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5 Tips on How to Excel in a Side Business While Working a 9-5

By Maria Bashi
Aug 9, 2022
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With the high standards of living and inflation everywhere, you cannot rely on a single source of income. You have to diversify your earning opportunities to be able to live a comfortable life and save for the future. 

As a career woman, sometimes it is hard to decide which responsibility should take up most of your time. Doing business online is one of the ways you can get that extra cash without quitting your 9-5 and still managing all other responsibilities you have. 

Below are some tips to help you manage both without one failing and create two streams of income.

Utilize All Available Online Tools

Technology has made it possible to operate a successful online business without any physical location. You can now order your stock online, market it online, find buyers online, and ship to them without any equipment or premises.

E-commerce continues to excel because of resources like Amasty development tools that help your business sell smarter, more, and faster. You can optimize your online business with relevant tools and extensions to help you run a successful online enterprise with minimal effort.

But even if you’re not in e-commerce, ensure you’re using all the resources at your disposal to make things easier for you. 

Manage Your Time Appropriately

Time management is a significant challenge for career women wanting to do it all. You need to use a lot of your free time, including weekends and holidays, for your business to thrive. 

Take that lunch hour to reply to emails and inquiries. Once you get home from work, you can dedicate two hours or more to focus on your outside endeavors. Alternatively, you can wake up two hours earlier, post on your business pages, or do other business-related work.

Have Clear Business Goals to Keep You Grounded

Another essential tip to help you excel in business while you have a whole myriad of other things you have to do is to have clear goals and targets for your business. You need to know why you are doing it and what outcomes you expect from the business. 

Besides keeping you grounded, defining your business plan and goals also helps you lay out how to grow and scale up your company. It will also help you notice when you are not doing enough work or things are not going as they should.

Build on Your Passions

Building on a passion makes creating and running a successful business very easy. It is meant to serve a financial purpose, but it also keeps you engaged with something you enjoy doing. It will therefore feel like more of a hobby than a job.

Now that you use your spare time to work on it, it is better if it feels like a hobby than work. Doing something you are passionate about as a job also gives you fulfillment and the desire to excel, even when you have to put in extra work and hours.

Start Small and Scale Up Slowly

Running a business alongside a 9-5 can be overwhelming, especially when you bite more than you can chew on the business side. It is essential to start small to be able to balance the two and create workable schedules. Once you master the workings of the business, you can start scaling up slowly and adjust the timelines accordingly.

Maintain Two Streams of Income

It’s possible to work a 9-5 job and do well in your own business. Follow these tips, and you’ll be well on your way to earning two streams of income. 

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