By Sophia in Business advice on September 25 2009
Here are a few more tips to help you to manage your time effectively at work.
Make sure you set deadlines for your work – if they have not been set to begin with. This gives you something to aim for and allows you to make the work time-specific.
If you make and receive many telephone calls during your work day, it is worth writing the main points down straight after the call. Then, if the phone starts to ring again, you don’t forget the main actions that resulted from the call.
You can simplify major projects by breaking them down into manageable sections. Once you have sorted the tasks in order you can develop a timeline to complete each section of work.
By Susan in Business advice on September 19 2009
It is easy to get caught up in so many distractions when working in an office. Here are a few pointers to help you to manage your time more effectively when working in the office and at a computer.
- To save time searching around for non-existent pens, invest in a few decent ones and stock up your drawer.
- Make sure you take regular breaks from your computer during the working day. You will find you feel more energised on your return. Make sure you leave your desk at lunchtimes especially.
- Make sure you do not get distracted by incoming emails. Check your emails at specific times rather than at regular intervals every few minutes. Prioritise the emails according to importance and urgency.
By Matthew in Business advice on September 13 2009
In the past two articles, we have looked at how an SME may be able to save money when using flight travel for business purposes. Here are the final few tips that we have to offer the discerning business traveller.
Make sure you have got all your travel leads and travel equipment ready for travel, so you are well prepared for the journey.
Sign up for rental car programmes and make use of membership offers to cut the wait time and make sure you get your car faster.
Check the reviews on travel booking websites and get updates and tips from fellow travellers. Any advice on times, terminals, baggage claims and gates you can gain to make sure your travel goes as smoothly as possible, can only be a good thing.
If you follow some of these tips, you can stay online while at the airport and make sure you don’t waste any time when there is important work to be done.
By Susan in Business advice on September 6 2009
Flights seem to be even scarcer these days and are increasing in price, leaving fewer travel deals for business travellers. This reality is why many small business owners are choosing web and video conferencing technologies as an alternative to these travel issues.
However, travel is still an important way to conduct business for growing businesses which are constantly on the lookout to cut costs and expand their business further. Here are a few more tips to help you with business travel.
You should always check in online. Nearly all airlines now offer this time-saving facility. You can speed right to security and make sure you don’t waste valuable time.
Register for flight membership programmes on all airlines you use. As well as upgrades and airmiles, you can also find out about other offers and make use of the carrier’s flight information services as well.
By Matthew in Business advice on September 2 2009
Many SME business owners and workers are required to travel a lot these days. This can end up being quite costly and take up a lot of time. There are however, things you can do to make things a little easier for yourself.
You can make use of the many airport lounges and business facilities in place within many of the country’s top airports. These services include fast wireless broadband and some can also ensure a quick check-in.
You can get also real-time flight tracking information online which can save you a lot of messing about at the airport. You can find out in advance if a flight is delayed or changed. This can save you a lot of time and hassle.
By Susan in Uncategorized on June 30 2009
Having mupltiple screen on your computer increase productivty. So much so there is a maths sum to sum it up.
number x screen = increases in production.
Put simply the more screen you have the more production you staff can acheive. For example on one screen you can have e-mails, another screen you can have a web browser, another bbc sport rumors page and finally your business application.
This person here has 24 screen which means a 24 times increase in production, this means that the person only has to work 1 / 24th of the day, to do one normal person day work.
By Sophia in Uncategorized on June 29 2009
Making staff pay for tea is a bit of joke in counties like England and India. Due to the reliance of tea from a young age in England and India staff that don’t have tea in the morning and break will work slower and produce poor quality work.
Recently big brother presenter Davina McCall was unable to have any tea and this harrowing picture was released to the press.
Asking your staff to pay for tea should also be banned, it’s not that expensive to buy tea bags, water is free and milk. It’s something that could help staff moral if tea was made free.
By Sophia in Uncategorized on June 28 2009
A good way to promote your business is by promoting in the search engines such as Dog Pile, Alta Vista, Ask and the popular Google.
To get to the top of the rankings all you need to do is add content related to the search you want to come up for. Then get people to link to you. This can be done by directories, link pages, etc etc.
Once your at the top of the rankings don’t relax keep on pushing with more key phrases and adding more pages to the site. Once you get the knack of it you’ll be promotion your business the 21st century way!
By Matthew in Uncategorized on June 28 2009
Office conditions are very important to staff happiness and production levels. A poor environment means poor levels of work both volumes and quality. For example, if your chairs are uncomfortable then staff will have to stand up and stretch their backs, less time at the computer.
Too hot and your staff will be going to the water fountain a lot, then in turn going to the toilet, that’s if they are not asleep due to the heat.
Too cold and people won’t be able to type as their fingers will be numb. It’s all about getting the conditions correct. Once they are the right job will be done.
By Matthew in Uncategorized on June 26 2009
In the UK there is a scheme called the ride to work. It promotes the use of people cycling to work rather than getting the car or using public transport. It means that you pay for your bike over a period of time and have a VAT reduction making the bike cheaper.
It’s a great way of getting fit and staff that come to work on a bike will be more alert and ready to work rather than the staff that have just got out of bed into a warm car and driven to work.
It helps if there are changing facilities at the work place and even a shower.
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