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Money Moves to Make when You're Trying to Grow Your Business

Where to spend your money and where to hold back

By Kari OakleyPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
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The Power Of Delegating Responsibility After Your Business Becomes Profitable

If you are a business owner, at some point you will discover that there are some things that are better left to others. You can focus on business matters easier when you make money moves that can help you delegate responsibilities to others.

Technology

One of the first things that you may consider is getting managed IT services. There is no need to fumble around with trying to figure out new operating systems and updates for the technology inside your work environment when you can get professionals to do this. The cost of getting someone to support your IT services are going to be less taxing than trying to do it for yourself. When you get into a business that is profitable it becomes harder for you to step away from the main part of the business. You must delegate responsibilities like the information technology aspect of your company to someone else.

Cleaning

If there was a time where you had a small business office you may have been the one that started out cleaning it yourself. In your mind it may not have been feasible to hire someone to clean on a regular basis because you did not have the money for it. If your business is profitable now it benefits you more to connect with a cleaning company that is going to be able to get the job done for you.

The business may be expanding. It may be obvious that there are more opportunities to hire more people for an even bigger office. As your office space grows with your business, it is going to become highly unlikely that you, the business leader, are going to have time to clean the building yourself. It is necessary to get a crew in place because you have better things to do with your time. Your focus needs to be on the business and how you can help your business evolve. That is the benefit of getting a cleaning professionals in place.

Cleaning professionals are also beneficial to you because this is something that they do on a regular basis. This means that they have a higher skill level in this than you do. If you are a business owner that has an office where clients are invited into your personal business space you want your office to look presentable. Using money from your company to pay cleaners is a business expense that is well worth it.

Meals For Training

Once your company grows there will be a need to train new employees on a regular basis. There will also be new developments inside of your organization that will require employees that are already part of your organization to become more aware of changing business policies.

When you are having conferences like this it is somewhat customary to get meals for the employees. Some companies will have breaks during the course of the day at a conference session where employees are left on their own to get their own food. If you want to make the most of your time and make sure that employees come back from lunch on time it might be better to cater the meals.

This is another business expense that you may be able to write off for the business. It is going to be easier to do this when you have employees that are making money for your company. The fact that you are providing these meals during this conference is going to make your employees more appreciative of you. They are going to be more engaged in the learning process when you provide a meal for them. In return, you have employees that become more productive inside of your business. This leads to even more profits.

What you ultimately realize with making these money moves is that you have a better sense of what you need to focus on. You can prioritize better.

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About the Creator

Kari Oakley

Kari Oakley is a fitness trainer from Kenosha Wisconsin. She now lives in downtown Chicago, and loves to get out. She is a big fan of anything adventure, and loves getting a workout in the outdoors.

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