Christmas is the time of year to be spending the most time with your loved ones, however being a self-employed business owner it can become difficult to try to separate yourself from your business. It may also be a good time to look at outsourcing in the New Year especially if you are managing every aspect of your business right down to the admin.
Do you find you have all these small tasks and you sweep them aside with good intentions of completing them later only to put them off again?
With a Virtual Assistance service like TLB Admin Support we can help you to manage not only your daily ongoing tasks but also those small forgotten tasks.
Here are our top 10 tips for trying to prepare your business these holidays.
- If you have a website put up a holiday notice advising your clients/customers of your operating hours.
- If you have a Google My Business listing you can very easily change your hours to state your availability. Here’s how http://ow.ly/9s8J306MEYA
- Send out an email newsletter advising your clients of your availability and supply a number and way for them to contact you in an emergency.
- Have emergency procedures in place. To ensure you are still providing a timely response and maintaining your customer service standards make sure you have a contingency plan. Have another staff member as a backup so if you can’t respond to your clients at least someone else can.
- Make sure you have all your staff member’s availability noted down on a calendar, this will help when making your emergency support plan.
- Set aside specified times within your day to check emails, messages etc. If you don’t stick to a schedule you will find yourself constantly checking your phone/computer. Everyone deserves a break and that includes you too.
- Another option is to hire a 24/7 phone service to answer your calls and take messages to forward to you and your staff.
- If you are taking a couple of weeks holiday and still need your business to run smoothly a VA can assist you with everything right down to project management.
- Schedule content in advance for your social media platforms. You have to keep your posts consistent so using a program like Hootsuite will make sure your content is still being published to your followers, and you can easily keep track of engagement too.
- Lastly just take this time to regroup and refresh yourself because just maybe by having that much needed break you will come back with new ideas that you can implement in your business.
I hope these tips will help you to prepare for these Christmas holidays.