If you’re an OBM who’s still doing every single thing in your own business, this episode is your permission slip to stop.
Abbey Ashley, founder of The Virtual Savvy, joins Sarah Noked on this episode of The OBM Show to talk about the moment almost every service provider eventually hits: the point where doing it all yourself stops being scrappy and starts being the thing capping your growth. Abbey started hiring the same month she landed her first client, six months pregnant and with zero proof it would work, and she’s been building her business around delegation ever since.
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What You’ll Learn in This Episode
This episode is especially relevant for OBMs and Online Service Professionals who are running their own business alongside their client work, and quietly doing every part of it themselves.
In this episode, you’ll learn how to:
- recognize the point where doing it all yourself stops being resourceful and starts costing you
- use Abbey’s 30% rule to decide what a hire should actually cost you
- run a paid test project before you bring anyone onto your team
- spot the personality trait that predicts a great hire, and give that person what they actually need to succeed
- build your own “swim lane” so your time goes to the handful of things only you can do
- have the honest, early conversation that saves most working relationships from quietly falling apart
The Next Step
If Abbey’s story has you looking at your own business and wondering what you’re still holding onto that you don’t need to be, our Directory of Accredited OBMs is a good place to start. Every OBM in it has been vetted by our team, and our Matchmaking service will personally help you find the right fit for how you actually run your business.
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If you’re the one reading this thinking you’d rather be the person business owners hire for this kind of work, the OBM Accelerator is a good place to start.
