Today’s small business owners wear many hats – in the span of an hour, you may go from being a CFO to dabbling in IT, and then find yourself knee-deep in the PR field. When it comes to efficiency, automation is the way to go.
Between two and five minutes - this is the average time it takes for owners of online ventures to complete each of the hundreds, if not thousands, of small tasks they have to do each day. On their own, these chores don't give off the impression of being a major time-waster. But when completed over the course of the day, they eat into productivity and hinder growth.
What can help business owners clear their list of routine tasks faster is automation: making the most of today's technological advances is giving yourself the most essential thing you can: time. Time to focus on strategic activities, decision-making, and innovation.
What's more, automation empowers you to prioritize crucial work, such as retraining personnel, handling communication and negotiating with suppliers, addressing HR matters, and devoting more time to marketing initiatives. And most importantly: automation enhances not just business operations but also contributes to work-life balance and job satisfaction for team members, allowing them to engage in more meaningful and fulfilling work.
The efficiency of automation is not just anecdotal: according to Statista, it ranks as one of the top marketing strategies for its effectiveness, a sentiment echoed by HubSpot's State of Marketing research, which found that marketing teams are using automation software 139% more than finance teams.
Digital marketing is one of those daily tasks that require day-to-day nurturing to keep your business in front of consumers’ eyes. A savvy entrepreneur would know that promoting their brand online is crucial for success, but keeping up with all the email campaigns you need to create and send out, the social media accounts you need to update, and the market research you need to conduct can be exhausting. Balancing multiple channels, producing more content, and handling large amounts of data is making digital marketing even more intricate, but with the right marketing automation software in place, you can streamline the entire process while also improving every aspect of the job.
As marketing campaigns continue to push boundaries and engaging with customers becomes even more complex, using an automation tool is no longer a choice, but a necessity.
The question now is - which software will suit you best?
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