Invisible Business Solutions: What do I do?

Clever Mamma is delighted to have Helen from Invisible Business Solutions as
our special guest. Read on for a fantastic International Women's Day FREE offer!

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It’s not often that I consider myself to have an identity crisis! I’m a very lucky wife with an amazingly supportive husband, a mother of two wonderful boys, and a woman who chose her life and the path it took! We even moved from the other side of the world to Australia nine years ago!

So one of the challenges I have faced since launching Invisible Business Solutions is explaining exactly what it is I do. Who my professional persona is… other than she is invisible!

At the first networking event I attended, the response to my business was  ‘Oh… you’re an Accountant’ or ‘Oh… you’re a bookkeeper’, neither of which I am… I mean I thought it was obvious what a Business Analyst does?… but the simple answer was that is very difficult to understand! So my first lesson learnt was never assume anything!

The challenge posed is that most businesses don’t go looking for me – in fact they don’t know I exist – very apt that we are called INVISIBLE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS… More over they don’t know why they need me!

For example, if you want someone to clean your home, you go looking for a cleaner! If you want to get fit or lose a few pounds – you find a Fitness Instructor – it's simple. However if you want to take your business to the next level would you automatically think… ‘aah, yes, I need a Business Analyst’, no you wouldn’t – but YES you do!

So there it is… that’s what I do – but let me try to simplify things…

  

Firstly it’s best to drop the big scary corporate word ‘Business Analyst’ and instead say ‘I add value to the future of your business, not record the transactions of the past’. Maybe an even better way to describe my job is that I’m the GPS for your business – no not that annoying lady that tells you where to go (heh, heh…) but instead the lady who will get your business to where it wants to go. It really doesn’t matter whether you are thinking of starting a business, a school hours business mum or a seasoned business woman - I can help every one of you get to the next stage of your business or help get you back on track!

Because we don’t know your business like you do we have to base everything on fact – the facts from your business, the facts from talking and listening to you! Believe it or not your business is an amazing book of information, and once you let us have a read we can help you base your decisions on fact not fiction!

Quite simply it’s a numbers game without the gamble! We can help you win the game by providing YOU with the skills, knowledge and information to understand the way your business works by using these numbers in the right way!

Our service gives YOU the information YOU need to base your real decisions on rather than just instinct or luck! 
This is the service I love to provide to Business Mums. I believe everyone should have access to this information so they are able to understand the performance of their business. Once you have this information you’ll wish you knew about us right from the start!

If you’re just starting out the questions you need answers to might be:

• Do you have the numbers to prepare your Business Plan?

• Have you calculated all the costs of your new project?

• Have you worked out your Scorecard?

• Have you bought bookkeeping software and understand how to use it?

If you are a small business the questions you need answers to might be: 

• What’s the TRUE cost of your products and/or your service?

• How do I set my sales price?

• Which of your products REALLY makes you the most money?

• Should I offer a discount? Can I afford to? Will I still make a profit?

• Can I match my price to a competitor without losing money?


• Are my expenses under control?

• How can I get this information from my bookkeeping software?


If you’re moving into the growth stage of your business, to enable you to get there the questions you need answers to might be:

• How do I work out my cashflow? How can I improve my cash flow?

• How do I build a Budget for the year?

• Which sales location (State or Territory) makes you the most money and why?

• How can I work out Sales Targets so that I can achieve my goals, or set targets for my sales team? 

By having the answers to these questions your business could increase turnover, cashflow and profitability! By using a business analyst you can take your business to the next level or get you back on track!

It pays to talk, we love to listen and what we add, you’ll take away!

  

So let Invisible Business Solutions be your GPS and guide you to business goals! Between now and International Women’s day on 8 March 2013, Invisible Business Solutions have rolled out our Help50 promotion. We are offering a FREE consultation so that we can work out how best to help your business. So please check out www.ibsgc.com.au/help50 for more details or contact Helen on 0416 101 422  or email info@ibsgc.com.au or direct message me on FB at  www.facebook.com/invizbizsolutions