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		<title>Organize Your Home Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to starting my Online Business Management company, I owned a Professional Organizing Service, called Completely Organized. I have always had a knack for sorting, stacking, and putting like things together, so it came quite easy for me to share my natural gifts with others through a business. The unfortunate part was that this was [...]]]></description>
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<p>Prior to starting my Online Business Management company, I owned a Professional Organizing Service, called Completely Organized.  I have always had a knack for sorting, stacking, and putting like things together, so it came quite easy for me to share my natural gifts with others through a business.  The unfortunate part was that this was prior to Social Networking and my market was local, and they weren&#8217;t ready to pay someone to get them organized.</p>
<p>But I still have those skills and I use them in my business today.  Now I have to be honest.  I&#8217;m not always good at doing them, I know what to do and I talk a good game, but sometimes I just don&#8217;t manage to stay as organized as I would like.  So in honor of  &#8220;Organize Your Home Office Day&#8221;,  here are a few things that will keep you organized and start and end  each day with a clean desk.</p>
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<li>Start your day by reviewing your To-Do List (more about this further down)</li>
<li>Tackle your priority tasks first</li>
<li>Set times throughout the day to check email and respond.  Close it down when you have finished</li>
<li>Make phone calls in bundles (except for urgent calls)</li>
<li>When working on projects, let the calls go to voice mail and return them when finished with the project</li>
<li>Keep current files in a stack-file on your desk or nearby for easy retrieval</li>
<li>When working with documents make a decision to only handle once &#8211; file, follow-up,  or shred</li>
<li>Keep all your tools handy, but tucked away, not on your desktop</li>
<li>At the end of the day, review your To-Do list again.  Congratulate yourself on your successes and progress.  Start a new one with the top three priorities of the next day.  These are the three things, that will make the biggest impact on your business if you didn&#8217;t get them completed.</li>
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<p>Well, that&#8217;s my list.  Hope you found something useful to help you get more organized.  What are some of the things you do daily to stay organized?</p>


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		<title>Unify Your Social Media Sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do I link all my social media sites, my blog and website together? That is a frequent question that clients ask. Do you have profiles on several sites and would like to have them connected. Well, I found just the tool for doing that. Retaggr What is Retaggr about? * Unifying your online profiles. [...]]]></description>
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<p>How do I link all my social media sites, my blog and website together?  That is a frequent question that clients ask.</p>
<p>Do you have profiles on several sites and would like to have them connected.</p>
<p>Well, I found just the tool for doing that.</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.retaggr.com"  target="_blank">Retaggr</a></h2>
<p>What is Retaggr about?</p>
<p>* Unifying your online profiles. Bring all your profiles on all your services into one place, so the world can find out who you are, and connect with you.<br />
* They&#8221;re not another social network. They help consolidate your identity.<br />
* And they give you a bunch of tools to do it.  Retaggr widgets, badges, an email signature, the Add Me Button, and of course, your rich, interactive Profile Card.<br />
* For quick demo of some of the features, click <a href="http://www.retaggr.com/Home/Demo"  target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s quite easy and helps you keep track of all the sites you have joined.  Give it a try!</p>


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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If anyone asked me how I grade my website, I would say, &#8220;I give it an A+.&#8221; Well of course I would say that, I developed the content and I&#8217;m partial to my site. But what grade does your site really get? I found an incredible tool today that will lay out the hard truth [...]]]></description>
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<p>If anyone asked me how I grade my website, I would say, &#8220;I give it an A+.&#8221;  Well of course I would say that, I developed the content and I&#8217;m partial to my site.</p>
<p>But what grade does your site really get?  I found an incredible tool today that will lay out the hard truth about your site, but they ease the blow by giving you suggestions on how to make a few changes to boost your site through SEO.</p>
<p>Take a look at <a href="http://website.grader.com/"  target="_blank">Website Grader by HubSpot</a></p>
<p>Then come back and share your grade with us.   What?  What&#8217;s my grade?  Uh, I&#8217;ll let you know soon! <img src='http://tastingtheinternet.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>


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