055: Time Management Hacks: Install These Quick Computer Programs Today to Get Yourself Over the Hump, Complete All Your Projects, and Have More Fun

When we run our own businesses and don't have a "boss" to answer to, it can be easy to fall back into old habits of goofing off. It's easy to fall back into the habit of filling up time because when you worked at your "day job", the objective was to fill up 8 hours a day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU5a_MIfaD0 Today, we're going to talk about getting all that clutter that we're used to from a day job out of the way. Quick Computer Programs Everyone Can Use to Improve Their Productivity Online Stopwatch: Use this to time yourself doing a task so that you truly commit to getting it done in a certain amount of time, i.e. knock out a blog post in 10 minutes instead of thinking about it for an hour. Camtasia: This software can record everything you're doing online. This is excellent software for recording tutorials, software walk-through demo's, etc. You can simultaneously record your processes as well as your spoken audio. We'll talk more in depth regarding Camtasia a little later in the episode. Google Calendar: This is free and you already have it if you have a Gmail account. If you don't, you can just go to www.google.com/calendar to get it. It's great because you can synchronize it to your iPhone and iPad as well as share it with other users, such as spouses and business partners. It will send you popups/emails for upcoming appointments. Don't schedule EVERYTHING you do on your calendar-you'll just end up creating a glorified to-do list. Use it for essential appointments, such as meetings and webinars, etc. Don't forget to check out Robert's Book, 100 Time Savers for more useful advice. Essential Software/Programs for Internet Marketers Camtasia Studio (again): You can record a full video and save that but also have the option of saving just the audio portion. You could use the audio for doing something like a podcast. You can even record tutorial videos or "helper videos" just for yourself. If Robert has a particular process he has to go through, that he doesn't want to forget, he can record the entire process and then post that video to YouTube. Some examples would be how to convert a .wav audio file to an MP3 file: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Z7_47zToA ... Or how to convert any graphics file into a JPEG thumbnail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy75zatrDcQ ... Or how to upload a book to CreateSpace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_wRgqMasgk Now that you have this process, you don't have to write it down on a piece of paper or make extensive notes. Your entire tutorial is accessible anywhere you can access internet to get to YouTube. Access Robert's video tutorials at his YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe too. GoToWebinar: Use this software for setting up all of your webinars. WordPress Most all other things that Robert needs to accomplish in his business can be taken care of through WordPress and various WordPress plugins. He uses a plugin called Paper Template to create landing pages, opt-in pages, download pages, thank you pages, etc. He uses a WordPress plugin called Member Genius to take payments in combination with PayPal. Then, he uses a plugin called Backup Creator to back up his WordPress sites and if you back it up to another place (i.e. your hard drive,