Monday, April 30, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 28 April

1. Fix web page issues for website customer. (30mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (10mins)
4. Invoice reconciliation - 2 continued. (20mins)
5. Record business emails. (2hrs)

And no work at all on Sunday - a wonderful day of music. Seems like I finally had a weekend!!! :-)

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 27 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Working on process for new Events setup - review events and print calendar for distribution. (2hrs 30mins)
4. Read small business blogs. (15mins)
5. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and added 1 week to software schedules. (10mins)
6. Record business emails. (1hr 15mins)

Friday, April 27, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 26 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (50mins)
3. Accounting and BAS. (1hr 10mins)
4. Upload a different logo to our Facebook page, after the size and position were changed by Facebook. (5mins)
5. Working on process for new Events setup - review events and add recurring events. (1hr 50mins)
6. More changes for new website customer. (45mins)
7. Download business emails, ready for recording later. (1hr 10mins)

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 25 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Read small business blogs. (3hrs 5mins)
4. Compress and move items to free up space. (40mins)
5. Run complete antivirus scan - yes, it needed to be done - how annoying!!! (6hrs 40mins)

The Dawn Service at Ringwood - in the cold and rain - not comfortable, but that's not really the point... Then we went back to the RSL for breakfast, which we don't usually do - which was good too. Then in the afternoon, one of Dave's old friends came over and chatted, which was great too!

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 24 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 paid, 1 created and sent out. (20mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
4. Download business emails, ready for recording later. (40mins)
5. Continuing research for CRM customer - further work to install test system on server in back room. (5mins)
6. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 50 visits - so reasonable, 41 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 50% search, 14% direct and 36% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.64 pages per visit, 0:25 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
7. Accounting. (10mins)
8. Changes for new website customer. (2hrs 40mins)
9. Read small business blogs. (1hr 20mins)
10. Working on process for new Events setup - review events and add recurring events. (1hr 10mins)

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 23 April

1. Read small business blogs. (1hr 55mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
4. Invoicing - 12 started, 1 started and completed. (3hrs 55mins)
5. Download business emails, ready for recording later. (1hr)
6. Complete backup of current website for new customer. (50mins)
7. Accounting. (15mins)

Monday, April 23, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 22 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week and ensure the schedule is right for next week. (25mins)
3. Post the next link on our Facebook page. (5mins)
4. Read small business blogs. (4hrs 10mins)

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 21 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (20mins)
2. Download business emails, ready for recording later. (2hrs 10mins)
3. Read small business blogs. (2hrs 15mins)

Got out for a ride on the bike path - nice weather!

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 20 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Zip full backup and copy to other machine, working on process for new Events setup. (4hrs 20mins)
4. Meeting with Perfect Notes Virtual Assistant customer. (55mins)
5. Read small business blogs. (2hrs)

Friday, April 20, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 19 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
3. Post the next link on our Facebook page. (5mins)
4. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress. (5mins)
5. Full site backup for customer. (9hrs 40mins)
6. Read small business blogs during customer site backup.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 18 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (30mins)
3. Continuing research for CRM customer - install on server in back room. (4hrs 20mins)
4. Setup Dropbox. (10mins)
5. Email correspondence re quote for new website customer. (15mins)
6. Download business emails, ready for recording later. (15mins)
7. Read small business blogs. (2hrs 20mins)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 17 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (40mins)
3. Invoicing - 1 paid, 1 created and sent out. (15mins)
4. Read small business blogs. (1hr 55mins)
5. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (10mins)
6. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 49 visits - so reasonable, 42 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 45% search, 18% direct and 37% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.22 pages per visit, 1:01 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (10mins)
7. Download business emails, ready for recording later. (30mins)
8. Compress and move items to free up space. (40mins)
9. Post a link on our Facebook page. (5mins)
10. Finalise and send quote for potential new website customer. (25mins)

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 16 April

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (11hrs 10mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)

The end of that contract - it was fun - will miss that mob!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 15 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Read small business blogs. (5hrs 20mins)
3. Investigate prospect's site - reading through documentation on how to make required changes, to confirm that it is possible. (1hr 55mins)

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 14 April

1. Compress and move items to free up space. (2hrs 50mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
4. Investigate prospect's site - start taking copy of current setup and design, ready to make changes for her, after confirming that we have sufficient access to do what she wants. (35mins)
5. Invoicing - 1 created and sent out. (25mins)
6. Download business emails, ready for recording later. (30mins)
7. Investigate a couple of other possible leads - confirm that we can take them over. (5mins)
8. Sorting more of the downloaded business emails, as some will not need recording. (3hrs 30mins)
9. Read small business blogs. (30mins)

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 13 April

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (11hrs 10mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 12 April

1. Networking meeting in Bendigo - the last one, a chance to say goodbye. The trip up was fine, the trip back punctuated with a couple of forced stops - thanks to Dave for driving most of the way. (7hrs 30mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
4. Download and burn cd of latest version of Ubuntu desktop. (3hrs 25mins)
5. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress. (5mins)
6. Accounting. (30mins)
7. Sorting more of the downloaded business emails, as some will not need recording. (2hrs 15mins)
8. Compress and move items to free up space. (1hr 35mins)

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 11 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (20mins)
2. Invoicing - 1 paid. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
4. Work for new Plone development customer. (8hrs 5mins)
5. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 43 visits - so slipping - needs revamping, 39 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 35% search, 19% direct and 46% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.33 pages per visit, 1:15 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (10mins)
6. Send follow up email to potential customer. (5mins)
7. Start sorting some of the downloaded business emails, as some will not need recording. (35mins)
8. Read small business blogs. (5mins)

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 10 April

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (10hrs)

Then more music!

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 9 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Read small business blogs. (4hrs 50mins)
3. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (35mins)
4. Download business emails, ready for recording later. (25mins)
5. Invoicing - 1 created and sent out. (25mins)
6. Accounting. (15mins)

Monday, April 9, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 7 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Read small business blogs. (7hrs 5mins)

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Fri 6 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
3. Accounting. (25mins)
4. Compress and move items to free up space. (10mins)
5. Download business emails, ready for recording later. (25mins)
6. Read small business blogs. (50mins)

Good Friday - actually had pretty much of a holiday. Then we went to a friend's place for dinner and to watch more of the cycling - win!

Friday, April 6, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 5 April

1. Attempted to get to networking meeting in Bendigo - unfortunately, the car is not right yet - and I'd forgotten that the battery was flat, so it hadn't been on charge as it could have been. (2hrs 25mins)
2. Working on process for new Events setup - review events and look at access issues. (2hrs 30mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (35mins)
5. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 52 visits - so reasonable, 34 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors, 39% search, 15% direct and 46% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 2.12 pages per visit, 0:58 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (10mins)
6. Record business card details. (1hr)
7. Invoicing - 2 paid. (10mins)
8. Accounting. (10mins)
9. Download business emails, ready for recording later. (2hrs 5mins)

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Wed 4 April

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (9hrs 40mins) Can't include after work drinks in the time...!
2. Review progress made this week. (5mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Tues 3 April

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (6hrs 50mins)
2. Meeting with potential web support customer. (3hrs 35mins)
3. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
5. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for March 2012. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise (although walking back and forth from the station is helping and I've started communting on the bike a teeny bit!) and we need to work on contacting new prospects too (still). Of course, as I've been working onsite, the online networking KPI was not met - and probably won't be met till April 2012 either. (5mins)

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Mon 2 April

1. Work for new Plone development customer. (10hrs 25mins)
2. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (20mins)

Today's work on/in the business - Sun 1 April

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (25mins)
3. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress, added 2 weeks to software projects due to current contract. (10mins)
4. Invoicing - 6 created and sent, 18 completed. (6hrs 55mins)
5. Accounting. (10mins)

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Today's work on/in the business - Sat 31 March

1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Compress and move items to free up space. (3hrs 25mins)
3. Working on process for new Events setup - print calendar for copying and hand over to customer. (1hr)
4. Accounting. (55mins)
5. Review progress made this week. (20mins)