Last week I experienced my first drop in clientele due to our “lovely” economy.  I won’t lie, it hurt.  Not emotionally because I knew I was doing a great job, but financially.  You see, that one client alone paid for my family’s insurance. This is also a slow period for work.  Not a great combination, [...]

“To-Do” lists.  Everyone has them.  Some even have multiple lists!  YIKES!!!  But, do you ever notice those lists never seem to shrink?  In fact, they seem to get larger by the day; at least in my case.    Well, I’ve come up with 15 items that may be on your list that can each be [...]

Operations manuals.  Everyone needs one, but no one has one.  Sound familiar?  It should.  How many of you have a manual in your office?  Is it up-to-date or “in the works?”  Have you even considered creating one? If you own a business, the answer should be a resounding YES.  However, many of us tend to [...]

Are you ready for the holidays?  Okay, let me rephrase that.  Are you ready for the public display of commercialism that will be here in just two days???!!! If you’re anything like me, you have either not really starting shopping for those unique gifts for you family and friends OR you “forgot” a few people [...]

These are quick tips are so easy to get your organizational juices flowing that I had to share: Thank you, Home Made Simple!

For those of you who use Microsoft Publisher to create newsletters, email campaigns, labels, and cards (just to name a few functions) I thought I would share some quick tips that have been found helpful: Changing units of measurement: Highlight the “Tools” menu, click “Options” From “Options” dialog box”, click the “General” tab Next, select your [...]

Sometimes a good nights sleep is all that is needed to jumpstart that solution to a problem that has been plaguing you.

You know that pesky folder lying around that’s labeled “To Be Filed”? Make the most of those free moments in between projects and file that paper work away…for good!  Just remember to file ONLY the papers you absolutely need to keep for tax or reference purposes, the rest should be shredded.

Following up on my last post for iBuzzPro, I’d like to share a “How-To” on creating campaigns in iBuzzProSoftware: Step 1: Log in to iBuzzProSoftware.com Step 2: Click on “Campaign Central” tab on the far left Step 3: Click on “Add Campaign” Step 4: Read “Terms of Service” and click on “I Agree” at the bottom [...]

Occasionally, I do trainings for a software system called iBuzzPro.  It’s an auto dialer system that is used for marketing purposes.  Sometimes, passwords get lost in the shuffle, especially when you have two separate ones for basically the same system.  You’ll get one for the front office (iBuzzPro) as well as one for the back office, iBuzzProSoftware.  This [...]