My Organized Biz

One system I like to use for keeping in contact with customers is sending postcards.  I’ve discussed this at Home Biz Notes, in the post, A Postcard a Day for Friendship and PR. So that you can keep up with this routine, which brings cheer and information to friends, family, customers and business associates, you may want to do a little organizing.

Keep postcards on hand and with you
Pick up postcards when you’re traveling
Use postcards from your own area
Make special business postcards
Make postcards from your art and photographs
If you’re an author, use cards with covers of your books
Use generic cards with inspiring sayings
Set up …read more

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Nowadays, people seem to spend much time on the phone, especially cell phones.  Wherever you go, you see them with phones almost glued to their ear.  Or they’re text messaging.  If you’re trying to talk with someone, whether in a store, in a meeting, on the street, they’ll grab for the phone when it rings and answer it, or at least text.  Their mind will be half on what they’re discussing with you and what the person on the phone is communicating.
Phone etiquette has become very crude.  In fact, it’s almost non-existent.  Many people don’t even realize there is such …read more

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How do you organize your messages…for business and for family matters?  We live in a multigenerational home, so there are messages for three generations of family. 
Where do we post them so they won’t get lost, so the appropriate person gets them in a timely fashion, so we’ll make sure we’ve acted upon them.
We do have a phone message pad with duplicate pages.  However, it’s only located by the one phone of easy access to all family members.
Other notes are taken on memo pads and placed at a desk or on a bulletin board.  We transfer our appointments to a family …read more

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I am so spoiled. Where we live, we have a cable modem. It’s easy to take that nice, fast connection for granted.
Until I go see my parents. I won’t say they live out in the middle of nowhere, but both the cable company and phone company refuse to do anything out there except basic phone service. Like, you get a dial tone and that’s it. Even though the fiber optic cable is just right outside their door (not enough of a population – there are probably more deer than people).
So that means they have dialup service. Yes, remember when you …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – Since e-mail is such a big part of our businesses, we’ll be featuring ways you can keep your inbox under control. If you can’t put your finger on an important e-mail, or you spend more than 5 minutes looking for it, you may need to prune your messages.
One thing that has helped me quite a bit is giving myself permission to delete e-mails. Yes, deleting. You see, with so much storage available to us, it’s easy to keep everything “just in case.”
The question to ask yourself is whether you’ll really need that e-mail later. Of course, contracts, agreements, …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – Phones are an integral part of our business. None of us can get by without calling a client or customer, a supplier, a colleague. As such, we place a high importance on phone calls, don’t we?
I have a friend who has to answer the phone every time it rings, even if she’s walking out the door to an appointment. It has made her late and frustrated the people who have to wait on her. She has voice mail and I’ve encouraged her many times to just let it go. But she can’t. She was taught that phone calls …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – Have you heard of Jott.com? It’s got to be one of the coolest things I’ve heard about in a while – and I’m right on the fence of starting to use it.
Jott.com is a website where you sign up for a membership. In turn, you get a phone number that you can call from anywhere. The coolness starts when you’re driving down the road and remember something you need to do.
You call the number Jott gave you, leave a message, which then dictates your message into an email. When you get back to the office, there’s …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – Somebody mentioned the term “bride brain” a while back and I think it’s starting to set in. I’m getting married in T-minus 5 days and I can’t seem to keep my head on straight.
I was really inspired by Leo Babauta at ZenHabits when he blogged about how he was working on his book. Because of this, he explained, he might not have as much to say on his blog for a little while. So inspired was I that I decided to write to you with a similar message.
I’ve noticed that as I get ready for the Big Day, …read more

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I just learned that today is International Shut Down Day.
What’s this, you might ask? Read more about it from Leif Hansen at Spark NW. Then consider turning off your computer and other digital devices and do something fun for a change.
You’ll feel good – I’m just sure of it.
Happy Sunday.

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – Today I’m hosting Alyson B. Stanfield, author of I’d Rather Be in the Studio! The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion. Alyson is here as part of her blog tour to promote the book and is also giving away a free copy!
Jen: Welcome, Alyson!
Alyson: Jennifer, thanks so much for inviting me to your blog! I just love what you do.
Jen: As we’ve been preparing to feature you on my blog, I’ve been consistently impressed with your follow-up – with even the smallest details. And I bring this up because, in the book, you talk about the importance of following …read more

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