Category Archives: Small Business Systems Advice

HOW TO AUTOMATE YOUR ONLINE SALES PROCESS (VIDEO)

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Michael Port

What happens after the sale? Online sales processes help you make the sale but you also need automated backend processes to deliver the product or service that you just sold.

In this video I walk you through how to set …

[FREE TEMPLATE] Step-by-Step Process for Creating Information Products

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Michael Port

People love to buy packaged learning and experiences (AKA: Information Products). They’re easy to understand, and therefore easy to buy.

Perhaps you think that your service may not be as easily defined as a packaged product or program, and necessarily has …

Posted in Small Business Marketing Advice, Small Business Project Advice, Small Business Systems Advice | Tagged Book Yourself Solid, branding, business+success, getting things done, info products, information products, leveraged revenue, passive revenue, process+improvement, productivity, projects, Small Business Systems Advice | 34 Comments

The Right Process (and the Right People) Leads to the Right Results

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Michael Port

If you have a people- and process-related focus, rather just one or the other, you can create a culture for your business that changes work and work habits.

(You’ll find this illustration in Beyond Booked Solid)

People have misconceptions …

Posted in Small Business Systems Advice | Tagged collaboration, constraints, employees, improvement, information processes, performance, process, productivity, small business management, Systems, waste, workflow | 44 Comments

Men and Their Eggs
(AKA: How to Be More Productive)

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Michael Port

Almost every morning, I make a killer omelet for breakfast. It’s a thing of beauty, really.

Two eggs with a touch of milk, so much spinach that you’d think you’ve ruined it, a massive medley of grape and cherry tomatoes, …

Posted in Personal Development Advice, Small Business Project Advice, Small Business Systems Advice | Tagged conference call set up, creativity, doing more, email, Focus, getting work done, landing pages, productivity, working alone | 18 Comments

What’s Your Job?

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Michael Port

When you start a business, you’re exposed to a seemingly endless stream of diverging themes and complicated processes. I attempt to reorganize them into simple systems.

That’s my job as an educator—to take ideas that have become complicated and noisy …

Posted in Personal Development Advice, Small Business Project Advice, Small Business Systems Advice, Updates | Tagged business, easy, entrepreneurship, job, learning, process, productivity, simplicity, Systems | 13 Comments

10 Questions You Must Ask When Hiring Assistants and Outsourcing Projects

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Michael Port

Collaborating with others creates scale in your business by increasing your leverage. To collaborate effectively you need to:

Isolate activities that generate more income than they cost to have others do.
Identify where to place your energy and focus according

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Posted in Small Business Leadership Advice, Small Business Project Advice, Small Business Systems Advice | Tagged administration, assistants, collaboration, hiring, outsourcing, process+improvement, processes, virtual assistants | 10 Comments

Get More Done

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Michael Port

To be booked solid you need to get things done.

You probably need to get more done than you are at the moment — because, man, is there a lot to do. As a small business owner or professional service …

Posted in Small Business Systems Advice | Tagged business software, getting things done, hiring, information products, outsourcing, partnerships, process+improvement, processes, productivity, projects, Systems | 1 Comment

The Better Way to Choose a Target Market

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Michael Port

Let’s start by understanding the difference between your target market and your niche. If you’ve done other research or reading on the subject of building a service-based business, you may have heard both of these terms before, and you …

Posted in Small Business Leadership Advice, Small Business Marketing Advice, Small Business Sales Advice, Small Business Systems Advice | Tagged Book Yourself Solid, Michael Port, niche, selling servies, service professional, service-bassed business, small business marketing, target market | 11 Comments

Small Business Productivity Software That You Can’t Live Without

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Michael Port

E-mail, Calendar, Documents, Phone (AKA: All things Google)

E-mail, calendar, documents, and phone fall into one category because, for me, they are all things Google. Yes, I know they know more about me than my mother, and maybe even the …