I caught onto the bullet journaling craze late to the game, but I’ve been incorporating some aspects of bullet journaling pretty much my entire life. When I actually learned about the core of bullet journaling and how people use their bullet journal, I realized that it scratches so many itches for me: Planning & Organization Calendar/Schedule – I’ll admit I’m more than a little Type A. I’ve always
Remember the days when your mailbox was full of “junk mail”? It used to be that businesses sent advertisements, coupons, etc. to your home. These days, companies are saving postage and sending email to your inbox instead. Some companies even let you sign up for text ads to your phone. So, does that mean direct mail advertising is no longer effective? There’s no definitive answer, but I believe
What is a CRM? CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management and put plainly it is a system for maintaining information about your customers – clients, donors, shoppers,patients, etc. Every organization exists to serve someone, and your organization can benefit from having a strategy for how to manage, maintain and grow those relationships. CRM’s can be something as simple as an address book or sophisticated software built expressly for
When you’re self-employed, you have to be your own HR department. This includes looking for the right set of benefits to offer yourself (and your employees). It’s easy to overlook retirement plans. But not only will it save you in the long-run but in the short-term as well. Several different retirement plans are catered to small business. They are straightforward to set up also also easy to manage.
As a full-time consultant/freelancer, I take the jobs I want, the jobs I can find, and the jobs that happen to come my way. This gives me a lot of flexibility in my work schedule at the sacrifice of a “full-time gig”. There are a lot of pros and cons to freelancing. As a lifestyle, I find it works for me. But as a business, most of my
Do you have an idea just crazy enough to be genius? These tips can help you develop your idea and as good as it is, make it even better! First keep in mind, not all crazy ideas make it. Let’s be honest, every thought you have isn’t going to be a million-dollar idea. Apologies, if I’m the first to break that to you. However, if there’s an idea
Invoicing can be hard to get under control, yet it’s critical to your business. You’re busy finding clients, working on projects, marketing… doing basically everything so it’s easy to feel pulled in every direction. The most boring things tend to fall through the cracks. For a lot of people, that’s accounting, bookkeeping, etc. Invoicing may not be the glamorous part of your job as an entrepreneur, but it’s
As a freelancer, looking for work possibly makes up half of the time you spend on your business. Freelancing can be a challenge – especially in the beginning when you’re building up your client base. But what do you do when the work just isn’t coming in? Patience is King Don’t be disheartened. Winning clients can take some time, so keep at it! The work will come. This