Consulting

Note: On-site consulting available in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Phone and email consulting available in the USA.

As a small business manager, you have done well if you have an administrative assistant and other staff members who are comfortable with computers and who are able to find ways to get computer tasks done. Likely, you do not have programming experts, or super-admins with advanced macro development and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) skills. After all, you probably hired staff based on their skills in working with your product line, rather than their expertise in business software applications.

To get the work done more efficiently, your choices are: 1) hire qualified software application specialists; 2) send your employees to advanced training classes; 3) hire consultants to train your staff in advanced computer topics.

You may have dismissed all of these options as either too expensive, or too time consuming, so you continue to cope with the way your staff currently operates on a daily basis.

Small Business Software Applications may be able to provide you with one-on-one consulting services at a cost you can be comfortable with. How?

First we allow you a free consultation to determine what software tools you use, and how you use them to conduct business. We then propose ways that we may be able to increase your efficiency. By directly addressing the most compelling issues, starting with your business processes and your staff's current experience, we find ways to immediately improve your cost of doing business, without forcing you to make major changes with uncertain results.

Here are just a few examples of time-saving skills your staff can acquire with our help...

  • Using templates for common documentation in word processing applications
  • Recording macros in word processing and spreadsheet applications to automate tedious repetitive steps
  • Writing macros directly in Visual Basic to do more complex automations
  • Using software applications (e.g. Photoshop, Dreamweaver or Contribute) or SBSWA custom applications to maintain time-sensitive (short life) portions of your business website yourself (product announcements, specials, etc.)
  • Acquire programming language skills for your internal development needs, using SBSWA associates as tutors. We can help with any of the following languages, and more: C, C++, HTML, Javascript, Perl, Visual Basic, VBA, ColdFusion, ASP.

Here are some examples of what we can implement for you!

  • Conversion of your most tedious paper processes to automated processes, and training your staff to use the new tools
  • Implemention of a library of macros to take care of immediate needs, and training your staff to continue developing new ones as needed
  • Automation of database information retrieval, spreadsheet generation, and subsequent report generation
  • Development of a complete website for your business, and (if desireable) training your staff to maintain all or portions of the website, depending on website complexity, and your staff's technical competence.
  • Development of custom Windows applications to meet specific complex business needs.

Even if your small business has a staff of one (yourself!) we can help your business, and you can afford our services!

After all, even if you are doing everything right, we will discover that in your free consultation!