Don’t know where to start when it comes to getting organized? We all have to begin somewhere. Don’t let it overwhelm you. Start small. Work your way up. And make sure you have some essential tools to help you. Here are some tools that we should all have in our business arsenal.
1) A computer – this one is pretty obvious to most of us. You can track your invoices so you know how much money you should have coming in. You can track expenses so you know what’s going out. Both of those will let you know whether you are …read more

(myorganizedbiz.com) – I mentioned before that mind mapping is a great tool for generating ideas. Once you get in the groove with a mind map, you can come up with some terrific ideas. And you may even surprise yourself with some new things you’d never thought of before.
Celine, over at Pimp Your Work, talks about MindMeister as a good tool to try. It’s online, you can share with others, and you can see changes in real time. And it offers a free trial.
I bought NovaMind a couple of years ago and have been using it. Er, I was when I …read more

(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – I have great, profound, and amazing thoughts. Usually at night. Or in the car. Or somewhere, sometime when I can’t really capture them. It never fails that I have a terrific idea, or someone calls, or I meet someone who doesn’t have a card, and I have no paper and pen. (Well, it used to.)
It’s frustrating. But a few years back I bought a small Moleskine notebook. And now, when I need to capture information, ideas, or just scrape off swirling thoughts, I have a place to do so.
Sometimes, I’m in the middle of a project and …read more