Cleaning your space can clear your path to success. You’re making space for your goals and a new you. We’ve gone into the archives and pulled up expert advice on what to declutter if you want to eat better, lose weight, spend more time with family, get out of debt and more. […]
Do you ever lose track of important emails? Is your inbox cluttered with newsletters you no longer read or want to read but don’t have the time? Are you drowning in a sea of unread emails? If so, we’ve got some tips on how to organize your inbox…. […]
Wondering why your business isn’t doing better or want to improve it? If you’re exhibiting any of these signs, it’s time for a CRM system. […]
Cutting Out Distractions at Work: Controlling Your CommunicationsSometimes the things designed to make our life easier actually make it more complicated. In his article “Boost Focus and Productivity by Reducing Communication Distractions,” Joshua Zerkel suggests how we can avoid distractions from notifications, messages, and ringing phones to increase productivity. He suggests: […]
Managing tasks is one of the keys to productivity in the modern world. For years, software developers and many other time management gurus have tried to teach us how to manage our tasks. Even Microsoft with Outlook tried to provide us with a tool to manage tasks effectively. […]
Part of being a manager or supervisor is learning how to delegate. Besides being a wonderful tool to share workload, knowing how to delegate creates people who are more personally and professionally fulfilled. It doesn’t take special skills or secret techniques to learn how to delegate successfully. Try these five techniques the next time you need to [...]
Many of us spend hundreds of hours in meetings every year and quite possibly tens of thousands of hours in meetings during our careers. Perhaps the best possible way to avoid this is to avoid meetings entirely. If this is not possible or not realistic, then I offer up these 5 tips to help you [...]
Here's a six-step approach to implementing your PlanPlus Online CRM and automating your business processes for maximum personal and professional effectiveness. Step 1- Time Management Before you start planning your implementation goals, it's important to identify how much time you have to work with. Plan a project that can fit within the time constraints that [...]
Is there really time to get to everything on your task list? If you're like most people (myself included) who have a habit of carrying forward dozens of tasks each day, it might feel overwhelming at times to look at that list. I may not be the best at getting everything done every day, but [...]
Most websites these days have (or should have) some sort of a webform that captures a lead. We have asked our guest blogger, Robert “RJ” Neel, to provide us with some thoughts on how to get the most out of webforms. Robert has orchestrated the successful creation of thousands of small and medium business websites, [...]
Over the past several years I have been on a quest to be connected and to have my key personal information with me all the time. It was not always easy to be connected, but now that quest is a way of life for me and countless others. […]
The terms productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness are often used as synonyms in casual conversation and by many managers. However, there's a big difference in the results that are achieved by maximizing each of these measurements. Productivity Productivity is technically regarded as a measure of Outputs divided by Inputs. All of the activities that you get [...]
