{"id":786,"date":"2017-06-08T15:52:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T15:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/?p=786"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:52:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T15:52:49","slug":"do-you-have-a-business-continuity-plan-you-should","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/do-you-have-a-business-continuity-plan-you-should\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have a Business Continuity Plan? You Should"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Businesswoman<\/a>What if disaster strikes your business? An estimated 25% of businesses don\u2019t reopen after a major disaster strikes.* Having a business continuity plan can help improve your odds of recovering.<\/p>\n

The basic plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

The strategy behind a business continuity (or disaster recovery) plan is straightforward: Identify the various risks that could disrupt your business, look at how each operation could be affected and identify appropriate recovery actions.<\/p>\n

Make sure you have a list of employees ready with phone numbers, e-mail addresses and emergency family contacts for communication purposes. If any of your employees can work from home, include that information in your personnel list. You\u2019ll need a similar list of customers, suppliers and other vendors. Social networking tools may be especially helpful for keeping in touch during and after a disaster.<\/p>\n

Risk protection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having the proper insurance is key to protecting your business — at all times. In addition to property and casualty insurance, most small businesses carry disability, key-person life insurance and business interruption insurance. And make sure your buy-sell agreement is up to date, including the life insurance policies that fund it. Meet with your financial professional for a complete review.<\/p>\n

Maintaining operations<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your building has to be evacuated, you\u2019ll need an alternative site. Talk with other business owners in your vicinity about locating and equipping a facility that can be shared in case of an emergency. You may be able to limit physical damage by taking some preemptive steps (e.g., having a generator and a pump on hand).<\/p>\n

Protecting data<\/strong><\/p>\n

A disaster could damage or destroy your computer equipment and wipe out your data, so take precautions. Invest in surge protectors and arrange for secure storage by transmitting data to a remote server or backing up daily to storage media that can be kept off site.<\/p>\n

Protecting your business<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you think your business is too small to need a plan or that it will take too long to create one, just think about how much you stand to lose by not having one. Meet with your financial professional for a full review.<\/p>\n

For more tips on how to keep business best practices front and center for your company, give us a call today. We can’t wait to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What if disaster strikes your business? An estimated 25% of businesses don\u2019t reopen after a major disaster strikes.* Having a business continuity plan can help improve your odds of recovering. The basic plan The strategy behind a business continuity (or disaster recovery) plan is straightforward: Identify the various risks that could disrupt your business, look […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":788,"href":"https:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlyfordentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}