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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review schedule - some items needed to move a bit. (5mins)
3. Invoicing - 3 paid for 1 customer. (10mins)
4. Follow up on existing customers and prospects. (15mins)
5. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 1 post today. (1hr 15mins)
6. Website change for website upgrade customer. (20mins)
7. Bookkeeping for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer - print out the results so that we can review them. (1hr 10mins)
8. Phone call from Momentum Energy re comparison rates. (10mins)
9. Collate and send responses for ecard campaign for state election. (40mins)
10. Continuing looking at WordPress setup on my virtual machine - further along, but still not quite right. (2hrs 20mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
3. Invoice reconciliation. 3 chased up for 1 customer. (15mins)
4. Accounting. (20mins)
5. Look at Bendigo Business Directory for businesses to approach - 1 contact made and one email sent. (1hr 25mins)
6. Record business emails. (2hrs 20mins)
7. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 10mins)
8. Review the project schedules. Nothing needs to move, as the software projects were moved enough last week. (5mins)
9. Post on the Perfect Notes blog - what is a virtual assistant? (1hr 25mins)

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

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. Smaller again - some seem to be MIA... (6hrs 15mins)
2. One to one meeting with group member. (2hrs)
3. Tried to get out to another group member's place to do training - roads flooded! (1hr)
4. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
5. One to one meeting with group member. (1hr 15mins)
6. Meeting with business coach in Bendigo re possible work for his clients - seemed very positive and good timing. (1hr 5mins)
7. Assist with investigation for customer's website. (15mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (20mins)
2. Finalise review of usage of associate's server over last three months and send email. (10mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 3 posts today. (45mins)
4. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
5. Accounting. (15mins)
6. Look at Bendigo Business Directory for businesses to approach - 1 contact made and one phone call made to follow up an email sent in July. (35mins)
7. Reading through small business magazines to catch up. (15mins)
8. Upgrade Thunderbird to latest version. (55mins)
9. Travel towards Bendigo for networking meeting. (1hr 50mins)
10. Scheduling of work. (20mins)
11. Looking at WordPress setup on my virtual machine. (1hr)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 91 visits, 63 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 25% search, 33% direct and 42% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1 visit from Macedonia, 2.43 pages per visit, 2:07 average time on site is reasonable - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it and they are staying reasonably consistent. I guess the main issue is that you cannot force people to search the internet - they do it when they are ready. (15mins)
3. Invoicing. Nothing new paid, but 2 sent out. (1hr 15mins)
4. Accounting. (10mins)
5. Finalise investigation of possible basis for website for potential new customer and send suggestions. (40mins)
6. Trip to bank to deposit cheques. (20mins)
7. Review management consulting entries in Yellow Pages with a view to sending introductory email and brochure for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant information. 2 sent. (35mins)
8. Look at Bendigo Business Directory for businesses to approach - 1 contact made and appointment made for Thurs afternoon. (55mins)
9. Review usage of associate's server over last three months. (2hrs 35mins)

My partner's birthday!

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (10mins)
3. Review the project schedules. Moved ongoing software projects out two weeks. (5mins)
4. Follow up on existing customers and prospects. (35mins)
5. Record business emails. (2hrs 25mins)
6. Assist with style sheet work for website creation customer. (15mins)
7. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 5mins)
8. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (1hr 10mins)
9. Invoicing - account reconciliation for a customer. (1hr)
10. Accounting. (20mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Post on the Perfect Notes blog - are your backups up to date? (40mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work on moving customer's setup from one server to another - now sorted out. (4hrs)
3. Record business cards collected on Thursday. (10mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Invoicing. 1 cheque received. (10mins)
3. Accounting. (1hr 10mins)
4. Invoice reconciliation. (5mins)
5. Bookkeeping for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (2hrs 15mins)
6. Work on moving customer's setup from one server to another - different versions causing issues - still not working properly... Giving information to my partner - still having issues. (2hrs)

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

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. Bigger group, as some are back from holidays. (5hrs 30mins)
2. Follow up of potential new members for networking group. (35mins)
3. One to one meeting with group member - probable ongoing work for her as well. (4hrs 40mins)
4. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
5. Face to face networking - catch up for drinks in South Melbourne. The group was about twice the size of the first one, which is great - looks like a good bunch of people! (4hrs 30mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (20mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 cheque processed (but not banked yet!). (5mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (30mins)
4. Work on moving customer's setup from one server to another - different versions causing issues - still not working properly... Some improvements. (3hrs 5mins)
5. Assist with style sheet work for website creation customer. (50mins)
6. Travel towards Bendigo for networking meeting. (2hr 5mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 payment made and processed, 1 cheque received. (15mins)
3. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 93 visits so down again - and will continue to drop, 63 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 31% search, 28% direct and 41% referral traffic - search is staying up, keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.18 pages per visit, 1:52 average time on site is reasonable - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it and they are staying reasonably consistent. I guess the main issue is that you cannot force people to search the internet - they do it when they are ready. (10mins)
4. Review management consulting entries in Yellow Pages with a view to sending introductory email and brochure for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant information. 2 sent. (15mins)
5. Address email notification issues for website customer. (1hr 55mins)
6. Meeting with new customer to discuss changes needed to upgrade their existing website. (1hr 45mins)
7. Work on moving customer's setup from one server to another - different versions causing issues - still not working properly, but definitely better. (3hrs 55mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (1hr)
3. Follow up on existing customers and prospects. (10mins)
4. Work on moving customer's setup from one server to another - different versions causing issues. (4hrs 45mins)
5. Zip up more files and move to other server to free up space on my laptop. (25mins)
6. Work on issues with customer website - duplicating changes made to other customer's site to start with, then expanding. (5hrs 35mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review the project schedules. Moved ongoing software projects out two weeks. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (10mins)
4. Reading through small business magazines to catch up. (25mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (20mins)
2. Record business cards collected last Thursday. (10mins)
3. Invoicing reconciliation - 5 followed up. (35mins)
4. Record business emails. (1hr 45mins)
5. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 45mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Prepare information for new website customer and send to my partner. (20mins)
3. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (45mins)
4. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
5. Accounting. (20mins)
6. Invoicing - 1 sent out, then amended and resent. (50mins)
7. Live website changes for new customer have been reviewed - some changes made. (3hrs 55mins)
8. Review management consulting entries in Yellow Pages with a view to sending introductory email and brochure for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant information. 2 sent. (30mins)

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

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo. Small group, but good conversation. (6hrs 30mins)
2. Cut changes live for website changes for new customer. Of course it did not go smoothly, but I have learnt something about MySQL that I didn't know before - so it's probably good - and the customer's happy. (4hrs 20mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Sort business emails. (1hr 20mins)

Lest we forget.

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

1. Changes in test setup for website changes for new customer complete. Confirmed final tests due to customer changing back end worked. (20mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Invoicing. Nothing paid... would like this to change! (5mins)
4. Record business emails. (4hrs 25mins)
5. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 35mins)
6. Meeting with Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer - finalise some details and obtain the next quarter's information to start recording. (1hr 5mins)
7. Travel towards Bendigo for networking meeting. (1hr 45mins)

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

1. Assist with remote support for customer who called. (15mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 98 visits so down again, 64 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 34% search, 24% direct and 42% referral traffic - search is staying up, keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.18 pages per visit, 1:56 average time on site is reasonable - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it and they are staying reasonably consistent. (15mins)
5. Review management consulting entries in Yellow Pages with a view to sending introductory email and brochure for Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant information. 2 sent. (1hr 5mins)
6. Response to request for quote reviewed, completed, converted to PDF and sent. (2hrs 45mins)
7. Zip up files and move to other server to free up space on my laptop. (1hr 25mins)

A shorter day to make up for all the massively long ones I've done recently.

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review the project schedules. No new changes needed to ongoing software projects, they were all done before. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (5mins)
4. Follow up on existing customers and prospects. (40mins)
5. Continue changes in test setup for website changes for new customer - documenting all steps. Final changes done and tests done due to customer changing back end. (5hrs 10mins)
6. Reading through small business magazines to catch up. (5mins)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (1hr 45mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Continuing work on response to request for quote - first draft of everthing complete. Investigating which versions of Plone Products are available and tested with Plone 4. (40mins)
3. Accounting. (25mins)

And then Perfect Notes went to the Summer Sprint Series to watch (and participate in) track match sprints at Blackburn Cycling Club.

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

1. Deliver laptop to customer. (30mins)
2. Reading through small business magazines to catch up. (15mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
4. Invoicing - nothing paid. (5mins)
5. Continuing work on response to request for quote - first draft of everthing complete. (2hrs 20mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Invoicing. Nothing paid, nothing worth chasing up again. (5mins)
3. Continuing work on response to request for quote - most of first draft of attachments also complete - had to change part of it as I realised one process was incorrect. (7hrs 45mins)
4. Reading through small business magazines to catch up. (10mins)

Then out for a dinner with friends - good conversation, good beer, great food!

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (1hr 10mins)
3. Continuing work on response to request for quote - most of first draft of attachments also complete. (8hrs 45mins)
4. Reading through small business magazines to catch up. (15mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 110 visits so up a little bit again - impacted by Cup Day and the 'long weekend' that goes with it in Melbourne, 68 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 35% search, 24% direct and 41% referral traffic - search is staying up, keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.16 pages per visit, 1:48 average time on site is reasonable - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it and they are staying reasonably consistent. (10mins)
3. Sent out quote for site revamp for existing support customer, now that process has been finalised. (5mins)
4.Invoicing - nothing paid, one clarification email sent out. (5mins)
5. Working on response to request for quote - most of first draft complete. (9hrs 45mins)
6. Reading through small business magazines to catch up. (20mins)

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

1. Another thought added to the draft response to request for quote. During discussion, decided that it is at least worth putting in a response. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Accounting. (5mins)
4. Bank reconciliation. (10mins)
5. Follow up on existing customers and prospects. (5mins)
6. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for October 2010. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise (but this is improved), and I missed the online forum posts required this month. (10mins)
7. Networking - follow up on posts and queries - 2 posts today. (45mins)
8. Investigate possible basis for website for potential new customer. (55mins)
9. Finalised decision on software to assist with site revamp for existing support customer (in between other work) and drafted email response. (1hr 40mins)
10. Correspondence re change of backend for website changes for new customer. (5mins)
11. Download Plone 4.0.1 to virtual machine for further investigation. (2hrs 55mins)

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

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Read through and start drafting response to request for quote. Interesting! It's big - for us at least. Still in two minds about whether we will respond. (6hrs 35mins)