outsourced BUSINESS & brand management
Managed Business Services (MBS) hits the spot for South Africa companies who are under greater pressure than ever from global competition and having to contend with an increasingly complex marketplace. For many companies, it’s simply easier to outsource critical business workloads to a trusted service provider, freeing them up to focus on their core business.
The benefits of MBS are compelling. Apart from lower costs, streamlined operations and simplified management challenges, the benefits of access to the latest small business technologies can help you bring new business services to market.
IdeaBridge provides fully managed Business Services to Startups, Entrepreneurs and high-growth Companies in South Africa through our trusted local business network of experts in their field from legal and accounting, to HR and Marketing.
strategic business management
Value-based tailored solutions covering all activities related to running your business, such as leading, monitoring, organising and planning.
Business goals & objectives setting
Project management of new processes, products, systems or technologies
Reporting & analytics
New business planning and start-up support
Business Administrative oversight
Full service Marketing Management
We help by implementing marketing tools to build on your individual and authentic customer offering.
Kick-start or revitalise your marketing strategy
Professional Relationship Marketing
Review of current marketing efforts
Identify new opportunities to engage with existing and new customers
Logo & Company identity design, and management of website build
Brand, website & Customer experience audits
Customer & stakeholder analysis including trends, motivation, unmet needs
Overseeing Human Resources
Designing the structure you will need and then attracting, hiring, on-boarding and managing the people in your business can be a daunting task for many business owners.
Liasing with external specialists where required, we work alongside our clients to assist with
Appointment of appropriate personnel or re-structuring of current support team
Handling probationary procedures, personnel contracts as well as salaries, increases, and bonus structures
Employee Handbook and onboading processes
Employee training needs assessment & planning
Design of incentive & remuneration structures
Organisational strategy & leadership
Working with leadership teams and Boards to help them understand challenges and offer solutions for new ways forward.
Common challenges our clients face include:
New investors or shareholders who desire enhanced growth, but are unclear about whether the leadership team can support
Long tenured founder-CEO’s and executive teams reaching retirement – but without succession plans – resulting in a potential leadership vacuum
Revenue or market share declining due to tech (or other) innovation from competitors, and needing to consider new directions and new people
You are responsible to make your business profitable and you'll need to structure all the key components to ensure that your skill in your specialisation earns you a living.
Where we can help
Written billing policies
Correct business entity and appropriate tax registrations
Creditor payments
Debtors management with a firm control on 120 day outstanding invoices
Financial audit and assessment
Implementation of payroll and accounting systems for small businesses