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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up the design changes - initial version setup on test server, but not yet visible from outside world. (1hr 45mins)
3. Start converting modules written for clients to latest version of Plone. (8hrs 35mins)
4. Reading through small business blog posts. (1hr)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up the design changes - initial version almost ready for client to view. (10hrs 20mins)
3. Top up mobile broadband. (5mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up the design changes. (8hrs 10mins)
3. Continuing work on basic website framework for existing customer. (40mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Invoice reconciliation - 2 reminders sent out. (15mins)
3. Reading through small business blog posts. (2hrs 10mins)
4. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress. (5mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Reading through small business blog posts. (10mins)
3. Accounting. (25mins)
4. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (20mins)
5. Record business emails. (4hrs 50mins)
6. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 35mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Work on the test environment for website redesign - setting up the design changes. (7hrs 10mins)
3. Continuing work on basic website framework for existing customer. (1hr)

And I got out to the gym in the afternoon!

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

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. Our last information session - now to train and launch the group! (6hrs 30mins)
2. Meeting with business associate to discuss possibility of more website work. (15mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
4. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 1 post today. (1hr 25mins)
5. Continuing work on basic website framework for existing customer. (1hr 50mins)

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

1. Work on the test environment for website redesign. (2hrs 20mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Phone call from new associate - ensure that I got his email, organise to meet with him next week to ensure we have all bases covered. (5mins)
4. Drop my partner at a support customer's office with the next lot of new hardware purchased for them. (45mins)
5. Travel towards Bendigo for networking meeting. (4hrs)
6. Reading through small business blog posts. (2hrs)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 77 visits - so about the same, 57 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 32% search, 22% direct and 46% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.35 pages per visit, 1:33 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (10mins)
3. Filing - sorting out a lot of the notes I take - particularly in regard to customer's requirements - so they can be accessed by either of us. (25mins)
4. Correspondence with graphic designer and customer about requirements for new design for website redesign - finally a design that they like. Also working on the test environment. (7hrs 25mins)
5. Initial work on for SEO for new customer's website. (35mins)
6. Assist with setup for new PC for support customer. (15mins)
7. Send response re website for potential new customer. (25mins)
8. Free up space on my laptop. (1hr 5mins)

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

1. Advise customer of new user details. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Backup files onto external drive ready to wipe my laptop - really not behaving well at the moment. (4hrs 30mins)
4. Reading through small business blog posts. (1hr 30mins)
5. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (15mins)
6. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress, moved software projects out a week. (5mins)
7. Accounting. (20mins)
8. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 4 posts today. (1hr 10mins)

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

1. Continuing work on basic website framework for existing customer - new version to expand the options - now set up, ready for editing of content and style. (6hrs 20mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (30mins)
3. Reading through small business blog posts. (1hr 25mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Continuing work on basic website framework for existing customer - new version to expand the options. (9hrs 30mins)
3. Reading through small business blog posts. (10mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (30mins)
2. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 5 posts today. (1hr 20mins)
3. Correspondence re new hardware for support customer. (20mins)
4. Correspondence with graphic designer and customer about requirements for new design for website redesign. (2hrs 5mins)
5. Continuing work on basic website framework for existing customer. (1hr 35mins)

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

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. Totally happy - we now have the numbers to actually launch - training starts in April! (6hrs 35mins)
2. One to one meeting with networking group member. (55mins)
3. Meetings with graphic designer requirements for new design for website redesign. (2hrs 35mins)
4. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
5. Correspondence with graphic designer and customer about requirements for new design for website redesign. (45mins)
6. Quick meeting with potential website integration customer - was passing his business so dropped in on the off chance that he was there - struck it lucky, as he was in the office. (5mins)

Happy St Patrick's Day!

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress, moved software projects out a week. (10mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (30mins)
4. Continuing work on basic website framework for existing customer. (1hr 30mins)
5. Correspondence with graphic designer about requirements for new design - again - for website redesign. (5mins)
6. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 73 visits - so down a bit again, 55 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 37% search, 21% direct and 42% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.15 pages per visit, 1:12 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
7. Accounting. (5mins)
8. Assist with WordPress setup. (35mins)
9. Drop my partner at a support customer's office with the new hardware purchased for them. (45mins)
10. Travel towards Bendigo for networking meeting. (3hrs 15mins)
11. One to one meeting with networking group member. (1hr 30mins)

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

1. Record business emails. (25mins)
2. Download and sort business emails - finally caught up on this too. (3hrs 35mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Assist with WordPress setup. (2hrs 45mins)
5. Draft email to order PC identical to the last 3 for support customer. (5mins)
6. Read new documentation for networking group. (25mins)
7. Accounting. (25mins)
8. Forward latest design from graphic designer to customer for website redesign and work on test setup. (1hr 15mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Record business emails - finally caught up! (8hrs 20mins)
3. Assist with WordPress setup. (1hr)
4. Reading through small business blog posts. (1hr)
5. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (30mins)
6. Download and sort business emails. (55mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Record business emails. (5hrs 20mins)

And then off to pizza to celebrate a good friend's birthday!

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

1. Invoicing. Nothing paid. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Correspondence with graphic designer about requirements for new design - again - for website redesign. (10mins)
4. Assist with WordPress setup. (2hrs 25mins)
5. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (1hr 30mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Phone call to discuss options for SEO for new customer's website. (15mins)
3. Create and send respond to tender passed on by an associate. (4hrs 20mins)
4. Create basic website framework for existing customer. (3hrs 30mins)
5. Accounting. (55mins)

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

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. A different person presenting the process to potential new members - a new script, with some new information. (6hrs 15mins)
2. Catch up on some more of the paperwork for the networking group. (30mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Work on initial input to business plan for associate - Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant work. (1hr 50mins)
5. Determine whether we should respond to tender passed on by another associate - answer is yes, at least put in a response. (2hrs 30mins)
6. Next steps for website redesign - review response to latest design from graphic designer. (10mins)
7. Phone call to potential new customer - networking is starting to pay off! (15mins)
8. Site visit to support customer on the way back to Melbourne. (45mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Record business card so that I can pass the original on to associate. (5mins)
3. Email correspondence with new customer to organise phone call to discuss options for SEO for her website. (5mins)
4. Record business emails. (1hr 50mins)
5. Trip to purchase monitor and external hard drive for support customer. (1hr 25mins)
6. Invoicing - 1 created and sent. (15mins)
7. Travel towards Bendigo for networking meeting. (3hrs)
8. Catch up on some of the paperwork for the networking group. (2hrs 10mins)
9. Reading through small business blog posts. (1hr)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 81 visits - so down a bit again, 59 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 37% search, 27% direct and 36% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.44 pages per visit, 1:29 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 4 posts today. 1 Private Message sent re possible work as well. (1hr 20mins)
4. Phone call from new associate - clarification of further requirements. (20mins)
5. Next steps for website redesign - including correspondence back and forth about requirements for new design from graphic designer. (4hrs 10mins)
6. Review new customer's website and send email with options for SEO for her website. (1hr 10mins)
7. Trip to bank to deposit cheque. (20mins)
8. Accounting. (30mins)

And I made it to gym.

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress. (15mins)
3. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (5mins)
4. Networking group - review roles and responsibilities for leadership team - send information to nominated member for consideration. (Internet connection really slow and had to reboot laptop - which is why it took all day!) (7hrs 10mins)
5. Next steps for website redesign. (2hrs 35mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Accounting. (30mins)

Well - on Friday I was planning to go and watch music. When I realised that the racing was on, I was going to go and watch my partner race. Then he decided to leave really early, before I was ready, so he told me to go watch the music - so I did - and a great time we had too!

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

1. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Training for networking group (different to last night's). (5hrs 40mins)
4. One to one meeting with group member. (1hr 15mins)
5. Visit to ex-member of the networking group - had to drop out due to ill health. (45mins)
6. Site visit to support customer on the way back to Melbourne. (4hr 25mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (1hr 25mins)
3. Accounting. (5mins)
4. Meeting with new associate - helped to identify issue for his customer - good first step, as I will be doing that work. (3hrs 45mins)
5. Travel towards Bendigo for networking meeting. (2hrs 25mins)
6. Forward response to graphic designer for website redesign customer. (5mins)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (30mins)
8. Training for networking group - instead of the usual meeting. (4hrs 25mins)

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

1. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (9hrs 55mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
3. Forward graphic designer's ideas to website redesign customer. (5mins)
4. Assist with spamassassin changes for support customer - identified issue and addressed it. (1hr 40mins)
5. Upload latest newsletter for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (10mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (1hr 5mins)
3. Bank reconciliation. (10mins)
4. Accounting. (10mins)
5. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 90 visits - so up a bit again, 63 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 40% search, 24% direct and 36% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.34 pages per visit, 1:40 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
6. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for February 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. (5mins)
7. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (8hrs 45mins)
8. Launch Chick webinar. (40mins)
9. Assist with spamassassin changes for support customer. (1hr 10mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (10mins)
3. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and moved software projects out a week. (15mins)
4. Invoice reconciliation - 1 reminder sent. (20mins)
5. Invoicing - 7 created and sent out. (2hrs 35mins)
6. Assist with spamassassin changes for support customer. (15mins)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 1 post today (Blue Screen Of Death part way through...). (30mins)
8. Website upgrade - make the next changes required. (6hrs 40mins)