Work at Home Tips – Staying Organized

You’ve set up the home office, you know what you want to market and now you just need to get down to business and make some money. So how do you organize all the tasks ahead into your day? One of the most helpful work at home tips to keep you on track is this little organization one.

Write out your to-do lists. Yes that is lists, plural, because you’ll have more than one! There are daily tasks like answering emails, checking sales figures and the like, there are weekly or monthly tasks like catching up on paperwork or accounts, reviewing and planning the weeks ahead and then there are all the other tasks that constantly crop up which need to be addressed. Important things like actual business opportunities and calls or emails from customers for instance. Now we are going to make some sense of those lists. Read More…

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This post was written by admin on March 28, 2008

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Small Business and the Risk Factor

I had to think about it a few times over before writing this post because I don’t want to put a negative vibe your way but I have just been through an experience which rams home the whole “don’t put your eggs in one basket” caveat and I find myself wanting to emphasise its importance.

Let me make it clear; any business activity which relies on a status quo is a very vulnerable one! Read More…

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This post was written by admin on March 26, 2008

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Motivation and How to Maintain It

Along the way you’ll certainly have your share of discouraging times when staying motivated is challenging. This is quite normal and felt by just about everybody from time to time. There are some techniques that can help keep that motivation up, techniques that can be used by anybody.

To Do lists
Everyone should use them. Any number of studies show time and again how writing down the days tasks helps to keep you focused and moving on them. Chat with a successful business owner and chances are they’ll verify this as one of their key work practices.

Make your Goals Visual Ones
A goal you can visualise will help. If you’re thinking ahead to a new car or boat try to visualise yourself in it. Maybe take a photo and put it somewhere near your desk so you can remind yourself at a glance what you are aiming for. Better still why Read More…

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This post was written by admin on February 12, 2008

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