VitaVygovska

Hi jenn,
GREAT to hear from you!!!
and congrats on all the progress that you’ve made.
this is very exciting.
(especially finding an eager friend to help out with the technical stuff).

on AT, step 9 was to provide pics to designer after install, and step 10 is to ask for review.
we tend to lump those steps together with install follow up and communication.
so moving the project into these stages on AT becomes nothing more than an admin task.
hope it helps.

i’m so glad that things are starting to click. and yes, that’s when questions are starting to pop up.
we are here for two more classes.
this is your time to ask ALL your questions.
i’m here for you!!

see you in a few hours!
vita

hello Students,
we are just coming off of your 3rd class, where you learned the properties of an effective PMS.

This week your homework is to catch up on your outstanding items:

1. list 5 processes which you commit to ‘diagraming’ in a flow chart. for each process, list the due date by which you commit to completing the diagram. Ex. expediting process – March 15th.

2. play around with the excel template and try to ‘make it your own’.

3. do some research on different softwares and decide which on you’ll use for your PMS.

We are more than half-way through the class. Right now is the most excited and present you will ever be about the content you’re learning. Leverage this momentum and dedicate time to your homework. If you wait for ‘when you have the time’, chances of your doing it get progressively lower. Give the respect to the time and resources you’ve invested in yourself!

have a great weekend!
Vita

hello students,
remember, your homework this week is to create a diagram of one of your processes.
let me know if you have any questions.
vita

Hello Everyone,
in tomorrow’s class I am going to ask you these questions:
1. what is your ultimate business goals (revenue, income, # of people, # of hours working)
2. WHY do you want to achieve this goal
Please think about these questions.
You may not have ALL the answers for tomorrow – to start thinking about them, create frameworks around them, and verbalizing them will be very powerful.
Looking forward to our class,
Vita

hi Ladies,
i LOVE that you are so diligent about this issue.
here’s what we do: we simply move the invoice emails to a designated folder in outlook.
next, and THAT’s the important part: we do the CC categorization every week.
when going through CC download, we go back into the ‘invoices’ folder in outlook and look up/match the client name to the amount and vendor that’s on CC download. If you do this part every week, then the amount of the invoices is not that large. i just talked with Lisa and she confirmed: for our size business, about 10-20 per week.

Gressa, i would say for you, don’t go back, it’s too overwhelming.
if you adapt the above practice and do it every week, after a year, you’ll be able have your invoices in one place and your CC properly categorized. This will give you good client profitability report! 🙂

lmk if you have any other questions.

xoxo,
v.

hi Lisa,
great question!
we pay commission on the total price that we charged (and got paid), minus the installation.
it’s usually 10%.
some designers have asked us to increase to 20% – we are happy to oblige, since they have a better sense of what the project can absorb.
we do not have separate retail and wholesale pricing.
it is the same price.
hope this helps.
xoxo,
v.

hi Agata and Lisa,
great job, ladies!
getting this kind of distilled view of who is responsible for what is critical.
agata, for you, b/c it’s allowing you to see where your staff may be tripping over each other and what tasks are slipping through.
lisa, for you, b/c it’s the foundation for the job description for the new hire.
i’m very proud of you!!!
xoxo,
v.