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How to Keep Colds From Damaging Your Bottom Line

March 10, 2014 by Larry Keltto Leave a Comment

I’m nearly back to 100 percent health after a nasty cold that required 500 boxes of Kleenex. It’s amazing how good “normal” feels after being sick. It was my first cold of the 2014 cold/flu season. I was hoping to get through winter unharmed, but no dice. There’s an old saw about the length of […]

Filed Under: Productivity, Time Management Tagged With: Colds, Flu

A Short Review of TeuxDeux

May 3, 2013 by Larry Keltto Leave a Comment

A Short Review of TeuxDeux

If you’re like me, you’ve tried many to-do-list tools and you’ve never been satisfied. This past month I’ve been using one that might survive the free-trial period. It’s called TeuxDeux. The developers of TeuxDeux, which is made in Brooklyn, New York, say their purpose with TeuxDeux was to create a to-do list that’s: • Simple […]

Filed Under: Time Management Tagged With: TeuxDeux, Time Management, To-Do List

5 Tips for Solopreneurs for Successful Project Management

August 9, 2012 by Erica Bell Leave a Comment

When you enter the self-employed, solopreneur life, one of the hardest obstacles you’ll need to overcome is project management. In the corporate world, there is often a chain of command and a list of policies and procedures to manage tasks. Structure often varies depending on the business — is it time, effort, cost, or quality […]

Filed Under: Home Business Ideas, Productivity, Time Management Tagged With: Project management

The Extremely Profitable Work That New Solopreneurs Overlook

October 31, 2011 by Larry Keltto Leave a Comment

In The Solopreneur Life: 42 Solo-Business Owners Speak the Truth on Dreaming Big, Failing Forward, and Calling Your Own Shots the solopreneurs talk about mistakes they’ve made with their businesses. One of the solopreneurs, Ted Prodromu, says, “[My mistake was that] my business was project-based, with little recurring income…Recurring income is a must.” So, what […]

Filed Under: Niche Marketing, Productivity, Time Management

The Secret to Solopreneurial Peak Performance

April 13, 2011 by Larry Keltto Leave a Comment

When you’re putting together your calendar for the week or month, what do you schedule first? Is it client meetings? Marketing tasks? Back-of-the-house functions? Personal performance expert Dr. Shannon Reece, offers a surprising answer to the question of what must always come first for solopreneurs. “When I talk about ordering your priorities, you have to […]

Filed Under: Time Management Tagged With: Dr. Shannon Reece, me time, peak performance, secret, Solopreneurs, sustainable, Time Management

The Valuable Lesson Ernest Hemingway Taught Solopreneurs

January 28, 2011 by Larry Keltto Leave a Comment

In his novels and short stories, Ernest Hemingway often wrote about time management, although he didn’t call it time management. Hemingway’s routine was to wake at dawn every day and write for the entire morning. In the afternoon he left his desk, filling his hours with adventure: fishing, swimming, big-game hunting, fighting in wars, womanizing, […]

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Are You Sabotaging Your Creative Energy?

October 13, 2010 by Larry Keltto Leave a Comment

This was written by Jen Waak, who pens a monthly health column for The Solopreneur Life. I’ve never been much of a 9-to-5’er. My perfect workday would be 10-3 with a two-hour lunch. You think I’m joking–I’m not. But, as a solopreneur, a three-hour workday is a total joke. Even Tim Ferris knows that isn’t […]

Filed Under: Self Reliance, Time Management

Solopreneurs Will Save Time, Make Money With New Copywriting Book

September 15, 2010 by Larry Keltto Leave a Comment

This is a review of Amy Harrison’s new e-book, “Copywriting Phrase-Book: 501 Shortcuts to Compelling Content.” Why did Amy Harrison create a copywriting product that’s going to put herself out of business? I don’t understand. Amy is a copywriter based in England. She’s a brilliant writer—the kind of brilliant that tells me I’m in the […]

Filed Under: Niche Marketing, Time Management Tagged With: copywriting, Marketing, solopreneur

How To Fit Social-Media Marketing Into Your Schedule

July 23, 2010 by Larry Keltto Leave a Comment

How To Fit Social-Media Marketing Into Your Schedule

This is a guest post written by online marketing strategist Tommy Walker. We solopreneurs understand the value of social media for our businesses, but we’ve discovered that it can be incredibly time-consuming to do social media well. Tommy has some suggestions and solutions. Do you ever look at other soloprenuers on social networks and wonder […]

Filed Under: Automation, Niche Marketing, Social Media, Time Management Tagged With: Marketing, social media, solopreneur

Should You Hire a Virtual Assistant?

May 18, 2010 by Larry Keltto 3 Comments

Should You Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Virtual assistants can be a big help for solopreneurs, but how do you know if you should hire one? This Q&A will help you determine whether hiring a virtual assistant is the right move for your small business.

Filed Under: Home Office, Time Management Tagged With: advice, hiring, Office, productivity, solopreneur, virtual assistant

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