Find Your System to Organize Your Business to Increase Efficiency
Are you a small business owner who’s trying desperately to stay on top of all your tasks? Like many people, you probably thought that once you started your own business, you would enjoy less time at work. You probably never imagined that after a few months, you would have more work than you could handle. Well, if you’re like most other small business owners, you wear many hats and must be great at what you do, even the less appealing tasks. …

Organizing Computer Files: Setting Up a System That Works
Once you have gotten rid of all the garbage and unnecessary files on your computer, you are now ready to actually start organizing them into a system that works for you. Not everyone is going to have the same system, but there are some basic principles that should be followed when organizing computer files.
Make the necessary folders for your documents, pictures, and other files. Making folders on your computer makes it a lot easier to quickly find what you are needing on …

Organizing Computer Files: Clean Up The Space First
Organizing your computer files helps keep lost documents and files to a minimum. This is especially important when you own you own business or you are working on a work computer in which you need readily available access to your files.
The first step in organizing your computer files is to clean up the whole computer. The more files that you have on your computer the more you have to deal with. Make it easier on yourself and before you try organizing you computer, …

If you have clients or online projects you partner on, then using an online project organizing software is essential. I personally use Client Spot to stay organized with tasks to complete, time used on tasks and projects, shared files and emails.
I put my virtual assistant clients work in their own projects and also put up the work on my sites. Then when I want my VA to jump in on an assignment I just click her as the assigned person and it sends her an email.  Staying organized …

If you have many lists, find a program that holds them all. Don’t waste time with free programs all over the board, or not moving your lists to one program because you are afraid of losing people.
Moving lists actually helps weed out some of those that aren’t reading your emails anyway. Having a big list doesn’t mean a thing if they aren’t opening it or clicking links from it. So look at those conversions as well.
Don’t have those conversion rates? Well then you are seriously losing …

As a virtual assistant (VA) and a business coach, organization is key. But here is my problem. I’m not a naturally organized person. I have owned so many planners in my life and you know what? Not a single one of them organized my life for me. Darn it, I had to open them and write things down. Oh and then even more…I had to open the planner to see what was scheduled. lol
So I knew as soon as I got more than one …

As a business owner, you are both the boss and the employee. Some people can thrive in this type of situation and achieve more than they could in a traditional work environment. For other people, this just spells disaster. That is why it is important to analyze yourself several times a year to make sure you are staying on track.
Are you focused on your business? This alone can throw your business into high gear or create a standstill. It can be easy to lose focus when …

This article from Donna Guenther was in my emails today and loved it! What an incredible idea. Read below and see if you aren’t blown away by the idea. Who says we need to go to some big, expensive seminar to set up our biz plans and re-energize?
Top 10 Steps to Creating a Successful Business Planning Retreat for Self-Employed Entrepreneurs
by Donna Gunter, The Online Biz Resource Queen (TM)
The notion of doing a business retreat for myself is very new, although not novel, as we …