Many owners view filing systems as a necessary evil since by taking the time to set it up and maintain it doesn't help make money for their business. So, they quickly file papers in groups that may or may not be appropriate just to get it out of the way and give them more time to do things that help them make money. But, then they get frustrated when they can't find what they were looking for in the future. The reality is all businesses need to keep retrievable files and need to have systems in … [Read more...] about 7 Areas to Organize in Your Office Files
Small Business Administrative Support Tips Archive Page
Welcome to our Small Business Administrative Support Tips archive page to help you and your business streamline processes. Read the archive posts for tips to use in your business.
25 Virtual Assistant Tasks That Can Help Your Small Business
Many small businesses are so comfortable doing tasks on their own. But as their business grows, they may want to get help but don't know what they can hand off to a Virtual Assistant. Today, we are discussing the virtual assistant tasks that you can hand off so you can focus on other things in your business. To help small businesses figure out what virtual assistant tasks they could need help with, I compiled 25 task examples a virtual assistant can do. Research industry social media … [Read more...] about 25 Virtual Assistant Tasks That Can Help Your Small Business
Accounts Payable Tips Every Owner Needs to Know
Have you ever lost or forgotten to pay a bill? When it happened, how did you feel going on a frantic search for the bill/e-bill wasting time and energy finally realizing you must have deleted it? Anxious? Then giving up and contacting the payee and requesting another bill feeling ashamed that you lost it in the first place. You are not alone. We all have that stressed anxiety when forgetting a task that needs to be done. Here are accounts payable tips that will help reduce stress while doing … [Read more...] about Accounts Payable Tips Every Owner Needs to Know
10 Ways a Bookkeeper Can Help a Business
There are many different tasks a bookkeeper can do to help small business owners besides reconciling the bank account. Below are ten ways they can help your business. Ten Ways a bookkeeper can help You Reconcile your bank accounts: Reconciling your bank accounts each month will keep your books in order and reduce your stress at tax time. Reconcile your credit card account: many companies charge on the credit card for supplies and other things needed to run the business. So, … [Read more...] about 10 Ways a Bookkeeper Can Help a Business
How to Show Income Breakdown on a Profit and Loss Report
While in QuickBooks reviewing my client's P&L report, I realized that it didn't show the breakdown of where the money came from. This particular client does not invoice through QuickBooks so the information wasn't being tracked. I wasn't going to add more work to the client's bill to duplicate the invoice process. So, instead, I created a different way to track this information. To save paper, money, and help the client, I created this quick trick on how to show income … [Read more...] about How to Show Income Breakdown on a Profit and Loss Report
How to Improve Your Project Time Estimation
How often do you estimate a project will take 15 minutes? Then, it actually takes an hour? These days tasks take longer because there are so many distractions that could and will happen while doing the tasks. For example, if you are assigning posts in your Hootsuite account to post later on that week, and then, while doing research for those posts, you get preoccupied and go to another site, which then takes you to another site, and another. An hour or two later, you get back to posting to your … [Read more...] about How to Improve Your Project Time Estimation
How to Quickly Send Holiday Cards for Your Small Business
During this time of year it is great to give thanks to your colleagues and associates. How do you do this? Do you send them a gift? Do you send them a holiday greeting card with a special note in it? There are many benefits for sending holiday cards to them. Below we will discuss the benefits and how to send holiday cards so they get there BEFORE the holidays begin. What are the benefits of sending holiday cards? Sharing your appreciation. Giving thanks is always appreciated. No matter what … [Read more...] about How to Quickly Send Holiday Cards for Your Small Business
5 Ways to Outsource Work to Save You Time and Money
There are many ways to get help for your small business, here are 5 ways to outsource work that will help you stay organized and on target with your business goals. Bookkeeping - simple reconciling of bank account and credit cards statements. Social Media Help - Researching posts online and setting up to post in a Social Media scheduler. Monthly pre-paid hours can be billed on a monthly basis and can be setup in advance to help you. Invoicing - This process usually needs to be done … [Read more...] about 5 Ways to Outsource Work to Save You Time and Money
7 Questions to Ask when making an Effective Mobile Office
If you are like so many people these days, you may work at the office, at home, and on the road. And, keeping all the projects and tasks going while being mobile can be challenging. You need to be pretty organized to keep everything where they need to be when you need to use it. The list below is questions to ask yourself to help your mobile office get more organized and efficient. 7 Questions to ask when creating a mobile office for your small business QUESTION 1: What is and is not working? … [Read more...] about 7 Questions to Ask when making an Effective Mobile Office
