A revolution in calendar design, that you can print for yourself!
What exactly should a calendar do? And how should you use it to get the most out of your day?
Rule number 1: Your GTD Calendar should not work against you.
Your calendar should be your guide, a map or a directory to get you through your day. The layout of the information should be designed to work with your natural viewing habits. It needs to help you, not hurt you.
Rule number 2: Your GTD Calendar is not a ‘to-do’ list.
A calendar is a tool that is supposed to tell you where you need to be and when you need to be there, or when something is scheduled to happen.
For those of you familiar with David Allen’s Getting Things Done productivity system, you know that only three things are to be entered into your calendar. Three things. That’s it.
1. Time-specific actions
“Time-specific actions” are, simply put, appointments or meetings. These are the things that have to happen at, you guessed it, a specific time.
2. Day-specific actions
“Day-specific actions” are things that need to get done on a certain day, but not at a pre-arranged time. For example, you may need to print out the latest sales figures sometime on Thursday, because you have a meeting to review those figures at 9:00 am Friday. “Print sales figures” goes into the calendar for Thursday as an Action, while “Sales Meeting” goes into the calendar for Friday as an Event.
3. Day-specific information
“Day-specific information” consists of things that you need to know on a certain day, such as directions to a meeting, what your spouse is doing that day, or where to find contact information for a call you need to make. It can also serve as a pointer to a Reference File or something on your Waiting For list.
Greetings. I know that you all do not particularly like affiliate offers for books and so-on, but this could be a very important chance. The economy is tough, there is a highly-contested Presidential election in the US, and my lovely bride is still looking for work.
I want to tell you about my friend Naomi who has a new offer for her Online Business School, that I would like you to check out. Here is a snippet that cuts right to the center of the message:
Recently, in a small town in Ontario, the area’s largest employer closed its doors. Most of the town, trained only in the art and science of making canned soup, found themselves out of work.
A few thousand soup makers live in a town where nobody wants to pay them to make soup. Now all of them are going to try to find a way to apply their skill sets to other employers in the area. The competition is fierce, and their mortgages are on the line.
Except there are no other major employers in the area, least of all ones that can make use of Jerry’s 12 years of mushroom chopping experience.
Some of them will find jobs, sure, and good for them. But many others are going to have to reinvent themselves.
Is this something that could happen to you?
Do you only have one stream of income? Is your family only a couple of paychecks away from big time problems? If you feel threatened by the economic downturn, no matter who gets elected President of the USA, you need to re-invent yourself. Learn how here.
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They are now located on their own page, so you can look at them or not. I have read these books or used these services and highly recommend them. If they are not worth using, I won’t waste your time. Please consider clicking on each one and checking them out.
This post is not about Productivity per se, but about creating a web-presence for your online business.
Last month I was contacted by the kind folks at TNX.NET, an internet advertising company with a terrific marketing concept. I had been seeing the links for their services all over, so I was happy to give it a test drive. The following is my review of the service.
How does it work?
For those looking to monetize their website or blog, there are some very simple and manageable steps to put the ads on your site:
You’ll be able to sell links on every page of your website, instead of just the main page.
Automatically sell links to thousands of advertisers.
Receive payouts every month in advance, via PayPal, Check, Wire, or any other applicable payment method.
Easy code installation using “copy-paste” method.
The price for each link is calculated automatically.
It mostly depends on:
Google PageRank (PR) of each page,
website category,
link popularity,
and number of outbound links.
Finally, (and this is the best part!) all sales are automated.
How do you put this code into your page?
This part is easier than you might think. BONTB has a post on easy-to-follow instructions for installing the code as a page in a WordPress blog. I installed the code and have had a rotating set of text link ads running in the sidebar. Feedburner says that the links have seen some action, and my points balance shows that it’s working.
What are the points?
Advertisers use the system by purchasing points that you use to select the quality of the sites where your ads are placed. As mentioned above, there are 4 categories that affect the number of points for each campaign that you run.
Your links will be placed on relevant pages (You’ll be able to choose it’s quantity and quality).
Receive well-targeted traffic from relevant sites.
Prices of links are the lowest on the market.
For as low as $11 a month you may get up to 10,000 static links to your website.
Convenient interface which will help you promote thousands of your keywords and pages without a hassle.
As I am not even close to being an SEO expert, I was gratified that the link-placement system is simple and intuitive. The three-step process includes 17 categories of websites, geo-targeting information, and Page Rank status.
TNX.NET also provides some handy and educational resources such as a guide to paid link construction and using competitive keywords. There is even an offer for free points at the Digital Point forums! Overall, this is a service with some serious potential. I am learning a lot about SEO and marketing, for a minimal investment. If you’d like to give it a shot for yourself, click on the graphic.
If anyone else has had experience with TNX.NET, share your thoughts in the Comments.
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November 11th, 2008 by Stephen
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