{"id":950,"date":"2019-06-05T12:02:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T16:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/?p=950"},"modified":"2019-06-05T12:02:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T16:02:35","slug":"two-tips-for-running-an-all-around-efficient-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/05\/two-tips-for-running-an-all-around-efficient-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Tips for Running an  All-Around Efficient Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-951\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/iStock-155147075.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/iStock-155147075-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-size=\"432x288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/iStock-155147075-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/iStock-155147075-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/iStock-155147075.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House owners greeting building contractor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #488ca7;\"><b>The job site isn\u2019t the only place where efficiency is important. <\/b><\/span>When contractors also have their administrative tasks in good order, they can boost productivity and profitability. Here are two tips for making your back-office run like a well-oiled machine.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #648e65;\"><b>PLAN YOUR DAYS<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span>In addition to scheduling your work for customers, also make a note of other tasks you need to take care of. Block out time for preparing estimates, creating invoices, returning phone calls to prospective customers, and other business must-dos. Whether you use a written calendar or the one on your smartphone, reserving time to tend to administrative tasks will help ensure they don\u2019t pile up and become overwhelming or slip through the cracks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #648e65;\"><b>BUILD IN SOME \u201cWIGGLE ROOM\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>There\u2019s a saying that even \u201cthe best-laid plans of mice and men\u201d often go awry. Sometimes, projects take more time than expected, customers change their minds about what they want, a traffic jam delays your arrival to a job, or some other unforeseen situation occurs. As you\u2019re planning your schedule, consider building in some buffer time between projects and tasks to give you some breathing room when things don\u2019t go your way.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #488ca7;\">The more organized and efficient you keep all aspects of your business, the more successfully you can manage everything you have to do and the better you can serve your customers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The job site isn\u2019t the only place where efficiency is important. When contractors also have their administrative tasks in good order, they can boost productivity and profitability. Here are two tips for making your back-office run like a well-oiled machine.\u00a0 \u00a0 PLAN YOUR DAYS In addition to scheduling your work for customers, also make a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}