Are you reluctant to outsource your tasks? Or not sure how to manage a remote team?
These tips will help!
1. Have a clear goal
It is critical for your remote team to know your brand’s vision. They must know your S.M.A.R.T. (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound) goals and what role they have to play in order to achieve that.
Break down your goals further into actionable steps and communicate the importance of their roles to achieve those.
This will help a lot to lessen misunderstandings and will reduce the time and resources in going back and forth because of changing strategies, procrastination, and indecision.
Bonus Tip: There are a lot of freelancers and agencies that offer niche services. Knowing what you want or where you want to go will help you decide who fits best to the results you are looking for.
If you are having difficulty setting your goals, talk to a mentor!
2. Know and set your KPIs
Set your key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess and monitor your progress. Data is important. This will help you decide objectively if your strategies or your team are going efficiently work.
For example, if you are getting help to increase brand awareness through your social media posts, Post Reach and Impressions are good KPIs.
This will help a lot in adapting to different changes because you get to assess based on your data which strategies are working and not working anymore.
3. Proper and regular communication
There should be regular and proper communication on both ends. Regular progress updates, especially if something good or bad happens. Even just checking in how’s everything going for the week.
Weekly, monthly and even daily reports are important for both ends depending on the nature of services provided.
It is so easy to feel detached from a team and vice versa since there’s no physical element in working with people remotely.
“Out of sight, out of mind” right? So be “virtually” visible.
Not hearing from each other can often create anxiety on both ends. Small messages will help give assurance and guidance. Avoid micro-managing though!
Are you planning on hiring a remote service provider soon? What’s holding you back from doing it?
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