1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (15mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
4. Work for support customer - finish deleting information no longer needed. (3hrs 35mins)
5. Change url for website customer. (5mins)
6. Defragment my laptop. (35mins)
7. Read small business blogs. (20mins)
This is the story of our journey from deciding to go into business to being in business for ourselves. A number of friends asked for details of the actual process, particularly any pitfalls - so that others can learn from our mistakes!
Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Sat 29 Dec
1. Review progress made this week. (1hr 10mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Working on process for new Events setup - review events and fix calendar at end of year. (1hr 30mins)
4. Read small business blogs. (50mins)
5. Work for support customer - database copy and start deleting information no longer needed. (50mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Working on process for new Events setup - review events and fix calendar at end of year. (1hr 30mins)
4. Read small business blogs. (50mins)
5. Work for support customer - database copy and start deleting information no longer needed. (50mins)
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Fri 28 Dec
1. Download and sort business emails. (10mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (3hrs 10mins)
4. Free space on my laptop. (1hr 5mins)
5. Read small business blogs. (40mins)
6. Review progress made this week. (50mins)
7. Topup mobile broadband. (5mins)
8. Work on new website changes requested. (1hr)
9. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (1hr)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (3hrs 10mins)
4. Free space on my laptop. (1hr 5mins)
5. Read small business blogs. (40mins)
6. Review progress made this week. (50mins)
7. Topup mobile broadband. (5mins)
8. Work on new website changes requested. (1hr)
9. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (1hr)
Friday, December 28, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 27 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (1hr 5mins)
3. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 25mins)
4. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (15mins)
5. Work on new website changes requested. (45mins)
6. Work for support customer - test process to delete information no longer needed. (1hr 55mins)
7. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (5hrs 45mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (1hr 5mins)
3. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 25mins)
4. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (15mins)
5. Work on new website changes requested. (45mins)
6. Work for support customer - test process to delete information no longer needed. (1hr 55mins)
7. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (5hrs 45mins)
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Wed 26 Dec
1. Download and sort business emails. (10mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (50mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 44 visits, 25 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors - recent visits once the site was online again, 14% search, 59% direct and 27% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.70 pages per visit, 0:58 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
5. Start new changes requested. (1hr 5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (50mins)
4. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 44 visits, 25 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors - recent visits once the site was online again, 14% search, 59% direct and 27% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.70 pages per visit, 0:58 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
5. Start new changes requested. (1hr 5mins)
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Mon 24 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (55mins)
3. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (15mins)
4. Start new changes requested. (3hrs 30mins)
5. Work on software project for new customer. (30mins)
6. Download and sort business emails. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (55mins)
3. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (15mins)
4. Start new changes requested. (3hrs 30mins)
5. Work on software project for new customer. (30mins)
6. Download and sort business emails. (10mins)
Monday, December 24, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Sun 23 Dec
1. Download and sort business emails. (40mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
A short work day - we went and watched most of the the excellent bike racing - http://melbcritsprintchamps.com.au/ - which included catching up with some friends we haven't seen for a while. If only it hadn't been SOOOOO hot, we would have stayed for the Elite Men's race as well.
2. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (10mins)
A short work day - we went and watched most of the the excellent bike racing - http://melbcritsprintchamps.com.au/ - which included catching up with some friends we haven't seen for a while. If only it hadn't been SOOOOO hot, we would have stayed for the Elite Men's race as well.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Sat 22 Dec
1. Review progress made this week. (25mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Download and sort business emails. (2hrs 50mins)
4. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (5mins)
5. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and added 1 week to software schedules. (5mins)
6. Free space on my laptop and the server. (2hrs 25mins)
7. Read small business blogs. (40mins)
8. Invoice reconciliation - 3 started, 1 continued, 1 completed and sent out. (1hr 15mins)
9. Accounting. (10mins)
10. Work for support customer - database backup and start determining process to delete information no longer needed. (50mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Download and sort business emails. (2hrs 50mins)
4. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (5mins)
5. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and added 1 week to software schedules. (5mins)
6. Free space on my laptop and the server. (2hrs 25mins)
7. Read small business blogs. (40mins)
8. Invoice reconciliation - 3 started, 1 continued, 1 completed and sent out. (1hr 15mins)
9. Accounting. (10mins)
10. Work for support customer - database backup and start determining process to delete information no longer needed. (50mins)
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Fri 21 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (50mins)
3. Work for support customer - data exports. (5hrs 55mins)
4. Work on software project for new customer. (5mins)
5. Read small business blogs. (1hr 35mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (50mins)
3. Work for support customer - data exports. (5hrs 55mins)
4. Work on software project for new customer. (5mins)
5. Read small business blogs. (1hr 35mins)
Friday, December 21, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 20 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (35mins)
3. Work on software project for new customer. (2hrs 25mins)
4. Assist with updates for new website customer. (25mins)
5. Work for support customer - data exports. (3hrs 15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (35mins)
3. Work on software project for new customer. (2hrs 25mins)
4. Assist with updates for new website customer. (25mins)
5. Work for support customer - data exports. (3hrs 15mins)
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Wed 19 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (1hr 5mins)
3. Finalise and send estimate for new changes requested. (5mins)
4. Invoice reconciliation - 1 started, 3 continued. (35mins)
5. Accounting. (25mins)
6. Work for support customer - data export and response to technical question. (40mins)
7. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (15mins)
8. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and added 1 week to software schedules. (5mins)
9. Download and sort business emails. (3hrs 5mins)
10. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (1hr 55mins)
11. Read small business blogs. (2hrs 5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (1hr 5mins)
3. Finalise and send estimate for new changes requested. (5mins)
4. Invoice reconciliation - 1 started, 3 continued. (35mins)
5. Accounting. (25mins)
6. Work for support customer - data export and response to technical question. (40mins)
7. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (15mins)
8. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and added 1 week to software schedules. (5mins)
9. Download and sort business emails. (3hrs 5mins)
10. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (1hr 55mins)
11. Read small business blogs. (2hrs 5mins)
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Tues 18 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (30mins)
3. Download update details from new website customer. (15mins)
4. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (50mins)
5. Work for support customer - data export. (15mins)
6. Draft estimate for new changes requested. (20mins)
7. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 30 visits, 19 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors - recent visits once the site was online again, 10% search, 57% direct and 33% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.53 pages per visit, 0:18 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
8. Read small business blogs. (35mins)
A lighter work day. House inspection in the afternoon. I went out for a bike ride while that happened (which was not entirely a good idea, but you have to make these choices sometimes)!
2. Review progress made this week. (30mins)
3. Download update details from new website customer. (15mins)
4. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (50mins)
5. Work for support customer - data export. (15mins)
6. Draft estimate for new changes requested. (20mins)
7. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 30 visits, 19 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors - recent visits once the site was online again, 10% search, 57% direct and 33% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.53 pages per visit, 0:18 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
8. Read small business blogs. (35mins)
A lighter work day. House inspection in the afternoon. I went out for a bike ride while that happened (which was not entirely a good idea, but you have to make these choices sometimes)!
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Mon 17 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Adjust new navigation for website customer, then continue investigation of new changes requested. (7hrs 30mins)
4. Work for support customer - data exports. (35mins)
5. Read response from new website customer. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Adjust new navigation for website customer, then continue investigation of new changes requested. (7hrs 30mins)
4. Work for support customer - data exports. (35mins)
5. Read response from new website customer. (5mins)
Monday, December 17, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Sun 16 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (35mins)
Mostly a non-work day - I actually went out and raced (although I was last in the 1-lap and only rode half the actual criterium - but I was there!)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (35mins)
Mostly a non-work day - I actually went out and raced (although I was last in the 1-lap and only rode half the actual criterium - but I was there!)
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Sat 15 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Work for support customer - data exports. (5hrs 10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (15mins)
3. Work for support customer - data exports. (5hrs 10mins)
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Fri 14 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (40mins)
3. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (3hrs 35mins)
4. Continue investigation of new changes requested. (3hrs 45mins)
5. Read small business blogs. (25mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (40mins)
3. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (3hrs 35mins)
4. Continue investigation of new changes requested. (3hrs 45mins)
5. Read small business blogs. (25mins)
Friday, December 14, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 13 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (1hr 10mins)
3. Adjust form and new navigation for website customer, then continue investigation of new changes requested. (2hrs 40mins)
4. Send documentation and invoice to new website customer. (30mins)
5. Assist with work on support customer's server. (5mins)
6. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (7hrs 30mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (1hr 10mins)
3. Adjust form and new navigation for website customer, then continue investigation of new changes requested. (2hrs 40mins)
4. Send documentation and invoice to new website customer. (30mins)
5. Assist with work on support customer's server. (5mins)
6. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (7hrs 30mins)
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Wed 12 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (55mins)
3. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 27 visits, 21 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors - recent visits once the site was online again, 18% search, 41% direct and 41% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.59 pages per visit, 0:27 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
4. Work for support customer - data exports. (5hrs 40mins)
5. Review emails and send to website customer. (25mins)
6. Read small business blogs. (25mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (55mins)
3. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 27 visits, 21 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors - recent visits once the site was online again, 18% search, 41% direct and 41% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.59 pages per visit, 0:27 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (5mins)
4. Work for support customer - data exports. (5hrs 40mins)
5. Review emails and send to website customer. (25mins)
6. Read small business blogs. (25mins)
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Tues 11 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Work for support customer - data exports and email signature changes. (1hr 55mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (1hr 5mins)
4. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (3hrs 55mins)
5. Fix issue with form update for website customer. (5mins)
2. Work for support customer - data exports and email signature changes. (1hr 55mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (1hr 5mins)
4. Further setup of test environment and investigation of potential work for website/programming customer. (3hrs 55mins)
5. Fix issue with form update for website customer. (5mins)
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Mon 10 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (5mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
3. Work for support customer - data exports. (6hrs 20mins)
4. Work on software project for new customer. (5mins)
5. Invoice reconciliation - 1 completed and sent out, 2 continued. (30mins)
6. Changes for website customer - initial review of requirements. (15mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (20mins)
3. Work for support customer - data exports. (6hrs 20mins)
4. Work on software project for new customer. (5mins)
5. Invoice reconciliation - 1 completed and sent out, 2 continued. (30mins)
6. Changes for website customer - initial review of requirements. (15mins)
Monday, December 10, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Sun 9 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Read small business blogs. (20mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (30mins)
4. Work for support customer - data exports. (1hr 5mins)
2. Read small business blogs. (20mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (30mins)
4. Work for support customer - data exports. (1hr 5mins)
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Sat 8 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (45mins)
3. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and added 1 week to software schedules. (10mins)
4. Accounting. (35mins)
5. Invoice reconciliation - 1 started, 3 continued. (1hr 10mins)
6. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 15mins)
7. Read small business blogs. (3hrs 20mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (45mins)
3. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and added 1 week to software schedules. (10mins)
4. Accounting. (35mins)
5. Invoice reconciliation - 1 started, 3 continued. (1hr 10mins)
6. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 15mins)
7. Read small business blogs. (3hrs 20mins)
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Fri 7 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (35mins)
3. Create copy of form for website customer - finalised mailed version. (1hr)
4. Work on software project for new customer. (6hrs 20mins)
5. Work for support customer - data exports. (45mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (35mins)
3. Create copy of form for website customer - finalised mailed version. (1hr)
4. Work on software project for new customer. (6hrs 20mins)
5. Work for support customer - data exports. (45mins)
Friday, December 7, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Thurs 6 Dec
1. Work for support customer - data exports and signature changes. (1hr 45mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (20mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (1hr 5mins)
4. Create copy of form for website customer - setting up mailed version to cope with all changes made in style and content. (5hrs 5mins)
5. Assist with work on support customer's server. (10mins)
6. Read small business blogs. (45mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (20mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (1hr 5mins)
4. Create copy of form for website customer - setting up mailed version to cope with all changes made in style and content. (5hrs 5mins)
5. Assist with work on support customer's server. (10mins)
6. Read small business blogs. (45mins)
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Wed 5 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (1hr 35mins)
3. Create copy of form for website customer - some fields not changing in mailed version. (4hrs 10mins)
4. Work for support customer - data exports and signature changes. (2hrs 5mins)
5. Work scheduling, including planning of who can do which part of which project. (10mins)
6. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (10mins)
7. Assist with work on support customer's server. (10mins)
8. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 20 visits, 19 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors but it turned out the site was down for most of the week!, 35% search, 15% direct and 50% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.85 pages per visit, 0:38 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (20mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (1hr 35mins)
3. Create copy of form for website customer - some fields not changing in mailed version. (4hrs 10mins)
4. Work for support customer - data exports and signature changes. (2hrs 5mins)
5. Work scheduling, including planning of who can do which part of which project. (10mins)
6. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (10mins)
7. Assist with work on support customer's server. (10mins)
8. Look at the statistics that Google Analytics gives you. 20 visits, 19 new visits - so a good mix of new and existing visitors but it turned out the site was down for most of the week!, 35% search, 15% direct and 50% referral traffic - keyword/site path information shows that current processes are working to bring people to the site, 1.85 pages per visit, 0:38 average time on site - these last figures show people actually look at the site once they find it. (20mins)
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Tues 4 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (30mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (35mins)
3. Work for support customer - data exports, errors and signature changes. (4hrs 10mins)
4. Work on software project for new customer. (1hr)
5. Visit to associate to organise work. (2hrs 30mins)
2. Review progress made this week. (35mins)
3. Work for support customer - data exports, errors and signature changes. (4hrs 10mins)
4. Work on software project for new customer. (1hr)
5. Visit to associate to organise work. (2hrs 30mins)
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Mon 3 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Create copy of form for website customer and make site updates. (2hrs 15mins)
3. Work for support customer - data export and signature changes. (45mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (55mins)
5. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for November 2012. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise (although I have been riding more) and we need to work on contacting new prospects too (still). Of course, as I've been trying to catch up after that finished, the online networking KPI was not met - and probably won't be met till next year now. (10mins)
6. Accounting. (20mins)
7. Assist with work on support customer's server. (45mins)
8. Work on software project for new customer. (1hr 55mins)
9. Working on process for new Events setup - review access. (10mins)
2. Create copy of form for website customer and make site updates. (2hrs 15mins)
3. Work for support customer - data export and signature changes. (45mins)
4. Review progress made this week. (55mins)
5. Determine whether we met the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for November 2012. Thankfully, we met most of them - the obvious one that failed being my requirement to exercise (although I have been riding more) and we need to work on contacting new prospects too (still). Of course, as I've been trying to catch up after that finished, the online networking KPI was not met - and probably won't be met till next year now. (10mins)
6. Accounting. (20mins)
7. Assist with work on support customer's server. (45mins)
8. Work on software project for new customer. (1hr 55mins)
9. Working on process for new Events setup - review access. (10mins)
Monday, December 3, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Sun 2 Dec
1. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (50mins)
3. Create copy of form for website customer. (35mins)
4. Read small business blogs. (1hr 30mins)
2. Review progress made last week and ensure the schedule is right for this week. (50mins)
3. Create copy of form for website customer. (35mins)
4. Read small business blogs. (1hr 30mins)
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Sat 1 Dec
1. Working on process for new Events setup - review events. (5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (55mins)
4. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and added 1 week to software schedules. (10mins)
5. Invoice reconciliation - 2 started, completed and sent out, 1 completed and sent out, 3 continued. (2hrs 10mins)
6. Accounting. (25mins)
7. Read small business blogs. (10mins)
8. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 55mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Review progress made this week. (55mins)
4. Review the project schedules, adjusted all projects based on actual progress and added 1 week to software schedules. (10mins)
5. Invoice reconciliation - 2 started, completed and sent out, 1 completed and sent out, 3 continued. (2hrs 10mins)
6. Accounting. (25mins)
7. Read small business blogs. (10mins)
8. Download and sort business emails. (1hr 55mins)
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Today's work on/in the business - Fri 30 Nov
1. Review progress made this week. (1hr 30mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Create copy of form for website customer. (4hrs 5mins)
4. Work for support customer - data exports. (1hr 45mins)
5. Read small business blogs. (2hrs 5mins)
2. Update my record of time worked. (10mins)
3. Create copy of form for website customer. (4hrs 5mins)
4. Work for support customer - data exports. (1hr 45mins)
5. Read small business blogs. (2hrs 5mins)