Category Archives: Productivity

A New Year! A New Plan! ~ Preparing for Success

It’s a NEW YEAR!  (almost)  This calls for a NEW PLAN!  Over the month of December we are reflecting on the past, present, and future of our business.  You’ll want to revisit our posts from last week where we peeked into the past and conducted a marketing review, operational  review, and financial review of 2011....

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Getting Paid, Part 3

This week, I’m making sure YOU get paid!   On Tuesday, we looked at some changes you can make to your contract so that you safeguard yourself against non-payment.  Yesterday, I shared my favorite tools for invoicing clients.  Today, it’s time to tackle the ugly:  WHAT if your client doesn’t pay you?  ACK – the horror!...

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Getting Paid, Part 2

This week we are discussing GETTING PAID.  Have you ever faced a non-paying client?  These posts should help you prevent future problems.  Yesterday, I shared how your contract can safeguard you from non-payment.  Today, let’s talk about ways to make it easy for your customers to pay you.  The easier you make the payment process,...

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What Is Work Life Balance?

The fabulous TWIPs asked me to do a guest post for the blog last week.  This is what I have to say about Work-Life Balance… Work-Life balance is a myth.  People who appear to be good at balancing their work and their personal lives are REALLY good at prioritizing.  Prioritizing is knowing what’s urgent and/or...

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Are You Paying Attention?

As I sit to write this post, I find myself checking my phone, reading my twitter feed, listening for email to arrive.  I’m having an impossible time paying attention to this post.  Does this happen to you? In the book Geography of Bliss author Eric Weiner travels to 10 foreign countries in the quest for...

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