FAQ
Questions about business support, admin help, and working with Thompson Operations.
Answers to common questions about hiring remote business support, handing off admin, CRM, client communication, invoicing, content, and coordination work.
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General Questions
What does Thompson Operations do?
Thompson Operations provides remote business support for service-based businesses. We help with admin, inbox support, scheduling, CRM updates, lead follow-up, client communication, content support, bookkeeping, invoicing, and coordination work.
Is Thompson Operations a virtual assistant company?
Yes, but not in the traditional marketplace sense. Thompson Operations is a remote business support company. Clients work with us to hand off admin, communication, CRM, content, invoicing, bookkeeping, and coordination work without hiring a full-time employee.
How is Thompson Operations different from hiring a virtual assistant?
Hiring a virtual assistant often means searching for the right person, training them, managing them, and hoping they can handle the work. Thompson Operations gives you business support from a team, with help organizing the work, setting up support, and keeping tasks moving.
Is Thompson Operations a consulting company?
No. Thompson Operations is not a consulting company. We do not just give advice or tell you what to fix. We help execute the admin, communication, CRM, content, invoicing, bookkeeping, and coordination work behind the business.
Who does Thompson Operations work with?
We work with service-based businesses that need help with the work behind the business. This can include trades and home service businesses, real estate and property businesses, consultants, coaches, creative businesses, online businesses, and local service companies.
Services
What kind of admin support can I hand off?
You can hand off inbox support, scheduling, calendar updates, reminders, forms, documents, file organization, receipts, research, task tracking, and general administrative work that keeps taking up your time.
Can Thompson Operations help with CRM and lead follow-up?
Yes. We can help with CRM updates, pipeline management, lead follow-up, reminders, task tracking, contact updates, GoHighLevel support, and keeping sales opportunities organized so leads do not sit untouched.
Can you help with GoHighLevel?
Yes. Thompson Operations can help with GoHighLevel support for CRM updates, pipelines, workflows, forms, campaigns, follow-up tasks, lead tracking, and general account support. If you need software-only support, OpsHub may also be an option.
Can Thompson Operations help with client onboarding?
Yes. We can help with welcome emails, intake forms, missing information, client updates, reminders, scheduling details, portal setup, follow-up, and the admin work that happens after a client says yes.
Can you help with content and online presence?
Yes. We can help with newsletters, blogs, social posts, website updates, podcast admin, publishing tasks, online profiles, content calendars, and email campaigns.
Do you offer bookkeeping and invoicing support?
Yes. Thompson Operations can help with invoices, receipts, payment follow-up, expense organization, payroll prep, bookkeeping admin, document collection, and financial file organization.
Can Thompson Operations help with projects and systems?
Yes. We can help with SOPs, templates, forms, decks, proposals, vendor follow-up, purchasing, travel planning, task tracking, and project coordination.
Working Together
Do I need to know exactly what I want to delegate before booking a call?
No. Many clients know they need help, but they are not sure what should come off their plate first. We can talk through what is taking your time and help you choose the best starting point.
Can I start with one service first?
Yes. Many clients start with one area, such as admin support, CRM support, invoicing, client communication, or content support. As trust builds, support can expand.
How quickly can Thompson Operations start helping?
Once you are onboarded, support can begin quickly. In many cases, work can start moving inside your business within 48 hours.
Do I need to hire someone full-time?
No. Thompson Operations gives you business support without adding a full-time employee, payroll, benefits, or another person for you to manage every day.
Do you require long-term contracts?
No. Thompson Operations does not require long-term contracts. Support should earn its place in your business.
How do clients communicate with Thompson Operations?
Clients can communicate with Thompson Operations through the agreed support channels, including client portal, email, and other tools used for the work. The goal is to keep requests, tasks, documents, and updates organized.
Industries
Do you work with trades and home service businesses?
Yes. Thompson Operations can support trades and home service businesses with quotes, scheduling, client updates, invoices, CRM tracking, materials coordination, follow-up, and admin work.
Do you work with real estate and property businesses?
Yes. We can help real estate and property businesses with lead follow-up, client communication, scheduling, documents, listing support, property admin, and CRM updates.
Do you work with consultants and coaches?
Yes. We can help consultants, coaches, and expert-led businesses with client onboarding, scheduling, inbox support, content, email campaigns, proposals, CRM updates, and project coordination.
Do you work with creative and marketing businesses?
Yes. We can support agencies, designers, photographers, brand studios, web designers, production companies, and creative service providers with client communication, project coordination, proposals, content support, CRM updates, and admin.
Do you work with local service and hospitality businesses?
Yes. We can help local service and hospitality businesses with bookings, scheduling, customer communication, invoices, vendor details, CRM follow-up, content, and admin support.
Common Search Questions
What is the best way to get admin tasks off my plate?
The best way to get admin tasks off your plate is to start with the tasks that repeat often and interrupt your work the most. This might include inbox support, scheduling, reminders, documents, CRM updates, invoices, or follow-up. Thompson Operations helps business owners choose a starting point and hand off the work.
Should I hire a virtual assistant or use a business support company?
A virtual assistant can be a good fit if you know exactly what you need, have time to train them, and want to manage one person directly. A business support company like Thompson Operations is a better fit when you want help organizing the work, handing off multiple types of tasks, and getting support without managing a full-time hire.
How can a small business owner delegate more work?
A small business owner can delegate more work by starting with tasks that are repetitive, time-consuming, or easy to explain. Common first handoffs include inbox support, scheduling, client communication, invoices, CRM updates, lead follow-up, content publishing, and document organization.
What tasks should a business owner stop doing themselves?
A business owner should usually stop doing tasks that do not require their direct decision-making or expertise. This often includes admin, inbox management, scheduling, CRM updates, reminders, receipts, invoicing, client follow-up, content publishing, and file organization.
How do I know if I need admin support?
You may need admin support if your inbox is always behind, follow-ups are getting missed, invoices are delayed, client communication depends on you, documents are scattered, or small tasks keep interrupting your best work.
How do I stop leads from falling through the cracks?
To stop leads from falling through the cracks, your CRM needs to stay updated, follow-up tasks need to be tracked, reminders need to be assigned, and someone needs to make sure prospects receive the next message. Thompson Operations can help with CRM support and lead follow-up.
Still Have Questions?
Book a call and we’ll help you figure out what support makes sense.
You do not need the perfect delegation list. Bring what is taking your time, and we will help you sort through it.