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5 Tips to Deal With Email Overload

Submitted by Rigdha Acharya on

How many emails do you get everyday? Way too many? Does your inbox look like the one in the picture?

I hear you! Email is a very useful tool when used effectively but can be a productivity killer if it isn't handled properly.

Here are 5 tips to help you deal with email overwhelm.

 

1. Limit how often you check your email

Tags: 
time management
productivity
business management

Surround Yourself With Motivated People

Submitted by Linda Ockwell-Jenner on

LindaOJ here, co-founder Small Business Community Network. Please check out my new blog post for TELUS Talks Business, and be sure to leave your comments, thanks!

Here is a little exerpt from my latest blog post:

Business in September!

Submitted by Nikos Rentas on

Seems like the summer flew by and everyone has started to push their products trying to grow their business and adjust back to the regular schedule. So are we all back into the flow? After a fabulous summer, the fall seems to be action packed with events right through to Christmas. If you are wondering what events are available, get on twitter and start following different streams like #kwawesome and #wrawesome.  The streams are regularly used for events throughout the tri-city areas and provide up to date tweets.   

Keeping Up Appearances

Submitted by Linda Ockwell-Jenner on

As a small business owner you work hard to emulate the large corporations who are successful and have a strong brand. In the early days of growing your business there are a couple of things you can do to encourage brand awareness and be visible by search engines:

Who's Managing Your Content?

Submitted by Dave Ockwell-Jenner on

As a small business owner, there's one thing you can be guaranteed to make. You'd like that thing to be money, certainly, but that's not what I'm talking about today.

The one thing you can be sure to generate is information. It's the lifeblood of your business and comes in many forms - documents, e-mails, accounting records, photos and other media. In fact, it's so easy to generate information that you might find yourself getting a little overwhelmed when you come to that fateful day finding yourself asking, "where did I put that file?"

My Networking Apprenticeship

Submitted by Linda Ockwell-Jenner on

You can call me the Social Sweetheart now, but when I started my own business, Motivational Steps in 2001 you would probably not even have called me! I had no idea what networking was, let alone how to do it.

@MarketPlace Conference Exploring the Future, Now

Submitted by Linda Ockwell-Jenner on

On September 17th, the Small Business Community Network (SBCN) will be hosting the @MarketPlace Conference at THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener from 9:00am - 4:30pm.

This year's theme is Exploring the Future, Now. With the rapid pace of change in technology, community and business we're looking to see what the future holds. Some of the themes we'll be exploring include:

TELUS and We Day Team Up to Change the World

Submitted by Linda Ockwell-Jenner on

Check out the full article:

"We are so excited to welcome TELUS as our new National Co-Title sponsor of We Day! TELUS announced today a five-year partnership with us as well as a new TELUS Phones for Good cause campaign to support youth empowerment! "

http://www.freethechildren.com/blog/2012/09/TELUS-change-the-world.php

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