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Organizing Your Time to Save You Money!"
By Harmony Major, Copyright � 1999 All Rights Reserved
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Applying these ten proven time-saving tips can mean the difference 
between your Internet marketing and home business success, 
or a life-time of struggle to make ends meet!  If applied effectively, 
these little gems can be some of your most effective money-makers.


(10) Do your least favorite daily activities first!

=> Don't put off those dreaded daily duties until last.  Did 
you ever notice how fast you complete a dreaded task just to 
get to your favorite activities?  Do hated activities FIRST 
so that you get them out of the way faster!


(9) Organize your work space.

=> How much time do you waste each day looking for a file, 
a disk, or an ORDER that you misplaced?  My guess is -- too 
much!  Keep your work area organized to save time.  When you 
get a few extra dollars, invest in a nice filing cabinet for 
your home office.  You'll save more time and you'll be eager 
to use your new "toy."  :-)


(8) Write out a daily "To-Do" list.

=> When you map out your activities for the day, you'll get 
side-tracked less often by knowing exactly what you need to 
do.  For example, if you run across a great promotion site 
while searching for ezines to swap ads with, bookmark it in 
a "Great Promotion Sites" folder that you can refer to AFTER 
you've finished your daily duties.  Stay focused!


(7) Create a monthly or weekly "To-Do" list.

=> There are a lot of activities that can't be accomplished 
in a day, no matter how much we'd like for them to!  Put these 
activities on a weekly or monthly "To-Do" list so that you 
won't forget about them, and so that you can gradually map 
out a plan to work toward your goals.  Depending on the task, 
you may even be able to break your weekly or monthly duties 
down into a daily, step-by-step plan for completion! 


(6) Get an efficient, feature-packed email program.

=> If you're a half-way successful Internet marketer or home 
business owner, you probably get more mail each day than you 
can keep up with.  Use an email program that will auto-filter 
your mail into user-specified folders.  Not only will this 
allow you to quickly weed through your mail to find out what's 
most important and what's trash, it will save you LOADS of 
time in reading, responding to, and sending email.  An excellent 
free email program to try is Eudora Light at .


(5) Let friends and family know *exactly* when you're working.

=> Not only will this make for much less time-wasting interruptions, 
it will also improve your creativity and productivity skills. 
You think much clearer when you're not pre-occupied with worrying 
about when your roommate is going to come interrupt you to 
use the phone, or when your husband will start bugging you 
about dinner!  If you can't come up with a set working schedule 
each day, a simple "Working: Do NOT Disturb" sign on the outside 
of your door will do.  Believe me, I've tried it.  :-)


(4) Keep HEALTHY snacks, drinks, and other tidbits in your 
work area.

=> There's nothing worse than having to abandon a killer idea 
because of a persistent bout of hunger pangs!  If you keep 
a few snacks like fruits, juices, and granola bars within arm's 
reach, you'll lose less time (and ideas) to those "natural 
disasters."  However, don't keep too many snacks in your office 
or you'll run the risk of becoming a junk-food junkie!  Which 
leads us to our next time-saver ...


(3) Pencil yourself in . . . to YOUR schedule!

Typical dedicated entrepreneurs can spend 12 hours straight 
at their computers, and it's not healthy either mentally or 
physically.  You're much more productive and fresh when you've 
rested a while -- there's no milking a pooped brain for great 
ideas!  And, if you spend that much time without taking a break, 
you'll become grumpy, tired, and in poor health (from all your 
meal-less "snacks").  Don't skip meal breaks, bathroom breaks 
(God forbid), or quiet-time breaks.  Take some time out for 
yourself.


(2) If you're too busy to read ezines . . .  subscribe to a 
few.

What?  Is she crazy??  Maybe.  :-)  But, that's right.  Don't 
become so business-minded that you forget how to have fun in 
your business.  I thought the purpose of starting your own 
business was to have more flexibility and free time for yourself? 
Never forget that.  

So, subscribe to a "Joke-a-Day" or motivational ezine.  The 
jokes and quotes are short and sweet, and give you something 
to get you into a more light-hearted mood.  You'll be surprised 
at how much the quotes can relate to your personal experiences 
each day.  Try "Powerquotes" at  and 
"Joke-a-Whenever" at . 
They're my little gems.


(1) Find a few dedicated, trustworthy, and reliable business 
partners.

Don't take the long, slow, lonely road.  Find someone with 
the same goals, dreams, and business themes, and find a way 
to co-op with them.  You can cross-promote each other's websites 
or ezines, exchange signature lines, and anything else you 
can think of.  Be creative.  When you have help, the sky's 
the limit.  Good luck, have an excellent day, and much success 
to you.  :-)
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