Some business owners do everything in their power to automate their business as much as possible, while others tend to shy away from this. With the internet you could say that your business is semi-automated. However, anyone that runs a business on the internet will be the first to tell you that you can get swallowed up with internet tasks that take up hours of your time.
Much of this can be automated without a lot of work and hassles.
Email automation…
Emails are a big form of automation. No more having to wait for mail delivery or the irritation of having to open a bunch of envelopes. You just go to your in box and most of your mail is there. Except, it is probably highly disorganized and strewn with spam mail, just like junk mail that you get with traditional mail. The key here is to learn you email program and take advantage of all that it has to offer. You can do things like tag or label your email and open folders to place them in to keep them organized. You will be pleasantly surprised when you learn about all the perks that your email program has in store for you. Chances are you can cut down an hour of sorting emails down to five or ten minutes.
How about auto posting for some of your marketing campaigns…
Hopefully you are running some type of marketing campaigns for your business. Even if you have a brick and mortar business you should be doing both some email marketing as well as social media marketing. There are all types of software that you can take advantage of to help you with your marketing posting. Platforms like Buffer and Hootsuite are user friendly and come with all types of options.
Appointment scheduling
Nothing can be more time consuming then have to arrange an appointment where several people need to attend. Trying to line up a proper time that suits everyone can be a real challenge. There is no need for this to be such a big task when there are several apps that everyone can use and manage for appointment scheduling like ScheduleOnce, for example.
Just these three shortcut automation suggestions that we have given you are going to save you a ton of time. These are the problem solvers in general for most people that run a business. However, at the same time every business owner has unique needs when it comes to time saving and time management. For this reason we suggest that you take a bit of time to discover what is out there to help you automate your small business so it can be more successful.
