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Managing Your Online Time

No Games During Working Hours

Time management is crucial for the Internet marketer, or any business person, for that matter.  While there are several aspects of your business that you will be able to conduct offline, much of your work will be done while you are connected to the Internet.  The temptation to surf, do research, or fool around in general is great and the savvy Internet marketer will be mindful of what they are doing online.

Perhaps the greatest aspect of time management is discipline.  While many of us yearn to be our own bosses, sometimes we’re not prepared for the freedom we suddenly have once we take on our own business.  That’s why, even though there may not be anyone looking over your shoulder, you’ll have to make sensible rules – and then follow them!  To many of us, there is nothing more relaxing than an online game or surfing our favorite websites, and there’s nothing wrong with that.  If that’s what you like to do, by all means, keep doing it.  Just discipline yourself to do so in your off hours.  It may be difficult at first, but you’ll be much more productive if your work hours are for working only.  That way, you can thoroughly enjoy yourself during your off hours and you won’t feel guilty for playing.  Effective time management isn’t for work only, it’s for every aspect of your life.

Networking is Important, But…

Networking is an important tool both in the offline and online business communities.  However, if you’re not careful, you can spend so much time networking that you don’t have time to actually work.  The solution?  Just like you should schedule time for the rest of your business activities, schedule time to visit forums, network, and check on your competition.  Depending on your business needs, you may need to schedule this type of online activity on a daily or a weekly basis.  The important thing is to take care of this task at a time that is not taking away from the task at hand.

Managing Chat Programs

Depending on your business, you may have a variety of chat programs open so that you can communicate with clients or customers.  While this can definitely be a boost to your business, it can also be a huge time waster if you’re not careful.  While you certainly should let clients know when you are available to them, no one should be allowed to monopolize your time.  If you need to leave chat programs open for clients to communicate with you, do so, but don’t stop to chat with every friend or acquaintance that stops to chat with you.

Take advantage of the invisible option available on most chat programs when you can.  In addition to going “invisible,” you can also create a custom message or be invisible to only certain people.  Then after working hours, you can be visible again if you choose.  The important thing is to not let the convenience of chat and instant messaging turn into a huge time waster.  Depending on the needs of your business, you may want to set aside certain hours that clients can reach you and then work certain hours where you are left on your own to attend to other tasks.

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Leave Multitasking off Your Schedule

Keep Business Calls a Priority

Maybe your mother can do five things at once, but multitasking is not always the best advice for the Internet marketer.  Think about it: if you’re doing five things at once, which one is receiving your full attention?  It’s far better, most of the time, to focus on one thing at a time, do it well, and then move on to the next item on your list.

While you can probably get away with stirring the soup and throwing the clothes in the dryer when you’re on the phone with your sister, multitasking while you’re on the phone can be a huge turn-off to clients and customers and could cost you their business.  I don’t know about you, but I can usually tell if the person on the other end of the phone is doing something else and I find it highly annoying.  Time management doesn’t mean saving time when you’re losing customers.

Focus! Focus! Focus!

Even when you’re alone, it’s important to focus on the task at hand.  While you may like to work with the television on, it can be a huge timewaster and your productivity can suffer as well.  Now, that’s not to say that all multitasking is evil; there’s nothing wrong with folding the laundry while you watch television in your off hours, but there’s certainly nothing wrong with doing absolutely nothing while you relax and watch TV either.  In fact, you’re likely to enjoy your off time even more if you will let yourself be totally off during leisure time without trying  to accomplish something every minute.

Quality vs. Quantity

While you may indeed get more done when you’re multitasking, don’t neglect the importance of quality.  Clients who insist on quality work and products will only patronize Internet marketers who are able to consistently provide quality work and products.  Remember, too, that word of mouth travels even faster online than it does offline and no matter how fast you produce, if you get a reputation for shoddy quality, you’ll find that reputation almost impossible to lose.  Quality should never suffer for the sake of time management, but rather, effective time management should allow you to produce quality work each and every time.  Save the multitasking for when you are watching television, listening to music, or leave it out altogether and enjoy quality time when you’re relaxing as well.

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Keeping a Time Management Diary

Time Management Diary

One of the first things financial experts tell those with money problems is to write down every single dime they spend for a period of about 30 days.  This is often used as an eye-opening exercise so people can see where their money is really going so they can know where they need to make adjustments or control their spending.  In the same way, keeping a time management diary can be a valuable tool to help you to see where the bulk of your time is being spent.  If you are constantly being interrupted by phone calls or find yourself surfing the net when you should be working, a time management diary can help you to pinpoint areas where you might need to make adjustments.

Other ways a Time Management Diary can Benefit Your Business

When you start keeping a time management diary, don’t just note that you are working at certain times but rather write down exactly what kind of work you are doing.  You don’t have to get detailed here, just jot down a few words.  For example, are you conducting research, responding to customer questions or complaints, filling orders, updating your site, or what?  Tracking the amount of time you spend on each work activity, at least at first, will help you to see where you are spending the bulk of your time and where you might need to make adjustments.

Be Honest!

The time management diary is for your eyes only so be honest!  Write down the time you spend surfing, playing video or online games, emailing friends, and any other non work-related activities.  Just like the individuals who keep finance diaries are often shocked to discover how much they spend on beverages or magazines, you may be surprised to discover where huge blocks of your time are going.  Whatever you discover, once you have a record of how you normally spend your time, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what adjustments, if any, need to be made.

Time Spent on Business Activities

You may be surprised to discover that you spend a good portion of your day answering customer questions or complaints.  If so, use this information wisely to streamline your business and hopefully, increase profits.  For example, if you are spending a significant amount of time answering customer questions, could your site benefit from a FAQ section?  What about customer complaints?  Are you seeing the same complaints over and over again?  Is there something you can do different to minimize those complaints?  If so, it will serve you well to do so since your customers will likely tell others how they feel about your business, whether it is positive or negative.

Start keeping a time management diary today and use it as a tool to grow your business!

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Assertive Techniques for Effective Time Management

Techniques for Effective Time Management

It’s not easy to tell others we’re busy, especially when they’re just trying to be friendly but at times, it will be necessary to be assertive when others want your time and attention during working hours.  Whether you’re just starting your business or you’ve been an Internet marketer for a while now, the most important thing you can do with respect to others respecting your time is to treat your business like the business it is.  Otherwise, if you lounge around in your pajamas and work now and then, others may not take you or your business seriously and may think they can call or visit at any time.  Being firm about visiting after work hours is an often difficult, but necessary time management skill.

When you treat your business like a business and work a regular schedule, most people will respect that schedule.  Instead of friends and acquaintances expecting you to stop what you’re doing, they’ll most likely ask you to lunch or to get together after work, as if you worked a conventional job.  Self-discipline can be difficult at times but it is one of the most important components of effective time management.

One of the greatest benefits of being your own boss is that you can be flexible with your schedule.  You can schedule medical or other appointments whenever you need to or attend your child’s school activities.  You can name your own days off and take a vacation whenever you like.  Still, in order to be as productive as possible, it is smart to keep the same schedule every day.

Sometimes, there may be friends, neighbors, or acquaintances who don’t really believe you’re really working, especially if you work out of your home.  Neighbors may ask you to sign for packages or look in on school age children after school.  Friends who have the day off may assume they can drop in unannounced and you’ll stop what you’re doing to visit.  Although it may be tempting to do so, it will be better for you and your business if you remain firm.  It can be difficult at first but you can say something like, “I’d love to visit but I’m working right now.  What are you doing at 5:00?” (Or whatever time you stop working for the day).  There’s nothing wrong, either, for you to sign for an occasional package but be careful not to become the neighborhood go to person or it could interfere with your work.

As more and more individuals turn to the Internet to make money, either part-time or full-time, those individuals who do work at home will be taken more seriously and won’t have to defend their time as strenuously.  In the meantime, if you want others to take you seriously, make sure you are treating your business like serious business. That means being serious about time management each and every day.

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Combining the Two: Your Personal and Professional Lives

Your Personal and Professional Lives

Individuals who own their own businesses often have a lot of flexibility when it comes to which hours and days to work and how many.  Many Internet marketers work out of their homes and some of them choose to work in an office outside of the home.  Wherever you choose to work, be aware that it is easy for your personal and professional lives to clash when you are your own boss.

Internet marketers can easily become workaholics, especially those who enjoy what they are doing.  Because virtually anyone can become an Internet marketer with little or no startup capital, it often takes many hours of hard work before any profits are realized.  This can take a toll on the Internet marketer’s personal life and cause professional burnout as well.  Effective time management skills can not only be good for your business, but they are essential for your personal life as well.

That’s why it’s so important to manage your time wisely so that work isn’t spilling over into your home life and vice versa, especially if you have a spouse or partner who is not a part of your business.  While you may think you have to work sixteen hours a day to get your business off the ground, it is important to balance both your home and work life, especially if you work from home.

With laptops that can go virtually anywhere, it may be tempting to take your work to the kitchen table, to bed, and to the family room while the family is watching television.  Making a practice of this, though, could cause resentment in the family so it might be wise to establish regular working hours and have a part of the home that you can claim as your workspace.  If you’re able to have an office in the home, that is best, but many Internet marketers start out in the corner of the kitchen, living room, or bedroom.  Wherever your workspace is, try to keep your work in that area so that when you are interacting with other family members, it is clear that you are not working.  While you will need a certain amount of flexibility, by practicing strategic time management skills, you will have the time you need for your business and for your family.

It is important for the Internet marketer to have the support of his or her family when possible and you will probably garner much more support if you don’t let your work overtake you.  Try to keep regular working hours and let work go during your off hours.  If you do find that you have to work extra hours in the beginning, sit down with your family and explain what it is you need to do and ask for their support.  Most importantly, make time to be with your family even if you just walk out of one room and into another.  Share your goals with your family but be available to them after working hours just as if you had a conventional job.  By separating your personal and professional lives, you’ll have more peace in both.

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Goal Setting for Effective Time Management

Goal Setting

Time management is important for any business but it is also important to know exactly what it is you are trying to achieve when you set out to wisely and effectively manage your time.  For example, do you need to interact with more customers per day, write more content, or update your websites in a more timely manner?  Someone famous once said something like, “If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you get there?”  While this statement is true for almost any aspect of life, it is certainly true for the Internet marketer as well.

Set Reasonable Goals

The time for time management techniques and strategies isn’t when things are falling apart; the time for time management is every day.  But first, before you decide how you will manage, or schedule your time, it is important to know what it is you plan to accomplish and when.  If you concern yourself with proper time management techniques before you even start your business, you will be well ahead of the game.

Since there are so many aspects of Internet marketing, you will likely have several important things on your agenda that you need to accomplish.  Instead of setting aside the afternoon to update your blog, set aside a specific amount of time to do each task and notice the difference between the time you allotted for the task and the time it actually took to complete it.

What is Stopping You?

Everyone gets interrupted from time to time but it is extremely important to return to your task as soon as possible after the interruption.  Also, it is important to make note of what kinds of things are interrupting you.  If it is the telephone that is constantly interrupting your work and the calls are not business related, you might want to think about not answering your phone during working hours and making time after hours to return personal calls.

When Work Interrupts Work

Maybe one aspect of your work is taking more time than you thought and is preventing you from completing another aspect of your work.  This happens more than you might realize and is perfectly normal.  This is when you need to sit back and assess how much time various tasks are taking to complete and adjust your schedule accordingly.  Part of effective time management is being able to tell when something isn’t working and being flexible enough to adjust your schedule or even the way you do things.

Perhaps you need to hire some extra help or let something else go altogether.  One of the mistakes beginning Internet marketers make is trying to do too many things.  Then they wonder why customers stop coming to their website or websites when the answer lies with how they are managing their time and their business.

Be Flexible

Internet marketers that spend all their time creating websites and almost none of their time updating them may be disappointed to find that traffic comes to a grinding halt after a while.  Web surfers and customers are looking for relevant, fresh content and marketers who don’t devote the necessary time to update existing websites may be sorely disappointed in their revenue.

Effective time management is a skill that is learned over time.  No one gets it right the first time and in order to make the most of your time you will need to be flexible while keeping your original goals in mind.

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Use Time Management Skills to Keep Customers Happy

Use Time Management Skills to Keep Customers Happy

Customers are the greatest asset an Internet marketer has and savvy entrepreneurs know how to get them and just as important, how to keep them. While Internet shoppers spend billions and billions of dollars online each year, the competition for those dollars is fierce, and only those who are meeting and exceeding customer expectations will survive.  Therefore, it is absolutely essential that you deliver what you promise your customers 100% of the time. Without effective time management skills, you could be in danger of letting your customers down so realize early on that time really does mean money.

Turnaround Time

If you’re a marketer who ships goods to buyers, have you set aside certain days for shipping?  Are you meeting your promised delivery times?  If not, this is something you should immediately address before you lose loyal customers.  Some Internet marketers rely on positive feedback or ratings from customers to help draw in new customers, some of which will only purchase from those with extremely high ratings.  However, even if you’re not operating under this type of system, rest assured that your customers will rate you and spread the word about their experience with you or your company.  They may blog about it, tell their friends, or cancel their order so don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are not operating under some type of rating system.  You are!

Do You Need to Hire Help?

Anytime you have difficulty keeping up with customer demand you may need to assess whether or not you need to hire someone to help you to keep up.  Even if you can’t afford to hire full-time help, having a dedicated person to respond to customer inquiries can help you to retain those customers and attract more, which will profit your bottom line and move you to a position where you can afford full-time help.  If that just isn’t possible, schedule a block of time each day to ensure you  are on time with such tasks as answering customer questions or complaints, issuing refunds, processing orders, and anything else that your customers need from you.  If you’ve promised customers an immediate refund upon request, make sure you keep that promise. If you need to set aside one day a week to take care of such tasks, indicate in writing that requests will be processed within that time frame.  That way, if it takes a week for customers to receive a refund or another type of communication, they will be expecting to wait a few days instead of fuming because they haven’t heard from you.

Take the time to put your customers first, whether they are complaining or buying, and they will return the favor by putting you first when they are deciding where to spend their share of the billions of e-commerce dollars spent annually. Once you’re able to discern how much time you need daily or weekly to tend to customer concerns, utilize time management skills to stay on schedule.

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5 Tips for Effective Time Management

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The time to be concerned about time management isn’t when things are falling down around you and you realize you aren’t getting much done.  The time to think about time management is before you even start your business, when you are still in the planning stages.  If you haven’t yet implemented a well thought out plan for time management, here are some tips to get you started.

Keep a To Do List

Maintaining a to do list is a crucial step for any business person and important for Internet marketers because you have enough to do without constantly trying to remember things and because having a list that you consult on a daily business will keep the important things at the forefront of your mind.

No one has enough time to do everything; however, a to do list will help you to prioritize what is really important so that you don’t get caught up in tasks that may need to get done but are not as important as the ones on your list.  You might want to make up a Master To Do list on a weekly basis and go over it each night and assign the tasks that you need to get done the following day, crossing them off as they are accomplished.  No tool can keep you more organized than a well maintained to do list.

Keep regular hours

Internet marketers often work irregular or odd hours, especially those that may be dealing with global markets or customers. As much as possible, though, try to stick to a regular schedule, even if the hours you work are not the usual 9 to 5. By working the same hours every day, your body and mind will be more efficient and others in your life will know the hours you are working so there is less chance for interruption.  Internet marketers, especially those who work from home, have to have a great deal of discipline to be successful and working the same schedule every day is far more efficient than working a few hours here and there.

Use Time Management Skills in Your Personal Life

Time management isn’t just good for business; it’s also a necessary skill in your personal life as well.  In fact, the better managed your personal life is, the smoother your business life will go, and for those Internet marketers working from home, this is especially important.

Be Kind but Firm when Faced with Interruptions

Not everyone will realize you are working when you are home and even if you work from an office away from your home, you are sure to be faced with interruptions from time to time.  Although it’s always important to be kind, it’s just as important to be firm when it comes to your working hours.  Internet marketers working from home who are also parents may have very little time to devote to their business and often must guard their time jealously.  No one says you have to answer the phone every time it rings, but do try to return calls.  If they are business related, though, you may need to answer, although today’s technology can tell you whether it’s business or personal before you ever pick up the phone.  If it is personal, either don’t answer or tell the caller you’re working and will call them back later.

Schedule Time for Everything

Beginning Internet marketers have to wear a lot of different hats. They may be product developers, writers, graphic designers, content buyers and sellers and yet still have administrative duties, such as billing to contend with.  If you have various functions to perform, be sure and schedule specific time for each function so that you are able to balance each facet of your business.

Remember, time is money and the better you manage your time, the more money your business is likely to bring in.

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Using Lists to Better Manage Your Time

Manage Your Time

One of the chief benefits of using lists to help manage all areas of your life is that you can free your mind to deal with the important things of the moment rather than trying to remember too many things at once.  By committing your tasks to paper (or computer) you are less likely to forget important duties or appointments.  Forgetting to get back to a customer just one time can not only lose that customer but many others as word of mouth, blogs, and reviews can broadcast that lapse in memory and end up costing you big time.  Lists are, without a doubt, one of the best tools of effective time management.

Take Time to Save Time

You can actually save quite a bit of time by first taking the time to make lists.  Lists are one of the best organizational tools you can use to stay on top of your business.  For example, when you make a To Do list for the following day, you know at the outset what tasks you will be accomplishing and you will be eager to get them done so you can cross them off your list.  Whether you need to contact customers or have equipment serviced, keeping detailed lists can save you time by keeping you on track.

List of Lists

Take a few moments to consider how some of the following lists could help you to save time in your business.  You may not need to use all of them; however, even one or two of these lists could save valuable time and help you to keep customers happy.

To Do List

Master Supply List

Master Customer List

List of Service Personnel

Vendor List

Price List (Yours or for those you do business with)

Appointment List

Master Phone Number List

List of Calls to Make

Keyword List

Product List

List of Tax Deductions

Inventory List

List of Past, Present, and Future Promotions

Lists are a simple time management technique that can help keep you at the top of your game. Keeping your lists on paper or on the computer and utilizing them on a regular basis can keep you organized and save time, thus giving you more time to spend on growing your business.

Using Lists in Your Personal Life

Don’t forget to use lists in your personal life as well because keeping your personal life organized is good for your business.  By utilizing time management skills in your personal life, there will be less chaos, fewer interruptions, and more time and energy to grow and manage your business.  Since time really does translate into money, how well you manage your time can have a great bearing on how successful your business is.

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Using Technology for Effective Time Management

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If you own a computer, you most likely already have all the time management tools you will need at your fingertips; there’s no need to buy expensive software to help you manage your time wisely.

Manage the Phone

By far, one of the best technological advances that can help you manage your time effectively is the technology on  your phone, whether it is a wireless phone or a landline.  Between voicemail, caller id, call waiting, call waiting caller id, and call forwarding, you should not be wasting precious work time stuck on a phone call that you’d rather not be on in the first place.  Use your phone’s features to take only the calls you want to take.  Just be sure to return calls to friends or family in a timely manner.

Bookmark Websites

Although it’s fairly easy and time efficient to use an Internet search engine to search for websites and information, you can save a lot of time by bookmarking the ones you visit often.  Take advantage of the technology on your computer to not only bookmark websites you visit often or plan to visit again, but organize these sites into folders.  If you do this at the time you are adding them to your favorites, you will be able to find them again much sooner than if you simply add them to your favorites.  If you keep all of your bookmarked websites in one generic favorite’s folder, you’ll have to scan through dozens or hundreds to find the one you’re looking for.

Organize Email

Home organization experts advise people to open their mail over the trashcan and immediately file the mail in its appropriate folder, whether that is the trashcan, a to do folder, or a folder set aside when it’s time to pay the bills.  In the same way, if you will organize your email at the time you open it, you will save a lot of time and aggravation by not having to look for a specific message when you are ready to deal with it later.  If you have regular clients that send you email, make folders for each client and immediately send the email to the corresponding folder.  Make sure you’re using an email application that weeds out the Spam so you don’t have to weed through it at all.  In addition, always add important email addresses to your address book so that important correspondence doesn’t end up in the Spam folder.

Most people don’t need to buy new and expensive gadgets to use effective time management strategies and techniques.  Remember, most of the skills that have to do with effective and wise time management can be found in simple organization, self-discipline, and commitment.

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When Everything Goes Wrong: How to Effectively Manage the Rest of Your Day

How to Effectively Manage the Rest of Your Day

Your workday will likely suffer if your water heater bursts and floods your home or office but you don’t have to lose the entire day when less serious interruptions occur.  Although it is tempting to tell yourself something like, “well, half the day is already gone so why worry about the other half,” most of the time it’s worth trying to salvage what you can of the rest of the day so you can keep your business on track.  When you practice effective time management skills, unforeseen circumstances don’t have to spell disaster.

Discipline, Discipline, Discipline!

Imagine for a moment that you have a boss.  (You may have many; they are called clients or customers.)  When you have a boss looking over your shoulder, though, you are expected to get right back to work after a break. You can’t just blow off the rest of the day because your best friend just called about a terrific sale.  Remember, most events and situations, short of real emergencies, can be managed and planned for ahead of time. Even one-day sales are often advertised ahead of time and if you plan for them ahead of time, you can save time and money.

If you’re a serious Internet marketer, you should already be screening your phone calls and taking personal calls only when you’re not working.  Sure, kids get sick and things come up but unless it is really necessary to take the rest of the day off, take care of the situation at hand and then get back to work!  Successful Internet marketers utilize time management skills to plan for distractions, manage them, and then get back to work!

Administrative Duties

Set aside a certain amount of time each week to take care of administrative duties.  This is also when you should make your own schedule and check over any lists you may need to make or adjust for the following week.  Also, check your supplies during this time so that you do not have to rush out to purchase ink or toner or any other critical supplies during the middle of your workday.

You probably already know how hard it is to get back to work after you leave your office in the middle of the day to run a “quick errand,” especially if the weather is nice.  It’s too easy to stop for lunch, drop off the dry cleaning, and pick up dinner while you’re out.  Before you know it, the day is shot and the rest of the family is home and demanding your attention.  Smart entrepreneurs set aside time to do the shopping and errands and leave work time to grow their business.  It  may take a while to develop effective time management skills, but by practicing simple tips and techniques and by being self-disciplined, your time and your business can be managed effectively.

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Time management Tips for the Work at Home Internet Marketer

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If you’re running your business out of your home, you may face challenges separating your work life from your home life.  It may be difficult concentrating on work when you’re looking at a stack of dirty dishes or a pile of laundry waiting to be washed.  Furthermore, since you don’t have a “real job,” you may be the victim of friends and neighbors who think they can impose on your time just because you are at home.  While there are more businesses run from the home today than ever before, for some people, it can be difficult to believe that one is actually working when they are at home.

Household Responsibilities

It won’t throw your whole day off if you throw a load of laundry into the washer or load the dishwasher but if you find yourself tempted to scrub the floor or mow the lawn, it might be a good idea to refrain from doing any household duties during working hours.  You may find that even though you work at home, you’re more productive by sticking to a regular work schedule and doing household chores after hours, just as you would if you worked away from the home.

Friends and Neighbors

Whether you’re a beginning or seasoned Internet marketer, you’ll have to establish ground rules from the start when you work from home.  If not, you’ll find that you are dodging almost constant interruptions from people who want to visit or want you to sign for their packages or watch their children after school.  You’ll most likely find, though, that if you treat your business like the business it is that others will too.  Time management skills are just as important whether you are working from home or from an office away from the home.

Don’t be afraid to accept a lunch date now and then.  After all, if you were working outside the home, you would probably have lunch with a friend at least part of the time.  You’ll be much more productive though, if you purposely schedule lunch dates instead of stopping your work every time someone wants your company.  While you don’t have to be obsessed with time management, adhering to a regular schedule as often as possible will boost your productivity.

Unforeseen Interruptions

Of course, you can’t control everything.  Sometimes there will be interruptions that you have to deal with immediately or at least sooner than you thought.  You may be waiting on a service person who has a scheduled appointment to perform routine maintenance or repairs.  When this happens, try to stay focused on your work until the person actually arrives, take the necessary time needed to handle the situation, and then get back to work.

It takes incredible discipline to work from home and stay focused and productive without giving in to every distraction that comes alone.  The first order of business is to treat your business like the business it is and diligently guard against unnecessary distractions and interruptions.  Then, when the necessary ones come along, you’ll be able to handle them without throwing your entire day or week off.

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Time Management Skills for the Lone Entrepreneur

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You’ve done it.  You’ve taken the plunge and become your own boss.  You no longer work for anyone and no one works for you.  You now get to make all of the decisions without anyone else interfering.  It’s your company and you’re the boss.

Working Alone Means doing it all Yourself

One of the things Internet marketers and other business people find out soon after setting up shop is that there’s a lot of work to do and that they are the only one around to do it.  Some Internet marketers prefer to do everything themselves, others hire people to do some of the more mundane jobs or the ones for which they have little knowledge or talent.  Still others would prefer to hire some help but find they can’t afford to when they’re just starting out.  How can one person manage to do everything?  Time management skills are just as important for the lone entrepreneur as they are for the business with thousands of employees.  Prioritizing is a necessary component of effective time management  and you may have different priorities every day but it is necessary to identify what they are.

Schedule Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Tasks

Obviously, there are some tasks you will have to do on a daily basis and each day should start with a fresh to do list.  Depending on your business, though, there are probably several tasks that you can do on a weekly basis and some that you can do on a monthly basis.  It may take trial and error to figure out what these tasks are and to schedule them accordingly.

Daily tasks may include checking your email and replying back to clients or others but try to keep checking email to a minimum of no more than two or three times over the course of the day.  You might be surprised at how much time can be wasted perusing email over the course of a day.  If you have a subscription list that you send emails to on a daily basis, consider using one of the many products or services that can automate that for you, such as an auto responder program or service.  Speaking of email, when you do check your email, manage it immediately even if you don’t answer it immediately.  That is, either delete it or move it to an appropriate folder where you can easily find it when you need to.  There is no greater time waster than spending time looking for something.  The folders you create will depend on your individual needs, of course, but everyone should have a to do folder in their email.

As you build your business, you may decide to hire someone to help you with some aspects of your business needs.  The Internet is rich with individuals who work as virtual assistants or who work in some aspect that Internet marketers will find helpful.  There are various job boards, auction sites, and forums that you can use to find assistance, many of which cost very little or are free.  Manage your time and your money wisely and you will grow your business at a steady rate.

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Time Management Tips for the Work at Home Parent

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Even the best laid plans can go awry when you have children.  The trick is to plan for everything and, whenever possible, stick to the plan.  It can be hard for children, especially very young children, to understand that mommy or daddy are really working when they are at home and if you have very young children, you may need the support and assistance of your spouse or someone else to help you to reach your goals while tending to your children.  Parents who work at home have to make time management a priority in order to be successful.

If Your Children are in School

If your children are in school then you most likely have a readymade schedule already.  Take advantage of the time they are at school and make this time your workday.  Resist the temptation to do household chores or other things and concentrate on the part of your business that demands your undivided attention during this time.  There will always be mundane tasks that you can complete in the evening when your family is home but if you are developing products, writing, editing, chatting or talking with customers, or taking care of any number of things that require your undivided attention, strive to take care of these matters during the school day when you can focus all of your energy and attention on your business.

Children get Sick: Plan on It!

Deadlines are crucial and in order to obtain and maintain regular clients and customers, you’ll need to adhere to them religiously.  That means, as a parent, you’ll have to work extra hard to avoid procrastination because just when you think you can finish that all important project the next day, just in the nick of time, you’re likely to be awoken in the middle of the night with a sick child.  Plan for it.  It will happen!

Clients and customers are people, too; many of them have children of their own and while they may not verbally assault you if you have to explain that you can’t deliver on time because of a sick child, it could cause them to look elsewhere the next time they need something.  However, by regularly utilizing effective time management skills, you’ll be able to withstand the small emergencies without your business being adversely affected.

Get Support from Other Parents

There are a lot of aspiring as well as highly successful Internet marketers who have children.  Many of them hang out at Internet forums and groups and offer support to each other.  This is especially helpful to parents with young children, some of whom run their businesses during naptimes, before their children wake in the morning, and after they go to sleep at night.  While working from home with young children demands a great deal of creativity and discipline, it can be done if you are organized and utilize effective time management strategies.

Don’t drive yourself or your children crazy by trying to focus all of your attention on important details of your business while your children are up and around and may need your attention.  You can always conduct research and perform many administrative duties during this time and save the work that needs your undivided attention for naptime or bedtime.  Set realistic goals and you’ll find that your roles as Internet marketer and parent will fit nicely into your schedule.

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Time Management: How To Manage Time Effectively

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Being successful is not all about doing what is supposed to be done, or doing what you have to do in the right way. Though it does tackle that, you must not neglect and ignore time for time serves a very important purpose in everyone’s life.

As a busy person, you have to take notice of everything that is needed to be done, to the extent that it somewhat drives you to the brink of insanity, which is most usually the case, mind you. Why insanity? It makes you go crazy because you are too busy doing your major job but you still have to think of other small things that also need to be done. If worse comes to worse, there could be major jobs just piling on your table’s desktop.

To avoid having unnecessary visits to the nuthouse, you just have to engage yourself in time management. You just have to manage your time effectively. When your mind is just brimming with tasks and jobs, you just do the most important ones first then proceed with the least important ones.

For instance, there is a file that you need to download and it is one heck of a file. However, you are due in a very important meeting in a few minutes. What you do is you download the certain file first then you attend your meeting. So while you are busy shaking hands and signing contracts, the file that you have to download is also taking place. As the saying goes, it is like hitting two birds with one stone.

And about the order of importance, if you are comparing attending a meeting due in a few minutes first or making a proposition for a meeting that is to take place tomorrow morning, of course, you must prioritize the former because it is definitely more important. What is the use of making the proposition if you are going to lose your job anyway right?

If you are still majorly confused about time management skills, let this piece of information enlighten you. Time management skills are essential to very successful individuals, they are practical techniques that help people in all kinds of industries so there is absolutely no reason for you to fret about you and time management not jiving because time management is open and free for all.

If you engage yourself in time management skills then you will most probably become a highly effective person in your duties and jobs by way of showing others, like your officemates, that you can identify and focus on activities that give you the best returns. Investing in time management activities not only save you time but their skills actually make you a more intelligent person.

Many people just do what they have to do without internalizing which tasks should be done first and which should be done later in the day. Time management is certainly the thing for you if you are one of these highly unfortunate workers.

You must also learn to beat procrastination and do the things you have to do as soon as possible for if you do not, your boss will also keep procrastinating about that promotion that you keep bothering him or her about.

Time management does not just make things fair for you, but rather, fair for everyone who really cares about doing one’s job the right away.

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