Archive for June, 2008
Shop Design - Space-saving solutions for a small work area
By Larry Nettleton
Every woodworker has nightmares of bad shops: windowless basements, low ceilings, cold floor, poor lighting and water. However, that is not my point. My point is that when I moved into a house with a one-car garage, 11 ft. wide and 19 ft. long, I wondered how I would fit a shop [...]
Manage Stress to Boost Productivity
By Michael J. Beck
We live in a time when it seems like we’re regularly put into situations that cause us stress. Sometimes we feel a little stress for a short time and sometimes we feel a lot of stress for a long time. The fact is that when we feel stress, especially for extended periods [...]
Using a Remote Receptionist to Enhance the Efficiency of Your Business
By Jeff Doyle
How can a small business person free up time to get organized and compete with larger companies?
How can mid-size companies increase customer service at a low cost when extra employees are too costly and hard to find?
They can outsource their reception position, and as a result, improve their image and customer service.
Larger companies [...]
Top 10 Ways a Client Can Utilize a Virtual Assistant (VA)
By VAnetworking member Erika Martlew
The Virtual Assistant industry is on the rise as more and more businesses use this service to outsource [...]
Business Blogging Summer
By Biana Babinsky
Many solopreneurs experience a slowdown in business during the summer months. This is something business owners expect and work into their business plans. Many clients and buyers take vacations during the summer and spend more time with their children and family and do not devote as much time to running their businesses.
What do [...]
Market Your Own Business
By Janet Barclay, MVA
Many entrepreneurs struggle with finding customers, especially in the early stages of the business. Some spend a large sum on advertising, only to find it isn’t leading to the results they expected. Others decide to hold off on marketing until they have brought in enough income to pay for it, and then [...]
5 Tips For Having a Life That Reflects Your Priorities
By Michelle Jansick
If someone were to ask you what your main priorities are, what would you say? Your marriage? Your kids? Your job? Friends? Health? A big house? A fancy car? Designer clothes? The truth is that most of us say what our priorities are, but our daily choices reflect something entirely [...]
What’s Your Time Worth?
By Bernadette Doyle
What’s your number? You know that number in your head that represents what you’d like to be making in your business each year? I’d like to invite you to think about how much money you would like to make over the next 12 months. And then I want you to calculate how many [...]
Time Management Secrets
By Dr. Donald E. Wetmore
I have spent most of the last twenty years researching, studying, writing and speaking about Time Management and Personal Productivity. I have learned a whole lot and my full-time mission now is to share that knowledge through my writings, seminars, consulting and keynotes with people who want to get more done [...]
Book Review: Time Management for Unmanageable People
By Janet Barclay, MVA
By the time they seek the help of a professional organizer, many people have already read countless books about getting organized, only to become frustrated when they’re unable to apply the authors’ suggestions. While teaching time management courses, author Ann McGee-Cooper noticed that the prescribed systems worked well for half of the [...]
