FITbiz Tools

One size does NOT fit all . . .

Do more, spend less!

FIT Systems

Every business needs systems – systems that make the work flow smoothly and create the consistency for your customers so you are not constantly reinventing the wheel.  FIT businesses analyze their systems.  Just like a great workout program, your FITbiztrainer can help you create effective systems for your business and determine how to optimize those systems for maximum results.  Your FITbiztrainer will help you look at your business processes in detail and define the right tools for your business today and tomorrow.

A FIT business also knows what tool to use and when and how to use it.  Your FITbiz trainer will help you determine the optimal tool(s) for your FITbiz, and then guide you to implement those tools and maximize the impact of these tools for your individual business.  Many of these tools are technology tools – software that automates routine tasks and gives you better information faster.  Some may be more manual, like using Excel to create custom reports or keeping a manual track of simple business activities.  But a FITbizalways makes a point of evaluating its specific business needs and resources and defining the best tool for a particular job.  A FITbizalso looks ahead to the next stage to ensure today’s solution will transition well into next year’s solution.  Your FITbiztrainer will make sure that these tools fit not only your business, but also your style, your strengths, your brand and your priorities for your FITbiz.

FIT Tool Favorites

QuickBooks – the most popular and powerful small business accounting software.  We are experts in QuickBooks set-up and configuration, we teach QuickBooks classes for small business owners, and we frequently work with small businesses to optimize their use of QuickBooks and also configure their QuickBooks to work with third party software (such as POS, eCommerce integration, O24Biz etc).

O24Biz – an inventory management solution, a POS and a multi-channel online integrated database for your FITbiz.  We have been working with this software throughout its development as Beta users and consultants to the development team.  Simple, powerful and extremely flexible – we believe O24Biz will transform FIT tools for small business.  At long last, there is a robust inventory management system that is designed to leverage your existing website and your existing QuickBooks – O24Biz pulls your existing systems together to give you a single, centralized database that can give you the robust reporting and flexibility that FIT businesses require.

T-Hub – If all you need is to integrate your shopping cart with QuickBooks, this might be just the FIT tool for you.  Simple, clean and very affordable – T-Hub does its tasks reliably well and with just enough customization to meet most shopping cart integration needs.

FIT Growth

FIT businesses know when to grow, how to grow, and how much to grow.  Your FITbiztrainer will help you define the type of growth and the timing of your growth to optimize results.  FIT businesses know what is going on in the world around them, and are able to identify opportunities and position themselves to take advantage of those opportunities.  FIT businesses also know what they need to change to maximize the opportunities in front of them.  FIT businesses also perceive real threats to their businesses.  And once identified, FIT businesses more quickly deal with threats that come their way.  In this ever-changing environment, your FITbiztrainer will guide you through ongoing assessments of your business environment so that you can choose appropriate growth strategies to keep your business FIT and healthy in all business environments.  It’s not always easy – sometimes business feels like an uphill sprint in hot humid weather – but FIT businesses are prepared, are ready – FIT businesses don’t drop out of the race but rather know their strengths, pace themselves, and always cross the finish line.  And no, FIT businesses do not achieve results with steroids or performance enhancing supplements.  FIT businesses do it the old fashioned way – through hard work, dedication and a commitment to excellence.

FIT Finances

FIT Books

A FITbiz has clean books and can use those books to help them see in detail what is working and what is not.  Your FITbiztrainer will review your books and their overall structure to ensure you can clearly see what is happening financially.  FIT books mean you know what is selling well, and what is not.  FIT books tell you about your margins, and your FITbiztrainer will work with you to see how to improve or optimize those margins.  A FIT business understands its expenses, works well with a budget and can identify when investing in the business will fuel further growth and profitability.  Your FITbiztrainer has years of experience training and coaching small businesses through a wide variety of environments and challenges.  By training you to focus on tracking your books, your FITbiztrainer will accelerate the accomplishment of your goals.

FIT Performance

A FITbiz defines its key performance metrics and tracks them regularly.  Custom performance metrics trigger your next training goals and let you watch your progress towards your current goals.  Just like an athlete might track their speed, endurance and agility a FITbizshould be tracking profitability, sales, growth, working capital and productivity.  Concise.  Effective.  Satisying.

Your FITbiz trainer will help you define the keys to performance to make your small business FIT.  We have extensive experience in financial analysis and can quickly translate this expertise to create custom performance metrics for your FITbiz.

FIT Money

Small businesses all know that cash is king.  You either need to have it, or you need to know where you can get it.  Your FITbiztrainer will help you track your cash and your working capital flows so you can make sure you have the cash you need when you need it.  Your FITbiztrainer will also help you prepare to ask for cash when you need that extra boost for your next stage of growth.  FIT businesses know whether a loan, a line of credit or an outside investment is best for them at any given time.  Your FITbiztrainer will help you know what is right for your business and help you secure the cash you need.   FIT businesses thrive on a smart use of cash.

If it’s time you got serious – Get FITbiz.