My Organized Biz

Have a lot of projects to keep track off with many deliverables and tasks? We have just the thing for you! Tomorrow we’ll open a contest to give away the 7-column BBB weekly fridge grid pad. It comes with 52 pages, so you can get a year’s worth of planning in.
The pad is 3-hole punched so you can put it in a binder. It’s also magnetic, made to hang on your fridge. But it’s perfect to put on the side of a metal filing cabinet. See a week’s schedule all in one glance, but broken up by project. …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – I stumbled across an article on Apartment Therapy about creating a table of contents for your filing cabinet. The writer suggested that you make a list of files in the order in which they appear in your cabinet and then attach it to the outside of your cabinet. The theory was that it will help you know where to look for an important file.
Honestly, I think that may be a little bit of overkill. Unless you have a lot of filing cabinets, is this really necessary? Most of us have one or two – maybe even three – …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – We’re doing a little survey and wanted to know if you’d like to participate. Liz at Business and Blogging started the survey to try and get a larger sampling than the study she saw about the habits of blog readers.
Please respond by comment or email. I will be sending the responses on to Liz so she can consolidate all of the results.
Survey:
How often do you read blogs?
How many do you read on a regular basis?
What qualities keep you coming back to a blog on a regular basis?
How often do you comment on blogs?
What prompts you to …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – One problem entrepreneurs rarely seem to have is a lack of ideas. We’re constantly thinking up new business ideas, ways to promote our products and services, and how to improve. Have you ever had too many ideas?
We are all busy. So busy, it can be hard to keep track of everything we need to do, everyone we’ve talked to, and all the things we want to ponder later. So we’re bound to forget something once in a while, right?
We need to capture all of these things, these ideas and thoughts. Our minds are so cluttered that we constantly …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – It’s easy to lose track of things. You put something away and later you don’t have any idea where you put it. That happens a little more often than I’d like, especially after having kids. It’s a distraction issue.
If I am distracted when I put do something, I’ll have a harder time remembering it later. For instance, I put my phone charger down next to the desk for just a moment while I jotted notes from a phone call. Later, I had to retrace my steps in order to find the charger again.
If I had just stopped for …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – Name one thing that will give you a head start on feeling organized tomorrow. How about clearing your desk? When you clear your desk before you leave, you give yourself a brand new start for the next day.
Think about it. You walk into an office with a neat, clean desk. How do you feel – ready to tackle your day? Consider the alternative. You walk in and your desk is a maelstrom of chaos. Do you feel defeated before you even get started?
I know I do. I just cleared off part of my desk today (and managed to …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – I’ll admit that after my trip to BlogHer, I am fighting the chaos and clutter beasts. The traveling – with a baby in tow – wore me out. And don’t tell anyone, but I haven’t even unpacked yet.
I know. So busted, right?
One of the things I want to do here is be honest when I’m having a rough time staying on track. I want to share what’s going on and how I try to fix it. Because organization is never perfect, never one-size-fits-all.
And also, I hope that telling you about it makes me a little more accountable to …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – When you get back from traveling, you have to pick up where you left off with projects. And if it’s been more than a couple of days, it can be tough to remember what you last did.
One thing that helps me get back in mode is my notebook. I take copious notes about what I’m doing with a project. Phone calls, brainstorming, what I’m waiting on. If I write things down, it makes it easier to start in the same spot the next day, or next week (I hate waiting a week, though – it’s too hard …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – We recently discussed using Google calendar reminders to make sure you know what you’ve planned for your day. Marina brought up a good point: What if you have something to do at 6 a.m., but you get email reminders from Google at 5 a.m.?
I don’t always remember to check the next day’s schedule, but I always check my calendar in the morning. So how do I make it to those early morning commitments that occur before I log on to my computer?
I use my cell phone. Most of today’s cells have a built-in calendar and reminder system. So …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – Yesterday I mentioned staying organized while traveling. And now it’s back to the usual routines. Sort of.
It takes a day or two to get back into the swing. I have to catch up on email, regular mail, and all the other paperwork that running a business entails. And I’ll need to unpack, process my receipts, and follow up with all of the people I met.
I need to pick up where I left off with projects, things that I couldn’t attend to when I was gone. And that means sitting down for a few minutes and remembering where I …read more

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