TOOLS FOR INDEPENDENT WORK

Run the business. Skip the blank page.

Profession-specific templates for the work behind your work: client forms, trackers, checklists, and systems made for the tools you already use.

Useful tools for small businesses, wherever you work.

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BUILT AROUND YOUR KIND OF WORK

Start with the work you do.

A photographer and an online seller do not need the same toolkit. The useful details live in the way each business actually runs.

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Creative services

Photographers, designers, and independent creatives.

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Online shops

Etsy and Shopify sellers balancing stock, orders, and margins.

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Client services

Freelancers, bookkeepers, virtual assistants, and consultants.

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Care & learning

Tutors and home daycare providers managing the details.

A few of the many ways independent businesses get things done.

PRACTICAL STARTING POINTS

Make the repeat work easier to repeat.

The shop is taking shape around familiar, useful building blocks—not one-size-fits-all paperwork.

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CLIENT WORK

Client-ready documents

Contracts, welcome packets, questionnaires, and clear next steps.

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THE NUMBERS

Trackers & calculators

Keep an eye on pricing, inventory, income, and the work in progress.

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REPEATABLE ROUTINES

Checklists & systems

Turn the tasks you repeat into a process you can pick up again.

Every toolkit starts with the needs of a specific profession.

FAMILIAR FILE FORMATS

Use the tools already in your day.

Templates are designed for familiar tools, so you can spend less time learning a new system and more time putting a good one to work.

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Google Sheets

Trackers and calculators

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Notion

Operating systems and SOPs

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Canva

Polished pages and guides

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Word

Familiar business documents

THE RIGHT TOOL STARTS WITH REAL WORK

What would make your work week easier?

Tallythicket is being shaped around the everyday work of small business owners. Tell us what you do and which task you would love to make simpler.

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A NOTE FROM YOU

One profession. One bottleneck. A much better place to begin.