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11 STEPS By SteveJensen TO OUTSOURCING SUCCESS Part 1 of 2 D on’t rely on outdated closing techniques. Become more confident and increase your sales. Learn how to do things differently. Future proof your business and career. World renowned business and sales consultant, Steve Jensen shares 11 ways to achieve success from outsourcing. In this day and age of being so time poor, many of us are trying to undertake as many business activities as we can to try and save ourselves money. Working with different businesses from all around the world, I’m learning this strategy isn’t working as well as we all may hope. Business operators are not necessarily saving themselves money or time by learning how to do all tasks themselves. Here’s the truth. We are good at certain things, and we are experts at others. It’s important to learn new skills, but it’s even more important to understand where our limitations are. For example, unless you are qualified in financial management, you probably hire a financial expert to do your bookkeeping and accounting (something I strongly recommend you do, by the way). Similarly, you should also have a good solicitor on your team. Ideally, you can find one via referral, from someone who has actually used them. (A solicitor is one of those experts you need on your team, but who you WHAT’S NEW IN FITNESS - SUMMER 2017 hope you won’t have to use too often!) Most business owners won’t do their own accounting or business soliciting, so why then do we think we can or should develop our own websites or design our own social media campaigns? After all, they too are business activities requiring a succinct skill-set in order to be successful. Outsourcing is beneficial for businesses of all sizes. It has the potential to save you the stress of having to learn something 31