30 Days to Virtual Productivity Success: The 30-Day Results Guide to Making the Most of Your Time, Expanding Your Contacts, and Growing Your Business by Gail Z. Martin

Author:Gail Z. Martin [Martin, Gail Z.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Career Press
Published: 2012-07-31T14:00:00+00:00

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Virtual productivity isn’t just about apps and gadgets, although it may sometimes seem that way. It’s what you do with the apps and gadgets, how you schedule your time, and how you manage your attitude that really matters.

Productivity Starts With Your Plan

You’ll get the most bang for your buck on productivity by using that plan I talked about at the beginning of the book. Take a look at your calendar a month in advance, and determine what part of your plan you want to accomplish in the next 30 days. Break it into daily doses, and pay special attention to what activities work best with the other things on your schedule.

For example, if you’re heading out on a flight, take a list of quick phone calls to make while you’re waiting at the gate. Airport Wi-Fi is iffy, so why not knock off a bunch of calls while you wait, then do Wi-Fi-based tasks from the quiet of your hotel room instead of trying to balance your laptop on your knees in the terminal?

Find yourself with time on your hands and no Wi-Fi? You could reply to e-mails (to send them later when you have a connection) without the interruption of new mail coming in. Got Wi-Fi but not a lot of time? Ten minutes is all you need to post to Facebook, send a Tweet, or update your status line on LinkedIn. Or, check in on Foursquare and see if anyone you know is hanging out near the airport Starbucks.

Use your smartphone or tablet PC notepad to keep your daily to-do list in front of you. I load Word or PDF files into Pages or iBooks to read on the plane when I don’t have Wi-Fi. I’ll also send myself documents and PowerPoint presentations via e-mail, which I download and open from my iPad or iPhone before getting on the plane. That way I can read or edit them without being connected.

Always have a back-up plan of what you could do if your initial plan goes awry. That means having a variety of types of tasks on your to-do list, and a flexible mental attitude that can shift gears depending on the situation. All that matters is that you get through the list by the end of the day; the order of what you do doesn’t matter.

Expand Both Your Reach and Your Productivity

If you’re like most business owners, you need enhanced productivity when it comes to expanding your influence. That means reaching more people with a persuasive message in a shorter amount of time and, preferably, at low cost. Fortunately, these apps make it easy.

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