As a promoter of home based business opportunities, it can be difficult reaching your goals.
One of the biggest reasons why many people struggle is because of lack of effective time management.
Here are some great tips to assist you.
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Make A To-Do List The night before you start working, write down each task that you have to complete the following day.
Do not bother to list tasks you can delegate to someone else.
Have your list nearby so you can refer to it throughout the day.
You do not have to do everything in one day as anything that you did not get done you can do the next day.
The purpose of the list is to keep you focused, as there are many distractions that will occur during the day.
Prioritize your list with the most important tasks at the top.
This way if a lot of other issues come up, you took care of the most important tasks.
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Do not Live in Email One of the biggest mistakes you can make when you promote home-based business opportunities is checking email constantly.
Constant email checking often results in hours of wasted time a day.
You should have a designated time throughout the day that you check email, ideally after you complete some of your more important activities during the day.
Even if you do not reply to your email, the time you spend reading it costs you significant time in your business.
You start thinking about how you want to handle certain emails and it takes you away from revenue producing activities that you should be working on.
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Do not Waste Time Surfing the Internet Monitoring your web surfing time can be a challenge.
Many times you do not even realize how many hours you spend on non-productive web surfing activity.
If the home-based business opportunities that you promote are your primary income, you may have to spend a significant amount of time on the computer.
However, that does not mean you have to spend that time surfing the net.
Instead, it should be spent working on activities that promote and develop your business.
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Be Wary of Phone Time Depending on what type of home based business opportunities you are promoting, you may have to spend a lot of time on the phone.
However, there is a difference between productive calls and unproductive calls.
You should screen your incoming calls either through a personal assistant or a voice mail so you are not wasting your time.
When you are working on your most important activities, avoid answering the phone during those times.
Instead use that time to generate business by developing content and driving traffic to your web site.
Take some time to evaluate how you spend your day.
Look at the time you spend on email, on the phone and surfing the internet.
Apply some of these suggestions so you can improve your time management ability.