{"id":2028,"date":"2017-09-05T07:18:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T14:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futuresharks.com\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2020-09-19T13:49:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T20:49:18","slug":"deal-multiple-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futuresharks.com\/deal-multiple-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Techniques to Successfully Juggle Multiple Clients as a Small Dev Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As your small IT business expands, it is inevitable that you will eventually have ti juggle multiple clients and only a handful of team members. And as you work for your clients, you\u2019ll have multiple projects going at the same time for each one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not fear. Having all of this additional work is a good thing. At the same time, it\u2019s often tough to figure out which project you should be working on next. By having so many ongoing projects, it\u2019s\u00a0possible that you will feel entirely overwhelmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of letting your feelings of overwhelming get the best of you, it\u2019s better to learn and understand powerful techniques that will make it easy to juggle multiple clients as a (still) small development company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will now uncover five techniques that make managing multiple clients a snap.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Five Inspirational Multiple Client Management Techniques to Live by<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work with a focused approach \u2013 it\u2019s easy to jump from one client project to the next without even really thinking about it. But is this the best way to use your time? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll get more done if you <a href=\"https:\/\/futuresharks.com\/richard-lowe-jr\/\">focus<\/a> on one project at a time for each client. By keeping your focus, you\u2019ll get more done in the time dedicated to this client than you would if you were to bounce from one thing to the next. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your team doesn\u2019t have to spend month-in-month-out working on one project. Dedicate one or two hours each day per project and move on to the next when time runs out.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complete small tasks in batches \u2013 as a small business, it\u2019s often your job to do very similar tasks for multiple clients. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have two options. You can periodically spread these tasks out throughout the week. Or you complete all of them at the same time by working on these small tasks in batches. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve discovered that clearing your plate of small tasks at the same time frees up your mind to focus on bigger, more important projects.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracking your applications automatically \u2013 error and log tracking is an absolute must for small dev companies.<\/span><\/span>You have to have a complete overview of your client\u2019s project, and they have to know how to work with their current solution based on the app metrics.\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stackify.com\/error-monitoring\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Error monitoring<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> software makes it simple to keep track of all issues quickly and it\u2019s the right tool to keep the app logs at hand for both you and the client on a project by project basis.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Status update emails \u2013 your clients need to be informed and up-to-date about their existing projects. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sending out regular status emails is an excellent way to let clients know where each project stands. We recommend doing this once per week. Pick a day and time and send all client status update emails at the same time.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project ranking \u2013 when you have multiple projects going at the same time, you\u2019ll need to figure out which ones need to be completed with the most urgency. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mymanagementguide.com\/project-prioritization-process-definition-and-ranking-criteria\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rank each project<\/a> according to its deadline and make a task list with each project listed by order of importance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please incorporate these five techniques into your virtual assistant business. By using them, you\u2019ll have an easier time managing multiple projects for multiple clients.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As your small IT business expands, it is inevitable that you will eventually have ti juggle multiple clients and only a handful of team members. And as you work for your clients, you\u2019ll have multiple projects going at the same time for each one. Do not fear. 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