Jennifer Hazlett
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The Top 5 Essential Qualities To Look For When Hiring A Virtual Assistant
I've had many interesting conversations with business owners who are at a point in their business where they know they need help and are looking for a Virtual Assistant (VA). At those times when I'm not taking on new clients, I have offered assistance in a different way - as more of an advisor. From this perspective I've found that while the business owner knows they need help they're not always sure what to look for.
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Your Easy To Follow Getting Started Article Marketing Checklist
Article marketing is a long term marketing strategy that helps position you as an expert in your niche and generate more traffic to your website. There are a number of guidelines to follow when writing and submitting articles, and although it is not difficult, it is a multi-step process and having a checklist in place is a helpful tool. Here is your 'getting started' checklist to help you prepare to market your articles:
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3 Reasons Why You Need Home Office Time
Designated home office and business development time are essential for the small business owner. This is the time you can concentrate on your business - plan for the week ahead, learn new skills or software and in effect allow you to serve your clients better and run your business more efficiently and profitably. If you're feeling stuck in your business then this may just be the solution to help you build or expand your business and prosper.
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The Top 5 Ways To Balance Your Commitments
Are you at the point of overwhelm in your business? Do you have so many clients or commitments that you're not sure how you're going to meet everyone's demands? With too many commitments the quality of your work can suffer along with your good reputation and sanity. Does this overwhelm spill over into your personal life? If you work from a home office, others may not respect the fact that you have valid work to do and may put unreasonable demands on your time. Are you saying 'yes' to these requests too often?
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The 3 Rules Of Organization That Are Crucial To Small Business Owners
Are you unorganized and overwhelmed? Is your work area a disaster zone with papers strewn across your desk, no processes in place to complete daily tasks and excessive information coming at you both online and off? The problem is that this state of physical and mental disorganization and overwhelm can spill over into your personal life too. This is especially true for home based business owners because our personal and business lives are so interconnected and it's important that we are managing our time wisely.
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3 Simple Ways To Add Time To Your Day
As a small business owner there is usually one activity that you find you are spending (or wasting) too much time on. This activity is probably a necessary part of your business, however, it is preventing you from getting to the really important stuff. What is your top time waster? What is it that you always seem to get stuck on for hours at a time? This is probably an easy question to answer and with a little work can be just as easy to resolve. Here are 3 simple ways that will help you gain control over your biggest time wasters: 1. Use templates whenever possible.
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Entrepreneurial Dreams Can Come True
When I get approached by newbie or wannabe VA's, they want to know how to get started, how I got started and if I need help. I think it's great that the VA profession is becoming more widely recognized. If you've read my bio you have an idea how I got here, but to elaborate on that, here's my story.
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Solo Is Not The Only Way To Go
Most small business owners realize at some point that they can no longer continue to ‘do it all’ as they once did when starting out. This usually happens when they are established and their business becomes successful. They are busy doing what they do best and find it necessary to start outsourcing the time consuming administrative tasks.
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How To Turn Your Intentions Into Reality
What does the power of intention mean to you? Do you use this power to achieve your goals? Does it work for you? How does it work? To me, the power of intention is simply a plan, a positive attitude and action and most importantly, it only works if I write my intention down. Here are a couple of examples of how it has worked for me and for others.
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How To Beat The February Blues
If you live in a climate with long, cold winters, then you know all about the February Blues or 'Blahs'. It's the time of year when we've had enough of hibe ating inside away from the cold and often dreary outdoors, short days and lack of sunshine. As solopreneurs we spend a lot of time on our own as it is and we still have a ways to go before spring arrives. Here are some things you can do to combat the blues: -If a tropical trip away this season isn't in the budget, how about a weekend retreat at a local B & B? Or book your summer holidays now.
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To Do Lists Are Not For Everyone - Creative Ways To Manage Your Time, Reduce Stress and Get More Done
If you don't follow a schedule you may start your day by sitting down at your desk wondering what you will do today. You will not be productive and likely not accomplish anything important. Let's say you start with checking email and get sidetracked forgetting the world outside of your inbox exists. Then you go on Facebook to get in your social networking for the day and wind up on there for more than an hour. Then, panicked, you remember something important that needs to be done for a client. In the midst of that project another client calls and you've become sidetracked.
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5 Simple Steps To Creating A Customized Schedule That Works For You
September is about new beginnings - back to school, back to work and new routines. In North America, September always seems to be the unofficial new year. As we leave behind the fun and frolic of summer and refocus on our businesses, it's likely time to revise our schedules as well. So here's to fresh starts as we talk about how to set up a weekly plan and make the best use of our time. You may refer to a schedule as an agenda, timetable, calendar, plan or to-do list. Whatever you call it, if you don't have one, I encourage you to create and follow one. Why? Because...
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