In the world of Internet marketing it’s tricky to stay balanced.  Sometimes we procrastinate and need to give ourselves a kick in the butt but more often than not, we don’t stop and smell the roses often enough because we’re so passionate about our business.

The holidays are a great time for spending time with family and reflecting on what’s most important.  How do you keep your business running during this time without alienating those around you who don’t understand that there isn’t a lot of time off for entrepreneurs? It can be tricky to simply go on holidays when you have a business to run and want to keep income streams flowing.

Holiday Time Management Ideas

• Work really hard the few weeks before the holidays and then take time off entirely
• Take time off and spend just 1 hour a day managing the ‘must do’s’ each day
• Hire a virtual assistant and offer them extra incentive to work over the holidays for you. They might not want to work Christmas day but could help you throughout the rest of the week between Christmas and the New Year.
• Set your ‘out of office assistant’ on your e-mail and autoresponders so that clients / customers / colleagues will understand the delays
• Put cash aside throughout the year to take care of holiday down time so the time off won’t attack your bank account

Regardless of whether you take a day off or a week off it is important to take time for yourself and your family.  After all, isn’t being an entrepreneur about freedom and flexibility?

Have a most outstanding day.

Dana Prince
Internet Marketing Blog
www.SeanSEO.com © 2009

One of the great things about being an online entrepreneur is the freedom.  New months should have new goals and in fact, each day should have goals even if that goal might be to get balance and do some resting and relaxing.

Freedom comes at a price and that is the price of buckling down when you need to do so.  When you achieve goals, you need to set new ones and never become complacent.  Here are some tools that can help you with goal setting and getting things done.. Sometimes you need to kick yourself in the rear to get moving when you’re your own boss and these tools can help:

Day Planner:

A good old fashioned day planner can help you keep track of your to-do list and make appointments.  Despite technology, putting pen to paper is often a great way to brainstorm so set aside a section for your ideas even if you can’t work on them straight away.

Google Calendar:

Google has a great calendar feature that you can use to remind you and assign tasks for yourself.  Getting an online reminder can be very helpful.

Email Memo Services

Send yourself an email memo through a site such as Memo To Me or Freeminder.

Whether you want to be reminder to call your Mother-in-Law for her birthday or to make an appointment at the dentist or do your bookkeeping, a gentle nudge from yourself can be helpful.

Have a most outstanding day.

Dana Prince
Internet Marketing Blog
www.SeanSEO.com © 2009