Today's work on/in the business - Fri 30 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (5mins)
3. Review of events created so far, including search for email details. (4hrs 20mins)
4. Invoicing - 5 paid. (5mins)
5. Work for new Plone development customer. (5hrs 30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 29 December

1. Topup mobile broadband. (5mins)
2. Review of events created so far. (2hrs)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
5. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 90 visits - so good, 40 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 14% search, 17% direct and 69% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.99 pages per visit, 4:46 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. Of course, the stats have fallen off around Christmas - don't expect them to pick up again until early in the New Year. (5mins)

Lunch with my parents - a good thing!

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 28 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (5mins)
3. Working on process for new Events setup. (11hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 27 December

1. Working on process for new Events setup and review of events created so far. (6hrs 5mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 created and sent out. (45mins)
3. Topup mobile broadband - actually not needed for a few days. (5mins)
4. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 26 December

1. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (1hr 5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 97 visits - so good, 52 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 20% search, 20% direct and 60% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 3.35 pages per visit, 4:51 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. Took a bit longer this week, as Google have radically changed the interface... again... (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 25 December

1. Working on process for new Events setup. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 23 December

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (9hrs 5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 22 December

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (11hrs 30mins)
2. Working on process for new Events setup. (35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 21 December

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (9hrs 55mins)
2. Working on process for new Events setup. (3hrs 45mins)
3. Preparation for networking meeting. (35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 20 December

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (10hrs 55mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
3. Working on process for new Events setup. (3hrs 55mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 19 December

1. Working on process for new Events setup. (5hrs 55mins)
2. Work for new Plone development customer. (8hrs 50mins)
3. Invoicing - 1 created and sent out. (15mins)
4. Phone call with networking group colleague. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 18 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Working on process for new Events setup. (12hrs 10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 17 December

1. Topup mobile phone. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
3. Assist with data recovery and then working on process for new Events setup. (8hrs 50mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 16 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work for new Plone development customer. (10hrs 45mins)
3. Attempt to topup mobile phone - internet site on the fritz - not possible until Saturday. (25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 15 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 66 visits - so back to previous level, 57 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 24% search, 20% direct and 56% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 3.33 pages per visit, 4:49 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. Took a bit longer this week, as Google have radically changed the interface... (10mins)
5. Working on process for new Events setup. (7hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 14 December

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (11hrs 20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 13 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work for new Plone development customer. (9hrs 40mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 12 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work for new Plone development customer. (8hrs 45mins)
3. Meeting with new customer re status of ongoing work. (2hrs 40mins)
4. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 11 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Work out process for new Events setup and start investigations. (1hr)
4. Accounting. (25mins)
5. Work for new Plone development customer - mostly setup, so only a small amount of this time is chargeable. (4hrs 50mins)
6. Read small business blogs. (1hr 30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 10 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (40mins)
3. Invoicing - 1 paid, 1 created and sent out. (35mins)
4. Work for new Plone development customer. (45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 9 December

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (8hrs 35mins)
2. Email conversation re work for new customer and meeting on Monday. (15mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 8 December

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (7hrs 55mins)
2. Meeting with visitor from Visitor's Day - potential work for them later. (1hr 10mins)
3. Discussion with potential customer referred from networking meeting - they are not interested. (15mins)
4. Drop by to chat to new Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer - he is away. (25mins)
5. Email to new customer re implementing changes. (5mins)
6. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
7. Meeting to setup processes for new Plone development customer. (1hr 30mins)
8. Site visit to assist with setup of another service on support customer's new server. (4hrs)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 7 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Assistance with setup of another service on support customer's new server. (5hrs 50mins)
4. Phone interview and associated discussions for new Plone development customer. (35mins)
5. Continuing investigation of local copy of new customer's setup - working on process for the changes. (2hrs 35mins)
6. Assist with setup of Plone 4.1 test site. (1hr)
7. Read small business blogs. (35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 6 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Assistance with setup of another service on support customer's new server. (4hrs 15mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 85 visits - so back to previous level, 57 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 29% search, 19% direct and 52% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 3.46 pages per visit, 4:43 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
5. Phone calls with potential new associate and record details in CRM. (15mins)
6. Continuing investigation of local copy of new customer's setup - still have some files missing, not able to reverse engineer them yet. (4hrs 35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 5 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (1hr 10mins)
3. Invoice reconciliation - 4 statements sent out, 1 invoice completed and sent out. (1hr 15mins)
4. Assistance with setup of another service on support customer's new server. (3hrs 55mins)
5. Accounting. (20mins)
6. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
7. Continuing investigation of local copy of new customer's setup - local SQL Server - still have some files missing, but managed an export of information as required. (2hrs 10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 4 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Continuing investigation of local copy of new customer's setup - local SQL Server - still have some files missing! (2hrs 15mins)
3. Archive files to free up space again. (2hrs 10mins)

And Dave raced - 2 wins, 2 losses, so not bad!

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 3 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (5mins)
3. Invoicing - 2 paid. (20mins)
4. Continuing investigation of local copy of new customer's setup - local SQL Server. (6hrs 20mins)
5. Accounting. (15mins)
6. Top up mobile broadband. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 2 December

1. Top up mobile broadband. (5mins)
2. Continuing investigation of local copy of new customer's setup. (5hrs 20mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
5. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for November 2011. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise and we need to work on contacting new prospects too (still). (10mins)
6. Move and archive files to make space on laptop for new software required for new customer's work. (5hrs 35mins)
7. Defrag laptop. (2hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 1 December

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Networking meeting - was able to watch and listen via Skype. A bit patchy, but definitely better than not being there at all. (1hr 20mins)
4. Finalising local copy of new customer's production files. (13hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 30 November

1. Work for new customer - update online calendar. (7hrs 15mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (50mins)
4. Preparation for networking meeting - send scripts to my substitute. (15mins)
5. Assist with setup of Facebook badge for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer - to confirm the new method required. (30mins)
6. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 83 visits - so back to previous level, 55 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 28% search, 20% direct and 52% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 3.39 pages per visit, 3:52 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (2hrs)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 29 November

1. Work for new customer - resend instructions on printing a particular item. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
4. Investigation of access to new customer's system - found correct details. Local copy of production files, plus backups. (8hrs 50mins)
5. Invoice reconciliation - 1 sent out, 3 created and sent out, 1 finalised and sent out, 1 started. (1hr 50mins)
6. Read small business blogs. (3hrs 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 28 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Read small business blogs. (35mins)
3. Work for new customer - finalise next PDF calendar version. (2hrs 35mins)
4. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (20mins)
5. Website upgrade - make changes required. (3hrs 55mins)
6. Investigation of access to new customer's system - details have been changed. (20mins)
7. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
8. Accounting. (40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 27 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (4hrs)

And we had an absolutely marvellous time at the Australian Synchrotron Open Day - doing (most of) the self guided tour, talking to the guy at the station showing the controllers, then we did the specialised Computing tour, then ran out of time to go back and see the parts we missed from the standard tour. A brilliant way to spend an afternoon! :-)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 26 November

1. Work for new customer - finalise work on first draft of next PDF calendar version. (2hrs 55mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
4. Top up mobile broadband. (5mins)
5. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 4 posts today. (2hrs 45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 25 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Site visit to software integration and IT support customer. Install new RAM in PC's, identify location of missing files needed for local environment to address their needs. (10hrs 40mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
4. Follow up to networking meeting. (5mins)
5. Work for new customer - work on next PDF calendar version. (1hr 25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 24 November

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (7hrs 35mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
4. Record business cards. (40mins)
5. Work for new customer - work on next PDF calendar version. (10mins)
6. Organise meetings. (30mins)
7. Meeting with networking group member. (45mins)

Plus 4.5hours with the car - mostly in Kyneton.

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 23 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (35mins)
3. Download and sort emails. (20mins)
4. Website upgrade - make changes required. (40mins)
5. Work for new customer - work on next PDF calendar version. (2hrs 15mins)
6. Preparation for networking meeting. (1hr 35mins)
7. Deliver my partner to customer site. (45mins)
8. Travel to Bendigo for networking meeting. (2hrs 30mins)
9. Read small business blogs. (30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 22 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
3. Record business emails. (10mins)
4. Download and sort emails. (2hrs 30mins)
5. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
6. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 76 visits - so back to previous level, 52 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 32% search, 10% direct and 58% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.61 pages per visit, 2:12 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (10mins)
7. Website upgrade - make changes required. (2hrs 10mins)
8. Read small business blogs. (30mins)
9. Work for new customer - send screenshots of how the initial parts of the new system will look. (25mins)
10. Preparation for networking meeting. (10mins)
11. Investigation of new customer's needs. (3hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 21 November

1. Meeting with customer to discuss next work and assist with amending scanning instructions so that they are as clear as possible. (4hrs 45mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (15mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
5. Record business emails. (5hrs 45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 20 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (30mins)
3. Accounting. (35mins)
4. Invoice reconciliation - 1 created and sent out. (35mins)
5. Record business emails. (1hr 25mins)

And it was nice to catch up with friends in the sunshine too!

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 19 November

1. Setting up local environment for new customer's needs. (12hrs 15mins)
2. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 18 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
3. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
4. Website upgrade - make changes required. (4hrs 25mins)
5. Setting up local environment for new customer's needs. (8hrs)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 17 November

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (9hrs 20mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (40mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Website upgrade - make changes required. (3hrs 25mins)
5. Discussion with new Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer over requirements - what is needed to get his work started. (50mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 16 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
3. Accounting. (20mins)
4. Investigation of new customer's needs. (1hr 5mins)
5. Archive information off laptop to free up space. (6hrs 45mins)
6. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 15 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (35mins)
3. Check whether there are any changes needed by associate - no emails at the moment. (10mins)
4. Invoice reconciliation - 2 statements sent out. (25mins)
5. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
6. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 94 visits - so that is falling again towards its previous level, 54 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 26% search, 9% direct and 65% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 4.59 pages per visit, 4:01 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
7. Website upgrade - make changes required. (3hrs 10mins)
8. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (4hrs 50mins)
9. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts and 1 private message that might lead to work today. (2hrs 20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 14 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (20mins)
3. Investigation of new customer's needs. (10mins)
4. Work for new customer - start next steps. (7hrs 50mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 13 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
3. Investigation of new customer's needs. (7hrs 10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 12 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (5mins)
3. Investigation of new customer's needs. (5hrs)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 11 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Meeting with new customer to identify their requirements. (5hrs 10mins)
4. Top up my partner's mobile phone. (20mins)
5. Accounting. (30mins)
6. Archive information onto DVD to free up server space. (1hr 25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 10 November

1. Deliver my partner, PC and bicycle to support customer site on my way to Bendigo. Then collect him again after assisting with the work. (5hrs 20mins)
2. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (6hrs 35mins)
3. Meeting with networking group member. (1hr)
4. Meeting with networking group member about potential work for a client. (50mins)
5. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
6. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
7. Invoicing - 1 paid. (5mins)
8. Follow up on referrals from networking group. (30mins)
9. Record details of new referral lead. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 9 November

1. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
4. Preparation for networking meeting. (2hrs 5mins)
5. Follow up with potential customers. (25mins)
6. Website upgrade - make changes required. (55mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 8 November

1. Respond to email re redesign for website upgrade. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
4. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 5 posts today. (2hrs 40mins)
5. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (9hrs 5mins)
6. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 121 visits - so that is falling again towards its previous level, 52 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 26% search, 16% direct and 58% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 5.03 pages per visit, 5:56 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 7 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (40mins)
3. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
4. Work for new customer - turn on alert processes again, send instructions on sending messages to a single user, updated instructions on how to process when members expire and then renew, look into where the cancellation page should be. (2hrs 10mins)
5. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (9hrs 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 6 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (40mins)
3. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (6hrs 25mins)
4. Topup my mobile phone - once the website allowed secure connections to pay for the recharge! (20mins)
5. Accounting. (25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 5 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (12hrs 35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 4 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
3. Meeting with website development prospect, including going through the proposal, discussing the process, etc. Follow up email to ask final question. (2hrs 10mins)
4. Further work on new job for associate - test the design as implemented, including a couple of tweaks that I missed in local testing. (1hr)
5. Invoice reconciliation - 4 invoices sent out. (15mins)
6. Work for new customer - look into alert processes again. (2hrs 10mins)
7. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (3hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 3 November

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (6hrs 55mins)
2. Quick meeting with networking group member. (20mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
4. Further work on new job for associate - created new database and put test design up. Not ready for his review yet, as mobile broadband connection was being difficult, so only completed updating the design really late - not tested by me yet. (5hrs 35mins)
5. Meeting with networking group member about what he wants done for his Facebook business page. (40mins)
6. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 2 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (35mins)
3. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 169 visits - so that has turned around, 60 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 19% search, 20% direct and 61% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 4.60 pages per visit, 6:23 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
4. Proposal created re website development query ready for meeting on Friday. (2hrs 10mins)
5. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (5hrs 35mins)
6. Invoice reconciliation - 6 statements sent out. (20mins)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (2hrs 20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 1 November

1. Update my record of time worked. (20mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Invoicing - 1 paid. (5mins)
4. Accounting. (15mins)
5. Invoice reconciliation - 6 statements prepared, 2 invoices finalised, 2 invoices created. Send them tomorrow, as today is a public holiday. (1hr 5mins)
6. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for October 2011. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise and we need to work on contacting new prospects too (still). (5mins)
7. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (50mins)
8. Follow up to blog post for the Perfect Notes website - the latest round of spam/phishing emails. (10mins)

And I'm really happy with this - worked well under a half day on a public holiday!

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 31 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (35mins)
3. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (1hr 5mins)
4. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
5. Further investigation re website development query - initial quote figures determined, meeting organised for Friday. (1hr 20mins)
6. Email correspondence with support customer on virus and mailbox size issue. (15mins)
7. Further work on new job for associate - went to put test design up for his review, but can't find the dev database to update - sent email to this effect. (10mins)
8. Website upgrade - make changes required. (2hrs)
9. Blog post for the Perfect Notes website - the latest round of spam/phishing emails. (2hrs 20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 30 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (5mins)
3. Work for new customer - send instructions on printing newsletter, as printable version did not work out. (10mins)
4. Further investigation re website development query. (4hrs 10mins)
5. Work for new customer - update online calendar details with next month's details. (6hrs 55mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 29 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Further work on new job for associate. (2hrs 45mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
4. Further investigation re website development query. (6hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 28 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
3. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
4. Accounting. (25mins)
5. Instructions for my partner on next step for new customer. (35mins)
6. Initial work on new job for associate. (4hrs 10mins)
7. Work for new customer - provide printable copy of newsletter. (25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 27 October

1. Deliver my partner, PC, other equipment and bicycle to support customer site on my way to Bendigo. Then collect him again after assisting with the work. (2hrs 30mins)
2. Networking meeting in Bendigo - I got to run the meeting - something I would prefer not to repeat. (6hrs 25mins)
3. Discussion with visitor to the meeting about some of her future requirements - may well turn into work in a while. (10mins)
4. Work for new customer - finalise PDF calendar version, setup system to send to current users only, fix membership list. (5hrs 10mins)
5. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
6. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
7. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
8. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (1hr 45mins)

A long day!!!

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 26 October

1. Website upgrade - make changes required. (3hrs 15mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (30mins)
4. Work for new customer - work on next PDF calendar version - more amendments to final draft. (25mins)
5. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 160 visits - so that has turned around, 57 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 19% search, 22% direct and 59% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 4.69 pages per visit, 6:31 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
6. Topup mobile broadband. (5mins)
7. BAS. (40mins)
8. More work on our website. (2hrs 10mins)
9. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (1hr 40mins)
10. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 1 post today. (2hrs 40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 25 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
3. Work for new customer - work on next PDF calendar version - more amendments to final draft. (35mins)
4. Work for new customer - amend initial message when members log in. (1hr 10mins)
5. Further investigation re website development query. (5hrs 50mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 24 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (35mins)
3. Work for new customer - work on next PDF calendar version - first amendment to final draft. (5mins)
4. Invoice reconciliation. 1 created, 1 amended, 1 started, 2 finalised and sent out, 2 created and sent out. (2hrs 20mins)
5. Preparation for networking meeting. (5mins)
6. Record business emails. (2hrs 40mins)
7. Accounting. (5mins)
8. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (25mins)
9. Download and sort business emails. (2hrs)
10. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 23 October

1. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (4hrs 40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 22 October

1.Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (7hrs 20mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 21 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (50mins)
3. Invoicing - 3 invoices (finally) paid by 1 customer - very happy about this! (20mins)
4. Work for new customer - work on next PDF calendar version - final draft created and sent. (2hrs)
5. Initial response to enquiry re website development query. (40mins)
6. Research and assistance with setup for client's replacement server. (1hr 40mins)
7. Accounting. (35mins)
8. Website upgrade - make changes required. (2hrs 40mins)
9. Initial investigation of new job to be done for associate. (1hr)
10. Read small business blogs. (2hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 20 October

1. Deliver my partner, PC, other equipment and bicycle to support customer site on my way to Bendigo. Then collect him and the PC that was not needed. (1hr 20mins)
2. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (5hrs 45mins)
3. Meeting with networking group member. (1hr)
4. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
5. Quick discussion with another networking group member re some of the issues involved. (10mins)
6. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
7. Work for new customer - work on next PDF calendar version - the next couple of changes. (10mins)
8. Read small business blogs. (35mins)
9. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 7 posts today - 1 might turn into work. (5hrs 30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 19 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
3. Website upgrade - make changes required. (7hrs 20mins)
4. Assist with research into issue for support customer. (1hr)
5. Phone call with associate re status of work quoted for - and new job to be done. (5mins)
6. Read small business blogs. (1hr 45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 18 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (45mins)
3. Work for new customer - work on next PDF calendar version - first draft sent through for proofing. (2hrs)
4. Ensure that the old links to our website are redirected correctly to the new pages. (2hrs 20mins)
5. Website upgrade - update the editor for customer. (5mins)
6. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 129 visits - so that has turned around, 45 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 17% search, 26% direct and 57% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 3.67 pages per visit, 6:09 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
7. Accounting. (35mins)
8. Invoice reconciliation - 5 statements sent out. (25mins)
9. Phone call with support customer - talk her through turning the server off and on again to get it to reboot after second crash of the day. (10mins)
10. Invoicing - 2 started, 2 finalised. (25mins)
11. Preparation for networking meeting. (10mins)
12. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
13. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (2hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 17 October

1. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 15mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
4. Work for new customer - work on next PDF calendar version. (Not all of this was work - disaster with the USB key in the middle, etc). (7hrs 35mins)
5. Assist with investigation into server issue for support customer. (1hr 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 16 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Record business emails. (50mins)
3. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 20mins)

And off to greet David, Jenny and Julieanne after Around the Bay in a Day - well done all!

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 15 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work for new customer - work on next PDF calendar version. (2hrs 45mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (5mins)
4. Record business emails. (2hrs 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 14 October

1. Antivirus check on laptop - also clean. (2hrs 5mins)
2. Work for new customer - site visit to restore recovered data, attempt to work out what is wrong with other PC, work on setting up network (discouraged by the way the broadband is setup), work on next PDF calendar version. (9hrs)
3. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 13 October

1. Work for new customer - update online calendar details with latest changes. (10mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
4. Invoicing - 1 payment made towards outstanding amount. (20mins)
5. Website upgrade - make changes required. (5hrs 55mins)
6. Check laptop for malware - clean! (8hrs 25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 12 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Website upgrade - make changes required. (8hrs 35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 11 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (10mins)
4. Follow up with existing customers. (15mins)
5. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 101 visits - so that has turned around, 40 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 16% search, 32% direct and 52% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.84 pages per visit, 4:04 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (10mins)
6. Record details of new support customer. (5mins)
7. Further work on our website - still not quite where it needs to be. (5mins)
8. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
9. Website upgrade - make changes required. (6hrs 25mins)

And then off for our monthly music evening - very enjoyable!

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 10 October

1. Finish setting up local systems ready to provide quote for next batch of work for new associate, determine changes needed, provide quotes, discuss changes with associate. (1hr 55mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
3. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (50mins)
4. Invoice reconciliation - 1 created. (15mins)
5. Record business emails. (55mins)
6. Download and sort business emails. (1hr)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (2hrs 30mins)
8. Preparation for networking meeting - which I probably won't get to this week. (35mins)
9. Accounting. (10mins)
10. Defragment my laptop. (40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 9 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
3. Setup local systems ready to provide quote for next batch of work for new associate. (Two large databases, busy network on a Sunday - it took much longer than expected!) (11hrs 40mins)
4. Accounting. (25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 8 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
3. Assist with setup of demonstration site on our server. (2hrs)

Then off to Bendigo for a great, relaxing afternoon of BBQ and conversation - good fun!

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 7 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (40mins)
3. Coordinate information from associate to my partner re support customer (as my partner was already out at another customer site). (15mins)
4. Work for new customer - match online calendar details with latest update sent out - this month correct. (7hrs 40mins)
5. Website upgrade - investigate a different editor - will it provide the features requested? (2hrs 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 6 October

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (7hrs 10mins)
2. Discussion with new Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer over requirements - what is needed to get his work started. (15mins)
3. Meeting with networking group members - three way discussion, instead of just two of us. (1hr 30mins)
4. Time between meetings - spent starting the work to plan the next steps for growing the business. (45mins)
5. Meeting re documenting work processes with new Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer - what is the current status and how are we tracking? (15mins)
6. Stop by new customer - confirm when invoices are going to be paid. (15mins)
7. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
8. Review progress made this week. (5mins)
9. Read small business blogs. (55mins)
10. Work for new customer - match online calendar details with latest update sent out. (1hr 45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 5 October

1. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 45 visits - so dropped more, 34 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 31% search, 24% direct and 45% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.36 pages per visit, 2:32 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
5. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (1hr 35mins)
6. Assist with moving our website to new server. (25mins)
7. Prepare proposal for possible software support customer. (2hrs 5mins)
8. Preparation for networking meeting. (35mins)
9. Website upgrade - make changes required. (4hrs 40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 4 October

1. Assist with moving our website to new server. (15mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 paid. (10mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (30mins)
5. Record business emails. (2hrs 30mins)
6. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 15mins)
7. Read small business blogs. (55mins)
8. Preparation for networking meeting. (5mins)
9. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (2hrs 50mins)
10. Phone call with associate to discuss the possibility of work in the near future. (10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 3 October

1. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (15mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
4. Website upgrade - make changes required. (2hrs 25mins)
5. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for September 2011. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise and we need to work on contacting new prospects too (still). (10mins)
6. Record business emails. (5mins)
7. Work for new customer - can we tie the registration information into the member details? Probably not - membership information is compiled, so difficult to override. (15mins)

A dramatic day - all afternoon in the Alfred with a friend who was having tests done. Result - nothing major had happened - but that means that they don't actually know what caused the issue yet.

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 2 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Work for new customer - start investigating backend processes that need to be amended. (3hrs 15mins)
4. Website upgrade - make changes required. (2hrs 40mins)

Weather was great - outside watching Dave race at Blackburn - he won D Grade!

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 1 October

1. Update my record of time worked. (20mins)
2. Accounting. (5mins)
3. Work for new customer - copy recovered data to external hard drive, ready to copy to her laptop. (1hr 20mins)
4. Invoicing - 1 paid during the week, 1 updated, 1 started, 2 created and sent out, 5 statements sent out. (50mins)
5. Review progress made this week. (5mins)
6. Website upgrade - look into setting up new editor for administrator log in - too complicated for now. (1hr 50mins)
7. Look into possible contract work. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 30 September

1. Final preparation for meeting with new associate and prospect client. (10mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
4. Meeting with new associate and prospect client. (3hrs)
5. Meeting with new customer - print labels, introduce her to my partner, discuss backup requirements. (3hrs 5mins)
6. Accounting. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 29 September

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (7hrs 15mins)
2. Meeting with networking group member. (1hr)
3. Meeting re documenting work processes with new Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer - including a few more strategies to use. (45mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
5. Continuing with work for new customer - call re email queries and current issues. (30mins)
6. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 28 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Website upgrade - solve one issue without upgrade. (8hrs 5mins)
3. Accounting. (15mins)
4. Work on moving our website to the new platform. (10mins)
5. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
6. Continuing with work for new customer - respond to email queries. (30mins)
7. Assist with identified changes required to add a new email address for support customer. (1hr)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 27 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (1hr 25mins)
4. Top up mobile broadband. (10mins)
5. Start looking at prospect's website queries. However, he solved the issues himself already. (5mins)
6. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 47 visits - so dropped more, 34 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 21% search, 28% direct and 51% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.49 pages per visit, 1:42 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
7. Review information from new associate, ready for meeting later in the week. (20mins)
8. Webinar. (1hr 20mins)
9. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
10. Website upgrade - look into whether an upgrade is easy - this would solve one issue. (6hrs 30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 26 September

1. Call with new associate to set up meeting later in the week. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (35mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Record business emails. (4hrs 45mins)
5. Assist with process to update customer's website. (25mins)
6. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 30mins)
7. Read small business blogs. (1hr 10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 25 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
3. Record business emails. (1hr 35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 24 September

1. Invoicing - 1 paid. (10mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Read small business blogs. (50mins)
4. Website upgrade - make changes required. (3hrs 55mins)
5. Review progress made this week. (10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 23 September

1. Invoicing - nothing paid, 1 created and sent out. (20mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Accounting. (5mins)
5. Website upgrade - make changes required. (8hrs 5mins)
6. Read small business blogs. (35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 22 September

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (8hrs)
2. Meeting with networking group member. (35mins)
3. Deliver print out for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (15mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
5. Accounting. (40mins)
6. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (2hrs 20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 21 September

1. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Website upgrade - make changes required. (4hrs 20mins)
4. Continuing with work for new customer - meeting to discuss next major change required. (5hrs 20mins)
5. Preparation for networking meeting tomorrow. (10mins)
6. Work for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer, ready to deliver tomorrow. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 20 September

1. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 61 visits - so dropped a little, 47 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 21% search, 30% direct and 49% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.41 pages per visit, 1:24 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
5. Website upgrade - make changes required. (8hrs 50mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 19 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (15mins)
3. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
4. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 4 posts today. (1hr 35mins)
5. Phone call with and work for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (1hr 10mins)
6. Website upgrade - make changes required. (5hrs 35mins)
7. Discussion with potential web assistance customer. (10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 18 September

1. Read small business blogs. (3hrs 35mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)

And then off to Doorknock for the Heart Foundation - in the sunshine!

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 17 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Read small business blogs. (4hrs 5mins)
3. Filing - sort out customer notes and other stuff. (2hrs 5mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 16 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Website upgrade - make changes required. (3hrs 30mins)
4. Continuing with work for new customer - next smaller changes required. (3hrs 50mins)
5. Invoicing - 1 completed and sent out. (20mins)
6. Accounting. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 15 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 created and sent out, 1 updated. (15mins)
3. Accounting. (5mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
5. Send detailed instructions to Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer to get this process started. (15mins)
6. Document some more ways to start documenting work processes and send to new Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (4hrs 10mins)
7. Learning software for new associate - play around making changes in the test system. (1hr 45mins)
8. Read small business blogs. (1hr 30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 14 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 paid. (15mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
4. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 4 posts today. One might turn into work. (1hr 5mins)
5. Send proposal to potential Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer - accepted, so need to send detailed instructions to get this process started. (45mins)
6. Accounting. (10mins)
7. Networking meeting preparation - delegation of my tasks, as I will not be there this week. (35mins)
8. Read small business blogs. (2hrs 20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 13 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Invoicing - 1 started, 3 created and sent out, 1 completed and sent out. (1hr 5mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 71 visits - so stable, 55 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 35% search, 24% direct and 41% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.13 pages per visit, 1:10 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
5. Continuing with work for new customer - look at the next major change required. (1hr 55mins)
6. Investigate free project management software that is not too complicated for users who are not very computer literate - for ourselves and for others - setup initial work for associate - identified some missing pieces. (15mins)
7. Find the answer to a query from potential Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer - can what he wants be done? The answer is yes, so need to put together a proposal. (2hrs 15mins)
8. Read small business blogs. (1hr 50mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 12 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (20mins)
3. Website upgrade - make changes required. (45mins)
4. Invoicing - 1 sent out. (15mins)
5. Work for and meeting with Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (1hr 15mins)
6. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (1hr 45mins)
8. Networking meeting preparation - delegation of my tasks, as I will not be there this week. (15mins)
9. Accounting. (35mins)
10. Continuing with work for new customer - update documentation and make another couple of changes as requested. (1hr 30mins)
11. Investigate free project management software that is not too complicated for users who are not very computer literate - for ourselves and for others - setup user id for the first test. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 11 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Read small business blogs. (3hrs 50mins)
3. Document suggested standard replies or processes to set up and mail rules to set up for Inbox and send to new Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 10 September

1. Investigate free project management software that is not too complicated for users who are not very computer literate - for ourselves and for others - send information on the two candidates to my partner to set up on our server for testing. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Invoicing - 1 paid, 1 created. (30mins)
4. Read small business blogs. (30mins)
5. Record business emails. (4hrs 15mins)
6. Download and sort business emails. (2hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 9 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 customer paid 4 invoices plus part of a 5th. (25mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (5mins)
4. Investigate free project management software that is not too complicated for users who are not very computer literate - for ourselves and for others. (8hrs 30mins)
5. Accounting. (30mins)
6. Website upgrade - set up new version of logo. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 8 September

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (5hrs 55mins)
2. Meeting with networking group member. (1hr 35mins)
3. Meeting with new Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer to discuss the next steps. (1hr 20mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
5. Update my record of time worked. (20mins)
6. Website upgrade - set up home page correctly again. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 7 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Invoicing - nothing paid, 1 started, 1 created and sent out. (45mins)
3. Accounting. (10mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
5. Assist with setting up a Plone test site for demonstrating to customers. (40mins)
6. Review new Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer's Inbox to suggest standard replies or processes to set up and mail rules to set up. (1hr 30mins)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (40mins)
8. Learning software for new associate - attempt to access test site - password expired - got it reset. (30mins)
9. Website upgrade - quick review with my partner, email correspondence with the customer. (25mins)
10. Travel towards Bendigo for networking meeting. (3hrs 25mins)
11. Networking meeting - including discussion with potential new customer. (2hrs 30mins)
12. Respond to general query from prospect. (15mins)
13. Preparation for this week's networking meeting. (35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 6 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
3. Continuing with work for new customer - listing changes done and those yet to do, creating and sending documentation. (3hrs 50mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 72 visits - so stable, 54 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 36% search, 22% direct and 42% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.99 pages per visit, 0:54 average time on site (lowered by lots of people viewing one page as a result of only vaguely related searches) - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (10mins)
5. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
6. Preparation for this week's networking meeting - find appropriate links, videos, etc. (5mins)

A short day, as we had a follow up vet visit in the middle of it and I am still suffering from a head cold.

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 5 September

1. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (20mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 2 weeks to software projects. (5mins)
4. Preparation for this week's networking meeting - find appropriate links, videos, etc. (2hrs 30mins)
5. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. One might turn into work. (1hr 30mins)
6. Read small business blogs. (1hr 30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 4 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Preparation for this week's networking meeting - find appropriate links, videos, etc. (1hr 50mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 3 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work on implementing a new feature in a customer's Wordpress site. (1hr 35mins)
3. Invoicing - 2 paid. (10mins)
4. Website upgrade - taking a full backup, creating a new user id and testing it, advising customer. (3hrs 35mins)
5. Run malware check on laptop - clean. (5hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 2 September

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Invoicing - nothing paid, but 4 statements sent out. (20mins)
3. Accounting. (25mins)
4. Continuing with work for new customer - most important changes done. (3hrs 10mins)
5. Website upgrade - carrying out some of the changes. (40mins)
6. Work on the test environment for website redesign - chasing up design changes after next customer review. (5mins)
7. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
8. Record business emails. (1hr 15mins)
9. Download and sort emails. (35mins)
10. Run anti virus check on laptop after having backed up customer information. (2hrs 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 1 September

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (7hrs 10mins)
2. Meeting with new customer - confirm that they do not need anything else from me at the moment. (15mins)
3. Meeting with networking group member on assisting him to make his web and social media ideas work - given him a bit of direction in things to consider. He will send me his ideas when he gets a chance to think about it. (20mins)
4. Update my record of time worked. (25mins)
5. Invoicing - 1 paid by cheque yesterday, nothing else. (5mins)
6. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
7. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for August 2011. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise and we need to work on contacting new prospects too (still). (15mins)
8. Work on new demo system for us. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 31 August

1. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Accounting. (10mins)
4. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 4 posts today. (1hr 25mins)
5. Networking meeting preparation. (35mins)
6. Website upgrade - carrying out some of the changes. (40mins)
7. Continue project for new customer - phone call regarding outcomes - formatted one document slightly differently and sent to customer. (30mins)
8. Meeting with new customer and backup of her website. (6hrs)
9. Phone call with new Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer to discuss access to their information along with where they would like the initial focus of the work to be. Organised meeting for next week as well. (10mins)
10. Initial investigation of potential services to be offered to new customer - what can we do, what equipment do we need, what should the cost be? (20mins)
11. Trip to bank cheque. (30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 30 August

1. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Continuing work for new customer. (5hrs 5mins)
4. Work for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (35mins)
5. Website upgrade - trying to carry out some of the changes, cannot access server for some reason - contacted associate about this. (10mins)
6. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 75 visits - so stable, 58 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 43% search, 22% direct and 35% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.89 pages per visit, 0:51 average time on site (lowered by lots of people viewing one page as a result of only vaguely related searches) - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
7. Invoicing - 1 created and sent out. (20mins)
8. Work on the test environment for website redesign - chasing up design changes after next customer review. (5mins)
9. Accounting. (30mins)
10. Read small business blogs. (20mins)
11. Record business emails. (1hr 35mins)
12. Download and sort business emails. (55mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 29 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (20mins)
3. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
4. Invoice reconciliation - 1 sent, 1 created and sent. (25mins)
5. Initial work for new customer. (2hrs 15mins)
6. Top up my mobile phone and mobile broadband. (25mins)
7. Work for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (5hrs 15mins)
8. Read small business blogs. (5mins)
9. Website upgrade - find original images and supply to my partner for amendment. (40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 28 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 finalised. (10mins)
3. Accounting. (55mins)
4. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 4 posts today. (1hr 40mins)
5. Continue project for new customer - documenting outcomes - finalised documentation and sent to customer. (4hrs 10mins)
6. Website upgrade - carrying out some of the changes. (40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 27 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 updated, nothing paid. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
4. Continue project for new customer - documenting outcomes - confirmed that the accounting entries do balance. (2hrs 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 26 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 updated. (5mins)
3. Continue project for new customer - documenting outcomes on site and verifying figures, including 3hrs 45mins travel. (7hrs 15mins)

And then off to join a bunch of friends to celebrate a birthday - a great night out!

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 25 August

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (4hrs)
2. Discussion with networking group member on Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant work for him - I need to prepare a proposal and talk to him about it. (10mins)
3. Discussion with networking group member on assisting him to make his web and social media ideas work - to be continued next week. (10mins)
4. Meeting with networking group member. (1hr)
5. Continue project for new customer - documenting outcomes on site, including 40mins travel. (7hrs 30mins)
6. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
7. Invoicing - 1 started. (5mins)
8. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 24 August

1. Read small business blogs. (20mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Invoicing - 1 completed and sent. (10mins)
4. Continue project for new customer - documenting outcomes. (4hrs 40mins)
5. Initial meeting with new customer to determine her issues and how best to address them. (4hrs 40mins)
6. Review progress made this week. (10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 23 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Continue project for new customer - documenting outcomes. (5hrs)
3. Phone call with new prospect. (5mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
5. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 76 visits - so stable, 59 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 54% search, 20% direct and 26% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.75 pages per visit, 0:46 average time on site (lowered by lots of people viewing one page as a result of only vaguely related searches) - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
6. Read small business blogs. (30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 22 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Investigate query on Plone - no better answers than the two already provided. (15mins)
3. Website upgrade - work on showing my partner how to make the next changes required and carrying out some of the changes. (2hrs 35mins)
4. Meeting with Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (1hr 20mins)
5. Continue project for new customer - documenting outcomes. (4hrs)
6. Read small business blogs. (5mins)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (1hr 40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 21 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer - organise meeting for tomorrow. (5mins)
3. Read small business blogs. (1hr 10mins)

And the afternoon spent at a friend's 30th birthday get together - and Melbourne's weather made it lovely being out in the beer garden for a few hours!

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 20 August

1. Invoicing - nothing paid, but one new invoice started. (25mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (55mins)
4. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (1hr 20mins)
5. Accounting. (20mins)
6. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
7. Record business emails. (2hrs 10mins)
8. Website upgrade - work on showing my partner how to make the next changes required. (35mins)
9. Download and sort business emails. (1hr)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 19 August

1. Continue project for new customer, including 3hrs travel time. Finally coming down the home stretch! (8hrs 30mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 18 August

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (1hr 55mins)
2. Continue project for new customer, including 25mins travel time. (8hrs 20mins)
3. Quote for networking associate for one of his customers. (30mins)
4. More minor changes to business plan. (10mins)
5. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
6. Review progress made this week. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 17 August

1. Continue project for new customer, including 30mins travel time. (8hrs 20mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Preparation for networking meeting in the morning. (15mins)

Included a visit to a personal trainer to discuss some potential exercises to help out a friend.

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 16 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Continue project for new customer, including 2hrs 55mins travel time. (10hrs 35mins)
3. Invoicing - 2 paid by 1 customer. (10mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 70 visits - so stable, 55 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 51% search, 20% direct and 29% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.73 pages per visit, 0:44 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 15 August

1. Work on the test environment for website redesign - chasing up design changes after next customer review. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (1hr 10mins)
4. Work for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (3hrs 15mins)
5. Review progress made this week. (35mins)
6. Send proposed details of quote to my partner for comment. (10mins)
7. Website upgrade - work on showing my partner how to make the next changes required. (1hr 25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 14 August

1. Website upgrade - work on showing my partner how to make the next changes required. (3hrs)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Accounting. (20mins)
4. Invoicing - 1 updated and sent, 3 statements created and sent out. (45mins)
5. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (15mins)
6. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and add 1 week to software projects. (5mins)
7. Record business emails. (2hrs 20mins)
8. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 13 August

Had SUCH a great day on Friday - Cadel's homecoming parade and catching up with so many friends!

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (30mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 66 visits - so stable, 49 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 49% search, 21% direct and 30% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.03 pages per visit, 0:55 average time on site (lowered by lots of people viewing one page as a result of only vaguely related searches) - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (10mins)
5. Accounting. (5mins)
6. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 1 post today. (2hrs 5mins)
7. Website upgrade - work on showing my partner how to make the next changes required. (10mins)
8. Laptop playing up - update malware and antivirus, run complete scans in safe mode - with no hits. But it seems to be working better afterwards. (11hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 11 August

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (6hrs 10mins)
2. Meeting with networking group member. (1hr)
3. Continue project for new customer. (5hrs 45mins)
4. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
5. Website upgrade - work on showing my partner how to make the next changes required. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 10 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 amended. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (5mins)
4. Continue project for new customer, including 1hr 45mins travel time. (9hrs 25mins)
5. Networking meeting - including discussion with potential new customer. (1hr 55mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 9 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Continue project for new customer, including 2hrs 20mins travel time. (10hrs 30mins)
3. Invoicing - 2 paid. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 8 August

1. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (1hr 5mins)
4. Follow up with existing customers. (15mins)
5. Send query to website upgrade customer. (5mins)
6. Accounting. (20mins)
7. Continue project for new customer - more documentation and sorting. (4hrs)
8. Invoicing - 1 started. (15mins)
9. Redo chart on last page of business plan. (20mins)
10. Read small business blogs. (1hr 30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 7 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (1hr 15mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (15mins)
4. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress. (5mins)
5. Record business emails. (1hr 5mins)
6. Download and sort business emails. (50mins)
7. Continue project for new customer - documenting current status, missing information, etc. (4hrs)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 6 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (30mins)
3. Accounting. (1hr 5mins)
4. Invoicing. 1 finalised and sent. (45mins)
5. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (35mins)
6. Backup website design. (1hr 25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 5 August

1. Continue project for new customer, including 1hr 30mins travel time. (10hrs 15mins)
2. Travel back from Bendigo. (1hr 55mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 4 August

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (2hrs 50mins)
2. Meeting with networking group member. (30mins)
3. Continue project for new customer. (7hrs 20mins)
4. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
5. Review progress made this week. (5mins)
6. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (20mins)
7. Run antivirus scan on laptop - cleaned now. (4hrs 45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 3 August

1. Review progress made this week. (45mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today, including one that may turn into a customer. (1hr 15mins)
4. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (2hrs 10mins)
5. Travel towards Bendigo for networking meeting. (2hrs 50mins)
6. Preparation for networking meeting. (30mins)
7. Accounting. (35mins)
8. Look into contract work available. (25mins)
9. Read small business blogs. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 2 August

1. Finalise business plan and send to customer. (10mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 71 visits - so stable, 54 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 52% search, 20% direct and 28% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.18 pages per visit, 1:33 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
5. Invoicing - 1 started, 4 finalised and sent, 1 created and sent. (1hr 10mins)
6. Finally managed to pass on testing information on last project for associate. (55mins)
7. Accounting. (20mins)
8. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (1hr 5mins)
9. Collect background information for networking meeting on Thurs. (20mins)
10. Record business cards. (20mins)
11. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (2hrs 5mins)
12. Record business emails. (2hrs 35mins)
13. Download and sort business emails. (1hr)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 1 August

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Continue project for new customer - cross check information gathered last week, set up spreadsheet and send email on current status. (1hr 30mins)
3. Update business plan and send to customer. (30mins)
4. Invoicing - 1 finalised and sent. (25mins)
5. Invoice reconciliation - 3 statements created and sent out. (10mins)
6. Review progress made last week. (1hr)
7. Accounting. (30mins)
8. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and moved software projects out a week. (5mins)
9. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for July 2011. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise and we need to work on contacting new prospects too (still) - also, the networking posts were only about 75% this month, due to other work. (15mins)
10. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 5 posts today, including one that may turn into a customer. (1hr 55mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 31 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review changes to business plan. (45mins)

A great weekend of music - and not much work!

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 29 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Continue project for new customer - email on current status. (5mins)
3. Pass on required changes to business plan to my partner to carry out. (15mins)
4. Topup mobile broadband. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 28 July

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (5hrs 15mins)
2. One to one meeting with networking group member - extended to include two other members as well. (50mins)
3. Continue project for new customer, including 55mins travel time. (7hrs 45mins)
4. Meeting to answer more questions for business plan. (40mins)
5. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 26 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Finalise spreadsheet from Monday, send to customer and find out how to get to other site for project for new customer. (45mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (30mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 63 visits - so stable, 47 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 49% search, 14% direct and 37% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.51 pages per visit, 2:15 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (10mins)
5. Record business cards. (30mins)
6. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (2hrs 25mins)
7. Deliver PC after update. (45mins)
8. Trip to bank cheque. (30mins)
9. Still playing telephone tag with associate. (5mins)
10. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (40mins)
11. Accounting, including completing the BAS. (2hrs 45mins)
12. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (1hr 40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 27 July

1. Continue project for new customer, including 3hrs 45mins travel time. (9hrs 20mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
4. Invoicing - 4 new invoices started. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 25 July

1. Start project for new customer, including 4hrs 55mins travel time. (13hrs 15mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 24 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Preparation for starting project for new customer. (2hrs 20mins)
3. Accounting. (25mins)
4. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (40mins)
5. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress. (5mins)
6. Record business emails. (1hr 15mins)
7. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 40mins)
8. Read small business blogs. (1hr 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 23 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (2hrs 50mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right. (25mins)
4. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (1hr)
5. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (1hr 40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 22 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Finalise business plan and send to Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (3hrs)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right. (5mins)
4. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (8hrs 10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 21 July

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (8hrs 40mins)
2. Meeting to answer questions for business plan and work on the changes. (2hrs 35mins)
3. Site visit on way back from Bendigo to ensure support customer has all processes working. (1hr 15mins)
4. Finalise changes and sign contract for project for new customer. (30mins)
5. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
6. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right. (30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 20 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right. (15mins)
3. Assist with next step in SEO for new customer's website. (40mins)
4. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (4hrs)
5. Review contract for project for new customer. (1hr)
6. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (3hrs 50mins)
7. Assist with investigation of server issue for support customer - which eventually turned out to be caused by their ISP attempting to upgrade from ADSL to ADSL2 - which broke stuff. (3hrs 35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 19 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 5 posts today. (1hr 45mins)
3. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 61 visits - so stable, 44 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 54% search, 15% direct and 31% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.49 pages per visit, 2:25 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (10mins)
4. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (9hrs 20mins)
5. Learning software for new associate - finish reviewing manual. (55mins)
6. Phone call regarding progress on SEO for new customer's website. (10mins)
7. Assist with setup of server in back office. (35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 18 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (2hrs 55mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right. (15mins)
4. Final information on next project for associate. (5mins)
5. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (8hrs 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 17 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Record business emails. (2hrs 30mins)
3. Review changes to business plan and questions and forward to customer. (45mins)
4. Finalise next project for associate. (20mins)
5. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (4hrs)
6. Work on website for support customer. (2hrs 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 16 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work on next project for associate. (2hrs 15mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (1hr)
4. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and moved software projects out a week. (5mins)
5. Invoice reconciliation - created 4 invoices, sent 3 out. (35mins)
6. Accounting. (25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 15 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Setup and send contract for project for new customer. (4hrs 40mins)
3. Work on next project for associate. (4hrs 30mins)
4. Work on website for support customer. (25mins)
5. Learning software for new associate. (25mins)
6. Topup mobile phone. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 14 July

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (6hrs 35mins)
2. Follow up discussion of possible work with potential new customer. (5mins)
3. Discussion with networking group member about potential future ongoing work - Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant work. (10mins)
4. Meeting with new customer to discuss next steps required to start their project. (20mins)
5. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
6. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right. (25mins)
7. Work on next project for associate. (3hrs)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 13 July

1. Address problem with website for support customer. (1hr)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right. (10mins)
4. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (1hr 20mins)
5. Discuss estimated time and cost for business plan for new customer. (10mins)
6. Work on next project for associate. (6hrs 10mins)
7. Travel towards Bendigo for networking meeting. (2hrs 45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 12 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right. (5mins)
3. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 61 visits - so fairly stable, 43 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 52% search, 12% direct and 36% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.25 pages per visit, 2:05 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (10mins)
4. Invoicing - 1 paid. (10mins)
5. Work on next project for associate. (3hrs 25mins)
6. Next step in individual landing pages for website for support customer. (55mins)
7. Complete next step in setup process for new associate. (15mins)
8. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (1hr 30mins)

And then out for our monthly music evening. We have a friend staying from interstate, who wanted to take us to dinner as a thank you for giving her somewhere to stay, so all four of us went along - she had a ball as well!

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 11 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Invoicing. 1 sent out. (5mins)
3. Initial review of website questions - needs more investigation. (45mins)
4. Identify how to make required changes for website for support customer. (45mins)
5. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (6hrs 35mins)
6. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (1hr 20mins)
7. Review changes required for business plan - Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant work. (5mins)
8. Read small business blogs. (1hr 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 10 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (25mins)
3. Investigate customer's website and related questions - incorrect log in information available. (10mins)
4. Investigate file import issue for associate. (30mins)
5. Accounting. (35mins)
6. Invoice reconciliation - completed 5, 4 sent out. Requested correct email address for the 5th one. (1hr 10mins)
7. Record business emails. (1hr 20mins)
8. Download and sort business emails. (50mins)
9. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and moved software projects out a week. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 9 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Fix code issue for website for support customer. (4hrs 35mins)
3. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (2hrs 25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 8 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Investigating custom home pages when users log in for website for support customer. (3hrs 20mins)
3. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (7hrs 45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 7 July

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (7hrs 25mins)
2. Discussion with networking group member about potential future ongoing work. (15mins)
3. Meeting with potential customer referred by networking group member. Need more information before we can discuss requirements fully. (1hr 10mins)
4. Meeting with associate to go over what work they need me to do, collect background training materials, setup test website, etc. (1hr 10mins)
5. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
6. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right. (30mins)
7. Work on website for support customer. (2hrs 20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 6 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (6hrs 25mins)
3. Work and meeting with support customer on website. (4hrs 30mins)
4. Collect new flat screen monitor purchased on eBay. (1hr)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 5 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Networking group preparation. (20mins)
3. Next project for associate - urgent. (9hrs 30mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 58 visits - so mostly stable, 42 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 50% search, 14% direct and 36% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.28 pages per visit, 2:02 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
5. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (2hrs)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 4 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Record business emails. (3hrs 10mins)
3. Deliver support customer's PC. (1hr 55mins)
4. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 35mins)
5. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and moved software projects out a week. (5mins)
6. Invoice reconciliation. 2 statements sent out, 5 invoices started - but need to check details before they can be sent. (25mins)
7. Accounting. (25mins)
8. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (15mins)
9. Initial investigation on projects for associate. (40mins)
10. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (1hr 10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 3 July

1. Assist with investigation of issue with support customer's PC. (5hrs 20mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Record business emails. (2hrs 30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 2 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 paid this week, final payments on 2 more received as well. (10mins)
3. Accounting. (20mins)
4. Record business emails. (1hr 50mins)
5. Reboot and scan laptop - all verified clean. (7hrs 15mins)
6. Assist with investigation of issue with support customer's PC. (2hrs 35mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 1 July

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required - sent for final review. (11hrs 15mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (25mins)
4. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (30mins)
5. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for June 2011. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise and we need to work on contacting new prospects too (still). (15mins)

And this year is truly flying - happy new financial year!

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 30 June

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (12hrs 35mins)
3. Conversation with support customer about virus and issues. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 29 June

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (10hrs 55mins)
3. Assist with investigation of server issue for support customer. (3hrs 15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 28 June

1. Resolve mail issue for support customer. (3hrs 20mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Invoicing - record invoices created in CRM. (30mins)
4. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (50mins)
5. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and moved software projects out a week. (10mins)
6. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (55mins)
7. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 60 visits - so mostly stable, 43 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 42% search, 11% direct and 47% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.03 pages per visit, 1:18 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
8. Assist with finalising PC issue for new support customer. (30mins)
9. Follow up on queries for networking group and look at website. (15mins)
10. Record business emails. (35mins)
11. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after next customer review and adding code changes required. (5hrs 30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 27 June

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after initial customer review and adding code changes required. (6hrs 35mins)
3. Assist with issue with redirect on server in back office. (3hrs 55mins)
4. Invoicing - 9 finalised for 2 customers, 1 sent out. (1hr 25mins)
5. Accounting. (45mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 26 June

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after initial customer review and adding code changes required. (11hrs)
3. Assist with issue with redirect on server in back office. (25mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 25 June

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after initial customer review and adding code changes required. (9hrs 40mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 24 June

1. Review response and forward information received to potential customer on software. (20mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after initial customer review and adding code changes required. (9hrs 20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 23 June

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (7hrs)
2. One to one meeting with networking group member. (50mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
4. Discussion of potential work with networking group member, including quick site visit. (45mins)
5. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after initial customer review and adding code changes required. (4hrs 40mins)
6. Quick discussion of possible work with potential new customer. (10mins)
7. Discussion with potential customer on software research and further research for them. (1hr 10mins)
8. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right. (15mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 22 June

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Invoicing. Nothing paid. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right. (15mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 65 visits - so stable, 46 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 35% search, 9% direct and 56% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.08 pages per visit, 0:58 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
5. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (25mins)
6. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after initial customer review and adding code changes required. (9hrs 5mins)
7. Site visit to new support customer to collect PC to be checked. (2hrs 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 21 June

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after initial customer review and adding code changes required. (8hrs 55mins)
3. Research into proposed software solution for potential new client. (2hrs 30mins)
4. Site visit to new support customer. (2hrs 30mins)
5. Investigate issue with apache rewrite rules for server in back office. (1hr 15mins)

Blurgh... such a long day!

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 20 June

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress. (5mins)
3. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (20mins)
4. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (45mins)
5. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after initial customer review and adding code changes required. (9hrs 50mins)
6. Touch base with new support customer. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 19 June

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after initial customer review and adding code changes required. (10hrs 30mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 18 June

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (15mins)
3. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after initial customer review and adding code changes required. (9hrs 5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 17 June

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (1hr 5mins)
3. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up more design changes after initial customer review and adding code changes required. (7hrs 10mins)
4. Organising site visit for new support customer for tomorrow. (10mins)
5. Accounting. (40mins)
6. Invoicing. 2 created and sent out. (35mins)
7. Invoice reconciliation. 2 statements sent out. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 16 June

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. (6hrs 20mins)
2. One to one meeting with networking group member. (45mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Topup mobile phone. (10mins)
5. Initial meeting with potential new client - some research required now. (55mins)
6. Bookkeeping data entry for associate. (4hrs 35mins)