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When You Can’t Beat Your To-Do List…

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Do you frequently feel overwhelmed and you never seem to have anything accomplished? Then, you are busy but not productive. If you are not making progress on mission-critical tasks and projects, you are maybe too busy but not productive. You will never get to the bottom of your to-do list. Reality check; some things are going to not get done and some things are going to be late.

4 Ways to Increase Creative Thinking in the Workplace

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Creativity in the workplace is needed now more than ever. As the dynamic changes, and consumers want increasingly more funny and creative ads and marketing, workplaces need to keep up with the demand. Sometimes a workplace environment can stifle creativity. Here are 4 tips to unleash the creativity in your employees.

Moving from InerTrak to OfficeTime

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Thomas DeBusk, a busy attorney, recently upgraded from InerTrak to OfficeTime. While OfficeTime doesn’t have the ability to automatically import his InerTrak data, it does have a secret import function. We generally keep it on the down-low because it’s actually a feature under development. It works, but we don’t feel it has the kind of flexibility and friendliness that you should expect from OfficeTime, so we’re keeping it low profile until we can finish it. Find the secret import menu by holding down the option/alt key and choosing File->Import in OfficeTime. And if you do experiment with it, we’d love your feedback.

3 Ways Being Authentic Will Make Your Small Business Successful

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Authenticity has a much larger role in a businesses success than most people think. Being authentic is being true to yourself and your business’ core values. In this age of digital media, consumers are in control of which brands they will promote, and which will be discarded.

What’s killing Your Time? OfficeTime Announces 2014’s “Top 10 Time Killers”

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In its third annual “Top Time Killers” survey, OfficeTime asked over 1,300 people – mostly freelancers, small business owners and other professionals – about how much time they spend on a variety of activities during the workday. For the third year straight, the “Top Time Killer” is email, but this year Meetings rose from 5th place to a very close 2nd place finish.

I never worry that I’m leaving money on the table because I’ve left my time unbilled.

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I love OfficeTime. As a freelance copywriter, I use it every day to turn my time into money — accurately and reliably. I never worry that I’m leaving money on the table because I’ve left my time unbilled.

Tips for Staying On Track in 2014

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We’re a couple of weeks (more like over a month) into the New Year, have you started all of your business resolutions? By now, you should have a clearly crafted objective for 2014, but maybe you’re fearful that your resolutions just won’t stick. Here are some tips for making your time management resolutions work for everyone in your company.

Making Your Business Calendar: 6 Important Events to Consider

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Do you have a business calendar that keeps you up-to-date with all of your appointments, marketing plans, and inventory schedules? Most likely you do (and if you don’t, refer back to my blog “How to Make a Business Calendar” for tips on creating one). The question now is, what events are you forgetting to include? Here are 6 areas to look at when adding events to your business calendar.

Are These Items on Your New Year’s Marketing Plan?

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I believe that after you have crunched the numbers and discovered what is working and what is not, you’ve made an entire set of New Year’s resolutions that will move your business to new plateau. How many of these resolutions are related to your Marketing Plan for the 2014? You definitely need to adjust, alter and adopt your marketing strategy to meet the ever changing markets, what is moving the business ahead and what did not have any effect on the progress.