Spending lots of time looking for a file isn't much fun and robs you of valuable time you could use for your business. -- Learn a way how to organize your files and folders so that you can work efficiently and come across professionally.

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FILES & FOLDERS
IN YOUR SMALL BIZ
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3. Spending lots of time finding a file isn’t
particularly the greatest fun for a busy
business owner.
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4. If you have trouble remembering where
you’ve put a certain file, you need a system.
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5. How do you organize files
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on your computer
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6. When starting your business, in a relatively
short time frame, there will be hundreds of
tasks coming your way.
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7. Most of them will be much more
important than learning how to use a file
management system.
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8. How to set up a
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Directory Structure
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9. A directory structure as it pertains to the
organization of files into a hierarchy of
folders …
is something that applies to your computer
as well as to your email inbox.
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10. A directory structure should be:
Uncomplicated
Being able to grow with your
demands
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11. Why using folders
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as an organizational structure
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12. Help to keep track of where
something can be found.
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13. Folders provide an ideal tool for
managing the data itself.
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14. They can be used to stack up files,
so that you can back them up,
validate them, and restore them in
the event of a problem.
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15. A Template of
Empty
Subfolders
Having a folder structure for your
client-related work will allow you to
sort files away quickly and find them
again with almost light speed.
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16. The structure will depend on what your
business model is about.
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17. Create an empty group
of folders and
subfolders
that fit your
administrational and
organizational purposes,
and save it somewhere as a
dummy folder.
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18. How to adjust
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your folder structure
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19. Setting up an organizational structure of
files and folders is ideally done at the
beginning of your business venture.
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20. Should you have missed it …
you can still do it!
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21. Given you have some
structure or maybe even
no structure at all:
choose a cut-off date, at
which the old location
becomes a read-only
archive.
Any changes must be
made in the new location.
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