Comments on: Following up with contacts: ArtBizCoach Alyson Stanfield

By: Jennifer Hofmann wants to know . . . — Art Biz Blog

Jennifer Hofmann wants to know . . . — Art Biz Blog — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:39:15 +0000

[...] is the owner of Inspired Home Office and is hosting me on her blog, My Organized Business. All you disorganized types should head on over and read the details. The rest of you should visit [...]

By: Alyson B. Stanfield

Alyson B. Stanfield — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:02:56 +0000

Judy: One of my assistants found me. She was wanting to work with artists and I kept her name awhile. A year or so later, it was I who was asking her for help. My other assistant I found through an organization I belong to. Because she specializes in working with authors, she’s just the person I needed when my book launched. And she helped me find my bookkeeper. My Web guru I found years ago when I was helping my mother try to find someone to do her shop Web site. An artist put me in touch with her.

Tips: Be VERY clear on the type of person you want to work with. Tell everyone that you’re looking for this person. The universe will answer.

By: Alyson Stanfield Focuses on Promotion for Artists…& Other Businesses

Alyson Stanfield Focuses on Promotion for Artists…& Other Businesses — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:02:24 +0000

[...] Hofmann, of My Organized Biz (another b5media Business Channel blog), also hosted Alyson as she tours the blogosphere introducing us to her book. You’ll be able to learn more [...]

By: 3 Organizing Assumptions Debunked

3 Organizing Assumptions Debunked — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:09:51 +0000

[...] – In the article about following up with contacts, Tammy made an interesting comment I’d like to respond to: The [question] that comes to mind [...]

By: Jennifer Hofmann

Jennifer Hofmann — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:12:20 +0000

Tammy – This is a great question and I have to say, if you know you’re on a 3 month cycle you’re way ahead of the game. And you’re right, the next step is to learn how to work with it.

I’m going to write a blog about this topic today, because it’s something that’s really important to know about organizing… More to come.

By: Tammy Vitale

Tammy Vitale — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:01:25 +0000

I can’t wait for Alyson’s tour to come to my blog – the only problem is, as I read the current tour, it always makes more questions! The one that comes to mind here is how to persist. I can’t seem to hold the course more than 3 months….that seems to be my cycle. How do we organize ourselves and keep on trooping through our own cycles of up and down? And reading Alyson’s remarks about her office made me look around mine – oof, there’s another todo, and soon, before all the piles start falling over!

By: Jennifer Hofmann

Jennifer Hofmann — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:07:00 +0000

Isn’t it funny how simple and yet profound it is? I’ve been writing a task list in the morning, but it would be great to do it at the end of the day so I don’t have to think so hard trying to remember what I was doing the day before.

Grad students call this “parking downhill” – when you get back to work, you can easily pick up where you left off.

By: Judy Keefe

Judy Keefe — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:10:42 +0000

Something as simple as writing a task list the night before..you’d think everyone would know that. Well..I know what I’m doing tonight!

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:31:58 +0000

Great interview. I would love to have asked Alyson where she found her assistants. I am starting to feel like I need the help, but don’t know where to begin, or how to structure it. Pointers about the process of adding help would be great.

By: Jennifer Hofmann

Jennifer Hofmann — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:21:26 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Ann!

It really comes down to capacity. The thing I like about what Alyson is doing (and what I want to copy!) is delegating what others are best at, so she can focus on what she does best.

Seems to me if you did this, Ann, your list of 300 would be much shorter – and more enjoyable to complete.