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Saturday, June 29, 2013
Blogging for Beginners Video Series
Module #1 Using Wordpress
Module #2 Marketing Tips for Bloggers
Module #3 Branding Your 
Module #4 Social Media Marketing & Your Blog
Module #5 Blogging for ProfitPlus Bonus Material
Bonus Module #6 Blogging Tips and Tools
Bonus PHP Script My Banner Rotator Script
3 Bonus eBooks Selling Adspace Online, Web Tools for Entrepreneurs, and
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Create the Perfect Home Office
Create
the Perfect Home Office
The idea of working from
home would be a dream come true for most. Being able to roll
downstairs in your pyjamas, stick on the kettle before you get to
work in the comfort of your own abode. However working from home can
be a distraction and so there are some steps you can take to ensure
working from home is a success and does not just turn into a waste of
your time and consequently your money. Therefore it is necessary to
put some thought into your home office and create a space and system
that works for you. Why not start off with our top tips?
- Keep Distraction at Bay: Think about where you are going to create your office and try not to see it as a secondary space. You will be spending a lot of time working in there so situate it in an
area if your house where you would be happy to spend a lot of time. Furthermore, you want to steer clear of areas of the house where you will be susceptible to distraction- do not plonk yourself within the hub of the house like the kitchen or lounge.
- Light Up: One thing to take into consideration when choosing your office space is to choose a bright room, not a dank basement. This will decrease stress levels whilst simultaneously avoid eye strain. Task lighting for your desk area is essential, especially if you find yourself working into the night. Smaller lamps, especially SAD specific lamps will help enhance your mood during the dark winter months
- We Need Space: You do not want to end up cramped in a small space as you will feel claustrophobic and frustrated. It’s great to be able to spread your paperwork over a large desk and a small one can often suppress the imagination. An L-shaped desk is a great space creator and also a space saver in regards to not taking up a huge amount of the room. Make sure you also have filing cabinets, shelves and various other office tidies so that you avoid a depressing, cluttered office.
- Style and Comfort as well as Function: Decorate your
office so you actually enjoy spending time in the space. Put pictures on the wall, a fluffy rug on the floor, photographs on your desk and use trendy cable tidies to hide unsightly cables and maintain the aesthetic of your office. Plants in your work space are also a great idea as it has been proven that they can reduce stress levels and increase productivity. The most important thing however is a comfortable chair that offers sufficient back and neck support. You do not want to associate work with pain as well as stress!
- Keeping Up with the Joneses: It may be expensive kitting your office out with the latest technology but it will be limiting for you if you do not have access to things you would in a communal office and put you at a disadvantage in comparison to your competitors. A good telephone with caller ID, a quality colour printer, a scanner, a digital camera, a fax machine, a high speed internet connection are essential. More specific equipment will be dependent on
your role and industry. This of course also goes for the software downloaded on your computer. The Microsoft Office package is a good place to start as can provide you with Outlook for a comprehensive email system, Word as a word processor, Excel for spreadsheets and PowerPoint for presentations. Again depending on your industry, there may be more specialist programmes you need to download and ensure you do so, so that you do not end up short changing yourself by working from home.
- Separate Business from Pleasure: The distinction between home-life and working-life can easily become blurred when the two take place under the same roof. There are two ways that you can help to avoid this. Firstly have a separate work phone-line. If you have the same line you
might avoid the phone in the evening when friends and family try to call or generally find you can never get away from work. Set up an afterhours answer machine like you would in a normal office to draw a line under your working day. Secondly organise client meetings in a coffee shop or hire executive hotel suites for more high profile rendezvous’. If you welcome business relate people into your house, you could negate the vision of your home as a sanctuary.
Follow this advice for a
successful home office space. But remember this will only work if you
are disciplined with yourself. Set a daily schedule based around your
peak times of productivity and make sure you stick to it. There is no
point putting effort into a tranquil, yet highly functional space if
you are not going to put the effort in to make it work. And remember
it is not too late to transform your office from a dank and dull
hole. With a little bit of reorganisation, new accessories and a lot
of paint, you can transform your office whilst simultaneously
reinvigorating your working perspective. Believe me, the results will
be well worth it.
Lucy
Carswell is a Blogger and Marketing Assistant at Edward
Baden Office Relocation. Edward Baden is an international
company specialising in business relocations, working alongside its
sister company, Cube
Self Storage. A storage company,
specialising in secure document
storage and climate controlled
storage for fine
art and fine wines.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
7 Ways to E-sign Successfully
Mommies, you shouldn’t spend all of your time and money chasing business documents that need to be signed. The time it takes to get all of the signatures to keep your business moving forward is better spent working on other aspects of your business or playing with your kids.
Incorporating a quality e-signature solution with digital signature technology into your business is a wise choice both in terms of budget and time. Federal law makes electronic contracts and electronic signatures as legal and enforceable as those on paper. It results in an end to: chasing after parties for “wet” signatures; hand delivering, couriering or mailing important documents; and using valuable time to print, copy, and physical file.
E-signature adoption is a trend that is quickly gaining momentum across industries because it allows to the signing of documents in just minutes. This is a huge game changer for businesses. New customer relationships and increasing sales volume become the focus of your freed up time after cutting out time-consuming paper processing, travel and courier costs. Another great perk that comes with e-signatures: customers love the simplicity of the option.
To e-sign successfully, incorporate these seven tips to raise cost-effective, secure solution for your business:
1. Appropriate for any age – Priority number one is to make it easy for signers. You don’t want anyone feeling like they have to jump through hoops to identify themselves. If the signer needs to install software or change browsers, they may move on before the document is signed. You also want to be sure the solution allows printing before signing; otherwise you may be wasting time again delivering the documents.
2. Baby proof – Only use technology that properly encrypts the e-signature within your document. Pasting a bitmap of your signature is not going to hold up in court. A reliable and secure e-signature solution embeds digital signatures along with detailed audit trail information right into the document so that tampering is immediately visible.
3. Be consistent – Just as with a traditional pen and paper, a business needs to show that an e-signer clearly understands and accepts the conditions of the contract. Your e-signature solution should create online documents that look the same as they would if they were printed out on paper. Also make sure everything is delivered and viewable in the correct order. Your e-signature solution should also record how much time was spent on each section before it was signed.
4. Provide order – The e-signature solution you choose needs to include a thorough and reliable system for recording the data relevant to the entire signing ceremony. If the contract is ever called into question, you want to be able to quickly retrieve this data and present it in an easy-to-view format.
5. Building Blocks – It takes valuable time to prepare documents for signing. A good e-signature solution simplifies the process by creating easy-to-use templates that you can access in just a few clicks. Less time retyping information means more time with your family.
6. Communicate correctly – Emails are great for informal exchanges, but they can be breached, or lost to spam filters. Secure your documents with an e-signature solution that use emails only as a means to take you to a secure site for signing.
7. Understand that electronic signatures are within your reach – Gone are the days when electronic signatures were just for corporations with big IT departments. Mommies starting businesses out of the house can turn to cloud-computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) to benefit from hassle-free and secure e-signature solutions at a price that fits the budget.
Written by Mary Ellen Power, vice president of marketing for Silanis Technology, a leader in electronic signature solutions. To learn about moving to paperless signing processes, download the free white paper Beginners Guide to Electronic Signatures.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Welcome to Mommy Networkers
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