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Business Cards: What Should Be Included?

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In an ever shrinking world, where everyone is connected via the web, independent business people are faced with a plethora of challenges. They must separate themselves from thousands of competitors, and second, they need to remain relevant. Business cards may seem counterintuitive, in a world where we can find seemingly endless information on our smart phones or computers. However, this old-school data exchange remains effective in making and continuing a good first impression – hopefully leading to more business, or even a job or career.

The Size of Your E-List is Not Everything.

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When it comes to list size, while numbers are definitely a huge plus, you can produce results even when your e-mail list is not large. Creativity is the catalyst that turns the situation around. Attitude is the mortar that will keep the bricks together. Arm yourself. Ready?

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.

Trouble Finding The Upgrade?

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Are you using the free version of OfficeTime on your iPhone or iPad and can’t upgrade to the full version?  Do you get “Safari cannot open the page because it could not connect to the server” when you tap to upgrade?   Fear not!   Apple changed the way the links work. We’re working a…

Small Business: 5 Reasons Having a Mentor Is Important

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The new buzzword in most businesses doesn’t have anything to do with social media, marketing, or products. Instead it involves the people who make up your company and the way they learn the trade and grow with your business. What is that buzzword? Mentor.

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.

The Top 3 Combination Issues for Small Businesses Today

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Small businesses are likely to face a plethora of issues this year. The key to making your business successful is seeing the issues upfront, and working towards changing them into advantages. Here are eight issues your small business could face this year. How will you combat these problems?

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.