Resources from the Productivity Category

No matter what field of work you specialize in, productivity is an essential part of success. Explore a wide range of topics, resources, and more for improving the amount you’re able to accomplish in a day.

Useful Tools for Writers – Part Two

December 14th, 2011 Productivity by with No Comments

In Part One we explored the first five in a list of ten internet tools that can help make a writer’s tasks easier to perform. So open up your tool box and we’ll fill it with more useful digital devices that will expand your electronic repertoire. Dropbox Have you ever wished you could easily share [...]

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Useful Tools for Writers – Part One

December 12th, 2011 Productivity by with No Comments

What does a writer’s toolbox look like? In this age of high tech frenzy—digital applications appear almost as fast as we can imagine them. Explore this list and I think you’ll agree, these digital inventions give the word “toolbox” a whole new definition! May I say at the outset that it was extremely difficult to [...]

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Tech Support for the Technology Challenged

December 6th, 2011 Productivity by with 1 Comment

How many tech support people are in your office? At my company there are three—two “real” tech people and the receptionist—me! This is not a joke, but it is quite laughable when you hear the facts. My generation grew up learning to type on typewriters, and we switched back and forth from manual to electric. [...]

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A Writer’s Guide to Home Office Finances

June 6th, 2011 Productivity by with No Comments

Today we’re going to answer a few common questions authors have about running a home writing business. I work out of my home to do my writing and freelance work. Is my “home office” a tax deduction? What expenses can I deduct? [...]

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A Collection of Useful Apps and Websites to Boost Your Productivity

March 1st, 2011 Productivity by with 2 Comments

Through the day to day activities each of us face, there are countless tasks, errands, nuances, and factors that take up our time. With each new factor or element to our work, new tools and resources are required in order to complete the work in an effective manner. Because the Web is ever evolving and [...]

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Is it Time to Switch Your Web Browser? Here are 5 Good Browsers

January 19th, 2011 Productivity by with 5 Comments

For many, the web browser is an indispensable tool that allows you to do everything from scouring articles to keeping up with e-mail to connecting with colleagues and friends. As of December 2010, approximately 27.5% of web users relied on Internet Explorer (the default browser that’s pre-installed on every Windows PC). The question for this [...]

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How to Keep Good Business and Personal Records

December 27th, 2010 Productivity by with 4 Comments

If you are earning money from freelance writing, editing, blogging, speaking, or selling copies of your book, you need a separate bank account. You may wonder, “Why?” since the business is just you. However, if there is ever a question as to whether your writing is a hobby or a business, one of the tests [...]

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The ‘Technical’ Writer: Practical Computer Solutions

December 8th, 2010 Productivity by with No Comments

When you see the term “technical writer” you probably think of the poor person commissioned to write 2,000-page manuals on operational and mechanical procedures of huge machines–so technical that only top-level engineers can understand it. Well, we’re not addressing that type of writing in this article. But we do want to look at some ways writers can become [...]

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