Working with a Business Manager

Principal Taryn Merrick has over 25 years of experience as an administrative professional. She has worked for Fortune 500 companies in the capacity of Executive Assistant to CEO’s, Sr. VP’s and Chairmen. Neal Merrick Blackwood, who is our Multimedia partner and the owner of Merrick Music Studios, is from Nashville, TN and has over 30 years of background in the entertainment industry. He has done high level recording, engineering, and production projects for Bush, Randy Travis, Cyndi Lauper, etc. Our company has many years of experience working with corporate executives, interior designers, interior decorators, contractors, artists, consultants, architects, entrepreneurs, educators, retail merchandisers and buyers. Principal Taryn Merrick is certified by the National Association of Realtors (NAR®), as a Real Estate Professional Assistant. She is also certified by IVAA as a Certified Real Estate Support Specialist. The design experience is due to administrative background at the corporate offices of the Home Depot and EXPO Design Center. Her real estate background is due to working for several Commercial Real Estate Developers over the years. Taryn was the EXPO Interior Design Center Award Winner of Administrative Excellence in 2000. Our company has extensive background in providing relocation assistant services for large corporations and we have assisted in the relocation for many interior designers and people in the home improvement field; as well as organizing large relocation’s for corporate executives and business managers.

All work is done from our offices and is accomplished online. We are virtually “paperless”. Most clients email or scan us .pdf versions of their files and documents, or upload them to a cloud storage service. Some clients also utilize overnight mail services. For many of our clients we utilize logmein.com or Zoom or Team Viewer to facilitate communication both with them and between them and their own clients. As professional business owners, we are in full control of how the work is performed and what processes and procedures we use to get to the point of a finished project or result.

We work mostly on a project basis on a range of requests, tasks and projects that can be carried out over time. Our average turnaround time is 12 hours to 2 days depending on the task at hand.

We offer monthly retainer plans. A retainer purchases monthly hours in advance in exchange for our lowest hourly fee. It guarantees a certain amount of our business management time during the course of the month as well as entitles the client to priority scheduling. Basically you as the client pre-pay us to have availability for all of your projects to be spread evenly throughout the calendar month. Retainer clients can think ahead as far as what their administrative needs might be and plan accordingly so that we can develop a nice and even work flow.

You are already a success in your business and you are becoming overwhelmed with administrative tasks that can be so easily outsourced. Or you are a motivated entrepreneur who is just starting up a venture. You require excellent administrative assistance and need guidance on technology and social media to spread awareness of your brand, yet you don’t want to hire a full time contractor or employee.

Sometimes. Rush tasks need to be completed immediately versus a standard turnaround time. We estimate a standard turnaround time as 12 hours to 2 business days depending on the scope of the project. Rush fees keep us from following the scheduling framework that we have internally planned out, so we charge more for rush work.  We cannot guarantee that we will be available for rush work, but the policy is there in case we are able to accommodate you.

We ask that you please thoroughly review our website. Please use our contact form to get in touch with us. At that point, we can schedule a consultation with a view to beginning our work together.