By Shannon McGinnis
Yes, spring is here, the flowers are blooming, the weather is warmer and its time to open the windows and clear out the house. Spring cleaning and clearing clutter is about being conscious of what is in your home, so be intentional about what you choose to keep and donate or recycle as much as possible. By implementing these tidy tips, you will enjoy a renewed sense of beauty and appreciation in your home.
Here are 5 quick tips for maximizing your time and effort.
By Kimberly Clay
Information, much of it in the form of written content, is what drives the Internet. As a result, article writing is extremely important to Internet entrepreneurs who wish to succeed. But sometimes circumstances arise when the articles just aren’t coming.
Writer’s block happens to the best of us. I have cases of it all the time. I’ll be sitting at my keyboard, staring into a blank screen, just hoping that a decent thought will jump into my head and I can start typing again. One minute goes by, then two, then ten, and nothing happens. Drat!
by Gary Ruplinger
Email is one of the greatest innovations of the online world, but if you’re not careful it will suck up your time, and be a far detriment to your business than a benefit.
Here are some tips for taming the email beast.
By C.J. Hayden, MCC
As an independent professional, the demands of marketing your business have the potential to give you many sleepless nights. It often seems that the list of things to do is endless, and there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to market your business, serve your clients, run your office, and keep up in your field.
But instead of staying up at night trying to find time for marketing that just doesn’t fit into your busy day, a better strategy can be to engage in marketing activities that will work for you while you sleep. Here are four ways to approach this kind of set-it-and-forget-it marketing.
By Sally Goldberg, Ph.D.
Q. Is there any way to make life with 2 young children run more smoothly?
A. Yes, set up a daily schedule and keep to it as much as possible.
A schedule provides structure. “When structure speaks, children listen.” By providing a simple daily schedule, you help your child to feel secure. It provides consistency. It is the beginning of the discipline process. Amid all the chaos of today’s life, you will be able to accomplish as much as possible by following a routine. Here are some helpful guidelines.
by Marcia Francois
I love the internet and all the wonderful ways we can work together even though we’re on opposite ends of the world.
I get a real kick out of working with a client in the US knowing that I’m in South Africa. Isn’t it amazing?
With email, Skype, online chat, podcasts, e-books and audio downloads, there is so much out there!
By Gordon Bellows
In order to achieve any amount of success in your life, it is important that you understand four basic characteristics.
Let’s call these four attributes the four D’s of success, and they are vital no matter what level of success you want.
By BIG Mike McDaniel
Not having a business card is almost as bad as using an eMail address that ends in AOL.com. It’s just not professional.
With domain names costing less than 9 bucks a year, there’s no excuse for anyone in business to have an AOL.com email address. With business cards costing less than 9 bucks at the big box store, there’s no excuse for anyone in business not to pass them about.
By VANA member Frances Palaschuk
OK, so in case you haven’t heard yet a Virtual Assistant (VA) is a real, live person who is highly skilled in their niche business market segment. Yes, a real live person! Don’t let the word virtual confuse you here. Virtual is simply the term used to describe the fact that you as a business owner can indeed employ business support personnel who are NOT local.
by Carrie Greene, CarrieThru, LLC, Coach & Professional Organizer
Thirteen and a half inches! Every day for one week I measured the amount of mail I got. All totaled, over a foot of paper came through my front door. Only half an inch of it was even remotely important.
How you handle the mail coming into your home is one of the keys to reducing your piles of paper.