10 Ways Of Automating Your Business

An Internet business is the ultimate way to put your business on
autopilot and not only make money but also have the freedom to
enjoy your business. It is critical for the prosperity of your
business and your sanity to automate your enterprise as much as
possible.

Your computer is your greatest business partner but have you ever
thought about how many ways you can use it to automate your
business? In business time is money and the less time you have to
spend battling with everyday tasks the smoother your enterprise
will run. Your computer can help you in more ways than you may
have thought of. Here are some things that it can help you with
to make your business run more smoothly and efficiently.

1. Tracking your customer database, this can all be done with
your computer. You can do this with office software like
Microsoft word and keep all information on an excel sheet. In
this way you will be able to see at a glance customer sales and
conversions, who bought from you and when.
2. Speed and convenience: An important part of this computerized
database is of course the convenience:

* Not having to keep files full of paper work
* Being able to look up anyone in your database quickly, either
on your excel sheets or on your autoresponder. This will save
your valuable time
* Making flow charts based on your database records. This will
alert you to trends and help you track your promotions and
business progress

3. Mailers: You can then load your entire list to your
autoresponder from your database and use it for automated
follow-ups and mailers. These are powerful marketing tools that
can be set to go out automatically and will close many backend
sales for you.
4. Accounting: One of the biggest headaches in business is
managing your business budget. With software like Quicken this is
easy to do. Again automating this will be a big time saver and
will enable you to save money by keeping abreast of your company
finances.
5. Desktop publishing software will save you 1000s on marketing
design. Logos, brochures, leaflets, flyers and even your own
newsletter template can be done quickly and well with this
software.
6. Information please: Of course do not forget to harness the
Internet with your computer. There is a wealth of information
about your industry and more. Keep up with trends and hot news
about your industry with free to join business forums articles
and websites, Google News etc. You will save tons of money and
time when you build your own library of knowledge like this.
7. Set up your payment system: This will handle offline and
online orders automatically. There are several systems you can
use but always have 2 to avoid any breakdown in your system.
8. Affiliates: If you have your own product set up your own
affiliate program to automate your sales.
9. Joint Ventures: Do some long term Joint Ventures to complete
your automated sales system.
10. Affiliate programs: Affiliate for some related programs and
take advantage of a true automated income.
As you can see from these simple points it is easy to automate
your business. When you do this you will have more time to
develop ideas to market and build your enterprise without having
to be continually stuck on time-consuming tasks.

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Constantin Chersin is an entrepreneur specializing
in software and web development. For more information
about his services and how he can help you promote your
business, please visit http://www.itprovision.net/
Constantin is also the publisher of the
free marketing newsletter "IT Pro Vision."