Articles Archive for December 2007
Organizing »
Being organized is essential to the health of any business. An organized office runs more efficiently and provides a less stressful environment for business owners and employees. And it’s just more pleasing to look at than a disorganized office.
Disorganization makes everything much more difficult than it needs to be. This affects more than the obvious aspects such as filing. It tends to spill over into virtually every part of the business, and that can be disastrous.
Organization of Information
Proper information management through can save an enormous amount …
General Biz, Organizing »
When I first started working outside the home I thought I was going to go insane. I hadn’t worked over 40 hours a week since turning 21 and that was with 2 jobs, not one. My online businesses truly suffered because there just wasn’t time to do it all. We all have only so many hours and family took the priority over websites.
After branching out to training as my own business and not working for someone else, I of course was still tied to being out of …
marketing »
Small business owners wear many hats. They are often the accountant, receptionist, secretary, repair person, market research admin and much more. We multi-task like there’s no tomorrow, tackling administrative, sales, and all sorts of other functions. Even if we hire employees or contractors to handle some of these things, we still have a lot to do. So it’s easy to forget about marketing.
But marketing is one of those things that you can’t forget if you want to make money. It is essential to every business, …
Reviews »
One big thing about working at home is you cover all of your own expenses. From taxes to insurances, it’s all covered by you. Unfortunately, a lot of it get’s dropped when you leave that steady paycheck because you just can’t afford it. Think again, I don’t believe you can afford not to be covered. Especially when so many that work at home have health concerns.
Shopping insurance online is easy. If you are in need of high risk life insurance then you can get quotes …
Resources »
A wiki is a website where multiple users can add, remove,and edit content on each page by only using a web browser. This makes it extremely easy to collaborate with people, even in situations where they cannot meet face to face.
Since the only tools needed to use a wiki are an internet connection and a web browser. There is no longer a worry if all the collaborators have the same type of software. Wiki will serve as a virtual, collaborative memory for all the users.
One of the …
Reviews »
Product Name: Aweber
Rating: 9
Description: Autoresponder/Newsletter Services
Review: Aweber is a great way to manage all your lists in one place.
You can send your emails as plain text or HTML formatted emails. Sending broadcasts and creating autoresponder messages is easy with Aweber. You can easily test your emails before queuing them to be sent so that you can check that your formatting is correct and no links have been broken, etc. Also helpful to make sure it looks the same delivered as it did when you created it.
You can …
Goals and Prioritizing »
Prioritizing is especially important during the holidays. Holiday sales will slow down here in a couple of weeks as delivery can not be guaranteed before Christmas, but that is no reason to sit back and take 2-3 weeks off. Merely plan out some of the most important things that need to be done, just the basics (ie. email and your newsletters), and get them done. This will feel like taking time off since you will not be doing the usual updating and everyday, but your business won’t …


