How to Automate Your Small Business in 5 Simple Steps: #4

Well here we are at day 4 of 5 working through the 5 keys steps to successful automation - today is all about making sure you are constantly checking, reviewing and refining for ongoing improvement - remember if you stand still.....you fall behind!!

#4: Track results and refine your processes

Without setting targets and choosing the right KPIs, you’ll struggle to measure how much of a positive impact automation is having on your business. More importantly, you won’t be able to pinpoint opportunities to refine your automatons and improve results.

When automation allows you to multiply tasks almost infinitely, a simple tweak to your workflow can add thousands or even hundreds of thousands to your profit margins. Businesses who step into automation have steadfastly increased both the number AND quality of the transactions through the business by an astronomical amount, without a single change to their current people resource, because they embraced the right technology, set their targets, measured results and continued to optimize their processes.

There is a multitude of automation strategy's that can make a serious impact to your business and the goal is to work out the one best for your needs for right now and in the mid term. Given how landscapes change, and certainly will once you step into the world of automation, refrain from putting to much weight on your long term needs - simply put...you may be preparing for something that may well not be needed once the short and mid term solutions come to life. Ultimately if you have the right solution to begin with then it will be scale-able and adaptable for what you need long term anyway

Keep refining and improving your chosen solution until you strive to deliver the best possible results you can from your solution. Without tracking results and refining your workflow, you will have no idea how much more this strategy could be adding to your annual profit margins.

REMEMBER: Those who stand still instead of innovating and improving will always get left behind

TOMORROW: #5 Create an Automation culture in your workplace

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