Real operators, real playbooks — free SOPs you can run this week. Every episode of the Unscripted Small Business podcast hides at least one repeatable play a small team could run starting today. This series pulls the strongest one out of each conversation and writes it up as a clean, do-this-today standard operating procedure — with a free, printable PDF and no email gate.
Influencer Pre-Flight SOP: Fix Your Site Before the Creator Posts →
From Sherri Langburt (BabbleBoxx): the six things to verify before a creator posts — criteria, inventory, geos, landing pages, promo consistency, and the search result. Because “if it’s happening to the influencer, it’s happening to the consumer.” 6 steps + a printable two-page checklist.
The SOPs so far
The Clarity One-Pager SOP: Map It Before You Build It →
Business psychologist Dr. Julika Novkova’s pre-building step — define the role of every asset, map the client journey, and write down what you are NOT, all on one page, before you build or automate anything.
AI Guardrails SOP: Write Down What Your AI May Never Say →
From James Ernst (Core Order): capture your red lines in discovery, write them into an instruction file the system reads every run, and add a second agent that checks the output against them. 6 steps + a printable one-pager.
Speed-to-Lead SOP: Stop Lighting Your Marketing Budget on Fire →
From Cameron Tope (Emerson Property Management): assign someone to answer and close inbound leads fast — before you spend another dollar on marketing. 6 steps + a printable checklist PDF.
Browse every SOP as it’s published on the Small Business SOPs category archive →
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