Organize office emails: 4 techniques

December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Whether your email inbox is cluttered with spam or work-related email, the following techniques can help you gain control of your wild inbox.   1. Move task-oriented email messages out of your inbox if they will take longer than five minutes to handle. Drag each message to your Task folder and change the subject name, so you'll know its topic at a glance. Then, delete it from your inbox so that all your to-do's are grouped in one place.   2. Drag email to your Calendar to schedule time for yourself to work on it. Estimate how much time the task will take, then drop it into your schedule.   3. "Add a reminder” when you use a … [Read more...]

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What Can You Outsource This Month? HOLIDAY GREETINGS!

November 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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The Holiday Season is the perfect time to show your clients appreciation, to show them you care about them more than just once a year. But how do you find the time to sit and write all those Holiday cards, or find one that truly expresses your gratitude? What if I can show you a card system that will produce high level cards, personalized with your message, your business logo or even a family photo, addressed, stamped and sent in less then half the time that you spend in the Hallmark store at half the cost. Would you be interested? Have you heard of SendOutCards, the gratitude card system? I have been using this system for just about a year … [Read more...]

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Social Media Checklist for Businesses

August 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Handy Social Media Checklist Courtesy of: The Whole Brain Group … [Read more...]

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iPad for business: Getting started

May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Abridged: Business Mgmt Daily Every where you go now someone is working on an tablet or their iPad. In fact, many of my clients and those that I network  with have them and are always asking me if I have tips and tricks to share with them.  Recently, I came across this article that provides great tips for getting started with iPad with business in mind.  Here are some of the best apps to help you make the transition. 1. Office productivity Pages, an Apple product, lets you create, edit and view Word documents. Numbers, another one by Apple, gives you spreadsheet capability with tables, charts, photos and … [Read more...]

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Small ways to win with Facebook

October 23, 2011 By
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Are you a sole-proprietor with a small budget but knows that having a Facebook presence is critical? I recently read an article published by a reliable source that shared ideas and comparisons of how small business can learn from big international corporations on getting a leg up from the big guys. As reading this article intrigued me thoroughly, I thought to myself how could I as a sole-proprietor use some of the same suggestions to get a leg up on my competitors, or even small businesses that may have a bigger budget then I do. While thinking about this, I then took into consideration my expertise in social media and those clients that I … [Read more...]

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One Hour Marketing

September 30, 2011 By

Start with the Basics: Website Analytics “Website analytics” show you how many people are coming to your site, how long they stay there, what they do while on your site, where they come from and how they find you. There's no need to download anything. By adding the analytics code to your site's HTML code you can find out… Find out how profitable your keywords are across different search engines and marketing campaigns Identify where website visitors come from and what content they are most interested in Track marketing initiatives such as ads, email newsletters, affiliate campaigns, referrals, paid links, search engines, and … [Read more...]

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Facebook Changed Again !@#?

September 27, 2011 By

Everytime you log onto Facebook lately it seems that there is always something new. With the recent launch of Google+, Facebook has to stay one-step ahead. With traditional Facebook users up in arms about the new changes, business page users can certainly take advantage of the new Timeline change. The new Timeline will be much more visual and user friendly when it comes to adding details and sharing information. Stay tuned...Facebook is not done changing!   … [Read more...]

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Baffled On Where to Start? Using Social Media for Business

September 6, 2011 By

In helping clients get started with social media, I go over the some simple steps with each one as we get ready to start them into marketing their business with social media. If you know you want to get started, but don't know where to begin, start here. · Determine your goals · Decide who is your market and which social media are they on · Decide how much time you have to spend on social media · Decide who will manage your company's social media · Choose the social media networks you will use (Facebook, LinkedIN, Twitter) · Decide on a strategy for your social media marketing · Set up social media accounts · Begin managing … [Read more...]

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The Problem with the Social Media Opportunity

May 9, 2011 By

Source: OpenForum  For some reason, when companies decide to use social media, they just “have at it.” They start a Facebook or Twitter account or launch a blog and, without really thinking about it, they’re off to the races. They think that because social media and social networking tools are easy to use, and because so many “experts” tell them to jump right in, that it’s a no brainer. This is how most brands fall into trouble. From the start they get poor results and don’t receive the feedback or interaction that they initially sought. At this point, discontent sets in and they say, “social media doesn’t … [Read more...]

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What is social networking?

September 9, 2009 By

Social networks are the entire craze these days. When they first came out, business owners didn’t know what to do with them. I think it was due to the over-flooding of teenagers on MySpace. With a better understanding and infrastructure that Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter now has, more small business owners are far open-minded to the concept. Several individuals have asked that I provide feedback on the topic of social networking, and what came to mind is with time-management social networking can benefit your business. So ask yourself, Should I be spending more time on social networking? Back before the development of social … [Read more...]

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