Business & Operations · 20 prompts

The Small Business Back Office

SOPs, customer replies and planning for owners who do everything.

20 prompts for the unglamorous side of running a small business: writing standard operating procedures, customer service replies, hiring, simple planning and supplier emails. Saves hours each week on writing and thinking work. For shop owners, service businesses and solo founders.

What's inside

Every prompt in the PDF, listed by section.

Operations

  1. 01SOP writer
  2. 02Process from a voice note
  3. 03Opening/closing checklist
  4. 04Bottleneck finder
  5. 05Tool stack review

Customers

  1. 06Complaint reply
  2. 07FAQ page
  3. 08Review response
  4. 09Policy wording
  5. 10Customer feedback survey

People

  1. 11Job ad
  2. 12Interview scorecard
  3. 13Onboarding plan
  4. 14Difficult conversation

Planning & suppliers

  1. 15One-page business plan
  2. 16Monthly numbers review
  3. 17Supplier email
  4. 18Pricing review
  5. 19Seasonal plan
  6. 20Weekly owner check-in

Sample prompts

Three of the 20, so you can see how specific they are. The PDF has the rest, plus a short introduction.

Operations

SOP writer

Write a step-by-step standard operating procedure for [task] at my [business]. Include purpose, who does it, tools needed, steps, and a quality checklist.

Operations

Process from a voice note

Here's how I explain [process] out loud: [paste transcript]. Turn it into a clean checklist a new employee could follow.

Operations

Opening/closing checklist

Create opening and closing checklists for my [type of shop/business].

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