Straight answers for running your business

Short, practical guides written for owners, not developers. How to take orders on WhatsApp, quote without underselling, keep customer records that are actually useful, and stop doing the same thing by hand every week.

Sales

Taking orders on WhatsApp without losing any

Turn WhatsApp into an order book with a catalogue, five labels and saved replies, so every order gets confirmed, paid for and delivered instead of dying in your chat list.

$0.98 15 min
Risk

When one customer is a third of your sales

Measure exactly how exposed you are, count what that exposure costs you every month before anyone leaves, work out how long a replacement really takes, and start building it while you still have the account.

$0.09 12 min
Sales

Turning one-time buyers into regulars

Build a customer list out of the records you already have, send the three messages that create a second visit, run a reactivation sweep on everyone who has gone quiet, and track the one number that proves it is working.

Free 12 min
Money

Knowing which customers actually make you money

Rank your customers by profit instead of sales, work out what each one earns per hour of your attention, and know which to grow, which to reprice, and which to let go, with the words for each.

Free 11 min
People

Hiring your first employee without it going wrong

Work out whether you can really afford someone, find out which job to hire for instead of the one you think, test candidates before you commit, and know within weeks whether it is working.

Free 15 min
Operations

Buying better than you sell

Work out what a supplier really costs you once freight, rejects and terms are counted, find out where you have leverage, ask for the eight things that are easier to win than a discount, and spot the bulk deal that is a trap.

Free 13 min
Money

Surviving a slow quarter without shrinking the business

Work out exactly how many weeks of runway you have, diagnose what kind of slow this is, then pull the cash levers and make the cuts in the order that does not cost you next year.

Free 14 min
Operations

Knowing what is on your shelves without ever closing the shop

Sort your items so only the ones that matter get watched, set a reorder level that stops you running out, count ten minutes a day on a rotation, and turn dead stock back into cash.

Free 14 min
Money

Getting paid without chasing anyone

Set terms before the work starts, send an invoice nobody can use as an excuse, run a five-step reminder ladder with the exact words, and recover the money that is already old.

$0.69 15 min
Pricing

Quoting for work you have never done before, without paying for it yourself

Estimate unfamiliar jobs stage by stage, write a quote whose exclusions close the gaps clients lean on, charge for changes without an argument, and get measurably more accurate every job.

$0.19 15 min
Money

Pricing so you actually earn, instead of staying busy and broke

Work out what one hour of your time must cost, build a price from real unit cost including waste and fees, and raise your prices with a message that keeps the customers worth keeping.

Free 15 min
Money

Finding out whether your business actually made money last month

Build a one-page monthly profit sheet in twenty minutes, work out the exact sales figure where you stop working for your costs, and read what changed before it becomes a problem.

$0.49 12 min
Money

Knowing exactly who paid you today, before you close the shop

Pick the right M-Pesa setup for your size of business, close your day in three minutes with a number that matches, and stop losing goods to the fake-confirmation trick.

$2.49 14 min
Local marketing

Getting your shop to show up when someone nearby searches for what you sell

Claim your business on Google Maps from your phone, get through video verification on the first try, and turn the listing into calls and directions instead of a dead pin.

$1.99 16 min

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