When you’re running an online soap or craft shop, there’s more office work than you think. You’ll want to have photos of your products and a bio on-hand in case the local paper wants to run a story about your business. You’ll want to keep email addresses of certain customers or consignment shops in order to keep track of orders. There will be soap recipes you’ll have to reference since there are too many to commit to memory. All of these things can be easily lost with a click of a mouse. So what can you do?

Put safeguards in place. Store your recipes and non-private information onto a cloud service like Dropbox. Keep copies of your emails on a separate hard drive, clearly labeled. Lastly, you can also “go analog” and have printed or handwritten copies of recipes or a list of emails/contact info. Keeping everything in place with back-ups can help when hiccups occur. For more on craft shop data organization, click here:: 4 Systems You Should Have in Place to Ensure You Never Lose a File or Email Again