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!