As small business owners, having raving reviews on the websites is crucial for the first initial introduction to the services you offer. If you are wondering why you need to get testimonials, feel free to visit our post: Why You Need To Get Testimonials For Your Small Business. This week our discussion is about using the right testimonial questions to get the best business review. First, let's go through some tips on creating your best testimonial questions. Start by determining when you … [Read more...]
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...]
Why You Need To Get Testimonials For Your Small Business
Being a small business owner means you wear many hats. Marketing Director and Sales Director are just some of your titles. Promoting your business needs to be the main priority for your business, especially when you start out. And, testimonials are a way for you to show your value. I learned this the hard way. For many years, I forgot to take before and after photos, get recommendations/testimonials from my clients, and market my organizing business with this information. When I think of all the … [Read more...]
Seven Backup Systems To Have In Place Before A Natural Disaster
As I mentioned in an earlier post, September is National Preparedness Month. This month is a perfect time to remind you to review your office procedures and backup plans for emergencies. By doing this tasks, it tells employees what to do in case of an emergency like a hurricane or other natural disasters. It also shows your customers that you are thinking about their well-being. The clients who have concerns and issues and reach out to you for help or guidance will be your advocate when others … [Read more...]
12 You Can Do This Quotes
To keep us motivated to continue and persevere toward our goals in our small business, we need to find ways that will give us the strength to see beyond the struggles now. I like to read quotes. It helps me look at different situations outside of my point of view. Here are 12 "You Can Do This" Quotes that help me when I feel caught in the struggle of now and read why I love them. “Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best.” – John C Maxwell Does this happen to you? Have you … [Read more...]
5 Taking Risk Quotes to motivate you to take action
As small business owners, we all take risks on a regular basis. Since it's the summer and we are all relaxing, regrouping, and taking vacations, I decided to talk about risk taking. We may not like to take risks especially if we are doing well. But, as the business grows, taking time and reviewing and assessing different future projects is necessary for the wellness of the business. Here are 5 quotes to help realize the importance of taking risks. We are all fearful to some degree of risk … [Read more...]
9 Ways to Stay Focused On Your Business
As small business owners, we have to do it all. We must manage the daily activities and create goals and plan out the long-term steps it will take to get us there. Along the way, we can forget we can drop the ball in different areas and have to regroup and rush to get back on schedule. It can be quite frustrating, and we can beat up on ourselves for not doing what we were "supposed" to do. Recently, I was speaking with a client, and she was concerned at how much money was coming in. As we … [Read more...]
Saving Time Using Pinterest – Advice For Your Small Business
As a small business owner, 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 keep reminding you of tasks that need to be done. After all, it is an image-based social media site. Planning events for your … [Read more...]
How To Easily Spring Clean Your Cloud Files
A few weeks ago, I talked about spring cleaning your digital files. Within the post, I mentioned briefly about going through your online data as well. Well, this is one area that I needed to elaborate on, it's the cloud files. This area is updated so often these days that we don't look back on what we are keeping. Though we should, there may be some photos and files that we don't need to save. It's taking up too much space or is not useful any longer. So, why are you keeping them? I think it … [Read more...]
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