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Outsourcing: Why Your Business Needs It and What Can You Outsource

August 29, 2016 by Lidiya K 3,631 Comments

There comes a time in every entrepreneur’s life when you realize you’re focusing too much on repetitive, tedious and administrative tasks and have little time and focus left for the important things that will actually help your business grow.

It’s hard to start delegating, to let others handle some of the things that don’t need to be completed by you, and to free your time and mind. But it’s also a must on your way to being more efficient and running a profitable business. Michael Gerber message in The E-Myth Revisted was loud and clear: in order to scale and grow your business, you must work “on” it versus work “in” it.

Outsourcing may be the solution to your burnout, lack of motivation, boredom, bad time management, and more. It basically means that you’re delegating one-time projects and jobs, or whole aspects of your business to an outside company or individual.

Here are a few reasons why you and your business need it:

  • it reduces costs – hire virtual staff (which is also inexpensive) and keep in mind how much an hour of your time is worth, you can do the math;
  • fast and quality work – you’re letting experts handle whole processes of your business and do what they do best, be it copywriting (serviced by Womeneur Preferred Partner Vanessa Williams), marketing, branding (serviced by Womeneur Preferred Partner Brittney Fells), accounting (serviced by Womeneur Preferred Partner Pamela Balentine, CPA)
  • you’ll stay sane – you will finally have time for your family and all the other things you want to do with your free time. What’s more, you won’t be worried about what’s left to be done as you’ll now have created a whole system that is working even without your supervision.

Where should you start if you’re new to outsourcing?

Begin small and first off, check out Womeneur Preferred Partners who offer Services and Digital Guides in a plethora of business areas. Additionally, platforms like UpWork, Guru, Freelancer and PeoplePerHour connect employers and freelancers. Post your first job offer and check out all the proposals you’ll receive.

I suggest you choose more than one person and give the collaboration a try with a one-time gig. See how he or she performs, how the communication is and decide whether or not he or she’s a good fit for the position.

You may not be lucky enough to meet the perfect candidate right away, as there are so many people constantly applying for jobs on these sites. Don’t get discouraged because once you do find someone you can see yourself working with in the long-term, you’ll save yourself so much time and unnecessary worries in the future.

 What can you outsource?

Below are some options:

  1. Administration – that’s a time-wasting activity that needs to be done all the time. I’m talking about answering email, following up, record keeping, file maintenance, communication with employees and clients, and more. That’s where a virtual assistant can help you. He’s a person who can do basically any task you can delegate online, even personal ones. For instance, Womeneur Preferred Partner Tyra Johnson of POSH Life Social offer amazing virtual assistance and administrative support.
  2. Marketing – get a marketing expert to do the promotion of your business, to reach out to influencers, get feedback from customers, create media pitches and campaigns, manage your social media channels and more.
    Social Media – Womeneur Preferred Partner Suzzette TurnBull of Ucommon Marketing created a kick-ass Ultimate Guide to Understanding and Managing Social Media and Jamie Caroccio of Hispire provides high quality social media management services.
  3. Writing – part of your personal brand and site (be it a company or a personal website) is having a blog and updating it frequently with practical content on trending topics. But if writing isn’t your thing, or if it takes you too long to come up with a single blog post, let a freelance writer do it. He won’t just give you documents with text once a week or so, but can take care of the whole blogging process;
  4. Finance – you can hire someone offering bookkeeping, accounting and payroll services and Womeneur Preferred Partner Pamela Balentine, CPA offers just that. You’ll never have to worry about late payments, information you don’t understand, taxes, stats and the big picture of how your business is doing again.

Now imagine communicating with each one of these five people every now and then online – it will be like a meeting, but a short and to-the-point one. You’ll assign them tasks, see how they did the past week, and even brainstorm ideas on how to improve this particular aspect of your business.

That will be your first remote team. From then on, the more your business grows, the more people you can hire and the more time you can free for yourself.

Now that you know why outsourcing is so important, are you ready to hire your first virtual employee?

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How to Include Clickable Links in Your Instagram Posts

August 23, 2016 by Sharon Beason wc@womeneur.com 3,135 Comments

Instagram Stories, business profiles, multiple contact options… Instagram is slowly, but surely making our life on Instagram more and more manageable. But if you’re like us, then you know the pain in the you know what feeling it is to continuously change the link in your profile when you’re directing your followers to different pages of your website, etc. Or having to include a non-clickable link in your caption. So what is Instagram waiting for? When will caption links be clickable? Well guess what? We found the perfect solution to make all your Instagram caption links clickable!

We have to give a big thank you and shout out to Kae Whitaker, who shared this priceless information in a Facebook Live streaming last week. Link in Profile allows you to include clickable links in your Instagram post without ever changing the profile link.

  1. Sign up for a 30-day trial period with Link in Profile
  2. You will receive a custom URL link similar to this: https://linkinprofile.com/womeneur
  3. Place this link in your bio (we used bit.ly to shorten ours)
  4. Include the respective URL link for each post anywhere in the caption (it must be in the caption and not comments)
  5. We include respective URL links in our hashtags
  6. Instruct your followers to click link in bio
  7. When followers click the link in the bio, they’ll see a list of all your posts in order of most recent postings and instructed to “Tap an image to be taken to the link”
  8. Link in Profile provides stats and displays how many clicks your images receive

 

Now that we’ve shared this priceless info, are you excited to begin using Link in Profile right away?

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Life Advice for First-Time Entrepreneurs

August 22, 2016 by Lidiya K 354 Comments

Entrepreneurship can be a wonderful journey once you get to the point where you start making money, making your customers happy with the product or service you offer, and become known in a competitive field.

But it’s not like that in the beginning and that’s where many realize they can’t handle the pressure, the amount of hard work that needs to be done way before you see any results, and the constant fear of failure.

So if you’re new to this and feel like it’s the right thing to do, here’s what you should keep in mind as a first-time entrepreneur:

  1. Be in it for the long haul

That’s not a short-term thing. It’s what you’ll dedicate all your time, energy and focus to. It’s what you’ll be doing every single day.

So before you dive in, think about this: Are you going to work on one project for some time just to ditch it? Are you in it just for the money? Are you looking for fast results? Do you usually jump from one goal in life to the next without really giving it enough time?

If that’s so, you’ll have to change your approach. The great things in life take the most time. Entrepreneurship is not for quitters. Yes, if something doesn’t seem to be working, you’ll change direction. But you’ll still have the same vision and keep hustling daily.

  1. Always improve your personal brand

Any action you take, be it online or in real life, becomes part of your personal brand. So always think before you act. Make that your mantra actually.

Yes, your brand begins with your portfolio, website, social media presence, professional pictures, testimonials, past work experience, logo and the design of your site, etc.

But it’s also every single email you send (and whether or not you follow up), it’s how you communicate with like-minded people, potential clients, or just readers of your blog on social media (Are you saying thank you when they share your stuff, for instance?).

Every comment you write under an article you just read, every event you attend or course you take, every time you hand your business card to someone you just had a friendly chat with – all these are how you promote your work and personal brand. It’s how you control what people think of you and whether or not they’ll mention you to their friends.

So do your research, get better at branding and take small and focused daily actions towards improving it.

  1. Care about what you do

If you aren’t sure that the market you enter interests you, if you aren’t passionate about the work you do, you won’t get far.

Now’s the time to analyze the situation, to get clear about what you want and see whether that’s your thing.

If you don’t truly care about the problem you’re solving with your product or service, you won’t understand the people who struggle with it either. And no marketing research will ever help you.

And if you’re not passionate about this field, you won’t be willing to explore it further, to read about the latest trends, to be eager to make a business that will last.

  1. Master time management

How you spend your time can be your biggest asset, or your biggest weakness.

Luckily, time management is a skill you can learn over time and thus maximize efficiency and make sure you work only on things that matter to your business.

Successful entrepreneurs know that most of the things average people do in their days are unproductive, and even unnecessary. So they define these early on and eliminate them. That leaves them with more time to focus on the stuff related to business growth and be able to give it their full attention.

Next, the business owners who succeed in the long-term identify their most important tasks for the day and start with them right after they wake up. That’s how you guarantee you’re moving forward in the right direction daily.

Start doing this early on and you’ll see progress sooner.

  1. Learn from the best

There’s always more to learn when it comes to entrepreneurship. Make it a habit to always look for knowledge and experience, even if it’s not directly related to your field.

Read business books, be it biographies of famous entrepreneurs or the stories of the most profitable companies. See how they made it, and what mistakes they made on the way. Highlight what grabs your attention and come back to it later.

Also, meet people who are where you want to be. Listen to their advice. Do them favors and don’t ask for anything in return. Simply being in their surroundings and listening to their words of wisdom is enough.

This way you can skip most mistakes new business owners make.

So that’s where you should start if you want to become an entrepreneur and build profitable businesses.

What scares you the most? And what are you looking forward to from day one?

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5 Ways to Think of New Ideas for Your Next Business Venture

August 16, 2016 by Lidiya K 5,774 Comments

The very first step to starting a profitable business is to find an idea worth turning into a product or service.

Most people struggle with this as the brainstorming process takes time and they haven’t really let their creative juices flow.

But an idea is the foundation of what could be your biggest and most profitable project and a business that will change people’s lives in more than one way. So it’s worth taking the time to actually come up with a good one and then dedicate all your attention to it.

Here are some ways to find new business ideas:

1. Go back to your childhood.

Children are much more creative than adults for a number of reasons.

First of all, they don’t consider failure an option and thus don’t fear it. While with adults, that’s one of the barriers that limits their creative thinking.

Second, they are willing to test new things all the time. They have fun while doing that, don’t listen to the naysayers and don’t have any doubts when working on a new project.

If you can’t remember what this creative freedom looked like, why not spend some time with children and see how they think? Ask them questions and carefully listen to their ideas. You’ll notice that they are combining things in seemingly impossible ways that don’t make sense. But if you look closer, you’ll notice that some ideas are actually brilliant and can be implemented to the way you do business.

2. Get out of your comfort zone.

You won’t come up with a new idea for your business if you’re stuck in your market and do the same old things you’ve always been doing. So let’s go after the new and unknown.

Begin by studying other markets. See how different businesses operate, how entrepreneurs in other fields take decisions and think about how you can use that to your advantage.

Attend seminars, learn new skills, test new theories, talk to people outside your industry and read about different aspects of business.

All this will engage your brain in a new way and will boost creativity.

Another way to leave your comfort zone and welcome new thoughts and ideas in your mind, is to go to new places. Visit another country, with a culture completely different from yours. Communicate with the locals, learn some words in their language, try the food, listen to their stories, learn about their traditions.

That will open your eyes for the world outside of your comfort zone.

3. Find what your competitors aren’t doing well.

Study your competition and look carefully for the things they aren’t that good at.

How can you create a product similar to theirs but which offers a faster solution to people? What can you add to it as a bonus so that people are more willing to buy? How can you market it in a different, unique way? Can you make it simpler and thus easier to use?

Basically, you’ll be filling in the gaps in this case.

4. Talk to your potential customers.

Whatever it is you’re going to build, it’s going to be for other people. So the best way to get it right is to simply ask them.

Reach out to your target audience and ask them what they struggle with. Try to read between the lines. Write down anything they say and look for similarities, but also see what they aren’t saying directly.

The biggest waste in business is creating a product no one needs, so make sure people have a specific problem that you can solve. Another way to get feedback, but not directly from talking to people, is to check out forums and the social media platforms on which your potential customers spend time.

See what’s bothering them. There will be recurring themes and these are the answers to your next big business idea.

On social media people are opening themselves, talking to friends, expressing feelings and sharing issues. Do your research. You’ll be surprised at how much valuable information for your audience is already out there, without the need for expensive marketing research.

5. Write it out.

Writing is a great way to get things out of your head and start generating ideas. You don’t need to be good at it, you just need to let go of anything else and simply put pen to paper.

Check out our “I AM A WOMENEUR” Manifesto Notebook. Front and back cover filled with over a dozen affirmations, perfect for recording all your goals, notes, etc

Start by sharing what your biggest problem in life is. Then, try to come up with practical solutions for it. Write down anything that pops up in your mind, no matter how ridiculous it is.

After a day or two, come back to what you wrote and look at it from another point of view. You’ll get at least a dozen ideas out of it.

What about you? What other ways to find new ideas to you know of?

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Summer & Fall Speaking Engagements of Womeneur’s Founder, Sharon Beason

August 15, 2016 by Sharon Beason wc@womeneur.com 2,985 Comments

Womeneurs, mark your calendars, tell your friends and colleagues and act fast because tickets will sell out!

This Summer and Fall, our founder, Sharon will be dropping her knowledge from the West Coast to the South and back again to her hometown of New York City. With 10 years of holistic business savvy knowledge, Beason founded her first successful company in 2006. Since then she founded two more successful businesses before launching Womeneur in April 2015. Sharon knows what it takes to collaborate, partner and foster relations with other business owners, has grown a loyal, engaging Womeneur tribe on Instagram of nearly 60K followers in months, knows what it takes to launch, operate and grow a business and began profiting Womeneur within 7 months.

Womeneur has been featured as of the top 10 Instagram accounts that breathes life into your career by She Leads Africa and she was featured twice in Black Enterprise – as well as New York Times and the Daily News. If you’ve been following and supporting Womeneur, then now is your chance to hear, meet and see in person the very woman who motivates, educates and inspires you daily.

Check out her Summer/Fall speaking engagements (subject to change):

AUGUST 16, 2016 – TWITTER CHAT WITH LUCINDA CROSS

Sharon and Lucinda Cross will discuss establishing effective business partnerships with female entrepreneurs.  Additionally, Lucinda will be giving away 2 pairs of tickets to her Activate Conference. No worries if you don’t win any tickets because you are receiving an exclusive 50% off with code: Womeneur

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AUGUST 18-20, 2016 – BLACK INTERIOR DESIGNER’S CONFERENCE (ATLANTA,GA)

Attendees can look forward to three days of networking, speaking engagements and small group seminars. This event will pair potential designers with the tools and inspiration to get started on their own interior design projects and get their businesses off the ground. Education is the theme of this year’s conference and we’re bringing in experts in critical areas so that attendees leave knowing they can put their best foot forward and move their companies in the right direction.

Each year our founder, Kimberly Ward, along with our generous sponsors, carefully craft a program that invites you to experience modern design. Guests will learn from and celebrate with some of the best interior designers in the industry. The conference is an incubator for designers, developers and interior design enthusiasts to come and exchange new ideas while paying homage to those being recognized for their great works.

Sharon’s Topic: How to Instagram Your Way to Six Figures

Sharon’s Speaking Date: Friday, August 19

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TUES, AUG 23 – STARTUP INTENSIVE (NYC, NY)

This hands-on, workshop is limited to 10 people so you can enjoy a more welcoming, intimate setting and really get to know your peers.  And… ask all the questions you want!

Being a business owner is NO joke! If you’re thinking of starting a business,  already starting a business or currently own one, then this hands-on workshop is for you. There are lots of key, essential steps involved with a startup. We’ve seen too many people skip over the core basics and fail to learn what it takes to successfully own and operate a business, then they fall off the map. Don’t let this be you. This course will teach you everything you need to know to successfully get on the “map” and stay there!

Bring your laptop and any other material you want us to review and receive no-nonsense feedback from Womeneur founder, Sharon Beason and an in-depth discussion about legal business structure & trademark law by Melissa P. Bernier, Esq

SEPTEMBER 10-11, 2016 – WOMEN IN BUSINESS WEEKEND (ATLANTA, GA)

Would you like to spend a weekend learning tips and exact methods to start a business, increase your revenue, networking with other female entrepreneurs and enjoying a little rest & relaxation?

LIMITED TO 50 PARTICIPANTS ONLY!

Join me and other industry experts in a weekend of business and pleasure!

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10 – Break out sessions in day & spa services in evening
SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 – Brunch, Prayer Service
Location & experts to be announced

Sharon’s Topic: How to Establish and Foster Meaningful Partnerships and Collaborations

Sharon’s Speaking Date: Saturday, September 10, 2016

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SEPTEMBER 18-21, 2016 – THE BULLISH CONFERENCE (PALM SPRINGS, CA)

Read Sharon’s interview

The bullicorns have spoken! This year — two full days of conferencing, with vacation time built in. Arrive Sunday, conference Monday and Tuesday, leave Wednesday. Fantastic weather, amazing food, gentlewomanly living by a not-too-crowded pool. Roundtable discussions, intensive sessions. A more intimate, retreat-style conference, plus tequila.

Sharon’s Topic: Multiple Income Streams for Every Woman

Sharon’s Speaking Date: Monday, September 19

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 – STEPPING ‘N2 SISTERHOOD (BROOKLYN, NY)

Stepping N2 Sisterhood is not just a networking and women’s empowerment event, it’s also a celebration of women as we highlight the power that women have when we support each other and work together. Join us on  Saturday, September 24, 2016 from1 2 PM-5 PM for an afternoon of networking, inspiration, empowerment, and sisterhood. Each guest will enjoy a delicious plated lunch with mimosas at a beautiful upscale location in Brooklyn, NY and have the opportunity to hear and learn from successful and inspirational women who will share how they achieved success in both the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds.

Sharon’s Topic: Tips for being a successful entrepreneur and the importance of collaborating with other women in business.

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OCTOBER 22, 2016 – 3RD ANNUAL WOMEN ON THE RISE (LONG ISLAND, NY)

Get ready for an amazing day filled with experts in marketing, finance, health and wellness, and coaching along with exhibits from women business owners to showcase their products and services. The one-day event runs from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. including registration, speakers, networking breakout sessions, exhibits, and refreshments.

Exclusive savings: $5 off ticket with code WOMENEUR

Sharon’s Topic:  Transitioning From Work to Self-Empowerment (Employment)

OCTOBER 25-30, 2016 – HARLEM TECH WEEK (HARLEM, NY)

Harlem Tech Week (HTW) is NYC’s largest diverse tech community conference. HTW conference, expo supports under-resourced small businesses and entrepreneurs to excel and succeed in tech.

Sharon’s Topic & Speaking Date: TBD

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3 Apps To Help Analyze Your Instagram Data

August 12, 2016 by Womeneur Guest Contributor 3,497 Comments

Womeneurs, how will you know if something improved unless you knew what is was before and after? Whether you want to improve your sales, find out how effective your services or products are, things need to be analyzed and measured. why? so that you’ll know where and how to best tweak what you’re doing in order to make it better.

If you’re a business owner, it’s essential you have a social media presence. In order to perform successfully, you should always have a goal & plan before jumping on any social media platform. You should not be posting just to be posting. Your efforts should be analyzed, kept track of and see which posts perform well and which one don’t, where your traffic is coming from, etc. When you analyze your data, you’ll be able to create better strategies that should increase your overall social media performance.

There are plenty of apps available to help with analyzing your social media data, but three we like and recommend are user friendly and free to very affordable:

  1. Iconosquare – $4.99/month
  2. Instafollow – free
  3. Crowdfire – $5.99/month

Collectively, or individually (depending on which app) you can study and analyze info like:

  1. how many gained & lost followers
  2. how many new followers
  3. when your audience is most active, so best time to post
  4. where your audience is from
  5. how many people you follow, but don’t follow back
  6. performance graphs

Depending on your goals, you don’t necessarily have to use all three, but if you’re not familiar with any, you should be and should also try them out.

What apps do you use to analyze data?

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More social media tips, tools & tricks are available inside our Ultimate Guide to Understanding and Managing Social Media

Need help scheduling your posts without non-push notification? Then read more about Onlypult here.

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Onlypult: The No-Push Notification (Yes, We Said No-Push) Instagram Scheduler

August 9, 2016 by Womeneur Guest Contributor 3,437 Comments

Did the universe just answer our Instagram scheduling prayers? From what we’ve seen from using Onlypult for the past few days, we believe it did.

Onlypult – based on our research – has been around for about a year and is the ONLY Instagram scheduler that allows you to automatically post to Instagram – yes! –  as in no annoying push notifications, no missed posts because you couldn’t communicate with your mobile device due to low or lack of reception. Which translates to you can do whatever and be wherever you want without having to give a second thought to “pushing” anything to schedule your Instagram posts.

We have to give a BIG shout out to The Modern Marketer who put us onto this game-changing platform.

We don’t know how Onlypult managed to bypass Instagram’s API system, but we don’t really care, because this platform appears to be completely legit. Onlypult’s the perfect, affordable solution for you and any other small business owner who wants to stay organized by planning their Instagram content – for an entire month and more!

We’re still subscribed to Onlypult’s 7-day trial period and so far so good. Here’s the really good stuff we found out from using it:

  1. no push notification required. no push notification required. Did we say absolutely, completely hands-down… no push notification required
  2. setting up your account is seamless on this very user-friendly platform
  3. you have the option to schedule a single or multiple posts
  4. the 4-step posting process is super easy
    • upload the image
    • edit the image size
    • filter the image
    • input the caption, optional hashtags and even assign a location!
  5. Upload images and video
  6. Add multiple accounts and users and keep track of their posts
  7. And get this… Onlypult tells you if you you went above the hashtag count (you’re allowed 30)
  8. Your posts are displayed with their engagement (“likes”, comments)
  9. Monthly pricing plans are: $12, $20, $39 and $60

Coolest Features

  1. Analytics – we really like the analytics feature, which details:
    • the best time to post
    • your top followers
    • comments, average likes per post, etc
    • top hashtags by interaction (great way to see which of your hashtags are performing well or not)
  2. Planner + Calendar – your very own content schedule allowing you to see posts planned out for the month

Overall, we LOVE Onlypult and are super excited it doesn’t require a push notification. We know some of you may be avid users of Hootsuite, Schedugram, Latergramme or any other scheduling platform, but the one thing you cannot say about them is they’re push notification free!

What platform do you currently use to schedule your Instagram posts?

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: instagram, social media

How To Manage Your Time When There Are Too Many Things to Do

August 8, 2016 by Lidiya K 3,077 Comments

Whether you’re working for someone else, are a freelancer, or already a business owner, there’s always one thing you seem to be struggling with – having enough time to get everything done.

Time management is a powerful skill and the foundation of being productive and balancing personal life and work. But how do we get better at it?

The main solution lies in working smarter instead of harder. Truth is there are some habits you can develop and techniques you can try that will help you get things done faster, save time and have more of it for yourself, be full of energy throughout the whole day and keep seeing progress without getting overwhelmed. Here are some of them:

1. See what can be eliminated.

If you take a closer look at your daily to-do list and your calendar, you’ll notice that not everything in there is essential.

Some of the things are just old activities you keep doing because it’s what you’re used to, others can be automated or delegated, and there are the things that simply don’t give you the results you want but you haven’t analyzed them to figure it out.

So now’s the perfect time. Take every item on your list and go through every activity or even tiny task or chore you dedicate time to. Ask yourself whether it’s really necessary. Think about removing it and see what’s the worst that can happen. Most of the times, nothing will really change. So cross this off your list and you’ll have more time to do the things that actually get you ahead in life.

2. Prioritize.

[bctt tweet=”Life is all about priorities” username=”womeneur”] But if you haven’t set aside any time to define these, then you’re living on autopilot and doing many random things too. That’s something that can ruin your chances for success, especially in business.

Prioritizing means arranging all the areas in your life in order of importance. For most people it’s family, for instance, but if they haven’t thought about it and included the family-related stuff on the top of their to-do list and planned them in advance, they can easily put work before that.

So, what is it that you care about the most?

It is personal development? Then make a step-by-step plan on what new habit to develop next, schedule some reading time daily, start meditating and journaling.

Is it improving your personal brand? Then add an hour of networking, building your portfolio and sharing valuable content on social media to your list and do this before checking email or other secondary things.

3. Define and remove distractions to focus better.

You’ll get things done faster and perform better if you concentrate easily and don’t get interrupted. So here’s what you can do about it:

Tell others not to bother you (enter the room, call or text you) while you’re doing your most important work for the day.

Forget about meetings. They are a huge distraction and nothing important is discussed there. What happens is that your workflow is interrupted and you need time to get back in the zone after that.

Block access to the Internet with a free software if you have to do some serious work offline.

Set some limits to using social media and browsing purposelessly. Don’t do it while working as notifications keep coming in all the time and you’re engaging your mind with unnecessary information.

When you notice you’re procrastinating, try this: Remember why you need to get this done and how good you’ll feel once you complete it. Break it down into smaller actions and make a list of the first 3 steps, each of which will take you less than 5 minutes. Now simply get to work on the first one. That will help you build momentum and keep going.

4. Assign a time to everything.

[bctt tweet=”Deadlines work wonders, so even if you don’t have one, set one” username=”womeneur”]

What’s more, have a fixed time of the day when you’ll start working on a task and plan out how long it will take. Then, once the time comes, you’ll find it easier to focus and actually get it done in the given time period.

5. Don’t strive for perfection.

Perfectionism is an enemy to productivity. So let go of the desire to get everything done and to be perfect. Know that your time is limited and there’s only so much you can do in 24 hours.

That’s when prioritizing comes in handy. Once you eliminate the non-essentials, you’ll have more time, but after prioritizing you’ll know where to start.

Define the 3 most important tasks for the day every morning, or even the night before, and get to work on them first. Only when you’re done can you move to less important stuff.

This way you’ll always be moving in the right direction and will feel accomplished before noon.

So, what about you? How do you manage your time and make sure everything important is done?

Womeneur Resources To Help With Time Management

  1. Simply Yours Day Planner
  2. Clever Girl Personal Financial Life Planner
  3. Girl, Get it Together

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: business owner, business women, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, female entrepreneur, time management

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