5 Signs You Need an Online Business Manager (OBM)
Shrinking Free Time: Business growth should bring more freedom, not less. If you find yourself working longer hours than ever, feeling overwhelmed, missing family dinners, skipping workouts, or just generally feeling burnt out and neglecting personal life, these are signs you’re working in your business, not on it.
An OBM can free you from all this by delegating tasks, streamlining processes, and managing your team, allowing you to focus on strategic growth and what you enjoy. Oh yes, and giving you your life back!
Missed Opportunities: If you are turning down opportunities due to overwhelm or lack of time, or seeing competitors seize opportunities you know you could have pursued, an OBM can help you capitalise on them by managing projects, from concept to launch. They can also help you identify and prioritise opportunities, ensuring you’re focusing on the most impactful initiatives. An OBM can create systems for evaluating new projects and ensure they align with your overall business goals.
Stuck in the Weeds: Are you still handling tasks you did when you started, for example scheduling social media posts, answering customer service emails, or updating your website? As your business grows, your role should evolve. An OBM can help you delegate these tasks to your team or find the right people to handle them, allowing you to transition to a true CEO role, focusing on high-level strategy, vision, and innovation. They can help you identify what you should be doing versus what you could be doing.
Frustration with your team: Does your team constantly come to you first with questions, requests, and needing direction? Do you feel like you’re spending more time managing your team than growing your business? An OBM becomes the central point of contact, managing the team, setting expectations, and ensuring everyone has what they need to succeed. This frees you from day-to-day management and allows you to focus on big-picture thinking. An OBM can also implement project management systems and communication protocols to improve team efficiency.
Revenue Plateau: Have you hit a revenue plateau? If you feel like you’re working harder but not seeing the financial returns, this often means you need to step out of daily operations and delegate more effectively. An OBM can facilitate this by analysing your current processes, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing strategies for scaling. They can help you delegate tasks, manage your team, and track key performance indicators (KPIs), allowing you to focus on high-level growth strategies. Typically, this is relevant once you’ve hit six-figures, have clear growth goals, and are ready to truly step into the CEO role. An OBM can help you create a plan to get to the next level.
If any (or all!) of the above sound like you, let’s start a conversation!
