Work at Home Philippines

Actually, I wasn’t able to do it well – maintaining to accomplish some tasks for my clients while having to stay overnight for three straight days to attend my Grandfather’s wake, who passed away last February 20.

It’s a good thing one of my clients whom I regularly communicate with via instant messaging was kind enough to let me have a break.

However, the drive to create posts for the blog network blogs I write for dwindled.

Replying to emails was the most challenging because I can’t entrust this activity to anyone else just yet. As a result, I lost one project that one of my favorite clients offered to me.

The routine tasks like social network site accounts maintenance and re-posting blogs were done smoothly with the help of my meta-VA’s.

I, therefore, conclude that although I’m thankful that I have a trusty team that helps me get through these bad events in my life, I should also learn to trust others to perform email managemement. And make it a habit to future-post blog writeups.

Ever experienced troubles with your business like what I’ve encountered? How did you manage to handle such events?

With lots of distractions nowadays – gadgets, text messages, friends visiting and in my case, a fidgety two-year-old niece, it’s a never-ending battle to keep your productivity in tip-top shape.

So how do I keep myself productive? Currently, my to-do list written on a gigantic whiteboard staring at me the whole day makes me get things done like all of my clients are breathing down my neck.

Aside from this too drastic method of pushing oneself to make sure things are flowing smoothly, I’m sure there are more methods to do this.

If you work from home, of course, you can’t do this intriguing way of keeping yourself productive. But I’m sure you’ve got your own way of keeping your momentum.

So what is it? How do you keep yourself going and going and going?

Do you know how to use MS Outlook? How about Gmail together with Google Docs and GCalendar? Are you an expert in using these online tools to make them work for you?

If so, then there’s a good business from home that might be awaiting for you to start. If you can couple your being an expert in email management with other administrative skills such as call support, Internet research, and other online skills, you can be an administrative virtual assistant.

Having the time to check emails religiously, not the whole day, but only at a certain time of the day, and knowing how to answer queries can help you in getting hired by busy entrepreneurs needing people to handle their piles of emails.

Need to learn more about the potential growth in demand for email management skills? Check out Tim Ferriss’, the master outsourcer, discussion about it.