Per-Erik Olsen – Marketing Mastery

It is really about learning to manage yourself in the time you have to use. And there are many ways and strategies to use if you would like to look into self-management and avoiding time wasting activities. You probably already know that the most importing thing is to focus on money making activities?

But are you able to act fully along your rules? If not, you will find these 5 tools really useful and you wil be able to manage your time much better.

1. Dovico Software – This company does have a really good software helping yoy manage both time and projects. And they do of course have some nice smartphone apps to help you out even if you are on the road. Check out the free trial Dovico Software.
2. Google Calendar – The calendar to use. Share it with all your business partners and employees (and your family). Use it on your smartphone. You will never miss a meeting as long as you use it properly.
3. Easy Time Tracking Software – Like Dovico, these guys have a free version for you to try. Use it to track time, expenses and even for creating invoices. Really useful! Easy Time Tracking.
4. Freshbooks – Like Easy Time Tracking Software you can use this web solution to track time, expenses, your entire staff, accounting and it also offers personal branding. Try Freshbooks free version and find out how much time you are spending on non money making tasks.
5. Paper Planners – Yes, you can still use them! Used in a right way you can manage your time really good with the paper planner. But try to keep all the personal stuff away from it, or use a special planner for your personal activities. Some good planners are: WeekDate, Planner Pad Organizer, and the well known, Day Runner brand.

So to sum it up, a time management tool will definitely help you to prioritize, schedule, and focus on the goals you’ve set for your business. Check these links and make av evaluation of all the features before you decide which one to use or buy. You should try to find a tool that fits your business and your activities.

The most important thing is to find those money making activities and make time for them. Get rid of all time wasters and focus on the things that takes your business to the next level. And remember, no matter your choice, your tools will only work if you decide to use them and implement them in your business. Managing time is about managing yourself, remember!

A first step for you could be to download my free report: 7 Tips for Making the Most of Your Online Work Time Just enter your details in the box to your right and download.

This should be the top priority for you to get a home based business that works. Manage your time! The idea is to spend more time on things that produces income and less time on other tasks. To help you achieve that, I put together a short list of five crucial steps. You need them all.

1. You Need Goals!
   You can NOT skip this one! Without goals you can never find and run a home based business that work. This is probably the most important success factor in all businesses. Time-management is based on a structure where everything starts with your goals. You need to sit down and define your ultimate business goal. Break that down into more short term goals for the year, for this month and so on. My friend Simon Wetherell has a great video where you can learn more about setting up your goals. You can watch it HERE
2. Find Your Money-makers!
   You are running your business to make money, right? That’s why you should focus on the tasks that produces an income for you. It will be easier to see what tasks to focus on if you make a list of all your tasks, and divide them in a money producing category and a non-producing list. (you need to work with you non-producing tasks too, but they should not take a major part of your time)
3. The Plan!
   You need a written plan on how to reach your goals! To get your home based business to work, you have to treat it like a serious business. And you can’t run a business without a plan! You would be as lost as a hunter in a large unknown forest without a map. A good way to create your plan, is to start from your goals, and work your way backwards until you have a plan. That will help you with your time-management and make you feel more confident that your business will be a success. And from your plan, it is easier to create your next step…
4. Your Everyday Schedule.
   Are you feeling overwhelmed and not sure what to make of your everyday for your business? That might be because you do not have a good schedule. You have your goals, and you have your plan, and you have identified your money-making activities. Well, it should not be that difficult to write down a schedule of what to do and when? In the end this is the part where you will see the best result of your time-management efforts. Not only does it help you getting your home based business to work, but it will release more time for you to spend on other things like exercise, family events and other nice things. Thanks to that schedule!
5. You Have To Track Your Results!
   Last but not least, you have to analyze your efforts. In fact, this might be the most important piece for a long term success. And it is not that complicated either. You have to compare your goals and your plan with your results to see if they are correlated. If not, you have to find where the problem is and change/improve accordingly. Track your results down to a daily basis to make sure you make the most of your time.

So now you have my 5 crucial steps for you to create a home based business that works. Make sure you watch that video about setting goals too. And if you have further thoughts and comments about time-management just let me know. And please share this article with your friends.