Warm weather is coming, and we are probably planning for some time away to recharge our batteries. It's not easy for Small Business Owners to go on vacation, though. We have to do a little planning to make sure our work doesn't come with us. Today I am talking about seven easy tasks to do before actually going on a mini vacation. First, let's define what a mini vacation is. A mini vacation is taking off on Friday and Monday, creating a four-day weekend. While it doesn't seem like a lot … [Read more...] about 7 Easy Tasks To Do Before Going on a Mini Vacation
Small Business Organizing Tips Archive Page
Welcome to our Small Business Organizing Tips archive page to help you and your business streamline processes. Read the archive posts for tips to use in your business.
Spring Cleaning Digital Files Like a Rockstar
Are you planning on doing spring cleaning soon? Spring cleaning digital files for your small business, that is. It's easy for us to neglect this area in our personal life, who cares if my password hasn't been changed in years and my contact list is so outdated it has my previous career's coworkers in it. But, in your business, it does matter. It helps with productivity, finding things easier, referencing things easier. The bottom line is that it saves you money and time. Below are … [Read more...] about Spring Cleaning Digital Files Like a Rockstar
5 Tips on How to Make Your Office Productive
Tuesday is said to be the most productive day of the week. With the Monday morning meetings behind you and your priorities set for the week, Tuesdays are usually the most productive day. But it doesn't have to be. This post talks about 5 tips on how to make your small business office productive every single day, not just on Tuesdays. 5 Tips to make your Office More Productive Start each day with a list of things to do in priority order. You can use letters or numbers to prioritize your … [Read more...] about 5 Tips on How to Make Your Office Productive
Questions to Make Your Office More Organized When Business Grows
As a small business grows, we tend to adapt our current procedures to our new larger company. However, this thought may not work because larger companies work differently than smaller companies. For example, the invoicing process will need to change and take more time if you don't update the system when you have more clients to invoice. A solution to this issue is to use a software package, like QuickBooks or QuickBooks Online, instead of invoicing with Microsoft Word document … [Read more...] about Questions to Make Your Office More Organized When Business Grows
How To Permanently Clear Desk Clutter Forever
Piles of paper on a desk can make it hard to get things done. When you start looking for papers, you get more and more anxious because they seem to have walked away, leaving you to fend for yourself. Does this ever happen to you? Do you get more and more frustrated moving around mounds and mounds of papers to locate that one important document barred under a large selection of unnecessary junk? Lucky for you, today, I am discussing a sure-fire way to permanently clear desk clutter … [Read more...] about How To Permanently Clear Desk Clutter Forever
Six Ways a Professional Organizer Can Help Your Small Business
As you may know, Professional Organizers can do various things for your home, but they can also help you with your business too. Below are the specific tasks that may inspire you to get an organizer can help you get organized in your small business. Analyzing processes in your business. Starting businesses have to grow over time, or they go stagnant and become less productive and profitable. So, having a professional come in and take a fresh look at your systems to ensure they are … [Read more...] about Six Ways a Professional Organizer Can Help Your Small Business
Saving Time Using Pinterest For Small Businesses
As small business owners, we need to save time wherever we can. This week, I will be talking about saving time using Pinterest for your small business. Yes, I know this sounds like an oxymoron statement, but it isn't. Benefits of saving time using Pinterest: If you are a visual person and need to see things to remember them, Pinterest has lots of images to remind you of tasks that need to be done. After all, it is an image-based social media site.Planning events for your business. If … [Read more...] about Saving Time Using Pinterest For Small Businesses
Easy Ways to Make a Business Calendar More Effective
Being self-employed has its ups and downs; I enjoy making my schedule and moving tasks around when other activities come up. Though, I don't like having to decide what to do and what not to do. I would like someone else or a client to determine what I need to do next. This part often involves trial and error to get the most productive schedule for me, and I bet you experience this as well. Here are some business calendar tasks to add to your calendar to help be more efficient and stay … [Read more...] about Easy Ways to Make a Business Calendar More Effective
Changing a home office filing cabinet from Shabby to Chic
Whether you have a home office or in a corporate park, making a dingy one look more attractive will spruce up the office and improve everyone's workplace. This week, we will show you an easy and affordable way to update the front of a home office filing cabinet. Follow along and check out the transformation! Before picture of filing cabinet. Here is the before picture of the filing cabinet front. There were drill holes where we mistakenly placed to add the lock. The handles were not … [Read more...] about Changing a home office filing cabinet from Shabby to Chic
