Business Admin
Ever thought to outsource your business admin?
From the moment you start a business there are so many things to think about. Can I create my own documents? how will I get new clients? what’s the format for an invoice? when should I file my taxes?
It’s a long list and it can build up pretty quickly. A good business owner is someone who has control over their business both the front end and behind the scenes. It’s not enough these days to present a great business front and not have the infrastructure or processes in place to back it up. Customers can always tell in the end and it can put them off coming back.
You might not be in a position to have someone helping you full time or you might have been lucky enough to have your business take off and it catch you off guard, either way outsourcing your admin and having someone who you can go to for help on an ad-hoc basis can be invaluable.
"I can't find the email I need"
Someone once said email was a thing of the past.
Did anyone tell your inbox because love it or loathe it email will be with us for a few years yet.
Here's how I could manage your inbox..
- Get an email account with your chosen provider
- You’ll have one folder to look at
- Tell people when you’re busy
- Reply to your most important customers
- Make a professional e-mail signature
- Unsubscribe from pointless mailshots
- Sift through emails to pull out important information
- Give you a footer QR code for an online business card
- Request customer reviews
Diary
"I've lost my diary on the train"
That little book full of your upcoming meetings and notes. Panic as you realise you're going to have to contact just about everyone to tell them what's happened.
Paper and tech can be best friends
- Set up an electronic diary accessible via laptop or app
- Prioritise your important meetings
- Re-arrange cancelled ones
- Plan your virtual or face to face meetings
- Construct the agenda and give you all the reference material
- Arrange your travel and hotel for the meeting
- Put a detailed itinerary in the diary
- Take the minutes of the meeting
- Make sure there is hospitality in the room
Organisation
"I'm so busy I need to hit the ground running"
Do you know where you filed that presentation or put the hotel confirmation without having to rummage in a shoebox?
I'll give you an easy online storage option
- Secure online storage system
- Dropbox, OneDrive, SharePoint, iCloud, Google Drive
- Easy naming method for easy search
- Shareable folders for colleagues or accountant
- A secure password management system
- An easy to-do list
- Use of apps to scan information straight to a folder
- Set up a CRM
- Create events on Eventbrite
Documentation
"I'm rubbish on the computer"
Have you got time to learn how to do a presentation? I can create professional branded documents and templates for you to impress your customers or clients
- Mood board of sample brand colours and logos
- Templates for business documents in brand colours
- Professional looking proposals, policies, invoices, contracts etc
- Repurpose existing material into new format
- Microsoft and GSuite
- Workflows in SharePoint
- Write up a report
- Research a subject
- Get it printed
- Virtual signature
