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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
small business-home office
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Okay ladies, I need some advice, My dad has a small Pest Control company that he started a few years ago. As it has grown the (home)office has become more & more hectic & it is so very unorganized. I am trying to get everything prepared for the new year. I am going to be taking over the office however I already have a full-time job so I would love any advice that you might have on essential items for the office. We already have all the basics but I just feel like I'm missing so much. We are upgrading to some new computer programs so I'd like to upgrade the rest if I can as well. Like I said it is a small business; my dad is the only technician, my mom helps in the office when she can but doesn't know too much about what she is doing. So I'm pretty much on my own in there. Any ideas or tips would be greatly appreciated. sorry this got to be so long.
Re: small business-home office
I own my own small business that I run from my home (piano and voice lessons) and these are the things that I use a lot and have had to think about/evaluate about my own office:
Multi-function laser printer/scanner/copier/fax - I have a Brother wireless all-in-one and I get the high-yield toner cartridges since I make lots of copies every day. I bought the printer on sale at Costco and I buy cartridges online through amazon to save money.
Paper, pens, pencils, scissors, highlighters, binders, binder labels and dividers, address mailing labels, stamps, envelopes, etc I get at Costco or online through amazon bulk ordering with free shipping.
You might want to look at the set-up of the home office - is the desk area large enough, do you have a comfortable desk chair, do you need any extra file cabinets or tables, is the home office space used efficiently?
If you're going to be making lots of phone calls, do you have an office phone that you can easily put people on hold, transfer calls, etc, and do you have an ergonomic phone handle (so you don't get a crick in you neck!)? Do you have an answering machine or answering service if the business has a separate phone line from the regular home phone?
If you're going to be handling payments from clients, do you have a safe or a safe place to store any money before it's deposited? Also, I highly recommend having a small cash stash in the office - sometimes people pay their bills in person with cash, and I quickly learned that it is a good idea to have around $100 in small bills to be able to give people change if they don't come in with the exact amount.
I think that's about all I can think of, I hope this helps! Good luck with all of this and feel free to PM me if you have any other questions!!