DIY OR GO PRO
This post is part of a series of videos that seeks to answer the questions, "Should I do it myself, can I do it myself, how do I do it myself, should I hire a professional, and how do I choose a professional?". To see more in this video series, visit the DIY or GO PRO page.
Can I afford to hire a professional, can I afford not to?
That is the question that entrepreneurs often find themselves asking, well, themselves. When you’re the boss you wear lots of hats. You’ll have to know which ones you can rock, which ones you wouldn’t be caught dead in, which ones you have to wear because it’s sunny outside, and lastly, which hats you can afford.
The point is that there are so many things to do in a small business. You can’t possibly like or be great at all of those things and you very well can’t afford to hire a pro to do them all for you.
To try and help people figure out what they can handle on their own vs what they best leave to someone else, I’m creating a series of video interviews called “DIY or Go Pro”. I will interview professionals that offer services to small businesses and get their tips on how to do-it-yourself, reasons you might not want to, and what you should look for when hiring a professional. A sample of the types of professionals I will initially interview will be:
- bookkeepers
- accountants
- graphic designers
- marketers
- website developers
- video producers
- printers
- bankers
I’ll start off first with my area of expertise, how to make a video, and then go from there.
If you’re a professional small business service provider and have some advice to give, please let me know. There are plenty of perks. Among them are:
- It’s free, besides your time of course.
- You get some street cred as a professional, which you are.
- You get a professionaly produced video of yourself, which helps with point 2 and acts as a marketing tool for yourself.
- You’ll get a link to your website from the smallbusinessdoer.com site. Remember, a diversity of good links helps with your SEO (search engine optimization).
- Last but not least, you get what you give. It’s always good to give.
You can contact me at greg at smallbusinessdoer.com or 778.386.9877.
My DIY or Go Pro post will be up shortly, and here it is DIY Video.
Visit the DIY or Go Pro section to see all the videos.
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Love to help in any way I can Greg. I have a new venture myself at: http://one-on-one-with-a-pro.webs.com
Allan
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