Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 13, 2010

Create a chart that shows the projects you are handling and the time required to complete them. For example: typing a 40-slide PowerPoint presentation: two hours, provided all the material is complete. When urgent requests come in from various sources and you’re already pressed for time, how do you handle them?

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Productivity Bits

JUNE 10, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Kristy Ramirez writes for Life Insurance Finder where she helps people to compare life insurance quotes and select the best policy to meet their needs at the best possible price. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. 4 – Stop Rushing. 5 – Stop Procrastinating. 6 – Say No.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 1, 2010

The chance to direct a team and co-ordinate projects can be very challenging, yet rewarding. You might, for example, offer to reschedule a meeting for a later date, or recommend giving an assignment to another qualified team member. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! Set boundaries.

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 9, 2010

Lynn was tapped to head up the project team for a major company restructuring. Yet, given the importance of this project, his casual approach concerned her. She began her first team meeting by delegating steps and due dates to the various department heads. Lynn knew Bob was a competent guy.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 16, 2010

For example, if we have to deliver a document at an office and collect a document from another office which is on the same block, both these tasks can be done together. Projects that will take weeks or months to complete should be organized and tracked in a different way. Prepare more than just daily to-do lists.

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The Marq

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life Topic Changes for TheMarq Site Policy I mentioned in a post last week that I was reconsidering the topics and format of information covered on this site. For example, I may repost someone’s blog entry that I found interesting or ask a guest writer to blog on the site. TheMarq.com.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

If you know a project will take 2 hours, add another 30 minutes to buffer for time lost to interruptions. 7) Set Time Limits on Tasks There are certain types of tasks, reading e-mail for example, that can occupy all your time if you allow it. This is a more efficient use of your time. Identify periods of interruptions.

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Recruit CRM

JUNE 17, 2021

For instance, consider the following example: We are looking for a Content Guru who will help us out of the content disaster we are currently in– craft well-researched, keyword-optimised articles, maintain our official blogs and work extensively with our SEO Wizard. Strong and effective project management skills.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Another discussion was with an associate who said he saw freelance projects on Elance with bids of $50 for sales letters and $5 for blog posts. Charge hourly for long or uncertain projects. The uncertainty can take many forms: l You don’t know how long it’ll take you to complete a project. Working for $5?

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The Marq

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

A successfully executed project may just detriment the group. For example, a posting describing how to train your mind to think different would be a wonderful read. December 3, 2009 5:12 PM Post a Comment Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe | Content copyright 2009. 3) Be overly critical of your plans. TheMarq.com.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Don’t leave half-completed projects sitting on your desktop. The trick for any of them is to learn to use MULTIPLE TAGS so that you can find them, otherwise – for example, your searches will pull up a thousand documents with the word ‘HTML’ in them. Then it is right at hand when you need it.

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The Marq

MARCH 23, 2010

As with other posts on this subject, let’s elucidate the concept with an example. One of the professionals I worked with a number of years back told me he wanted to become a project lead and, possibly, a project manager. We knew his goal of becoming a lead and a project manager would be three to five years out.

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I have a longstanding policy of not linking to people I don’t actually know.”. His message was perfectly nice, and I realize it’s important to have policies in place that make you comfortable. For example, if you’re a web designer, answer basic design questions and message people asking if they need any help. Join groups.

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The Marq

JANUARY 12, 2010

I told them many of my more difficult conversations have revolved around our consulting and project fees. For example, if there are many homes in the market, their prices fall. January 12, 2010 10:40 PM Post a Comment Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe | Content copyright 2009. I still aim to succeed in this business.

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The Marq

DECEMBER 22, 2009

The masses are wrong again now when they tell us helping large companies will help the economy, that big business will create new jobs, that this is the worst time to start a new project or company, that all business decisions are “just business, not personal.&# Let me give an example to clarify. How do you know what that is?

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The Marq

APRIL 6, 2010

For example, Last year I wrote about setting a BHAG , after I’d been laid off, to find my next employer within three months, by September of 2009. When September came around, I decided to start a consulting firm to provide project management services and help outsource software development for small to medium sized companies.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 4, 2010

If you ever decide to take a break to work on a project or to get some much-needed rest, good freelancers like Joe could take over other projects you have on the go for a week or two. For example, you might discover that Joe prefers one type of work and you prefer another, even if you offer the same services or products.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

You were supposed to deliver this project at 5pm and you’re almost finished but… A new email comes in. Hire yourself, and assign yourself a project. Pick a project that will help further your success. For example, you could redesign your website so it appeals to more clients and lessens your advertising costs.

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Men With Pens

MAY 19, 2010

They work on projects, they do their own customer service, their own customer management, their marketing and networking, their project scheduling, admin and bookkeeping. Perception is projection – people see us in the way we project ourselves to them. They have to stay on top of everything.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

For example, hiring a creative consultant can bring fresh ideas and the alternative perspective you need to get your business from good to great. When the project is finished, if you think the price was too much for what was delivered, tell them why you didn’t see the value you expected. And as a freelancer myself, I approve!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

To illustrate just how incredibly bad copy can go when meaning is ignored, here are some astonishing examples from the world of advertising: Coors decided to use its slogan, “Turn it loose,” in Spanish advertisements. These are all extreme examples. You’ve got a bunch of great examples here that are new to me.

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Men With Pens

MAY 9, 2010

And we realized that we generally asked more or less the same questions for each type of project. Cancer Crab Reply Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) May 10, 2010 at 11:16 am I’ll be honest, I don’t have a pre-project questionnaire, though I do have one for after the project is complete. Except the times when we didn’t.

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www.pickthebrain.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Workaholics of the world: start working smarter instead of keeping yourself up all night working on a project. You’ll work faster and better if you cut out all the noise – I know, for example, that my writing improves dramatically when I don’t listen to music while I work. Tags 90 days. confidence. creativity.

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

For example, I write all sorts of things for my clients, but I’m a direct marketing specialist. You should become an authority in your field, deliver outstanding service with every project, and stay up-to-date in your chosen specialty. But when it comes time for their project, they want you to be ready to go today.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 6, 2010

For example, all of these books I chose for my marketing class have exercises in them or suggestions on how to apply their advice to your own business, which means – and this is killer – I can give myself assignments. In my case, for example, I want to have a whole marketing campaign planned out by the end of my course.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

That’s a crappy example, but you get the point. I like your before/after examples that light up the point. If I ever have to use an example of stupidity in my copy, that stupidity has to be on my part. Every writer who has ever sent me samples hoping to get a project has sent me this sort of copy. Then come back.”

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

I know whenever I’m looking to hire somebody for contract work or to share in projects I’m taking on I always check their website to learn more about them. Rather than feel uncomfortable, as in your example, in responding “(uh, well, oh.) Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 12, 2010 at 1:34 am Spot on.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 13, 2010

I’ve turned down a few projects because I knew they were scams or they used unethical tactics. As a rule, I can work for about 3 hours on one project before getting a little loopy, so I move on to something else in the afternoon. James: Think back to a project when you’d done a really great job – an awesome job.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Take psychology-style self-help books as an example, arguably the single most destructive e-book on the internet today. Project Management and Editorial Calendars for Freelance Writers Reply Ada February 26, 2010 at 3:22 am Well, it is a good warning and good intentions, however rather in vain. For example, Zen Habits.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

For example, you’ve mentioned that you want to be paid for what you do, for the hours that go into your work and exposing yourself so much to your fans. Many people take advantage of that openness on another level, which is to say we’ve all had trouble with copyright law and keeping our work our own. It’s funny. Same thing.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

A better quality of music, one that never skips or sounds fuzzy, for example. I can’t count the number of times over the years that someone else in my market space–a competitor, if you will–has approached me to work on a project with them or to take care of something for one of their clients that they can’t do.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 13, 2010

These are all examples of someone choosing not to ask permission to get me interested in their stuff. Reply Melinda | SuperWAHM ( @Superwahm1 ) April 14, 2010 at 7:55 am @ Lucy, even when they put your details up and link to you they’re still breaching copyright and stealing your work. They could have asked. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

You’ll know your own writing voice and you’ll also be able to take on several different voices easily, which lets you take on more projects and jobs. For example, mine might be bold, cocky, friendly, straightforward and witty. Finish the project!!!) Think of adjectives that define your personality. Million thanks!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

Copywriters can advance to Creative Director positions, for example. You’ll work on a wide variety of projects for lots of different clients. You have to find a way to generate leads and close deals to get the paying projects. You will find yourself juggling multiple projects and clients. You’re on your own.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I have to keep accepting these projects!” Even after I decide I have all my projects lined up for the month, I still want to accommodate them. It’s not pretty for anyone involved and ends up being a disservice to your clients when you’re rushing around trying to please and complete projects for too many people.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

But there is something sexy about completing a project that you’re proud of and that results in a happy client who refers you to someone else while you cash his cheque at your bank. Now, back to the current project Reply Sally B ( @snappysentences ) June 10, 2010 at 5:16 am Oh Amy I can totally relate to this post.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

For example, we recently did a website for a dentist in the Houston area. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically." - Captain Jack Sparrow Home | Services | About | Comment Policy | Disclosure | Contact Copyright © 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc. They’re all small business owners. I would like to add one more if I may.

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