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Video tutorial: how to be productive in your business, even when time is limited

Most small businesses fail within their first year, and a lot of it is due to poor plannning and mismanagement.

Limited time and resources should not be a disadvantage to your business

For many mums, leaving the stability of a job or coming out of maternity leave to Work alone and start a business from scratch with little certainty of the future can be very daunting. Especially with scarce resource in both time and money.

These video tutorials will show you how to maximise limited resources (i.e. when it’s just you running the business, while juggling your family life, too!), make the most from a limited budget and make all your efforts and time you put into your business pay off.

What you’ll learn in the video tutorials

You’ll learn how to:

1. set priorities and time management for your business

2. get rid of counter-productive tasks and activities that do not empower you to build a profitable business

3. find an accountability partner – a person or people with like-minded goals you can work with on a synergistic level

4. get more hours in a day – find out how you can speed up irreplacable tasks like reading, writing and any effort that leads to building the bricks for your online business.

4. use the 80-20 rule and what they are when it comes to your personal life, social life and business life!

5. leverage your business time

6. assess your costs – don’t worry if you’re not great with numbers!

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Recycling: how to make old things earn you money

Spring cleaning is a time not only to straighten up your home, but also to get rid of unwanted or out-of-date items. It’s easy enough to clean up your home simply by rearranging things, sorting things into drawers and cupboards, and maybe buying a few new decorations or pieces of furniture.

20120123-164049.jpgHowever, to achieve a more lasting effect with your straightening up, it is a good idea to really sort through your possessions and pick out a few things to get rid of. You may be surprised at how many items you find that you can throw out, or even recycle. For example, one sort of item that many people forget about, that can be very useful when recycled, is old mobile phones. O2 has been emphasising recycling benefits recently, and it is actually surprising how much the environment can benefit from careful disposal of old electronics.