As a solopreneur, I’m used to wearing a lot of different hats — customer service, social media management, marketing, production and more.
As a small business owner, sometimes it can feel like you are simply putting out fires and moving from one deadline to the next, so it’s hard to focus on the actual vision and mission of your business. I know I’ve been guilty of neglecting my business, because I’m so stuck in everything from day-to-day.
Luckily, there’s a sweet new app by Staples, the ultimate office supply store, called Quick Wins. Aside from absolutely loving the name (yes, my life and biz need more quick wins), the app is also a great resource for those looking to ramp up their business this year.
Staples’ Quick Wins App is downloadable in both Apple and Android. The app syncs users key business metrics in one convenient place. You can check in daily and get personalized ideas on how to make your business grow. Quick Wins gives users real-time, customized suggestions that will help them improve their metrics.
According to a survey by Staples 62 percent of small business owners would find it useful to have a single dashboard with all of their core business metrics in one place. The Quick Wins app is the go-to solution for small business owners who want to track everything from sales to social media engagement.
To get started, you can download the app in Google Play or the iTunes store. Create a profile by inputting your name, your biz, employees and sales. The app made it very clear they will not share your information, it’s only used to give you accurate feedback on sprucing up your business and getting those quick wins.
The Quick Wins app is broken down into three sections:
Metrics
The Quick Wins app has an all-in-one dashboard to track your important business metrics. Users can sync their Facebook and Twitter accounts as well as their Google Analytics. Not only that but users can also sync their Shopify and Quickbooks accounts in order to track sales.
It is SO awesome to have key business metrics like engagement, followers, sales and more all in one place. The best part is that the Quick Wins app will recommend ideas to boost each of your metrics. For example, when syncing my social media and Google Analytics, some of the recommended ideas included reconsidering my keyword use and posting about trending topics.
For each item you sync, you can track your key metrics and also get suggestions on how to improve.
Having these sort of metrics in one place is great. I know that I either avoid looking at analytics or metrics, or completely get sucked down the rabbit hole for hours.
Community
As a solopreneur, it’s crucial to have a community and support system so you can bounce ideas off of others or ask for help, tips, advice, etc. Using the Quick Wins app, you can connect with other small business owners and get feedback on your most pressing questions.
You can post questions, get feedback, or help others in the community section of the app. This is my favorite part of the app as I love seeing everyone’s questions and responses and soaking up all the information.
Sometimes it can feel like you’re in your own little business bubble, so having easy access to others that may be dealing with similar issues as you is awesome.
Ideas
Under the Ideas section, there are featured ideas to help you achieve quick wins in your biz and also where your saved ideas show up. When you are getting feedback in the metrics section, you can save their ideas to utilize later. You can even mark the ideas as ‘tried it’ or ‘not for me’ and also add comments to each.
If you’re a solopreneur or small business owner — or even just a serious side hustler — the Quick Wins app by Staples could help you track your business metrics and get much-needed support from the community.
This post is sponsored by Staples and helps support Dear Debt and its readers. As always all opinions are my own.
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