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Tips for Less Stress During Christmas Week

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Jennifer Hazlett | 0 Comments

The holidays are supposed to be a joyous time for families. But between the last minute shopping, the gift wrapping, the planning and the cooking, the week of Christmas can get insanely stressful. Here are some tips to help you keep stress to a minimum so you can enjoy Christmas to the fullest. • Keep meals as simple as possible….

Why Every Offline Business Needs a Website

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Jennifer Hazlett | 0 Comments

Have you ever searched for a specific local business online, only to find listings on other people’s sites? It’s hard to believe, but there are still quite a few brick and mortar businesses that haven’t created their own website yet. Without a website, businesses have no presence online. But it’s not just about keeping up with all the other local…

Building Your Business On Just 15 Minutes A Day

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Jennifer Hazlett | 0 Comments

I think we’re all guilty of overestimating what we can get done in one day, and the number of projects we can work on at any given time. Writing a book in a week sounds fine, for example, until you realize that you’ve got a million other projects on the go at the same time! On the flip side, some…

How Tracking Your Time Avoids The Time Suck

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Jennifer Hazlett | 0 Comments

Do you ever find yourself regularly becoming engrossed in something that keeps you from doing the important things? Time suckers cause anxiety for every business owner, but the time suckers that are the biggest problem are the ones you aren’t aware of. Innocent activities that you do out of habit can cause a lot of wasted time. Some time suckers…

Delegate Your Way to More Time

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Jennifer Hazlett | 0 Comments

You can’t really get more time in a day. Time is one of those limited resources that you cannot create more of, or get back after you have wasted it. There are 8760 hours in a year, but we have to subtract out hours for sleeping, which we’ll make an average of 8 hours a night which leaves 5840 hours….

How to Create a Time Budget

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Jennifer Hazlett | 0 Comments

Do you find yourself wondering where the time went each day? Most of us wish we had more time but there are only 24 hours in a day. Chances are, the time you need is there (along with sleep time, too!) but you’re just not using it as productively as you should be. Time, just like money, needs to be…

Manage Your Time By Setting Goals For Your Business

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Jennifer Hazlett | 0 Comments

A tried and true time-management success secret for all business owners is to set goals for your business. If you have daily, weekly, yearly and overall goals that are written down and scheduled for implementation, your goals will become more than dreams and become a reality. Without setting proper goals, it’s hard to manage your time well because you’re just…

Why Vacations Are Essential For Your Small Business Success

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Jennifer Hazlett | 0 Comments

Working for yourself is wonderful, but there’s one serious dilemma. How do you take vacations? When you run a business of one, there’s nobody to give your workload to so that you can take some time off. Taking a vacation means spending a few days offline and many solopreneurs feel that they can’t do it, but they can and it’s…

Solo Is Not The Only Way To Go

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Jennifer Hazlett | 0 Comments

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. An Administrative Virtual…

Take Care Of You

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Jennifer Hazlett | 2 Comments

Your business can be operating like a well-oiled machine, but if you’re not taking care of yourself, you’re going to be stressed out. It’s ironic that when things are going really well, we typically end up spending MORE hours on our jobs because we’re just having so much fun and we’re seeing all the fantastic benefits of hard work. To…