After I launched TheSolopreneurLife.com, one of the first pages I created was the Tools That Work page. It’s a resource page for solopreneurs’ online-commerce and website needs. This is a heads-up — I’ve completed a massive update to the Tools That Work page. Check it out. A lot of trial and error goes into selecting […]
How to Keep Colds From Damaging Your Bottom Line
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 […]
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 […]
How to Find (and Utilize) the Best Virtual Assistant For Your Solo Business
Solopreneurs frequently ask me questions about virtual assistants. I turned to Amy Wright, CEO of AmyWright.biz for answers. Larry Keltto: What kinds of services do virtual assistants typically provide? Amy Wright: Oh, it runs the gamut from basic calendar management, customer service and scheduling all the way up to super techie things like adding a […]
5 Tips for Solopreneurs for Successful Project Management
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 […]
The Extremely Profitable Work That New Solopreneurs Overlook
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 […]
The Secret to Solopreneurial Peak Performance
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 […]
The Valuable Lesson Ernest Hemingway Taught Solopreneurs
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, […]
Are You Sabotaging Your Creative Energy?
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 […]
Solopreneurs Will Save Time, Make Money With New Copywriting Book
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 […]