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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Follow up on existing customers and prospects. (5mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (50mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 66 visits which is still lower than I like, 47 new visits which is great, 33% search, 31% direct and 36% referral traffic, 1 visit from Brazil, 1 from Russia and 1 from the Ukraine. (20mins)
5. Website upgrade for new customer. Except that this description is not strictly accurate - what I've been working on for most of this time is software that can be used by many Australian customers, not just this particular one - some time has been spent on changes to this specific customer's website, but all of last week and so far this week has actually been spent on this software that is needed. (9hrs 5mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review the project schedules. Moved both projects out by 2 days, but might need to move them more depending on what outside work comes through this week. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (10mins)
4. Follow up on existing customers and prospects. (5mins)

Weekend was mixed... Nice social day on Saturday - breakfast with friends, lunch with friends, had planned to go listen to music in the evening but ended up just having a friend visit and stay overnight. Tooth was a bit sore during the day. Woke up in the early hours on Sunday morning in great pain - tooth had caused swelling - obviously infected... Call to dentist, prescription for antibiotics and heavy duty pain killers - appointment for first thing Monday morning. Appointment result is heavy duty pain killers, which cause fuzzy head - so not much work done.

At least the pain is reducing!

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Invoicing. (25mins)
3. Website upgrade for new customer. (4hrs 30mins)
4. Banking. (40mins)
5. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (25mins)
6. Accounting. (20mins)
7. Record business emails. (20mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Website upgrade for new customer. (14hrs)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Accounting - reimburse payments we've made from petty cash for business expenses. (55mins)
3. Website upgrade for new customer. (9hrs 30mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Invoice reconciliation - 1 customer paid, another paid half their debt. (10mins)
3. Record business emails. (5mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 57 visits which is lower than I like, 41 new visits which is great, 30% search, 32% direct and 38% referral traffic, 1 visit from Singapore and 1 from Austria. Obviously the website needs some work - this message has been passed on. (15mins)
5. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (40mins)
6. Website upgrade for new customer. (7hrs)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Follow up on existing customers and prospects. (10mins)
3. Invoice reconciliation. (1hr 5mins)
4. Download and organise business emails. (35mins)
5. Website upgrade for new customer. (6hrs 40mins)
6. Discuss next requirements for new customer. (5mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (35mins)
3. Review the project schedules. Moved both projects out by another 2 weeks, as most of this week has been taken up with other work and I expect next week to be the same. (5mins)
4. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (5mins)

Lovely girls day out on Saturday - so no work done for once!

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

1. Website upgrade for new customer. (7hrs 50mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Record business emails. (10mins)
4. Invoicing. (5mins)
5. Accounting. (10mins)
6. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 0 posts today - got called away to other work. (5mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Assist with organising backup of support customer's data before server move. (4hrs)
3. Website upgrade for new customer. (2hrs 10mins)
4. Record business emails. (30mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Accounting - one more customer has paid his two invoices - great! (25mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (25mins)
4. Website upgrade for new customer. (8hrs 50mins)
5. Emails and phone discussion with technical support customer. (55mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Website upgrade for new customer. (7hrs 20mins)
3. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 71 visits which is still a bit lower than I like, 52 new visits which is great, 30% search, 34% direct and 36% referral traffic, 1 visit from Czech Republic - so basically going alright. (10mins)
4. Record business emails. (15mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Follow up on existing customers and prospects. (10mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (50mins)
4. Website upgrade for new customer. (6hrs 40mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Website upgrade for new customer. (7hrs 20mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Website upgrade for new customer. (6hrs 25mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. I've started the Plone build again - on my machine. Have Plone up and working - a win! (4hrs 15mins)
3. Collect information and provide potential customer with quote. They've accepted the quote, so that work is going ahead! (55mins)
4. Record business emails. (1hr 20mins)
5. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (25mins)
6. Invoicing - no more payments made. (5mins)
7. Review the project schedules. Moved both projects out by another week, as most of this week has been taken up with other work - which either paid or was background to work which will pay soon. (5mins)
8. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (5mins)
9. Start working on website upgrade for new customer. (55mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Meeting with potential customer. It went well - now to collect the required information and give them a quote. (55mins)
3. I've started the Plone build again - on my machine - see whether that works. Let's get Plone up and working first, then we'll look into adding extra functionality. (7hrs 40mins)
4. Accounting - check whether anyone else has paid us. No - but that's ok, wasn't actually expecting anyone to as yet. (5mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. New support customer - requirements and help with some changes. (1hr 20mins)
3. Record business emails. (15mins)
4. Still looking at Plone - not quite there... (3hrs 15mins)
5. Accounting - 1 customer has paid the 2 invoices outstanding. Good! (10mins)
6. Invoicing. (15mins)
7. Work on our new product. (1hr 50mins)
8. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (15mins)

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

1. Site visit - successful - happy customer! (5hrs 35mins)
2. Accounting. (40mins)
3. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 68 visits which is still a bit lower than I like, 54 new visits which is great, 28% search, 25% direct and 47% referral traffic, 2 visits from Canada - so basically going alright. (5mins)
4. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
5. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 4 posts today. (1hr)
6. Follow up with new requirements for existing client. (25mins)
7. Looking into copy of Plone site that works - still not quite there... (20mins)
8. Record business emails - nearly up to date now! (1hr 25mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review the project schedules. Moved both projects out by another two weeks. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (10mins)

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

1. My partner has setup a test Plone site for us. Reading through documentation and testing changes - not working quite as I expected... Going to grab a test copy of a real site and look at how that is set up - hopefully it will explain what I am not getting at the moment... (1hr 35mins)
2. Phone support to new/old customer - something has gone wrong with his mail routing. Will be visiting on site on Tuesday (Mon is public holiday). (20mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Invoice reconciliation. (5mins)
3. Accounting. (10mins)
4. Work on our new product. (2hrs 50mins)
5. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 1 post today. (15mins)
6. Quarterly meeting with business mentor. (1hr 50mins)
7. Record business emails - catching up on the ones that my partner has been receiving and sending - a lot of work! (2hrs 20mins)

The meeting with the business mentor went about how we expected. Unfortunately, for reasons that are known and pretty much out of our control, our income has been down substantially on the plan, BUT we haven't spent nearly as much as we originally expected to either. So, rather than having an overall profit by now, we have broken even - which is much better than having lost money.

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Invoicing - 2 sent out. (30mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (45mins)
4. Read about Plone GetPaid - possible work for a customer. (2hrs 5mins)
5. Work on our new product. (10mins)
6. Site visit for new/old customer. I have to double check, but I think he found us via the website - which is great. Got a phone call in the morning asking if we do Lotus Notes support, as he was having some trouble. Said yes, organised to go out and look at the issue, only charging him if I fixed it, then found out who... Turns out to be a customer of my old employers... Worked out well - fixed the issue he rang about and started looking at an issue with the software that used to be my work...! (3hrs 50mins)

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

1. Site visit. (10hrs)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 72 visits which is a bit lower than I like, 56 new visits which is great, 22% search, 30% direct and 48% referral traffic, 1 visit from Italy and 1 from China - so basically still going OK. The website is undergoing a restructure, so hopefully the visits will pick up again. (15mins)
3. Accounting - got everything sorted out so that the bank account and the accounting system agree, which I had been trying to organise for a while - finally worked out how! (45mins)
4. Invoicing - 2 sent out. (40mins)
5. Bank reconciliations - get this up to date, now that the accounting system and bank agree. (40mins)
6. Work on our new product - details to come later. (4hrs 5mins)
7. Download and organise business emails. (5mins)
8. Record business emails. (1hr 35mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Record business emails. (5mins)
3. Review the project schedules. Moved both projects out by another week. (5mins)
4. Invoice reconciliation. (35mins)
5. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (5mins)
6. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. Achieved the target of 1 post per day for Feb. (30mins)
7. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for February 2010. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise (again). Unfortunately, the requirement to rewrite the CRM software has really hit the whole process for 6 - along with needing to write the new 'quick' software solution. (10mins)
8. Follow up on existing customers and prospects. (5mins)
9. Work on our new product - details to come later. (2hrs 55mins)
10. Check log book is up to date and figures add up. (5mins)
11. Banking and post office. Unfortunately, I missed the second bank, as it closes at 4.30 other than on Fri. (1hr)

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

1. Accounting - 1 more invoice paid! (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)

And Sunday I went to the Harvest Picnic at Hanging Rock with a friend - a great day out in the fresh air, not too sunny, not too cold - lots of nice food and wine to sample and a few purchases made.