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
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
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
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?
I never worry that I’m leaving money on the table because I’ve left my time unbilled.
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.
Making Your Business Calendar: 6 Important Events to Consider
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.
How to Create a Business Calendar
Having a business calendar is just as important as having a business strategy. It keeps you on track, allows you to plan ahead, and takes stress out of the equation when it comes to remembering all the things you have to accomplish. Here are 5 simple tips for creating a business calendar.
4 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Business
It’s that time of year. What are the New Year’s resolutions for your business? Resolutions will help you define what you’re goals are and get specific about what you want to accomplish in 2014.
Living a Simplistic Life Can Make You Successful?
Living simply clears space for other tasks in your life. Too much clutter can add confusion and make decision-making difficult. Imagine all of the things you could do, if you just narrowed down the options in which you had to choose from? Here are three simple tips to help you live simpler and create success in your life.
The Before-During-After, 10-6-3 Minute Plan
Managing your day would become more efficient with a good understanding on how your time was spent. By examining how your time was spent throughout the day it will enable you to begin to see what activities can be changed, simplified, adjusted or modified to consume less time spent on them. This process will make your day roll more efficiently, causing productivity to rise and thus saving you time.