Home,Business,Operation,Basics DIY Home Business Operation Basics
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One of the least talked about, yet very important aspectsof running an online business is the organization andactual operation of the business.Any successful business, offline or online, needs to beorganized from the beginning. Even a one-man operationlike Red Lion Books needs to be organized. Here are a fewtips on staying organized and keeping your businessrunning smoothly.PlanBefore you jump into any online venture, you should takesome time to plan it out. I know from experience, thefirst draft of Redlionbooks.com looked totally differentthan it does now. I used the remains of the first,half-completed site as a plan for this site. It was likea list of all the parts that were going to come togetherto make this site. I recommend that you start by making achecklist of the essential parts of your future site.Write It DownWhen I first started out, I thought that everything couldbe filed away on a spreadsheet in Excel. I had onespreadsheet for article promotion, another one for ezinepromotion, and so on. Although this is only a personalpreference, I think that good old paper and pen is greatfor organizing your promotional efforts.I now have one notebook for the different types ofpromotion, a notebook for bills, a notebook to jot downrandom thoughts. I just have them in a neat pile with ineasy reach. These are the most important aspects of mybusiness, and I feel more secure knowing that I have ahard copy as well.Email FoldersMaking separate folders in your email program can also helpyou get organized. Programs such as Eudora allow you todownload the messages off of the server so that they stayon your computer.Record KeepingIt is important that you have some way of keeping records.Besides tax purposes, it is great to have individualreports for each ad campaign. This helps to sort out thebest sources for advertising.More to come later, on the subject of organization.
Home,Business,Operation,Basics