How to Make Technology Work for Your Business, Not Against It...

A few more tips on how you too can make technology work for your business, not reduce effectiveness of staff or quality of service

1.     Use auto-responders to manage expectations about when a response can be expected from you or a member of your team.

2.     Reduce the number of email messages you receive by unsubscribing to lists that you rarely read the messages or do relate directly to your business. Sometimes even the latter require further pruning to ensure you are not spending several hours every month deleting spam or email messages you have neither read nor plan to read.

3.     Respond to email messages on at specific times of the day, usually late morning and/or towards the end of the day. Alternatively, choose specific days of the week (I know a few business owners who take this approach) to reply to email –incredible, but true. Some managers and indeed business owners who take drastic action and dedicate only once or twice per week argue that if the message requires urgent action, the person will pick up the telephone and make contact directly, instead of sending an email.

As a business owner, if you find yourself spending more than two hours every day on email messages, maybe it’s time to get your Virtual or Personal Assistant to handle more general email messages for the business.

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If you need to spend more time on developing your business and less time deleting email messages and unsubscribing from lists, then a new time management and email strategy could benefit you and your business. You can telephone me on 0845 054 2870 and I can quickly explore how you can increase efficiency and effectiveness during an Express 30-minute Coaching session.

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