New Release · ALS Professional Services

Stop Being
the System

The Non-Technical Owner's Blueprint for Automating Your Back Office and Reclaiming 10+ Hours Every Week

"Your business should run. Not you."

10+
Hours Reclaimed / Week
6
Actionable Frameworks
0
Lines of Code Required
17+
Years Systems Experience
12–15
Hours Per Week Lost to Manual Admin Work You're Not Billing For
✓ Sound familiar?

You answered three client emails before 8am — and none of them required your expertise, just your memory of where something was filed.

✓ Sound familiar?

You rebuilt a report last month you built the month before because the template lives in your head, not in a system.

✓ Sound familiar?

You cannot take a full day off without low-grade dread that something important will fall through the cracks while you're gone.

✓ Sound familiar?

You have ideas — real ones, good ones — that have been on your list for six months because you never have the bandwidth to get to them.

The real cost of the Admin Tax isn't just time. It's the ideas that never get built, the strategies that never get tested, and the growth that never happens because the person responsible for it is too busy running the machine manually.

Written for the owner running everything from memory

"I don't need more software. I need someone to show me how to make the software I already have actually work together."
Who you are
Bookkeeper, consultant, or healthcare-adjacent business owner
Your team
1–5 people — mostly you
Your tools
QuickBooks or FreshBooks, Google Drive, email, and good intentions
Your blocker
"I'm not technical enough to set this up"
Your dream
A business that doesn't collapse when you step away
Your tech comfort
Competent, not confident — you use tools but hesitate before changing settings

This book was written for you. Not for developers, not for tech founders, not for people who enjoy setting up software. For the owner who is excellent at what they do and spending too many hours doing everything around it.

Six frameworks. Zero code. Real results.

Every chapter delivers a named, actionable framework you can apply to your own business in the same week you read it.

Intro
The Admin Tax — And How to Stop Paying It
Name the hidden cost. Understand why your business runs on you — and why it doesn't have to.
Chapter 01
Map Before You Automate
▸ The Process Visibility Audit
A 60-minute framework to see exactly where your time is going before you touch a single tool.
Chapter 02
Your Automation Stack (Without the Overwhelm)
▸ The 3-Layer Stack
Foundation, Connection, Dashboard — the architecture that makes everything work together.
Chapter 03
Automate Your Intake
▸ The Zero-Touch Intake System
From first inquiry to fully onboarded client — without you manually executing a single step.
Chapter 04
Automate Your Delivery
▸ The Recurring Delivery Engine
Stop being the messenger. Automate reporting, reminders, handoffs, and status updates.
Chapter 05
Automate Your Back Office
▸ The Financial & Admin Automation Blueprint
Invoicing, expense tracking, document management — the four functions that consume the most time.
Chapter 06
Build Your Command Center
▸ The One-Page Business Dashboard
See the health of your entire business at a glance — without opening four different tools.
Outro
The 10 Hours Are Yours
A 30-day implementation sprint — exactly which automations to build, in which order, starting this week.

Three ways to get the book

Every format includes the complete book. The bundle adds the implementation toolkit your back office actually needs.

📱
Kindle Edition
Amazon KDP
$9.99
Read on any device — phone, tablet, Kindle Complete book content Instant delivery Highlights + notes synced across devices
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Standalone PDF
Direct — Instant Download
$21.99
The complete book as a PDF Read on any device Instant download Print-friendly format
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Paperback Edition
Amazon — Print on Demand
$27.99
The physical book, printed when you order Complete book content Ships via Amazon Leave-behind for client meetings
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All formats include the complete book. Bundle buyers receive template files immediately after purchase.

Alexia Scruggs
Founder, ALS Professional Services

Alexia spent 17+ years as a Senior Systems Analyst in healthcare IT — building the infrastructure that makes complex organizations run without chaos. In 2010, she founded ALS Professional Services, bringing enterprise-grade systems thinking to small businesses: bookkeeping firms, consulting practices, and healthcare-adjacent operations.

She has seen brilliant ideas die in every industry she has worked in — not for lack of vision, but for lack of bandwidth. Every book she writes, every system she builds, and every client she works with is about one thing: clearing the runway so the best thinking finally has somewhere to land.

17+ Years Systems Analysis FreshBooks Certified ALS Deal Flow ALS Deal Connect Healthcare IT Specialist
Free Resource

Download the Process Visibility Audit

The exact framework from Chapter 1 — as a fillable PDF template. Map your back-office tasks, find your Admin Tax, and identify what to automate first. Free, no purchase required.

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