Here are a few tips to automating your business.
1. Automate tasks that do not require a person to add value.
2. Rethink automation. Many employees believe that technology will replace their position, but it’s your job as a business owner to communicate that employees can be more effective by focusing their efforts on the pressing matters that deliver the most impact. Change the culture.
3. Survey your team; ask them to list the tasks they do most often and brainstorm how technology can eliminate the task or improve the process.
Three great softwares that can automate your business:
1. Billing software: manage accounts receivables and client invoices on a custom schedule, and receive payment instantaneously. Using an automated billing system frees up valuable time creating and sending invoices and waiting for payment. BillingOrchard is an easy-to-use software that automates the collections process. http://www.billingorchard.com
2. Email marketing software: Drip marketing programs automate your lead nurturing efforts. An email marketing platform schedules and sends emails based on both time intervals and the action taken by prospects and take the time and effort out of individually following up with prospects based on actions and parameters. It also removes the subjectivity that comes with following up on borrowed time. Pardot is an excellent marketing software that offers advanced levels of prospect interaction and automation. http://www.pardot.com
3. Customer Relationship Management (CRM): Believe it or not, there are still thousands of small business owners that utilize Excel and Outlook to track business. A CRM is a no-brainer automation tool that keeps prospects and clients top of mind with scheduled activities and recorded interaction history. Custom reports detail activity history, upcoming meetings, and insightful conversation notes. Integrating billing software adds a second level of automation that prevents your team from ever forgetting or neglecting a prospect or client.
We’ve heard it a thousand times: “Time is Money.”
What are some other tools or ways you’ve automated your business?
