5 Time Saving Tips for Online Business Owners

It is super easy to lose track of time and get totally absorbed in time-wasting activities that ultimately zap your progress and keep your business at a standstill. To keep you on-task, here’s some time saving tricks that will help keep you focused on activities that keep your business moving forward.

 

  • Plan to work on your online business no less than 2-3 hours a day in the beginning stages and then you can reduce your time as needed once things are up and running.
  • Work on posting and traffic building tasks first within the first 30-60 minutes, then schedule the rest of your work tasks in 30 minute increments. And stick to it!
  • Use the Firefox internet browser – open the sites/pages/blogs you need to work on first, then use the save feature. Next time you open Firefox it will automatically open to those pages you need to access first. Don’t allow yourself to open any other tabs until you have completed your important tasks first.
  • Maximize your downtime – those times when you find yourself waiting at the doctor’s office or at the beauty/barber shop – carry pen and paper (or if you prefer, your laptop) with you at all times so you can quickly jot down article ideas or work on drafts.
  • Use the the “email post” feature (Blogger) to send “text message” posts from your cell phone. (You can set up this feature by going to your Blogger “dashboard.” Click “Settings,” then click “Email & Mobile,” scroll down to “Posting Options,” and create the email address you want to send messages to. Then select “Save Email as Draft Posts.” so that your messages don’t automatically post to your blog. Don’t forget to click “Save Settings”. Now you will be able to send emails or text messages to the new address. You will then be able to edit and then post the message whenever you’re ready.)

Let me know how these tricks work out for you!

 

Are Debts Ruining Your Life?

Are debts ruining your life? I know, saying that you are one of many is not a big help, but it could make you see the problem from another angle and maybe make you change your perspective about money management. A great number of people are deep in debts of several different kind, the most common being credit card debt. To be expected, if you consider how easily one can obtain a credit card and how many credit cards an individual is allow carrying.
These days debt relief services is big business and both television and the Internet are filled with ads offering you proven strategies to gradually reduce your current debt and bring your finances back into positive territory. However, it is important to remember a few basics. The most important and, somehow, surprising being that no matter what they offer or promise you, you could do exactly the same successfully on your own.
Another basic is that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is not! If someone tells you they can re-write your credit history in 24 hours, steer clear. It just does not work that way. As per many other personal records, time and effort are the only tools one can use to attempt the repair. A word of advice: why pay a fee when you can use the free services of the ACCC. The American Consumer Credit Counselling is a non profit organisation available in many areas offering free help and advice.
The ACCC counselling sessions and budget consultation will provide you with a free analysis of your financial situation and tailor the best strategy to get you out of trouble. On your part you should make sure you are presenting a complete documentation of all your bills and credit cards statements when you speak to them. What should you expect from such a consultation? An expert will examine your documentation and then compare your debts you your income and finally devise a payment plan.
Being in too much debt and finding it impossible to see a way out can heavily impact an individual life and that of his family and business associates. There are way too many people struggling with debts and this has a detrimental effect on their relationships as many marriages are destroyed by financial strain. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Better still there are many lights that can guide you out of the swamp and into an effective debt repayment and money management plan.