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5 Time Saving Tips for Home Businesses

Tips From T. Marie

Set a time to make/take phone calls. Instead of answering the phone whenever it rings consider setting aside an hour or so each day specifically for taking and making phone calls. I’ve written before about how much time can be consumed in your day by a phone call. Create and use an info packet. Ditch the 9 to 5 mindset.

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10 Tips to Help Manage ADHD at the Office

All Things Admin

Here are some tips that help me: Turning off all of the rings, dings, and notifications for email, Slack, and messaging on my phone and computer. I keep specific actions on a sticky note for each file to help me get right into the flow of work. I use email rules for the messages or notices I should be interrupted for.

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Administrative/Clerical: 5 Ways to Make Your Workspace an Oasis

Office Dynamics

File papers immediately instead of letting them linger, and assign each item on your desk to a designated spot. Dust furniture, remove sticky residue and stains from spilled food and drinks, and wipe down phones and keyboards. Workplace organization helps ease the burden of a busy day.

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10 Apps for the Entrepreneur 2011

Eco-Office Gals

The software allows you to speak into the phone and then it writes the words into a text file of some type. From there, you can text, tweet or write memos without needing to find a computer or laboriously typing it out on the tiny keyboard of a mobile phone.

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Help Desk

Practically Perfect PA

Files – see my previous blog on my filing system. The phone should be on the desk as near to your keyboard and computer screen as possible. Calendar – For quick reference I have a one sheet per day calendar block on my desk. There is also something very satisfying in pulling each day off and chucking it in the bin!

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7 Things I Wish Someone Told Me About Slack

Productivityist

Slack helps you say goodbye to email while keeping all of your teams’ communications and files in one place, wherever you go. You can group conversations, share files and search while staying in sync across multiple platforms. collapse – collapse all files in the current channel ( /expand does the opposite).

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Energy-Saving Software for Your Eco-Office

Eco-Office Gals

These options are certainly quicker and less costly than managing everything through phone calls and snail mail. It may not facilitate file transfer like winscp , or help you to manage projects like Basecamp, but it certainly fills a gap in the arena of savings that many businesses could find useful.

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