How many times a week do you wish you had a few more hours to get things done — or better yet, to enjoy yourself?
The Local Moms Network is all about “Giving Moms the Gift of Time,” and we’re excited to share how a first-of-its-kind household management software is helping families run their homes smoothly, without the effort.
Nines is built specifically for households and the private service professionals who support them, like your nanny or your housekeeper. It allows you to organize, track and share your household’s most important information, from your interior designer’s phone number to your child’s allergies and dietary needs. Whether you need to find the paint color you used in your kitchen last year, or share a shopping list with your nanny, Nines can help with the details, so you can move faster and get back to your day.
And, if you need extra help, their premium and bespoke plans include access to an experienced estate manager who has seen it all. Before shifting to focus on household management software, Nines launched as a full-service staffing agency, giving them meaningful experience in household staffing and management that you can tap into. If you need help setting up the software, hiring and managing household staff, running payroll, and more, they’ve got you covered.
The Nines tagline? Live with ease. Now, that’s a motto we can get behind.
Here are 3 ways Nines helps families like yours simplify and elevate household life.
1. Nines is an interactive household manual that helps everyone in your household save time.
House manuals help families and the private service professionals who support them keep track of a household’s most important information. An effective house manual covers etiquette (how should your nanny dress in your home?), housekeeping (do you want your home to feel tidy but lived-in or like a 5-star hotel?), property information (where is your home’s electrical shutoff?), and more.
Nines teamed up with Marta Perrone, a housekeeping and estate management expert whose house manuals are trusted by hundreds of discerning families, to bring house manuals to life.
Nines is a smart, interactive version of a house manual — a dynamic environment where all of your data is connected. Your household is complex, and it’s always changing, and Nines moves fast enough to keep up with you.
It’s broken into categories, including residents, staff, vendors, assets and contacts, so you can easily organize all of your household’s information. It has a section for protocols, with pre-set chapters from Marta Perrone to give you a head start. And, it has tools for creating tasks and checklists, which you can use to manage your own day-to-day or assign to staff members, like your nanny.
The best part? It’s easy to use, with lightning-fast search, so you can find answers to any question in seconds.
And if you need help getting started or bringing more efficiency to your household, their team of estate management experts offers phone and email support, so you can talk to someone who’s been in your shoes.
2. You can empower your household staff with the information they need and the tools they deserve.
Sometimes, managing household staff means endless back and forth text messages, or frustrating miscommunications. With Nines, your household staff members can get easy access to any information you’ve shared with them.
Do you waste time creating the same checklist for your housekeeper every week? Now, you can send her a quick link and follow along as things are completed.
Plus, you can automate any work you do regularly, by setting tasks to recur every week, every day, etc.
Every task you’ve assigned is easy to see on one page, so you can get a feel for what’s been done and what’s still on your household’s to-do list. Nines gives you valuable oversight, and allows you to hold your household staff members accountable, without micromanaging them.
And, Nines is committed to helping private service professionals grow in their careers, so they’ve launched educational resources, training and consulting services, and a community where household staff can connect and learn from the experts — allowing them to get help and find inspiration that will have a powerful ripple effect in your home.
3. Nines is backed by the highest security standards — so you can find, organize and share information quickly, without losing control.
On a regular basis, you need to find and share sensitive information about your household. If you’re sending private documents over email, sending everything from passport photos to private passwords over text, or passing along information about your children’s schedules in an unprotected way, you’re taking a risk.
What if your nanny gets pickpocketed while she’s on vacation, and her phone falls into the wrong hands? What if you have to let go of a staff member, and they still have easy access to all of the emails you sent them?
Nines allows you to set expiration dates when you share tasks, and requires a log-in for anyone who has full access to your account. You can easily revoke access and protect your household’s information. And, you can even set up two-factor authentication for an extra level of security.
More importantly, Nines is built with security first, and backed by Microsoft’s highest available security standards. Your data is encrypted, protected and isolated. The Nines team obsesses over security, so you don’t have to.
Want to see how Nines can help you live with ease?
Nines household management software is intuitive and easy to use, so you can start saving time right away. That said, if you have questions or need extra help in your household, they also offer services to support you with household staffing challenges, payroll, inventory, household management training, and more.
Reach out to their team for a tour of the software, and explore their success stories and resources for households here.