Does Your Business Have a Plan for Success?
We do.
It’s helping small to medium firms like yours achieve their business development goals. On other pages of this site, you will find AEGIS offers small businesses a unique combination of solid technical know-how, financial management expertise and skilled business communications – all indispensable to attaining great success, and all functions that most savvy entrepreneurs find are prone to consuming precious time and resources that detract from their ability to take their firms to great heights.
While we can reduce tedium, eliminate distractions, and save you money, our primary goal is to arm you with a sound, organized business model. In today’s economy, both are crucial to a thriving enterprise. Tying it all together will arm you with a winning company strategy and unlock your business’s potential for growth. Soon you will be soaring above your competition…
Whether you are just getting started or are established, the same principals apply. If you want to reach a destination, a road map eliminates wasted resources getting there.
Working closely with you and your management team, we will help you develop both short-term and long-run growth strategies that will increase your sales, profitability, and streamline your current business practices.
An initial analysis will yield an outline of your business’s key performance indicators that will allow us to develop a plan to optimize your company’s performance. We know your company is unique, and we will take into account its ownership, products, market-share, and above all, your competition. Together, we examine processes and performance — from cash flow management, to collection strategies, to company credit, to a thorough an analysis of your assets and liabilities, to work flow systems, to systems integration – any of which can, when improved upon, put your company on the cutting edge of leading your industry.
Are you absolutely certain that you are obtaining the maximum profit for the services you provide? We will help you identify new and improved sales techniques as well as key strategies for boosting profits. For example, we may identify new software to increase productivity or modifications to business workflow to increase profitability.
The result? A tailor-made plan to enhance your overall operation in a manner that distinguishes your products and services in your marketplace.
In short, AEGIS will help you design and implement the systems necessary to give you the life you want.
Ready for success? Call Mike Lieber at (540) 548-2270 for a free consultation.
Communication is the Life-Blood of Your Business!
No business can prosper without it.
Big businesses have marketing and communications staff to handle project a company image to the public and manage customer relations. Piles of money are heaped on advertising agencies to inundate consumers with ads wherever they may look and listen. So how do you, the small businessperson, possibly compete?
The short answer: you don’t — or shouldn’t — attempt to, at least not on the same level.
All too often, entrepreneurs try to imitate the marketing tactics of their bigger adversaries, placing expensive “image” or “branding” type ads in the print and electronic media. They approach their marketing with the mindset that they are just a small version of their big competitors, so they have to try to compete in the marketplace using the same tactics.
Media ad sales people, only too happy to separate you from your money, encourage this behavior by showing you how you can run flashy, expensive ads that appeal to your natural desire to make you and your company look good. But they don’t lose sleep worrying about whether your ads are effective.
The fact is, most of these “ego” ads fail miserably. Why? For any one (or more) of the following reasons:
- Contains the wrong message,
- targeted to the wrong audience,
- in the wrong media.
The big companies no doubt watch with glee while their smaller would-be competitors burn through their cash on the fast track to inevitable bankruptcy and oblivion.
To survive and thrive, you must be smarter, quick on your feet, and most importantly, oriented to measurable results from your marketing investment.
Being small can work to your advantage if you have a solid plan and know how to craft messages that sell.
AEGIS will help you develop such a plan and work with you to fine-tune your marketing messages appropriate for your market climate and your product or service. Big companies have staff and agencies to help them; you need advice tailored to small company. We know what works; how to create, implement, measure and evaluate affordable methods to keep your existing customers and bring in new ones.
Each and every communication — whether an advertisement, a web site, a brochure, catalog, menu, sign, or even the routine letter or e-mail to a customer — must be handled with great care.
You may be thinking, “I’m a good writer. I can do this myself!”
What most business owners fail to understand until it’s too late is that writing for business — to sell — is a special skill set unto itself. Sure, you can spend your time and money trying to develop these skills, but what this is not what you are in business to do, is it? Trial and error can be very costly; mistakes, lethal.
Don’t risk it! Put our knowledge and our resources to work for you while you focus your talents on your core business. Call Mike Lieber at (540) 548-2270 for a free consultation.
Turn Technology Into Maximum Profit, Starting Now!
Just about any enterprise known to mankind can benefit from modern technology. Since you are reading this, you recognize that your business technology is an investment and, like all investments, one which deserves careful consideration and attention to pay off well. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs lack the training and experience to deploy technology effectively in their businesses, wasting precious resources and sacrificing potential profits on gold-plated boat anchors.
If you want to make your technology print money for your business, get the advice someone who knows how to apply these powerful tools to your specific business.
AEGIS is not a “break-and-fix” computer company. You can find plenty of these in the yellow pages under the “computer” category. We offer local businesses affordable, but in-depth computer consulting, including:
- A thorough needs assessment to determine appropriate hardware, and software solutions tailored to your enterprise, as well as assistance with procurement.
- Integration of new and existing technologies for maximum results (and profits!),
- Staff training and utilization planning,
- Computer desktop and peripheral support services,
- Network design, installation, and management,
- Web site design, deployment, and integrated message management.
- Systems security, back-ups, upgrades, and maintenance.
We will work with you and other management to develop a workable plan and budget for your information-technology infrastructure, one that not only meets your current requirements, but will also provide a solid foundation for your growth into the future. AEGIS also handles any necessary coordination with and supervision of third-party vendors to deliver a seamless solution to you — on time, and on budget!
You don’t have be a big company with a full-time technical staff and and army of expensive consultants to harness the power of technology. With AEGIS, you get a full complement of affordable computer consulting services designed specifically for small business. Whether you require ongoing support or need occasional or project-by-project assistance, we are just “around the corner,” eager to help you!
Want to put 3 decades of computer knowledge to work for you? Call Mike Lieber at (540) 548-2270 to get started today!
You Want More Time & Money. Here’s How to Get It . . .
Do you find financial management to be of little benefit and uninteresting? Do you view bookkeeping as a burden — taking precious time away from doing what you’re in business to do?
Your solution is AEGIS. Reclaim your time! Spend it making more money and enjoying you life. Use our financial management expertise, administrative knowledge and professional bookkeeping skills to take control of your time and your money now.
With a simple phone call, you will have honest, reliable, and affordable solutions for any financial and administrative challenges you currently face. Most importantly, you will have more discretionary time — and more freedom!
It is as easy as 1-2-3
- We will work with you to analyze your business and work flow.
- We design for you procedures that minimize your administrative burdens.
- We will reliably perform the tedious tasks; freeing you to work on your business.
And, here is what we can do for you:
- PAYROLL: Processing, Benefits Administration, Government Remittances & Reports
- ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: Invoicing, Progress Billing, Deposits
- ACCOUNTS PAYABLE: Invoice Entry, Check Preparation & Disbursements
- TAXATION: Sales Tax, Payroll Remittance
- GENERAL: Bank reconciliation, Year End Reporting, Financial Statements
In short, we will count the beans while you harvest them!
But there’s more to what we offer than bean counting.
Because of our desire to become a partner in your success, we will offer ongoing advice and suggest strategies to help your business prosper and grow. We will help you develop a sound financial plan, which will steer your business financially and help you weather any financial storms. You will breathe easier knowing you are on solid footing financially. And your bank account will be healthier, too!
Stop flying by the seat of your pants. Call Mike Lieber at (540) 548-2270 to take back control of both your time and money today!
