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)