For any small business or startup, the money you had all planned out is going to be pretty tight. You are likely to have worked out exactly what you need in what areas as part of your business plan. Then you will have raised funds or borrowed accordingly. So often, there isn’t too much room for growth until you start making a profit that you can then reinvest in the business. But how can you help your business to grow, but still save money at the same time?

Outsourcing, when done in the right way, is a great way to save money and give your business a boost. It can improve your productivity as it has people working on the things that they are expert in. It also allows you to step away from some of the smaller jobs, like admin or payroll, that need to be done, but don’t necessarily need to take up your precious time as the business owner.

So if you’re looking to boost your fashion business, then here are some things that can be outsourced. So have a think to see if it would work or be scalable for your business in particular.

PPC

In order to boost your business, then you need to boost how people find your business. Without a doubt, one of the best ways that works these days is being found online. Which is why paid search is big business.

Your business alone doesn’t need a full-time or part-time employee to do this, which is where outsourcing comes in. There are plenty of agencies online like Wordstream or 3Q Digital that you could outsource to.

Manufacturing

When it comes to hiring a warehouse or factory for production, then it can be time consuming to arrange, as well as pretty costly. But what other options are there when you are in the fashion business and you need to get more of your inventory made and supplied?

You could look to a company like LeelineSourcing, for example, that source and ship items directly to you from Asia. It could be a good way to cut down costs when some of your business is dealt with overseas, rather than dealing with the expense that you may have if you kept it at home.

Social Media

Much like paid search, your presence on social media is going to have an impact on how well your business does, particularly for a fashion-based business. In a business where everything is so visual, and you want to show off and display designs and prints, then being on social media can really help. But you may not have time or the expertise to make your Instagram feed picture perfect, for example. Which is where outsourcing comes in.

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to outsourcing in your business; there are so many options for you. But really, you should be outsourcing anything that distracts from your core business.

If it is taking you a day to sort and pay invoices, something that someone else could easily do, then that is a day wasted as the business owner.