Online Business Management

Online Business Manager is necessary for all types of organizations today. A number of business owners see an Online Business Manager as position that holds the responsibilities. The official definition of OBM is: A virtually based support professional who manages online or digital based businesses, including the Day-to-Day management of projects, Operations, team members and metrics. In other language An OBM is the office manager – the right hand partner to the business owner. The job of an OBM is to understand your business and manage the process and team to make sure your vision is achieved while a virtual assistant carries out the tasks that help make it happen.  OBMs make sure that the right things get done at right time by the right people in the right way.

OBMs hustling across these areas:

1.      Project Management: Setting up a new online program or portal, establishing a website from start to finish, managing a launch, etc.

2.      Operation Management: Taking care of client relationship, work flow, communication, etc.

3.      Metrics Management: Recommending next steps, etc.

4.      People Management: Managing, Outsourcing and tracking the completion of the day-to-day tasks to your client’s team.

OBMs come from all diff. backgrounds. Many of them got their start as a Virtual assistant, Personal assistant or Project manager in this corporate world. 

But to become an OBM, you’ll need to have few characteristics:

1.      When you hear a great idea, you logically start thinking about the steps it will take to make happen.

2.      You are capable of assigning, communicate with, and taking responsibility for a virtual team.   

3.      You have enough knowledge about online marketing systems and software.

4.      You have knowledge about how to manage client to keep them happy while sticking to your own limitations.

We can say OBMs are: project managers, office managers, human resource managers and online experts – all rolled in one. With support of OBM, you know your business strategy is in the play and you achieve your goals – creating more income, solid team and brand power.