Are you looking for someone to take some of the admin work off your plate? Not sure you know exactly what to outsource, but know you need some help? Schedule a conference call with the owner of Independent Projects, Angela Myrtetus! She can answer any questions you may have about social media, administration, billing and how her company can help your business can become more efficient! Email for more information: info@ipro4u.com

Having a difficult time sifting through your inbox or keeping up with it?

A few tips:
Place ALL emails in particular folders right away in the morning.

Label them: ACTION, FYI, EDUCATION(Newsletters), PERSONAL and SOCIAL MEDIA.
File your messages into these folders and tackle the action folder first.

If you have a virtual assistant doing this for you, it will save you even MORE time!

Independent Projects has been involved in Social Media over the last three years. With a fantastic designer and coder on our team, not only are we able to create a business fan page, group or account on facebook, we are also able to design some very unique and awesome custom FBML Static Landing Pages!

We can create and manage your facebook pages, twitter accounts and linkedin profiles. We are on top of researching all the latest social media trends and take careful thought as to our clients’ status updates, as fan pages and twitter accounts are search engine friendly. Because of this, the status updates must makes since to one’s business so that the fan page can be found appropriately in the search engines, otherwise known as social media optimization. We also do the best we can to drive trafic to your site from facebook, linkedin and twitter.

Our social media packages are affordable! Contact us today to find out how we can get started for you!

Poor management is the single most deciding factor on whether a business succeeds or fails.

When a business becomes successful, it takes a life of it’s own. And as a small business owner running a successful business, you start to realize your juggling a lot more than what you may have originally anticipated.

Many business failures aren’t the result of bad economic times, but poor business management and administration. You must know where you and your business stand at all times, from planning to communicating, organizing and controlling, to directing and delegating.

Common Mistakes You can Make as a Small Business Owner:
–Contracting the wrong people
–Miscommunication or insufficient training (know your product and know how to delegate exactly what you need)
–Doing too much
–Misuse of time

When you find that it is time to delegate, you must be able to trust the person you are delegating to. You are letting someone else handle YOUR clients’ projects. It can be very hard for business owners to let go of the work, but when you find someone you can trust you can delegate at the drop of a hat, which leaves you more equipped to react instantly and decisively with confidence when problems arise. For small businesses one bad week can be fatal.

It’s always a good idea to go over your business plan on a quarterly basis to re-evaluate the administrative procedures of your business. When you get to the point where you are ready to delegate, pat yourself on the back! Not only does this mean you’re successful, but it also means that you are aware you can’t do it alone and you are ready for a change!

Good Luck and Happy Planning

It’s no secret that social networks are more popular than ever or that we are in an economic slump. 

If you’ve had to cut back your travel budgets, like so many companies have, then think about the affordability of hosting Virtual Events.  The reality is that Virtual Events are more cost-effective to deliver and attend, have the capacity to reach a larger audience and can be re-broadcast for continued exposure.

More and more companies are being driven to more complex virtual events.  Attendees can visit booths, chat with exhibitors, and connect with other attendees at virtual trade shows. 

Physical events and trade shows are great for that face-to-face interaction, but if you can’t make it to them or don’t have the budget to do your yearly corporate conferences and/or meetings, then consider hiring a Virtual Event Specialist to help you set up and manage your trade show, corporate event or conferences virtually. 

Find out how to get started now!

How many Administrative hours are spent on your business? 

Your time is YOUR money.  When you spend time on typing letters and reports, creating spreadsheets, returning phone calls, filtering and answering emails, updating your website and your social media accounts, you are taking time away from business development, and more importantly, YOUR CLIENTS.  

In this economy, it is more important to build your client base and take care of your clients so they don’t move on to the next competitor at a cheaper rate.  Everyone wants to save money right now, but people still understand that you get what you pay for.  If you are spending your time nurturing your clients, making sure their needs are met and they are happy, you will retain more clients.  However, if you are spending your time focusing on the administrative part of your business, you are taking that time away from your clients. 

Independent Projects understands this.  They also understand that hiring a permanent employee is a commitment and costly.  Set fees are a thing of the past as every project is different and every budget is different.  Outsourcing your administrative projects virtually is proven to save you time, in turn saving your business money.

The goal of Independent Projects is to help business owners, not take their entire administrative and marketing budget.  By working within our clients’ budget, everyone is happy.  You do get what you pay for, and outsourcing your important projects to us can be a little scary.  That is why we explain in every consultation that our success is your success.  We can’t and will not stay in business if we don’t provide each and every client with the utmost professionalism.  

To find out more about how we can help your business succeed and grow, Contact Us today for a free consultation.