How to use spreadsheets to help run your products business - with Alison Pollecutt - Excel Confident
Bring Your Product Idea to Life
English - January 05, 2024 05:00 - 40 minutes - 46.5 MBEntrepreneurship Business Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
How do you feel about spreadsheets? Are you a fan or do they fill you with dread?
This week my guest on the podcast is Alison Pollecutt of Excel Confident. Alison believes that spreadsheets are a vital tool for any business owner and it's her mission to demystify spreadsheets for them. In this episode, we'll talk about how spreadsheets can really help your business. We'll cover how to get started, what you can do with them, and the different ways they can open up possibilities for you.
I've always used spreadsheets for keeping track of things, but Alison has shown me how I can use them even more effectively. No matter if you're already a fan of spreadsheets or not, Alison will share how you can learn more about your business by setting up some simple systems and keeping track.
An introduction to herself and her businesses (02:04)The versatility of spreadsheets (02:43)Excel and Google Sheets are both forms of spreadsheets (05:33)Using a spreadsheet as a CRM (06:33)Turning data into easily digestible visual information (08:24)Using spreadsheets to track things like your hours, mileage, expenses (11:00)Using spreadsheets to work out which channels to prioritise for social media (13:02)Using spreadsheets to plan your social media (14:36)How spreadsheets save time and reduce the feeling of overwhelm (15:10)Using spreadsheets to track stock for retail and wholesale (19:30)Using spreadsheets to help work out your pricing and margin for products (23:18)Using spreadsheets for stock control (25:40)Downloading data from platforms like Shopify into a spreadsheet (26:49)Empowering you to understand spreadsheets so you can build your own (29:29)How to get more confident with using spreadsheets (34:02)Her number one piece of advice on using spreadsheets (36:30)The Bring Your Product Idea to Life Podcast - Best Business Podcast Award, Independent Podcast Awards 2023
USEFUL RESOURCES:
Alison's Facebook Group Small Business Spreadsheet Society
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In May 2024 our sponsor is Aubergine Legal
Do you sometimes worry that your business isn’t meeting all its legal compliance requirements and wonder if you are ticking all the legal boxes?
Aubergine offers a free initial 30 minute consultation if you have any questions or want to find out how they can help.
BOOK YOUR FREE CONSULTATION HERE:...
How do you feel about spreadsheets? Are you a fan or do they fill you with dread?
This week my guest on the podcast is Alison Pollecutt of Excel Confident. Alison believes that spreadsheets are a vital tool for any business owner and it's her mission to demystify spreadsheets for them. In this episode, we'll talk about how spreadsheets can really help your business. We'll cover how to get started, what you can do with them, and the different ways they can open up possibilities for you.
I've always used spreadsheets for keeping track of things, but Alison has shown me how I can use them even more effectively. No matter if you're already a fan of spreadsheets or not, Alison will share how you can learn more about your business by setting up some simple systems and keeping track.
An introduction to herself and her businesses (02:04)The versatility of spreadsheets (02:43)Excel and Google Sheets are both forms of spreadsheets (05:33)Using a spreadsheet as a CRM (06:33)Turning data into easily digestible visual information (08:24)Using spreadsheets to track things like your hours, mileage, expenses (11:00)Using spreadsheets to work out which channels to prioritise for social media (13:02)Using spreadsheets to plan your social media (14:36)How spreadsheets save time and reduce the feeling of overwhelm (15:10)Using spreadsheets to track stock for retail and wholesale (19:30)Using spreadsheets to help work out your pricing and margin for products (23:18)Using spreadsheets for stock control (25:40)Downloading data from platforms like Shopify into a spreadsheet (26:49)Empowering you to understand spreadsheets so you can build your own (29:29)How to get more confident with using spreadsheets (34:02)Her number one piece of advice on using spreadsheets (36:30)The Bring Your Product Idea to Life Podcast - Best Business Podcast Award, Independent Podcast Awards 2023
USEFUL RESOURCES:
Alison's Facebook Group Small Business Spreadsheet Society
LET’S CONNECT
Join my free Facebook group for product makers and creators
Buy My Book: Bring Your Product Idea To Life
If you enjoy this podcast, and you’d like to leave a tip, you can do so here: https://bring-your-product-idea.captivate.fm/support
Mentioned in this episode:
In May 2024 our sponsor is Aubergine Legal
Do you sometimes worry that your business isn’t meeting all its legal compliance requirements and wonder if you are ticking all the legal boxes?
Aubergine offers a free initial 30 minute consultation if you have any questions or want to find out how they can help.
BOOK YOUR FREE CONSULTATION HERE: https://www.auberginelegal.co.uk/contact
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