Nothing helps get our business in shape better than doing a little house cleaning around the ol home office. Clearing away clutter and shaping up your work environment helps you focus much better on your clients and projects. So here are some helpful tips on how to get your home office in top shape:
Administrative Area and Tasks
Get systems in place to handle everyday and other regular tasks. For example, every business has its money handling tasks like bills to pay, stats to monitor, communications to go through and reply to, etc.
– Set up an organizer in your office area for filing your paper work, financial documents, client project files, note tablets, phone scripts and other assorted work materials.
– Set up places for work tools: pencils, pens, erasers, sticky notes, ruler, tape, stapler, zip drive, backup drive, egg timer for client work, eye drops, computer info to call for help as needed, phonebook, cell phone and charger, etc.
– Set up folders on your computer where you can save emails and other electronic documents about your accounts, clients, project work, websites, etc. Get and stay organized using folders,...