productivity – Page 2 – Anthony Caruana

Five Time Management Basics

May 8, 2011Anthony Caruana1 CommentWorkbusiness, business plan, freelancing, pay rates, productivity, professionalism, toolkit, tools

Development of time management skills is a key to freelance success.

The 7-step guide to using social media for small business owners

Mar 17, 2011Guest WriterWorkapplications, business, freelancing, getting paid, Journalism, productivity, social media, toolkit, tools, Twitter

Social media can be an immensely useful tool for small businesses. Here’s our 7-step guide to getting the most from social media for your business.

Overcoming the loneliness of freelancing

Mar 15, 2011Anthony Caruana6 CommentsWorkfreelancing, management, productivity, small business, social media, tools, Twitter, work from home

There are some great benefits in being self-employed. A whole stack of advantages came out of a recent post on the best things about freelancing and the comments.However, it’s not all plain sailing. One of the benefits of a normal nine-to-five job is the contact with other people. In another recent post I mentioned that

The 5 worst things about freelancing

Mar 10, 2011Anthony Caruana3 CommentsWorkbusiness, clients, freelancing, payment, productivity, work from home

Freelancing sounds like fun but there a times when it’s no picnic. Here are our 5 worst things about being a freelancer.

Building a home office

Mar 9, 2011Anthony CaruanaWorkbusiness, freelancing, home office, Office, productivity, toolkit, tools

If you’re a freelancer, then setting up a decent workspace at home is important. Not only is it a place to get work done but it’s a way of separating your work and personal life. Otherwise the whole house becomes your office and you can never switch off. I wrote about how I created my home

The 5 best things about freelancing

Mar 8, 2011Anthony Caruana4 CommentsWorkfreelancing, management, productivity, work from home, work value

Freelancing is great. Here are 5 of the best things about freelancing.

To be considered a professional – act like one

Feb 21, 2011Anthony CaruanaWorkbusiness, customer service, freelancing, payment, productivity, professionalism, tools

To be treated like a pro act like one. It’s tempting to play it casual but play it straight if you want to be taken seriously.

Quick Tips – getting PR to communicate with you

Jan 12, 2011Anthony CaruanaWorkcommunication, customer service, PR, productivity, service, tips

It’s happened to every journalist I know. You need to talk to a PR person to get some piece of critical information and they don’t respond to email or messages promptly. How do you get PR to communicate with you and respond in a timely manner? Here are two tips. One was passed on by a colleague and

Make your home office more productive

Jan 4, 2011Anthony Caruana1 CommentWorkOffice, productivity, tools

One of the great benefits of self-employment is being able to work from home. While that sounds like fun, there are lots of challenges. Being productive at home takes discipline and organisation. That means establishing an area that is clearly for work. When you’re working from home you need to set aside an area that