Digitisation Playbooks

Every line of work has a few things worth digitising first and a long list that can wait. Answer four quick questions and get a playbook for your business: where you are now, your first three moves, a 90-day plan and the things to leave alone for now. It takes about a minute, and you do not need to give us your email.

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Question 1 of 4

What is your line of work?

Each playbook is written for one kind of business, so the advice fits.

Question 2 of 4

How big is the team?

Some moves only make sense once there is more than one of you.

Question 3 of 4

What do you already have?

Tick everything that is true today. We will not tell you to do what you have already done.

Question 4 of 4

What bugs you most?

We will put the fix for this first.

Want a copy in your inbox?

Optional. We email you this playbook so you have it to hand, and we see that you asked. No mailing list.

Want a hand with any of it?

Message us with your playbook and we will tell you honestly which move is worth doing first, and whether you need us for it at all.

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Tool names are examples to look at, not endorsements, and we are not paid to mention them. Effort is a rough guide for a small business. Written by the SYNF team in Glasgow.

What is in your playbook

  • Your stage, from paper and memory to ready to automate
  • Your first three moves, picked from what you already have and what bugs you most
  • Why each one matters, what good looks like and one thing to do this week
  • A 90-day plan you can stick on the wall
  • An honest list of things not worth your money yet

Who it is for

Small and growing businesses in the sectors we work in most:

  • Trades and construction
  • Clinics and healthcare
  • Hospitality and events
  • Retail and e-commerce
  • Professional services
  • Property and lettings

Why digitise at all

Because the small stuff adds up. Most small businesses lose hours every week to jobs a simple system would handle on its own: chasing quotes, retyping paperwork, answering the same questions again and again. Sort the right ones and you free yourself up for the work that actually makes money.

You do not have to do it all at once, and you should not. The playbook is about picking the one or two changes that give you the most back for the least hassle, then building from there.

Want a hand putting it in place? See how we digitise a business.

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