7 Ways To Win "The Time Crunch"Written by Ken Leonard Jr.
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for your spouse and kids, they will be able to deal with your 'no disturb' sign without feeling neglected. Don't be parent that kids never see. (5) Take your work with you. If your day job leaves you with slow periods when you do little or nothing, use this time to your advantage. Lunch breaks or smoke breaks can add up to some valuable time by end of week, too. Always carry tools that you need to do your work with you. Don't go anywhere without a notebook and pen, and a small voice memo recorder. Be prepared. (6) Automate tasks. Computers and internet allow you to automate certain tasks that were once time-consuming manual chores. Use autoresponders to deal with repetitive email questions and replies. Use modern accounting and word processing programs that are multi- featured. Use a list management service/program to make it easier to contact and follow-up with your prospects and clients. (7) Time to relax. Don't kill yourself trying to work a day job and build a home-based business at same time. You need time to totally escape from your daily duties occasionally. Exercise is one of best things you can do for yourself, while helping to manage stress. Don't sacrifice your health for business sake. Take that drive to beach. Play basketball with your friends. Read that new mystery you've been wanting to read. If you try, you'll see that it 'is' possible to solve "the time crunch". Be organized and know what your total work load includes. Maybe spend less time watching television, or on other useless activities. Don't forget your family. Even though you are working hard, make sure you are having fun. If you don't love what you are doing, don't do it. Enjoying life is what it's all about. Right? You bet.
Direct marketing veteran Ken Leonard Jr. publishes "New Marketer Ezine" weekly, helping to take the headaches out of starting and growing your online or home-based business. Get yours now by going to http://www.kenleonardjr.com and get two useful resources free.
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As far as product recommendations go, there are many, depending on your needs and budget. Try to read up on diff- erent programs, from reliable third-party tech sites (like C|NET or ZDNet), to get unbiased opinions and user ratings. Stay away from any programs that are producers of "bloated code", which is extra, unneeded code, that makes pages load and operate more slowly. After reading, you will see that one of most notable examples of this is Microsoft"s "FrontPage". I know a lot of you have a version of Front Page already, from your install of Windows or MS Office, but I really recommend to go with a non-Microsoft product. The reviews and user comments back me up on this. Read for yourself. Check out these three website design apps. They rank highly with users and reviewers, and after learning them, are easy to use. Use links below to visit their respective home pages. At low end of our price range is HotDog Professional, from Sausage Software. This has a very loyal following, has nice features, and will cost you under $150 US. http://sausagetools.com/professional/overview.html The mid-priced pick has got to be GoLive, from great software minds at Adobe. This full-featured, highly functional creation tool can do some great things. It comes in around $300 US, and integrates nicely with other Adobe apps, like Photoshop. The online tutorials on Adobe site are video based, with actions happening on screen captures, along with audio narration. http://www.adobe.com/products/golive/main.html At top of our price range is very popular "Dreamweaver", from Macromedia. This app is used by many of top online marketers, and it integrates with other Macromedia graphics products, like "Flash" (produces most of "cool" animated graphics that you see on web today). This is a plus if you plan on designing other non- sales oriented sites that make use of Flash animation, or wish to design websites for profit. You can also get Studio version, that comes with Macromedia's graphic editing/ creation app Fireworks. Highly recommended. Highly priced. (Around $400 US by itself, $799 US with Flash, Fireworks, ColdFusion and more.) http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/ Whichever software you choose, you will probably find a free demo download available, so take it on a test run. There are also tons of free resources and tutorials online to help you learn and to use your favorite one like a pro!
Direct marketing veteran Ken Leonard Jr. publishes "New Marketer Ezine" weekly, helping to take the headaches out of starting and growing your online or home-based business. Get yours now by going to http://www.kenleonardjr.com and get two useful resources free.
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