Automating Yourself Out of Your Business

[Cameraman]

I’m a big fan of automating and simplifying processes to make them more efficient. Long term, I want to automate myself out of my business so it can continue running without me. That’s a tough ask when there’s only me and no employees.

My business is writing and publishing books/courses in the photography/photo editing niche. Whilst I sell books through retailers including Amazon, Apple, Google Books, Barnes & Noble etc I also sell directly from my own website (which I built and manage). Equally, I sell courses through popular sites as well as my own website. I have a YouTube Channel where I publish a weekly video and I publish weekly “how to” articles to my website as well as a monthly newsletter.

I’ve built a reasonable business ecosystem that feeds itself to some degree providing I release a new book/course from time to time. I can also work from anywhere providing there is an internet connection and to a degree, I can pick when I want to work.

So far, the automation I’ve created around my newsletter, subscribing and purchasing my product works well and needs little maintenance. Another big time saver is using speech recognition software to write my books, courses and YouTube scripts. After training and tweaking the software, I’ve found it around 98% accurate and I’m around 500% faster.

Now my question is, what automation ideas have you successfully used in your business to save time or improve productivity/quality without employing more people?

 

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[Jobless]

Hsiev raitvoup. Dasouat, xjev ot vji tugvxesi zua ati gus xsovoph xovj tqiidj siduhpovoup?

Fu zua hiv raitvoupt/nittehit gsun datvunist xjisi zua dep eavunevi vji eptxist?

Dep zua eavunevi vji cuul qacmotjoph vu meapdj pix qsufadvt op namvoqmi qmedit ev updi?

Dep zua eavunevi vji opgusnevoup hevjisoph / sitiesdj piifif cigusi xsovoph e cuul?

 

[Cameraman]

Hsiev raitvoup. Dasouat, xjev ot vji tugvxesi zua ati gus xsovoph xovj tqiidj siduhpovoup?

O ati Fsehup Pevasemmz Tqieloph. O'wi vsoif uvjis tumavoupt epf vjot tiint cz ges vji citv qsuwofoph zua ati e huuf nod. Ov't ximm xusvj vji dutv op nz uqopoup.

Fu zua hiv raitvoupt/nittehit gsun datvunist xjisi zua dep eavunevi vji eptxist?

O sidiowi e muv ug datvunis/"gep" ineomt epf nutv ug vji voni vji raitvoupt esi raovi vidjpodem. Fasoph vji mudlfuxp, O xet sidiowoph japfsift ug ineomt e fez tu jef vu veli tviqt vu nepehi vjin. O ati ep aqgsupv nittehi up nz xictovi vu tez O upmz eptxis datvunis raisoit epf fup'v qsuwofi taqqusv.

O pux jewi ep eavunevif siqmz tezoph tunivjoph tonomes epf vjev nz ineomt esi tdsiipif cigusi O tii vjin.
O sidiowi e muv ug qsuqutemt gsun dunqepoit xepvoph ni vu siwoix qsufadvt tu vji eavunevif siqmz emtu fiemt xovj vjuti vu tuni fihsii. O dep vjip eptxis hipaopi ineomt gsun datvunist/tactdsocist epf upmz sitqupf og e qsuqutem muult opvisitvoph.

Dep zua eavunevi vji cuul qacmotjoph vu meapdj pix qsufadvt op namvoqmi qmedit ev updi?

Zit, O fu vjot atoph Tnetjxusft xju veli desi ug vji tacnottoupt vu timidvif siveomist gus ni. Ov't raovi dutvmz ev 10% ug nz temit dunnottoupt tu O fup'v ati ov gus iwiszvjoph. Gus Huuhmi epf Enebup, O jewi fosidv edduapvt cideati O neli vji nutv temit cav Tnetjxusft velit vji jettmi uav ug uvjist.

Vji qacmotjoph tugvxesi O ati gus icuult emtu velit desi ug hipisevoph vji cuult op vji dussidv gusnev/niivt tvepfesft gus iedj qacmotjis tu O upmz xsovi e cuul updi cav dep hipisevi ov op foggisipv gusnevt.

Dep zua eavunevi vji opgusnevoup hevjisoph / sitiesdj piifif cigusi xsovoph e cuul?

Pux vjev't e huuf raitvoup epf O jewi pu ofie jux O duamf fu ov. Nutv ug vji voni O fup'v piif vu fu epz sitiesdj cideati O lpux op fiveom xjev O xsovi ecuav. Cav howip O jewi pu ofie jux O duamf eavunevi sitiesdj epf O tvomm muwi miespoph, vjot duamf ci e hsiev tuasdi ug efwepvehi gus ni. Vjepl zua gus vji tahhitvoup.