Me having my own small business, I can relate to problems that you may have and I can recommend things that you do to fix them.
Firstly, the best thing you can get for your small business is MS Office 365. This allows you and your colleagues to create better presentations, pitches, calculate finances and more. . .
- -
Next, I would recommend Microsoft Bookings. This is a great tool for creating meetings with clients. You are able to create a link that clients can go to and book a meeting. You can create free and paid meetings.
- -
You should also create a website for your small business. If you have Microsoft 365, creating a website is easier than ever with the help of Wix. Step by step instructions can be found here.
If you do not have Microsoft 365,
don’t worry there are still other options.
You can host using services like GoDaddy, WordPress. . .
If you have your website already, this will only apply to a few, in a HTML
folder, you can upload the folder to a service like Netlify and it will
seamlessly push that site online. Netlify is free!
- Get website SEO right.
o You can use tools like:
- Have a Contact page
o There are many HTML contact form makers out there, some include:
- Update your website consistently
o The more you update your website, the higher rank you’ll get upon search results
- Use a short and memorable domain
o Short domains could be an abbreviation
- Have a Meta title, description and image
o Having Meta information for your website allows users and future clients to “preview” your website before they click on it.
o This helps your site to stand out when sharing the site on social media or messages.
- -
Get Microsoft Teams! Microsoft teams is great for internal and external conferences. This will easily allow you to communicate with colleagues/employees seamlessly.
Key Features of Microsoft Teams
- You can easily create Meetings! Just click the
meetings button on the left and start booking.
- Create WIKI’s. You can now create WIKI’s in
Microsoft Teams.
This allows you to publish more information on upcoming events or projects - Great search bar. If you are looking for a link
someone sent you, just type a word or the domain of the link! Teams will find it
for you.
- You can add shifts, this is called Microsoft
Shift, this is the replacement of Microsoft StaffHub.
All you have to do is click Create a new schedule - Sharing Files
o You can easily share files internally by using a message in teams. Just hit the paperclip icon.
o
Alternatively, A great cloud storage location
for businesses is Microsoft
OneDrive.
You have the ability to share folders. You could create a shared
area where all users can store files.
- There are many other tools like Karma, Planner that are included in Teams.
- -
You can take a look around all Business features Microsoft offers by clicking the link below:
Microsoft Small Business Software | Take a Guided Tour
- -
If you found this helpful, please mark it as helpful below! ↓ It would mean a lot!