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Getting back on the blogging track
Well… it has been a while since I have posted a blog hasn’t it? I feel like I have totally derailed my blogging efforts and along with it my SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and Online Visibility.
I have put blogging on the back burner for the last two months and can you ever see what a difference it makes in your website traffic and website rankings.
I look at both of these items every month and check my progress, and I can tell you both have gone down. My website traffic has gone down about 20% and my website Alexa rankings (not exact science I know, but a good gauge) have gone from being in the 720,000 range to 912,000 (lower is better).
So this blog is a short and simple one and is me publicly declaring the value of blogs (as noted by the stats above) and my commitment to continue to keep to a weekly schedule of blog posts here at Time on Task.
I have an editorial calendar planned out and it is time to follow it!
My next blog will be much more informative! Expect it by next Friday – or feel free to remind me with a poke on Facebook!
The Benefits of Gmail
Workshop for Biz Owners – Learn how to find a Virtual Assistant
My friend, client and role model, Tawnya Sutherland of VAnetworking is hosting a fabulous workshop tonight for small business owners to learn about using a virtual assistant:
Learn how to Outsource your business tasks to a Virtual Assistant
She also has an opportunity to network and meet some Virtual Assistants – virtually of course!
If you have a business and are feeling stressed, overworked and feel you never get everything done that requires your attention then …this FREE workshop is for you!
Tawnya Sutherland is VA Outsourcing Expert and founder of the world’s largest online Virtual Assistant Social Network. She will share with you the knowledge, tips, tactics and secrets she’s accumulated over the last 10 years on the right way to hire a Virtual Assistant and make it work!
Join Tawnya tonight (Wednesday July 7th) at 6pm EST (along with many other Virtual Assistants, including me) to learn:
- How to gain more time in your business day and in your personal life
- How to become more profitable by working smarter
- How to rid yourself of that extra long to-do list that never gets done
- How to delegate your tasks to a Virtual Assistant
You can do this all and you can learn how tonight! Simply visit this site to register for the call. You can also pick up a copy of her ebook – Finding the Ultimate Virtual Assistant for your Business.
Virtual Assistants who are VAinsiders will be on the networking session at 7pm EST (If you are not one yet, you can be by tonight – visit here to learn what being an Insider can do for your Virtual Assistant business)
Hope to see you there, whether a business owner or a VA!
A friendly reminder about your inbox…
Last year I wrote an article on how to better manage your inbox so it does not take control. Yesterday I realized was not following my own advice lately and was reading this again to refresh my memory on what I should be doing. Here’s the article for those who may not have seen it…
Is your email inbox, or inboxes, as many of us have more than one, full of old received and sent emails?
There are a few easy steps anyone can follow to help take back control of your inbox and emails.
Before you get started, make a point of setting aside a specific time each day to check your email. It is so easy to become distracted by dealing with emails you lose time for dealing with other projects or work. Three times per day is plenty; unless you are in a Customer Service role and as part of your job, you may require doing this more often. A good schedule is and hour after the start of your day, an hour after lunch and an hour before quitting time.
So, what’s the system, the simple steps? We like to refer to it as:
- Dump it, if it’s junk, or not fitting into one of the following categories.
- Archive it. This means file it away if you will need to refer to it later.
- Not now, later. If you’ll need time to deal with this email later, then flag it for followup and enter a reminder, so you don’t forget.
- Get it done, now. If you can deal with it, then do so, immediately.
Sounds easy, but in order to make this work you have to follow a few simple rules of picking which category the emails fit into. Read the rest of this entry »
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