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Are You Spending Enough Time Learning?

 It's an age old saying, but it will never change. Without trying to sound like an NBC public service announcement, the more you know, the more you will be able to use that knowledge in your own life, or in this case, business. A business owner's time is limited, but some of that time should be used for learning. Always. Spend some time (each day if possible) just reading and learning about new tactics, strategies and trends related to your niche.

Is Your Business in a Rush?

Rushing in business rarely pays off. There are many areas in business where you may be rushing or at least tempted to do so, but in the end you may end up hurting your business or at least not reaping the maximum benefits possible. Rushing Your Products

Dawn of the Extra Staff

Chances are you are already doing this, but on the other hand maybe you're not: take a good look at your company's workload, and evaluate your workforce. This article was inspired by a recent trip to a certain electronics store that I have mentioned before as having notoriously "pushy" salespeople.

Avoid Time-Wasting When it Comes to Analytics

Web Analytics is not easy and can take up much of you time so it's important to concentrate on the things which have the most benefit to your business. Below I have outlined the types of things you shouldn’t measure as well as some areas where you could potentially end up wasting time rather than focusing on tactics and metrics which will actually help your strategy to succeed.

Managing Your Time Wisely

What’s the first thing you think of when you think of time? If your answer is that you never have enough time, then you need to continue reading and tune in to the SmallBusinessNewz video. Even if that wasn’t the first thing that popped into your head, there’s still a lot of time management knowledge that may be useful to you.

Managing Business Growth

I’m at something of a business crisis point at present - managing growth. Simply put, my workload is far too large for me to handle. This is a big part of trying to expand my business - not so much client side, but general services side. Because I’ve always been a hands-on person, I used to do everything - then slowly began to outsource little things here and there. Now, there is so much admin work - webmastering, design, development, domain management, software install/backup, sites site up, etc etc etc - that I simply cannot cope with it all.

How Much Money are you Throwing Away on Wasted Time?

As you know, saving time leads to more productivity. If you think about your daily routine, you are bound to find areas in which you are spending more time than you need to be. Multitasking vs. One thing at a time

Stay Focused to Increase Productivity

The University of Oregon conducted an interesting study back in July looking at how the human brain breaks down short term memory. They found that the average person is aware of about only 4 things at once.This is information that you can use to help you stay focused when managing your business. You may consider yourself to be above average, but why not try using this as a guideline?