When you first start a business, you may find yourself with extra time that you don’t know what to do with. Here’s a list of 100 things you could do for your business:

Business Planning and Development

1. Create training materials with screenshots for every process in your business
2. Create a network of mentors in your industry
3. Set up and organize tax files for your business
4. Create a list of potential products and services
5. Plan what you’re going to do with your business in case of disaster
6. Find lower cost/better options for all business services
7. Get price quotes for every competitor
8. Make a list of potential clients
9. Update your business plan
10. Perform a SWOT analysis with today’s facts
11. Post the required safety and employment information posters in your office
12. Prepare for business taxes
13. Review your sales funnel and make three effective improvements
14. Read a business book
15. Update your marketing plan
16. Determine if paid social will work for your business
17. Schedule a month’s worth of business social events
18. Set business development goals with milestones at periodic intervals
19. Review your business development strategy and adjust as needed
20. Plan a successor product or service for your company’s main product or service
21. Develop an exit strategy for your company so you know what to grow your company into

Content Development and Marketing

1. Create a website and write all of the content, or hire a company to do it
2. Develop social media accounts for your company
3. Schedule out 30 days of Facebook posts
4. Proofread your menus, documents and website
5. Develop a brochure showing off your services and products
6. Create an email newsletter
7. Invest in quality marketing or content
8. Advertise in a new place
9. Evaluate performance of your client acquisition channels
10. Record YouTube videos for your business
11. Set up a new business social media account
12. Submit a business press release
13. Improve your website’s SEO
14. Develop a freebie to give away online
15. Develop a how to guide or educational document
16. Plan an EDDM mailing campaign
17. Post a Craigslist advertisement
18. Incorporate SEO best practices on every page of your website
19. Join a new Facebook or LinkedIn group
20. Develop a media kit for your website
21. Start a business podcast to show off your expertise
22. Make a list of potential blog posts
23. Re-read several of your  earliest blog posts to see if your making progress
24. Ask someone for two more tips on how to improve your company’s content

If you need help with a website, digital marketing and writing tasks on this list, email us at info@triassicmedia.com for help

Staff and Partner Interactions

1. Identify possible business partners you can team up with
2. Secure a strategic partnership
3. Attend sales or business webinars
4. Write a guest post for your target market
5. Create a business case study project
6. Plan an incentive program to motivate your staff
7. Draft a state-of-the-company email that includes steps to reach the next milestone
8. Ask your staff how you can assist them better
9. Ask your management staff how you can be a better mentor
10. Sit in on a team project meeting  until you’ve delivered considerable value to the team
11. Find one thing you can change in the company that removes some of everyone’s stress
12. Recommend a resource that will educate your staff on something critical to the business
13. Set professional development goals for yourself and everyone in your company
14. Spend 15 minutes using your  main product or service to see if it does what you say it can do

Customer and Community  Interactions

1. Sign up for a vendor event in your area
2. Look into nearby business conferences
3. Email 10 possible leads for your business
4. Find volunteer opportunities to increase business awareness
5. Schedule meetings with other businesses or prospects
6. Gather testimonials from clients
7. Establish a relationship with the top three professionals in your industry
8. See what library events or classes you can sign up for
9. Find an intern from a local university or college
10. Cold call a business lead
11. Donate an item for a charity auction
12. Contribute to a forum
13. Send out thank you cards to customers
14. Volunteer to speak at the local college
15. Comment on other people’s blogs
16. Offer testimonials to friends and colleagues
17. Write recommendations for old co-workers on LinkedIn
18. Share knowledge and position expertise with a presentation on Slide Share
19. Create a mastermind group for other professionals in your industry
20. Review sales data and customer feedback to see how you can improve customer service
21. Call the biggest community influencer you can think of, and ask what the community needs
22. Schedule meetings with the businesses around you to see how you can help each other
23. Invite one of your influencers to guest write a blog post
24. Call a lead that will likely reject a sales offer, then ask them to explain why they rejected you
25. Answer your phone for the next ten calls and ask callers how you can serve them better
26. Follow up with previous customers personally, and find a way to offer them more value

Resources

1. Investigate accounting systems and migrate to a free or lower priced option
2. Find free business checking in your area
3. Find free business training opportunities
4. Set up and organize your business email
5. Set up a separate working area if you work at home
6. Set up and organize file sharing, like Dropbox
7. Deep clean your desk and workspaces
8. Find blogs about your industry
9. Update your email signature
10. Look for sales on Vista Print
11. Update your online portfolio
12. Figure out Google AdWords once and for all!
13. Make sure you’re listed correctly in every free online directory
14. Plan a focus group with your customers
15. Write an ebook on the expertise field of your company

Bonus:

101. Setup a way for staff and customers to provide anonymous feedback on experiences in and with the company
102. Call the person most responsible for your success and ask him or her how you can make your company more successful

At the Triassic Media Group, we’re committed to the long-term success of our clients. If you need help with a website, digital marketing and writing tasks on this list, email us at info@triassicmedia.com for help. We’d love to be your partner in success.