Showing posts with label Invisible Business Solutions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Invisible Business Solutions. Show all posts

Thursday, February 28, 2013

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

Monday, January 21, 2013

Clever Mamma Profile: Invisible Business Solutions


This week we head north to the Gold Coast and have a chat with the lovely Helen Goodman from Invisible Business Solutions. Helen works alongside her hubby to provide biz mums with the services they need for success. Be sure to check out their new "School Hours Business Mums Networking Group" too. Such a great networking opportunity, I only wished I lived closer... although a trip to the Gold Coast does sound tempting!  

1. Tell us a little about yourself and your business… I am a wife, and mother to two boys, who love their footy (massive Titans fans) and the beach! My husband and I have created Invisible Business Solutions to provide business mums with the services they need. We focus on workshops for business mums that are innovative, interactive and fun! And give you the recipe for success to take away! We also offer consultancy in business analysis, the best graphic design solutions to build your brand, print management to ensure you get quality print material at a price you can afford, and eBrochures (which make your brochures interactive!). Our first "live" workshops are on the Gold Coast in January & February so we are booking now to make business mums 2013 the best year.

2. How did your business begin? We started Invisible Business Solutions to offer our services to business mums. We moved to the Gold Coast and it became impossible for me to commute to my part time job, which I had begun to dislike for a great many reasons, not least of which that we felt we had more to offer. I wanted to go out there and share 20 years of management accounting and business analysis knowledge, and Paul has the Creative talent to cost effectively build a great brand for business mums. So Invisible Business Solutions was born! Why Invisible Business Solutions? We are invisible to your clients, we offer the services and experiences that make your business succeed. Its what we add... that you take away!

3. The bits I love… We have it covered… I love the "numbers" things and Paul is the creative - together we make a great team!

4. The bits I not-so-love… Being in business is a long road, and can be challenging as well as rewarding. But now we have the business we want, there are not so many bits not to love. Everything is a step towards our goals!

5. Any tips for other Clever Mammas? Be confident in yourselves, we can make a valuable contribution, but lets not apologise for our mummy status and the fact that we choose to balance our work aspirations with our family lives. We only hold our children for such a short time, they should be enjoyed and given the attention they deserve! I also think it's important to recognise when we need help in an area, we seek out an expert and get the help we need (and the knowledge too).

6. Devonshire Tea versus Coffee & Cake??? Having grown up in England and migrated to Australia almost 10 years ago now, I would have to say that I am a Devonshire Tea lady! But Devonshire teas are for the afternoons! In the mornings I am very happy with coffee!

Helen, it's been an absolute pleasure getting to know you and your fabulous biz better. Be sure to let me know when your networking groups come down to Melbourne as I will be first on the list! Now loyal readers, you can find Helen's direct contact details here on her listing on the Clever Mamma business mum directory and be sure to find her on Facebook and Twitter too (deets on her website). Do you and your biz a favour and make 2013 the year your business moves forward with Invisible Business Solutions. Oh, and be sure to let her know that Clever Mamma sent you :)