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10 Best Time Management Tips for Small Business Owners

Running a small business is hard. Between administration, managing employees, marketing, chasing leads, taking care of clients, managing your web presence, and the myriad other activities that are necessary for business owners in the 21^st Century, there’s hardly any time left to actually do whatever it is you started your business to do!

Unfortunately, there’s not a lot you can do about being busy. As a small business owner you’re always going to have a pretty packed schedule – at least until you reach the level of success where you can pay other people to do the heavy lifting for you. The best you can do is make sure your time is well-managed, so you can pack as much productivity into the time you have as possible.

Here are our favorite time management tips for small business owners. Hopefully they’ll help you and your business thrive through even the most hectic of working days.

AWeber integration with Subscription DNA

AWeber is a great email list management tool commonly used in marketing to potential paid members. Subscription DNA has module integration with AWeber to allow seamless exporting to AWeber lists from DNA’s email communication tool, and has developed a method to move or remove a matching a new paid user from the list to prevent marketing to an email that’s already signed up.

Recurring Billing: What You Need to Know About the Law

Note: The materials available on this web page are for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact your attorney to obtain legal advice with respect to any particular issue.

Recurring billing and the subscription business model have a lot of benefits for both businesses and consumers. Unfortunately, a few too many unscrupulous business people in recent years have taken advantage of recurring and automated billing, leading to angry customers, class action lawsuits, and regulation at both the state and national level.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with offering a subscription service or recurring billing to clients and customers, but it’s important as a business owner that you stay aware of relevant laws and regulations. The last thing you want is to end up in hot water over a careless mistake or oversight. Let’s take a look at some examples and what you can do to stay in line.

What are the Benefits of the Subscription Business Model & Subscription Billing?

If you’re an entrepreneur, business owner, or even a creative freelancer you’ve got two basic options when it comes to bringing in revenue from your customers and clients: charge by the service or product or work out a subscription billing model. The former might sound simpler and easier to sell, but there are numerous advantages to subscription business models – for you and your customers alike.

If this weren’t the case, why would subscription-based businesses be booming right now? Netflix has replaced Blockbuster; Dollar Shave Club has cut into the profits of the corner drug store; waiting for Blue Apron to deliver has become the new grocery shopping; even the e-commerce world has plunged into the subscription game with Amazon’s well-publicized Prime service.

But why is this the case? What are the benefits of the subscription business model? Let’s take a closer look.

Membership Management Software for Nonprofits

When you’re running a nonprofit you’ve got your fair share of challenges. Staffing, messaging, strategic planning, and other challenges are all significant and require their share of attention. But according to one poll, 46% of people surveyed said that “finding the money to accomplish our mission” is the greatest challenge their organization faces.

If you’re looking for an easy answer to all these problems, we’re sorry to say that there probably aren’t any. But if you’re looking for a tool that can help your nonprofit minimize payroll burden, streamline administration, and improve revenue streams, membership management software from Subscription DNA might be just what you need.