My Top 10 FAVORITE Productivity Tools

So many entrepreneurs try to do it all and get frustrated by all the time it takes. I'm often asked, How do you do it? You have a full private client load, coach 16 members in your Boot Camp, write a newsletter every other week, attend events, speaking engagements... Well, I have a lot of systems in place that allow me room to create new opportunities all of the time, without feeling overwhelmed. (I really HATE that feeling.)

While I know that there are dozens of time management techniques, I wanted to give you 10 of my straight-from-my-bookmark-bar favorite tools to use that save me tons of time and energy. Yes, I'm totally giving them to you! Here are 10 free/small fee (and good) productivity tools to get your tasks movin' quickly.

1 Shorten Your URL's:
Save lots of email space and be sure your ezine readers, clients and email recipients easily get a URL that you are sending them (some of those URL's are REALLY long). This is also good if you are sending a link that has multiple connections (like affiliate links).

http://tinyurl.com/create.php


2 Format Your Text:
Keep email text in tight, easy-to-read rows. For example, in my shopping cart system, I can't send out text that is longer than 60 characters - the system doesn't send it properly. To help quickly align my message, I use this invaluable tool:
http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
http://www.web-source.net/format_text.htm

3 Track Your Ranking:
Are people visiting your web site? You can check your visit ranking by quickly dropping by Alexa:

http://www.alexa.com/

4 Write Powerful Headlines for Your Sales Copy:
Oh, this is truly one of my favorites! Sometimes this is not a time saver because I can get obsessed with this fabulous little tool, but for the most part it's a true gem! Check and re-check how effective your headlines are (the most important element in writing get-results-copy) and if the energy of the words matches your target market.

http://www.aminstitute.com/headline/

5 Send Files Easily
I use this pretty much every week to send large files to my EnergyRICH™ client relationship manager, Naomi. Anything that is too big for email: photos, audios, large documents, can all be sent from here easy-breezy!

http://www.sendthisfile.com/

6 Action Words:
Did you know that sales copy with more verbs has a higher conversion rate than copy with more adjectives? I always write from the heart, but when I need help with action words I go straight to this page:

http://www.resume-help.org/resume_action_words.htm

7 Time Maps
I coach with people from all over the United States (and starting soon, with someone who lives in Australia), so I always want to be clear what time zone they are in. Being a visual person, this tool is great to quickly get a sense of where someone is calling in. I love it. It also keeps me on top of showing up for appointments!

http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/time_zone.shtml

8 Time Check
This little guy helps me to keep track of how much time I'm spending on a project--like writing this article. :) It just sits on my desk top and gently reminds me, like a friend, of when too much is too much.

http://www.apimac.com/timer/
http://www.timeleft.info/
(if you use a PC)

9 Submit Articles, 1-2-3
This tool is completely worth the small fee. It saves hundreds of dollars in time and marketing. Be out there in a BIG way by submitting your article just ONCE and then having it sent to multiple article banks for you. SO worth it.

Submit Article

10 Record Audio
This tool makes audio recording just effortless. Whether recording teleclasses, single recordings, creating audio links or html link it is all here and more. It makes it so easy--and usually takes less than a minute!--to record a coaching call and easily email it to clients as a text link (a part of my VIP Coaching Program). Everything is taken care of for you at this site, including hosting and cataloging all calls on their server--a huge value!

http://ersuccess.byoaudio.com/

EnergyRICH™ Call-To-Action:

Jump right in and add these tools to your bookmark bar so they are always there to use. Begin to consider all the tools you can use to truly save you time and energy as you zoom along doing what you love--YOUR BUSINESS.

Make room for the "expert" that you are.

Oh, and email any of your own tools. I'd love to know about them. Thanks!