You’re Focusing On The Wrong Thing – What to Stop, Change and Start Doing to Make Progress

A one-person business can be overwhelming. You're the CEO, the marketer, the support ​rep, the apprectice - all in one person. You just escaped the dreaded 9 to 5, and before you know it, you're working 5 different jobs and there's not even free office coffee.

This episode is specifically for solopreneurs. We'll discuss what you need to do to move your business forward without wasting time, what you should stop doing, what you could do differently and what are the key things you definitely should spend your time on instead.

Ready to take your one-man show to the next level? Listen in!

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What You'll Discover in this Episode:

• How to not fall into the solopreneur trap a.k.a working more than ever before, on areas you don't even enjoy or resonate with.

• How you can "move the needle" in your business and increase your revenue if you're working on your own.
• What ​you're currently working on that you need to stop doing comletely to avoid wasting time and resources away from the really important tasks.
• How really successful entrepreneurs like Gary V​aynerchuk ​get away with ​super simple branding and "dull" logos (and why you shouldn't worry about such things either).
• Templates, automation, outsourcing - practical steps to spending less time and effort on everything that's not making a real difference to your business.
• What are the things you may not be working on, but you should start doing to get the traction you want.
• How do you know what you should do and what you shouldn't? Test questions you can always ask yourself to determine if you're just wasting time.
• The perfectionist trap: how to accept if things won't be perfect without your involvement.
• Many tips, advice, and resources so that you can change direction right after this episode!

Resources:

• Read Shane's recent post on how to make the most of Trello to manage your tasks faster and easier.
• Learn the right mindset you need to be a successful solopreneur from these two great books: Making Money Is Killing Your Business by Chuck Blakeman and Profit First by 
  Mike Michalowicz
• We analyzed the homepages of six highly successful online entrepreneur - like Marie Forleo or Gary Vee! Read our post for details. 
• Eat That Frog! The popular book by Brian Tracy on how to get the most important things done and 'out of the way'.
  
• Leave the design to pros and get pre-designed logos, fonts and icons for a low price.
• Get awesome, conversion optimized landing page designs without needing any design skills by using the Thrive Architect plugin for WordPress.
  
• Too much hassle with social media? Get Missinglettr with our special discount!
• ​Learn how to automate and scheduling/appointments in your business, using Calendly.
• And check out this post to learn about our 11 favorite automation tools with solopreneur-friendly pricing.
  
• Outsource your low impact work - find freelancers on Fiverr!

Test Yourself!

If you're a new solopreneur, chances are you spend a great deal of your time working on things that aren't even that important compared to everything else you know your business needs.

I challenge you - try to apply our advice to the way you operate your business for 24 hours and then come back to this post and leave a comment on how it felt.

As always, we're happy to get any feedback, questions, tips and stories in the comments below or leave us a voice message by hitting the green button below:

See you next week with another action-packed episode!