Automation may be considered a job killer, but it’s also a life-saver for small businesses who are looking for ways to streamline daily tasks while saving both time and money.
Sound impossible?
It’s already a reality. And, it’s time for you to start embracing this technology.
Need a place to start? Here are 11 tasks that you should be automating if you want to save an hour a day.
1. Accounting, invoicing and taxes
One of the most feared tasks that small business owners dread is accounting as well as to send an invoice. It’s tedious and time consuming. Thanks to automation, however, this is a concern that you no longer have to lose sleep over.
There are many online invoicing services that automate bookkeeping tasks ranging from recurring payments, payment reminders, storing of receipts, real-time financial alerts, bank transfers, and even filing your taxes.
Instead of manually all this information, automation handles all of your bookkeeping needs. These services save you a ton of time, and a lot of headaches, when it comes to balancing your books and organizing your files during tax season.
2. Social-media updates
Engaging and interacting with your audience through social media is a must for small business owners. But, posting content and responding to comments can eat-up a large portion of your workday. Thanks to tools like Buffer and Hootsuite you can schedule social media updates in advance so that you can focus on tasks that can grow your business.
Other tools, like Commun.it and Paper.li, can help you identify and reach out to social media followers and engage with them by sending automated messages like thank you notes to new followers.
3. Website logins
It’s not uncommon for small business owners to have multiple login information for their various financial, social media, and vendor accounts. That’s a lot of passwords to remember. Thankfully, password managers simplifies this problem.
Password managers aren’t just for convenience’s sake; think of it as good online hygiene, writes April Glaser for Wired Magazine. “Most password managers save and generate secure passwords…