It's National Preparedness Month! It's a perfect time to update your technology to keep your business secure. Do you have a small business and never update your software? You are not alone. Many small business owners (and even large companies) forget to update their apps, software, phones, and computers. Recently, even hospitals were hit recently with ransomware and didn't even know it because their systems weren't up-to-date. Does this make you worried? Do you want to do something about it? If … [Read more...]
How to Track Social Media Followers in your business
I work with several clients that need help managing their social media marketing. From managing a few social media accounts to several accounts, I had to set up a tracking social media followers system that would make it easy for me and them to track the progress of the account. 3 Important Tracking Social Media Followers Tips Here are tracking social media followers tips: Make a list of all your social media accounts: Be sure to include the username and password. Also, add the email address … [Read more...]
How to Make an Effective Task List For A Sole Proprietor Business Owner
When establishing your business, you may forget how to do different steps for a particular job. It's OK. You are doing a lot so you are bound to forget. To help you remember better, make a task list for each process that isn't done often. What task lists should be created? Some examples of task lists are quarterly estimated taxes process, emailing customers reminders about upcoming services, working on social media engagement jobs, and creating blog posts. Why make a task list for my sole … [Read more...]
Tips on Clearing Digital Clutter for Small Business Owners
If you are not aware, I write an organizing blog to help people get and stay organized in their home. I created a version of this post on my organizing blog and wanted to share it here as well since we, as small business owners, also need to organize our business files on our computers. I revised this post to include tips on clearing digital clutter for small business owners. If you wish to revisit the post for home organizing, please click here. When updating software or hardware, I like … [Read more...]
20 Ways to make your Business More Productive This Year
If your goal this year is to make your office more productive, well, I have a list of tasks that can help you. Here are 20 tips to make your small business more productive. 20 Simple Tips to Make your Business More Streamlined Use texting sparingly for work. It is distracting, and it is hard to manage the responses. Send emails instead. There is more space to write a more detailed email. It is also easier to search if you need to reference a message. Make a "to do" list at the … [Read more...]
How to create checklist or procedure lists to improve productivity in your business
Do you have issues remembering every step to your business process? Get frustrated when you forgot a step? Do you feel like you can't delegate a project because you are afraid that the other person will miss a crucial step? Well, you are not alone. All small business owners have these worries. For a small business to succeed, the company needs to have structure. Step by step instructions documented will help not only the person who is doing the task but also allow another to do the duties if … [Read more...]
4 things you need to do before going on Vacation
Going on vacation is so relaxing and fun! However, when you are a small business owner, you have to not only pack and go, you also have to do tasks that will keep your business going before you leave. Here are some tips on what to do before going on vacation. THIS TO DO BEFORE GOING ON A BREAK FROM YOUR SMALL BUSINESS Make a list of tasks that need to be done before you go on vacation. Be sure to make sure you write those blog posts ahead of time if you blog. The week before, … [Read more...]
Easy Ways to Track Mileage for Your Small Business
Whether you are tracking your small business mileage for tax purposes or tracking mileage to bill clients, it is important to keep good records. It's really frustrating and stressful at the end of the year, you are missing information because you didn't track it properly or consistently. Then, you have to run around tracking down all the information that should have been tracked all along. I know we have all been there. But, this year, let's vow to keep our mileage tracking more accurate by … [Read more...]
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. Here are … [Read more...]
