and ensure that all of the content they are exposed to is on-brand. That doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that we have to do it all ourselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guidelines that lay out the brand story, voice, vision and mission, as well as target customer profiles, relevant keywords, or even stylistic boundaries all make the marketing process far more repeatable. Anyone presented with the guidelines should be able to effectively produce on-brand material and engage with customers in a tone reflective of the overall brand.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social Media tasks might include: developing social media content, posting to social media platforms, replying to comments or messages, engagement, building a following, or social listening. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5038cd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5038cd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7. Website maintenance<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d3427 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8d3427\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Websites are never fully finished. It is important to keep them regularly updated for two main reasons: a) customers coming across them need up-to-date information, and b) search engine optimization requires updates over time. Tweaks on the website can take a lot of time: from copywriting and blogging, adding new features, developing new product descriptions, or graphic design updates. Focussing on these takes time away from strategic brand developments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website tasks might include: copywriting, page design, UX testing, research for content development.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-444c958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"444c958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Deciding Who to Delegate to<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee3603f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee3603f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The great things is,\u00a0 tasks like these can be affordably outsourced, all whilst benefiting students that are hungry for the experience. Paperound Taskers have an amazing range of skill sets, backgrounds, strengths, and areas they want to work on that could benefit any small business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It just takes a moment to consider what tasks can be handed-off to someone else to free-up your time to focus on the important business opportunities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ideally, you want to find individuals who you can trust to carry out those tasks and deliver on the quality you expect with minimum effort (otherwise you might as well do it yourself!).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking the time to develop a simple brief \/ process to know what is expected from both parties is crucial. 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