A lot of things in the preparation and growing stages can be done by you. But in the end you want to automate things so you can start on another business that could be similar to your current business or completely different. You still want to make sure you are passionate about it though. In order to grow even more, consider the following:

• 1. Implement Affiliate marketing. Offer commissions to others who will promote your product or service.
• 2. Hire help. For example, if you have been doing all the shipping yourself, consider hiring someone to do it for you for something like $8/hr. This will free up your time so you can focus more on other things. After all, your time is worth more than $8/hr right?
• 3. Hire publishers for your blog. Keeping your blog active with frequently updated content is very important for the continuous growth of your online business. But sometimes you just don't have time to post a valuable entry every single day. A lot of popular blog-driven websites have more than 1 publisher.