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What is FTP?

Oct 19, 2007 Organization

FTP or File Transfer Protocol is used to transfer data from one computer to another over the Internet, or through a network.So simple enough, right? But why do we need it?When you own a website you have control over what goes into the website, and what the site looks like including any custom graphics or pictures. This involves uploading information over the internet.

Activity Management Is Another Name For Time Management

Sep 2, 2007 Organization, Prosperity, Time Management

It is a misnomer to believe that it is possible to do time management. Time is finite and available in equal measure to everyone in this world. Still, with the same amount of time at our disposal, someone becomes Bill Gates and another person rots away in penury. Whereas it is true that there are many other factors and resources that result in such diverse outcomes, the main aspect to be considered is that one person dared to think differently and maneuvered his activities in the limited available time and another person could not adjust his activities fruitfully.

Time Management Is Activity Management

The limited amount of time in a day cannot be managed differently by different people. It is only the amount and types of activities that you do, which will make the difference to the outcome. The management of your activities is more important. So, how do we manage our activities?

Planning

The core of any successful activity is the initial planning of the same without which you are bound to stray in wilderness. Without planning, you will just be flipping from one activity to another without accomplishing any tangible results. Planning of activities in relation to time management is very important. The first step in planning your activities for a day is to set a particular goal or various goals for the day. Unless you are clear in your mind as to what you wish to achieve, you will never get there and your activities will be haphazard without any preconceived direction. This will obviously lead to regrets at a later stage when you will feel that you should have conducted yourself in a different way but by that time, the damage would already have been done. It has, therefore, essential to decide what you want to achieve and in how much time.

Listing Of Various Activity Stages And Prioritizing Them

Once you have defined your goals, the next step is to list the various activity stages that will lead you towards the fulfillment of these goals. Having done that, you should go through the steps once again and put them in proper sequence in order of the priorities. You would also need to estimate the time that each step might take so that you can get a realistic view of the probability of achieving your goals.

Saying No To Interruptions

It is very important to visualize the possible interruptions that you might face while performing the various activities as per your plan. You need to be fully prepared to deal with such hindrances and to be able to tactfully avoid interruptions such as unnecessary telephone calls or unwanted visitors.

Put Your Plan In Black And White

Documenting your plan and keeping it in front of you will be very helpful as you can avoid missing out any essential activity or for gauging the progress of your work in relation to the overall target.

If you can master the art of activity management, you will find that effective time management will follow automatically.

Time Management – Saving time by working hard

Jul 15, 2007 Organization, Prosperity, Time Management

Time is the most precious thing that we have.  In a typical hourly job the more we work the more money we earn.  But the more we work the less we have time.  For me it is the time that is important.  But guess what the reason that you are your own boss and you are a professional is that you have time.  So take that time and use it wisely.

In setting up your blog you are going to do some work for a little while and then get paid.  How you get paid will be shown through later blogs.  But for today I want to talk about how you can do work now, and get paid later.

When you do work for yourself you make more money.  That is the type of business you are in.  Now by using the Internet you can do work once and make money over and over again.  Here is how it works:

People surf the Internet at all times, morning, afternoon, night, it does not matter, you can’t possibly be doing work all that time, and I hope that you don’t want to.  So by writing a good quality tip, some good quality information, or a great marketing piece that will get people to want to search you out and use your services you are essentially making money for doing work once.  You only have to write the article once, and it makes money for you for months.

Why months?  If you are marketing yourself right, you are continually growing your business.  Through growing your business you are getting more and more clients, and more and more word of mouth spread advertising.  As you reach more and more people, and more and more people talk about you they will be coming to your blog.  Your blog will be always stored with WordPress, and if they like what you have to say, they will be reading your back dated blog.  Your work that you did a long time ago will pay off forever, as long as you have new clients, and people coming to your site.

What and When to Write

Jul 9, 2007 Idea Building, Organization, Topic Building, Writing

WordPress is great, you can write whatever you want whenever you want.  Lets do the whenever first.  By using the simple Post Timestamp on the lower right hand side of the Write Post page you can change the day that the article that you just wrote will post.  This is an excellent tool.  I am no English major, nor am I even a good writer.  When I get inspired to write I just have to sit down and do it.  I may bust out two or three articles in one sitting, then not get inspired to do so again for a week or two.  Using the Post Timestamp lets me spread those articles out and seem to have a constantly updating site.  What a great tool.

Now what to write.  This is the hard one for most of us non writing types of people, but lets face it, even if we want to be a hermit in todays world we need to communicate a little bit with some people.  If it is midnight or 1am, or in my case when I wake up at 5am there are not many people available to talk to, so we are back to writing.

I keep a notebook with me at all times.  I prefer the little note pad with a spiral binding about big enough to keep in your back pocket.  I also keep a “Mini Pilot G-2″ pen along with it.  It is a system that works flawlessly for me.  The pen hooks right onto the spiral notebook part and is always there when I need it.  If I have an idea I will jot it down immediately.  I am always getting ideas, some good, some bad, but they are always coming and going.  I am trying to eliminate the going part.  By writing down a word or two about them I can remember them when I get home.

Once I get home the geek in me comes out and I put it in a spreadsheet of ideas.  I even use the strikethrough font if I have written about one.  I never delete them because usually they will spark another idea for me, and the cycle continues.  This way if I get in the mood to write, I will begin writing, if I have a little writers block, I open my spread sheet and away I go.

My recommendation to you is find a system, a notebook, note card, whatever works for you and use it to keep track of ideas as they pop into your head.   When you get the time sit down and write a few out.  Then use the Post Timestamp and forget about it.  An hour worth of writing on your blog can produce weeks and weeks of articles posting right on schedule.  Having articles posting on a regular schedule not only keeps people interested in your topic, but it lets the search engines and ranking tools know you have something to say thus putting your website higher and higher on the search engines.