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Added for You - Entrepreneurs – Are You Working Efficiently Or Are You Just Plain Disorganized?
So you’ve managed to secure a job interview for a position that fits you PERFECTLY. Now comes the moment of truth: Are you REALLY ready for the interview? If you’ve rehearsed what you’re going to say and know the perfect answer to every potential question, you’re half way there. There’s just one important thin
* Emails – Use a spam buster, avoid personal emails and file efficiently.
* Documentation - The 3 D’s: Do one of the following: Deal With. Handle paper once and then file. Delegate to the appropriate staff member. Ditch and throw it away.
* Callers –
Ah, the technical interview. Nothing like it. Not only does it cause anxiety, but it causes anxiety for several different reasons.How many people will be asking questions? From experience I can tell you there's nothing like walking into a room and seeing nine people on the other side of the table.S
This is the most common symptom of poor time management, and the one of the easier ones to solve. The chief problems the disorganized workers bring upon themselves is not being able to find information and meet deadlines. A side effect is not being able to react to changes in a timely manner.
* Are you never able to find things?
* Do you miss meetings or deadlines?
* Never seem to achieve anything although you work hard?
* Find your paperwork rules your office?
* Never seem to have enough time?
* Never have time off?
You need to approach your problem from two sides:
* An efficient working environment
* Plan and manage your time
An Efficient Working Environment
Phone calls, emails, documentation and unexpected callers the biggest time wasters there are, try and manage them, but not by compromising service.
* Phone Calls – Allocate a time each day to make all your outgoing calls. Try and avoid telephone tag, by leaving a good time to call on voicemails and documentation.
* Emails – Use a spam buster, avoid personal emails and file efficiently.
* Documentation - The 3 D’s: Do one of the following: Deal With. Handle paper once and then file. Delegate to the appropriate staff member. Ditch and throw it away.
* Callers – d
Follow up, as we said last time, is a critical component of your marketing system. You need to stay in touch with your contacts. The tricky part is making sure your follow up doesn't cross over into pestering. This is where creative follow up comes in.Last time we gave you some follow up tips, here are so
* Are you never able to find things?
* Do you miss meetings or deadlines?
* Never seem to achieve anything although you work hard?
* Find your paperwork rules your office?
* Never seem to have enough time?
* Never have time off?
You need to approach your problem from two sides:
* An efficient working environment
* Plan and manage your time
An Efficient Working Environment
Phone calls, emails, documentation and unexpected callers the biggest time wasters there are, try and manage them, but not by compromising service.
* Phone Calls – Allocate a time each day to make all your outgoing calls. Try and avoid telephone tag, by leaving a good time to call on voicemails and documentation.
* Emails – Use a spam buster, avoid personal emails and file efficiently.
* Documentation - The 3 D’s: Do one of the following: Deal With. Handle paper once and then file. Delegate to the appropriate staff member. Ditch and throw it away.
* Callers –
What if you could instantly get credibility, confidence and satisfaction that people in the business world are going to take your company seriously? A professional business brand can do just that for you. Forget about revenues, visibility and brand recognition just for this article, a professional business bran
* Never seem to achieve anything although you work hard?
* Find your paperwork rules your office?
* Never seem to have enough time?
* Never have time off?
You need to approach your problem from two sides:
* An efficient working environment
* Plan and manage your time
An Efficient Working Environment
Phone calls, emails, documentation and unexpected callers the biggest time wasters there are, try and manage them, but not by compromising service.
* Phone Calls – Allocate a time each day to make all your outgoing calls. Try and avoid telephone tag, by leaving a good time to call on voicemails and documentation.
* Emails – Use a spam buster, avoid personal emails and file efficiently.
* Documentation - The 3 D’s: Do one of the following: Deal With. Handle paper once and then file. Delegate to the appropriate staff member. Ditch and throw it away.
* Callers –
Using a shotgun to drive customers to your website, might be a bit over the top!What I’m talking about is the shot gun splatter approach to analyzing your market.I recently saw a video that demonstrated this technique to me and I found it very useful, but a little difficult to understand using the sho
An Efficient Working Environment
Phone calls, emails, documentation and unexpected callers the biggest time wasters there are, try and manage them, but not by compromising service.
* Phone Calls – Allocate a time each day to make all your outgoing calls. Try and avoid telephone tag, by leaving a good time to call on voicemails and documentation.
* Emails – Use a spam buster, avoid personal emails and file efficiently.
* Documentation - The 3 D’s: Do one of the following: Deal With. Handle paper once and then file. Delegate to the appropriate staff member. Ditch and throw it away.
* Callers –
So we've heard the well-worn statistic that we're exposed to around 3000 advertising messages per day (personally I think it's A LOT more). Ever consider what each of these messages is really asking you to consider?I just opened up the web browser on one of my PC's. Straight away I'm faced with an ad from Vi
* Emails – Use a spam buster, avoid personal emails and file efficiently.
* Documentation - The 3 D’s: Do one of the following: Deal With. Handle paper once and then file. Delegate to the appropriate staff member. Ditch and throw it away.
* Callers – discourage frivolous calls and make appointments for sales calls. Keep to the time that you have allocated.
Plan and Manage Your Time
By planning your time, you can review your time commitments and help yourself better plan in the future.
* Make and keep a “to do” list.
* Keep a diary and keep it visible to all that need it.
* Link it with your “to do” list.
* Plan realistically allowing enough time to do the important things
* Ensure you take regular breaks
* Plan some time for yourself
* Decide if you are a morning or evening person and plan important things for your period of greatest alertness.
* Keep at least ? day a week for admin – probably more.
Master these skills and you should suddenly find more time in your business and life to do the things that you want to
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