Top ten tips for how to choose software that helps you do more
Summary
Emma Goode from Superfast Business Wales explains what you should be considering when shopping for software. Identify the bottlenecks - Think about which areas of the business take up the most time and if you can solve this with software e.g. booking appointments/reminders can be automated, as can generating and sending quotes/invoices, working together on a document, and updating customer information when you are out and about. Check you don’t already have the power - Lots of software now offers a huge amount of inbuilt functionality. Put a small sample of data into the software and play around with the functionality to see if it is going to be easy to use and actually helpful to the business. You may have to pay for additional training or to help with implementation, this is not a bad thing, you will reap the rewards when you know how to use the full capability of your software solution and accept that whilst you may be amazing at what you do you may not be an IT expert and that is ok. Be agile - Most software has mobile apps so you can input info, create estimates/invoices, update client records, create promotions all on the fly, increasing efficiency and capabilities even further.