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Top Strategies to Make 2018 Your Most Productive Year Yet
Guest Article The New Year brings fresh hopes, a clean slate, and a renewed commitment to increase our impact. It is also a time to look back on the past year and think about what habits, practices, attitudes, and relationships are serving us and which ones are holding us back. Ready to make 2018 the […]
Four Old-School Ways To Boost Your Productivity
Ever wonder how you can boost your productivity? Chances are the answer is yes. Boosting your productivity would make it possible for you to achieve your goals in record-breaking time. The entire idea of record-breaking goal achievement is perfectly encapsulated in The 12 Week Year which introduced the idea of getting goals done in 12 […]
4 Ways Business Owners Can Use Time Tracking Software
Guest Article Keeping track of time is an important element of success for a company of any size. Without proper time tracking it is impossible to know how employees use their work time and allocate areas of workflow that need improvement. In order to benefit from time tracking, you have to find the tool that […]
SmallBizLady’s Summer Reading List 2015: 11 Must-Read Books to Grow Your Business
It’s just about summertime, and vacation is fast approaching with the kids just about out of school. There’s no time I enjoy reading a good book — business or otherwise, than in the summer. I love that I can bone up on how to run my business under the shade of a tree in my […]
How to Increase Productivity and Get More Out of Your Day
I’m Melinda Emerson and every week as @SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wed on Twitter from 8- 9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Allyson Lewis @allyson7minutes. Allyson is a professional speaker and productivity coach and the author of The Seven […]
Email Productivity Tips: How to Manage Your Inbox
Each week as Smallbizlady, I conduct interviews with small business experts on my weekly Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. This is excerpted from my #SmallBizChat interview with Marsha Egan (CPCU, PCC) @marshaegan. Marsha is CEO of The Egan Group, Inc., a Reading, Pennsylvania based workplace productivity coaching firm. She is author of Inbox Detox and the Habit of E-mail Excellence. She […]
How to Get More Stuff Done Every Day In Your Small Business
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Chris Daniel, @consultnjeans. Chris is the Consultant in Jeans, a consultant, coach and author based in the DC area. His new book, […]
How to Manage Your Time Better in Your Small Business
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Christine Giri @thetimetamer. She founded Time Tamer Consulting with the belief that time spent effectively is not about Daytimers and Blackberries, but […]
How to Teach Yourself the Art of Delegation for Business Success
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with @alyssagregory. She is a small business collaborator. She is passionate for creating opportunities and sharing knowledge to grow small businesses. She has […]