Running a business is fun in the beginning, but as it grows, all of the tasks need more and more time. This can not only leave you frazzled, but make it so that you don’t have time to focus on the parts of the business that you originally found so exciting. That’s when it’s time to start delegating some of these tasks to other people.

For many entrepreneurs, the day-to-day tasks are the most boring part. As an online entrepreneur, you’d probably like to be spending your time looking for more products to sell or coming up with ideas for new software to promote. However, without help, you also have to do things like manage employees, handle payroll, deal with things like setting up new collaborative tools, and more.

Eventually, the time comes when you realize that you’d rather offload all of this work so you can go back to doing the things you found the most invigorating. That’s when it’s time to hire an online business manager.

An online business manager is unique because she is focused on the types of work that need to be done by internet-based companies. She can also see how these companies need to interface with the physical world to handle things like order fulfillment, warehousing (both on-site and outsourced), and in-person employees.

Those who do traditional business operations management often don’t have the experience or mindset needed for an internet company. They’re still used to having the most important parts of the business be physical, while any website is just an additional channel instead of the main one.

To ensure that your business operations management professional is up to speed, be sure to pick one with an online focus. Then you can rest easy.