How much time do you have to spend on your marketing? In my last video, I talked about the importance of creating a marketing budget. But your marketing budget shouldn’t just consider your monetary investment in marketing; it should also take into account your time. Things to Consider When Budgeting Your Time for Marketing How …
It’s spring cleaning time! When we have too much clutter – both physical and digital – it wastes time and energy. This is a great time to clean up your office and desk space so you can focus on the work in front of you. While you’re at it, give your screen and keyboard a …
In my last video, I talked about using Canva to create marketing images. Today I want to talk about Canva’s Bulk Create feature. Bulk create is only available on the paid version of Canva, but it is well worth it. Using Canva’s bulk create feature is like supercharging your use of templates. You can create …
Do you often forget to add images, links, or a call to action to your blog or social media posts? A posting checklist can help. What to Include in Your Posting Checklist Your checklist can ensure that your post includes things like: Once you’ve created your post, simply run through the checklist to ensure you …
Do you wish you could make old email messages magically disappear? Actually, you can. You just need to do some advance planning. If you have whole categories of email messages that you don’t want to delete immediately, but that you don’t want to retain indefinitely either, (for example, email newsletters you receive regularly), you can …
Does your email inbox contain thousands of messages? Do you waste a lot of time searching your email inbox for that important email message or attachment? January is National Clean Up Your Computer Month, so it’s a perfect time for you to address these issues. Three Ways to Clean Up Your Inbox The first step …
Do you struggle with managing, tracking, and consistently creating and publishing content for your firm or organization? If so, an editorial calendar can help. Editorial calendars are useful visual tools for: When you use an editorial calendar, rather than creating content haphazardly or wasting time trying to come up with an idea at the last …
Are you finding it hard to plan for next year because you’re busy finishing up end-of-year tasks, preparing for the holidays and celebrating with family and friends? Here are three things even busy people can do now for a productive new year: To learn more, check out the links below, and enjoy the holidays! More …
Did you know that email is one of the biggest time wasters? If you’re like me and you get hundreds of emails every day, this is probably no surprise to you. If you want to be more productive with your email, you need to send better email messages, whether you’re originating the email or you’re …
Are you frustrated when you receive an email response that is incomplete or doesn’t address a question you asked? Do you waste a lot of time repeating the same requests over and over in your email? If you answered yes to those questions, you will probably relate to this story about one of my clients. …
Do you use technology to make it easier for clients to work with you? If you want to use technology to make it easier for your clients to work with you, start by identifying a pain point that clients experience and then try to find a way to use technology to relieve it. Here’s an …
Do you know what worked in your law firm this year and what didn’t? Have you set your goals for the year – or even next quarter? Do you have a plan for reaching those goals? Having a plan helps you prioritize, focus, and manage your resources. It helps keep you on track and avoid …
What’s your New Year’s resolution? It’s that time of year again, when everyone wants to know what your New Year’s resolution is. I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. There’s too much pressure around them. People think they need to set a big, lofty goal for the new year, but statistics show that …
In my last few articles/videos I’ve been talking about managing your to-dos or task list. We’ve talked about getting everything out of your head and then categorizing all of the tasks on your list and determining how those tasks get triggered, or how those tasks come about. Now let’s talk about how to use that …
How are you capturing all of the tasks you need to complete? In my last video, I talked about getting everything out of your head – essentially doing a “brain dump” of all of the things you have to accomplish. At some point, you’ll need to prioritize all of these to-dos and get them into …
To focus on your most important work, it is crucial to be able to minimize distractions and interruptions. In my last video, I talked about how trying to remember all of the things you have to do distracts you from what you should be focusing on at the time. Expending all of that mental energy …
Are you often distracted at work? Do you interrupt yourself in the middle of an important project because you suddenly remembered something else that you need to do? In this video series, we’ve been talking about distractions and interruptions. Sometimes those distractions and interruptions are external – they come from someone else. Other times those …
Are you choosing the wrong time of day for focused work? In this series of posts and vidoes, we’ve been talking about interruptions and how to manage them. In my last video, I talked about when you are the source of your own interruptions – when you allow yourself to become distracted and get pulled …
Are you the source of your own interruptions? In this series of videos, I have been talking about how to limit interruptions. We’ve talked about limiting interruptions from clients and colleagues, setting and sticking to a communications policy, and not taking unplanned phone calls. Those are all external interruptions – interruptions that come from other …
In my last several videos I talked about how to limit interruptions from clients and colleagues, but what if the problem is really you? One of the ways you can be the problem is not sticking with your own communications policies. When you first start setting your communications policies, it can take time for your …
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