Tools of the Trade

Simply Helpful is modernizing business, always striving to produce the highest quality work with the cleverest of ideas. In our business, efficiency is key. We provide great work, at a reasonable price with a quick turn around.

Simply Helpful employs several techological programs to help us, help you. These tools benefit our clients in reaching new markets, networking with ease and to better understand their customer’s demographic.

One of these ‘wonder tools’ is a website program called, MailChimp. This product allows its users to effortlessly send their business’s important information to thousands of curious customers. The program is extremely intuitive which makes usage easy, unintimidating and productive.

After all, we’re in the business of reducing stress, not inducing it. With the free MailChimp plan, our clients are able to send 12,000 emails to 2,000 subscribers per month. The email list is simply uploaded to the program and emails are sent out quickly and easily to all your eager customers.Talk about getting the word out.

All emails have the capability to be customized with your company’s colors, logo and brand personality, then once your business’s template is set up, you never have to remake it. This provides your customers with consistency, professionalism, and in turn, brand recognition.

MailChimp also offers different paid upgrade features such as, a larger subscriber limit or the ability to send more than 12,000 emails per day. Tara Elder, owner and founder of Simply Helpful, loves MailChimp, “The program is easy and free! You can’t beat that.”

Another internet tool we use here at Simply Helpful is a website program called, Hootsuite.
Hootsuite sends out your business’s social media posts, tweets and statuses for you automatically. Easy to use and quite the time saver, Hootsuite has become a favorite in the Simply Helpful arsenal.

This website program, like MailChimp, has paid and unpaid versions. The free version offers a great foundation for businesses who just don’t have hours to devote to social media. The website works by shooting out prepared messages to your business’s social media sites.

All you have to do is type in your messages for the week, choose which social media sites you would like them to appear on, choose a time and date and voila, you’ve fulfilled your social media quota for the week!

The next tool we’ve chosen to spotlight this week is our very own Simply Helpful Policy and Procedures Guide. This tool’s purpose is right in the name, it guides our clients and highlights their business’s process. This is a great tool to have around for new hires or as a reference piece.

Here’s how it works, a Simply Helpful Stress Reliever will begin by asking specific questions pertaining to the business, this organizes the details of the company in an efficient list format.
No need to prepare or get nervous, these questions are about pulling the information you already know out of your head and onto paper.

After the list is created, we design a specialized guide just for you. Tara says, “ It provides a huge time savings as your business grows by enabling you to hand staff members a copy and allowing them to read how your business is conducted.” This benefits a growing business by increasing productivity and providing a structured consistency company wide.

To learn more about the fabulous ways Simply Helpful can help your business, check out our website. We post new blogs every week, keeping you informed, relaxed and satisfied. We are here to reduce stress for companies doing more with less. Happy Holidays!