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Productivity Issues?

Kerri Lawrey-Jones's picture

As a business owner, do you ever feel your ability to be productive is hindered?  Do you find it difficult to get it all done in a reasonable amount of time?  Do you forget items on your To-Do list?  Do you find yourself overwhelmed by not meeting your daily/weekly/monthly goals?

What if I told you it is as simple as organizing your thoughts on paper.  That this simple list can increase productivity and define your immediate and long-term needs.  Would you believe me?  You should, because it is that simple.

Getting back to basics: Handwritten notes

Amanda Collins's picture

As a business owner, there’s not an event I attend where there isn’t a SendOutCards (SOC) representative. In fact, some of my friends rep for the brand. I know a lot of people who use the service and absolutely love it. Their feeling is that it keeps them in touch with their clients – easily – and they likely wouldn’t do so without the online process. I completely understand and am not here to trash a reputable company. For my part, though, I prefer to go old school: I write all my cards by hand.

Every interaction is an interview

Amanda Collins's picture

I know that I don’t wield ultimate power in getting clients jobs; I write résumés and help to position them on paper. Even though, I’m surprised when a client comes to my office dressed in cut-offs and a rock band T-shirt and tells me all the horrors of her last boss and how she just phoned it in (okay, this doesn’t happen often, but it’s still shocking). Then, when I refer some of my clients to my executive recruiter partners, I hear back about some of the inappropriate stories they’ve shared.

Join the Team at Ear Candy, a Non-Profit Music Organization. Now Hiring!

Mitra Khamedoost's picture

Executive Assistant / Development Director Job Position Open

Long-Term Career or Short-Term Hobby?

Kerri Lawrey-Jones's picture

Do you know if you have a sustainable business idea?  Is your idea something you deeply desire to do? Is it able to provide a suitable income?  If so, in a timeframe you can live with? And, does it fulfill your personal goals? 

Top 10 Reasons SEO Can Benefit Any Business

Justin McGill's picture

Obviously I am a big proponent of SEO and it's benefits to a business. I built my business around this belief! I am regularly asked, "How can that SEO mumbo jumbo do anything for me??" With so many reasons, I almost never have to give the same answer twice. Most of the time I am using responses from this list.

So just how exactly can SEO benefit you? Without further ado, here are the top ten reasons to use SEO to market your business:

#10 - Approximately 250 millions searches are performed per day on Google alone.

Can you handle the truth? Using feedback to improve your business

Amanda Collins's picture

Okay, I’ll admit it, I’m on the dating scene – online. I’ve never had much luck with the venue, but I figure it’s just one more way to meet people, so no harm, no foul. Yesterday, I received an e-mail from a wannabe suitor who asked if I found him attractive. “You can be honest,” he said.

So I was.

Focusing on Passion and Energy

David Cooke's picture

Are you out of work, struggling with your current "job", or trying to figure out what you want to be when you grow up?  The economic events of the past 18 months have effected everyone.  I regularly meet with people who are going through some variation of a professional assessment or change.

When I meet with these people, one of my first questions is: How do you best give and receive energy?

Build SEO through excellent content

Amanda Collins's picture

Content. Of all the SEO buzz words, few are as important as good content. Obviously, it's not a one-shot, simple fix to get your site on the first page of Google, and you need links, the right keywords, etc. But content is king in the online world. Google LOVES fresh content. That's why WordPress is so popular as a Web site content management system (CMS). Within just a few minutes of posting a new blog on my (WordPress) site, Google has picked it up. Every blog on your site acts as another page, and the more pages your site has, the more dynamic Google recognizes it to be.

Using Google Alerts for Reputation Management

Amanda Collins's picture

Lately I’ve been attending a bunch of social media training events, and time and again the topic of Google Alerts has surfaced. Of course, I’ve been running alerts on myself for a while now, mostly because I’m a little narcissistic and like to know what people are saying about me. As usual when I go to those kinds of things, I’m amazed at the “Huh?” looks I see around the room. Really? People aren’t running Google Alerts on themselves? If you’re one of those folks, here are just a few reasons you should be doing this.