Would you lose all you’ve worked for if you suddenly couldn’t be there?
Let's Make a Plan!If you’re a creative business owner who runs it all, would you lose it all if you were suddenly taken away by a family emergency, health crisis, or accident?
There are important things you need to have in place to protect what you've worked hard to build. You don’t have to hire a team - but you do need a plan... a Business Continuity Plan.
A Business Continuity Plan Designed for You
A business continuity plan is exactly what it sounds like: a plan that can be enacted in extenuating circumstances that will allow the business to continue as efficiently and productively as possible until things can resume as normal.
But knowing what to organize, how to organize it, and who to have manage it can seem overwhelming - so much so that many individual business owners tend to ignore this crucial step toward business sustainability.
There are many examples of business continuity plans online - and they all read like legal contracts developed for large businesses and corporations. (I mean, do you have an offsite data storage facility??) The information is not written, nor is it applicable to the individual business owner - people who identify as DIY business owners, like freelancers, independent contractors, coaches, consultants, or soloprenuers.
An Easy, Step-by-Step Approach
The Creative BCP is an easy, efficient way of organizing the logistical aspects of your work in a way that would allow others to easily continue or maintain your systems if you couldn't be there yourself.
Creating your plan in steps with guidance along the way will help you to have something in place faster without becoming overwhelmed in the process. This is what we will do together - build your business continuity plan!
Why You Need This Now
Just like a will, Power of Attorney, an evacuation plan, or an advance directive, creating a Business Continuity Plan needs to be done before you need it. But there's more to it than this - it means you'll also gain:
✔ Peace of mind in having a plan
✔ More clarity and awareness around your business
✔ Better security systems around your work
✔ More time from being organized
✔ Support when you need it most
✔ A sense of empowerment as a business owner
Creative BCP
Organizational Instruction and Materials
$497
Here's What We Will Build
Your Keyholders
Learn how to determine who your Key Holders will be - those people you will share your information with and what their roles will be (spoiler alert - it’s probably not going to be who you think!). You'll also learn how to ask someone to be a Keyholder and how often you need to connect with them about their roles.
Your Access Points and Data
Organize your passwords, accounts, contacts, and other pertinent business data in a way that is accessible and understandable to someone stepping in for you while you're gone.
Strategic File Organization
Leave the filing cabinet behind! Your paper files are perishable and inaccessible. Create a digital filing system for all of your contracts, client files, and important business documents so any and all information connected to your business can easily be found and accessed by Keyholders.
Financial Flow Chart
Make sure your money continues to flow as it should. Your Financial Flow Chart will break down where your money comes from, where it goes, and what needs to be paid, as well as establishing a payment hierarchy if funds become limited.
Content and Social Media
Your digital presence is a valuable part of your business. Establish a protocol for your content, website, and social media so that you don't lose connections and continue to provide value to your market.
Customer / Client Relationships
Your clients, customers, or students are the lifeline of your business. Create a Client Experience Protocol and communication plan so they feel supported even in your absence.
Operations Manual
Create an operations manual for your business so that tasks that happen on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis are easily identifiable and don't fall through the cracks.
Don't Leave Your Business and Your Livelihood to Chance.
While there's no need to live in fear, none of us knows when something sudden and unpredictable might happen. Any one of us could be in an accident, have a sudden illness, or an emergency, or have someone in our lives who does and we are needed elsewhere.
This is exactly why we have insurance - to cover us in the event of an accident, illness, liability, or emergency.
But unlike insurance, you don't need to invest thousands per year, over and again, to have an organized, solid plan in place!
Is having a Creative BCP right for you?
Unless you don't mind if you...
...abandon your clients, customers, or students...
...can't fulfill your commitments...
...lose your business and income...
you need a plan in place.
If you're a business owner of any kind - whether you consider yourself a freelancer, independent contractor, coach, consultant, solopreneur, or small business owner - you should go through the steps to ensure the different aspects of your business are organized and accessible in the event that you can't be there.
This process will provide peace of mind that your business can be managed if you cannot be there, AND allow you to run your business more effectively and efficiently when you are!
I witness experiences where people lose business because they don't have a plan in place ALL THE TIME. Don't let this happen to you - let's make sure you're prepared for anything!
