Time Saving Tips

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Tuesday’s Time Saving Tip: Prioritizing Face Time

If you do any networking at all, you likely get many requests for face-to-face meetings over coffee or dinner. Meeting in person is most effective when you want to make a connection to understand how you can be mutually beneficial to each other. Granted, these meetings may be an opportunity for future business, but you [...]

3Aug2010 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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Thinking Social Media? Start Here!

This is the BEST place to start your foray into social media. With one “submit” you can see if your chosen user name or vanity URL is available across all the social media platforms you plan to use. Keeping your user name consistent helps establish your brand and makes it easier for others to find [...]

27Jul2010 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips: Know When to Hold ‘em

Kenny Rogers sang about knowing when to hold ‘em, when to fold ‘em, when to walk away and when to run. The same advice can be applied to your business. Business can get crazy and we begin to fall behind. It’s at that time we need to set aside a few minutes to take stock. [...]

13Jul2010 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips: Keyboard Shortcuts

If you’re like me and spend a lot of time at the keyboard, shortcuts can shave seconds off your work immediately, but have you thought about how much time they save over the long term? Here are my favorite shortcuts because I use them several times a day: Windows CTRL C: Copy CTRL X: Cut [...]

9Mar2010 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips: 6 Recommendations for More Effective Meetings

The work day is crazy. We book a meeting and all of a sudden the date and time is looming, and we’re not prepared. So much time is wasted in meetings! Whether your meeting location is across the conference table, over the phone or on the web, here are some quick tips to make your [...]

16Feb2010 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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The Need for Perfection Can Cost You Business

“Do not let the pursuit of perfection get in the way of progress.” I had a client who wanted me to build a temporary three page site to use as a business calling card. It was temporary because she was planning to replace it with a larger site once she determined the content she wanted [...]

2Feb2010 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips: Think Delegation BEFORE You’re Buried

As an entrepreneur and business owner, you started out loving what you do. The job is exciting, you’re passionate about your work. Why else would you work so hard for such long periods of time? Long term, you can’t maintain that initial start up pace or you’ll eventually face burnout. You’ll become tired and find [...]

26Jan2010 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips: Plan Each Day for Success

“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower Let’s face it, if you’re the person who can create lofty goals without breaking them down into smaller tasks to accomplish, you are in the minority. Each day is a bite-sized piece of my larger plan. Recently, you may have made some New Year’s resolutions. [...]

19Jan2010 | Pat | View Comments | Continued
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Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips: How a VA Can Free Up Your Time

This is the first installment in a Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips Series. The time saving tips will focus on ways you can become more productive, whether it’s through technology, business knowledge or office and home organization. They’ll be short and to the point – because that will save you time reading! The first time saving [...]

12Jan2010 | Pat | View Comments | Continued