Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Peggy Duncan
Every time I hear of company layoffs, I feel badly for the people losing their jobs. But I immediately start to wonder how the people left behind will make it. They were already working inefficiently; now half of their co-workers are gone.
In my work as a consultant helping people improve their personal productivity, I see [...]
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Posted on March 22nd, 2009 by Peggy Duncan
When I buy new gadgets and gizmos, I read the how-to booklets and also look for more tips on the Web. I purchased the BlackBerry 8820 over a year ago, and in addition to setting up my laptop to use it as a modem (tether), here are some other things I learned and changes I’ve [...]
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Posted on March 5th, 2009 by Peggy Duncan
Email overload is that mess that’s packed and stacked in your Inbox…hundreds and thousands of messages that you scroll through every day. You can lighten the load if you stop using your Inbox for storage and also think through every message you handle.
My solutions that work are outlined in my book, Conquer Email Overload [...]
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Posted on March 1st, 2009 by Peggy Duncan
Hi, Peggy! I have lots of business cards from others. What is the most productive way to store them. I originally thought I’d use a desk top Rolodex; then I thought I should group them according to services, photocopy the page and then file the pages. What do you suggest?
None of the above. I batch [...]
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Posted on January 4th, 2009 by Peggy Duncan
When I switched from Earthlink to AT&T for Internet access for my home office, I could no longer connect when I was outside my calling area using a local access number. (I’d have to pay to connect to an 800 number and pay by the minute). I considered an aircard, but when I thought through [...]
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Posted on November 29th, 2008 by Peggy Duncan
When I started my business almost 11 years ago, as part of the Accounting section of my filing system, I had a folder for each vendor I spent money with regularly (e.g., gas, light, Office Depot, etc.). When I found myself sticking receipts in a To Be Filed folder, I knew my system was too [...]
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Posted on August 18th, 2007 by Peggy Duncan
I received a package the other day from a company that creates promotional products. Their gift idea was a nicely done 2008 Pocket Pal week-at-a-glance calendar. I chuckled when I held it up wondering why companies still spend money on these.
Hmmm…do I know anyone who could use this? All the business associates and clients I [...]
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Posted on August 13th, 2007 by Peggy Duncan
September is National Preparedness Month, and I have included enough information in my blog to help you get ready. Anything could happen anytime…naturally or man-made.
A backup is not a backup
if it’s not offsite.
Here is a list of articles in my blog you’ll want to revisit.
Use technology to protect your small business from disaster
Carbonite and [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2007 by Peggy Duncan
I have a business card scanner…saw it years ago and just had to have it (CardScan)! It’s probably about 90% accurate reading the text on the card and turning it into a contact so I can’t complain. The problem is that after that first wave of cards was scanned, I don’t use the scanner anymore.
Here’s [...]
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Posted on May 12th, 2007 by Peggy Duncan
I’ve set up various ways to quickly get to documents I work with a lot. One way is by adding folders to the Places bar (it’s the bar on the left of this dialog box (under Look in:) that appears when you click the Open toolbar button (or click Ctrl+O) inside your favorite software.
It’s easy [...]
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Posted on April 24th, 2007 by Peggy Duncan
I’m a solopreneur and wouldn’t want it any other way. I love the flexibility I have and the fact that I can go hang out with my mom in DC anytime I want and not have to worry about what’s going on back in the office.
I had to think about safeguards I needed in place [...]
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