In a local biz group, we’ve been talking about SOPs. You know, those interminable step by step delineations of exactly how anything and everything that has the slightest thing to do with your company and its operations, all pinned down in careful black on white for posterity and whatever emergencies/exigencies might, may, or could possibly happen.

SOPs. Standard operating procedures. Are yours properly spelled out? Or are you...Click here to read the rest of this post at the Virtual Assistance and You Blog.

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Really good post and really good idea. What happens if you get laid up and can't work? Can someone come in and fill in for you? I think it also is a good way to cement certain procedures into your head that you don't do all that often.
Adding that to the ever-growing list.....

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sharp office support
yeah, we can do that..

It’s the same with writing out your operating procedures: you come to know your biz in new and profound ways.

Good point, and no - I have not written out my SOPs... certainly feel that I should now that I've read your post. It's not that the task is potentially boring that keeps me from tackling it though, it's just that I don't think I would know where to *start*...

I'm wondering Mary, did you ever get around to writing yours?

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I have done SOPs for employers before, but not for my VA business. I think it would be more difficult as you never really know what a client might ask you to do.

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Sherri Beck CPS/CAP
www.topkoalat.com

Does anybody have SOPs and how many types of projects did you write SOPs for?

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Carrie Hawk