Author Archive for Patrick Duffek

What do you do when business slows down and you have some free time? Do you work ON your business or work for your business? Do you spend time becoming more effective at what you do? If you’ve gotten stuck on this lately, it’s pretty common.

Most of us small business owners don’t get busy on their own business. It is too easy to fall into a slump and not get things done. When things are slow, it’s easy to just take it easy! A lot of us are driven by the rush of it all. We are more effective when we have time deadlines. Without these, we don’t know what to do with ourselves. For the longest time, we’ve only gotten things done when things are busy!

Well, the time is now to get busy on working ON your business. Time is such a precious commodity and resource that we typically don’t have. In the last several months, I’ve rebuilt my computer system and have a better setup so I can now book customers faster and better. I have taken a much-needed vacation out of town. I have taken time out to do special efforts for my customers.

Some entrepreneurs are taking advantage of the extra time and starting up brand new companies. Event Lightning is our new service that allows people to run their office completely mobile. Event Lightning is one of those companies that will be there completely ready when the economy comes back around, because we’ve put in the time in!

Productivity on the Go

When you are on the road and working on the go, it is extremely hard to stay productive and ahead of the game. The goal is to work in order to save time and energy. Most mobile applications on the market today attempt to keep your information organized and in a place that is most convenient like your smart phone or tablet device.

 

The problem with all these different programs is that none of them do it all! People find themselves fumbling through different apps on their device. They are trying to get anything done instead of staying focused. It is best to have a solid focus and keep everything in one app on your phone.

 

This isn’t a problem anymore. Event Lightning has the solution for you! It is an easy-to-use smart phone and tablet application that keeps all your data in one single place, and can be accessed on the go. With Event Lighting, you can keep track of important dates, contracts, invoices, and much more. Give Event Lightning a try today!

Isn’t it always fun and exciting to make your load lighter? Small businesses should plan on business increasing in the next few years when the economy is improving. Planning for the future should include a vision for task delegation. Dividing up tasks means giving responsibility to the best person for the job. How to delegate is a challenge, but very critical for the business growth. Creating tasks for others can be fun and provide relief when you take too much on. When your small business grows and expands, delegation is the key to effective business operations.

Knowing who to give what task is a fine art. Assessing one’s skills for certain tasks will take strong evaluation skills. And what your staff’s interests in specific task will definitely be a strong suit. A staff’s strong interest and enjoyment in a task will bring best success. Also, allow space for a staff’s creative skills to blossom.

Division of labor means three things. You will be doing more management and less bean-counting. Productivity will increase on all sides. Making all your staff, vendors, and contractors more productive will bring everyone an increased revenues. They will appreciate it.

Entrepreneurs have a bad habit to trying to do it all themselves. Delegation (and change) can be difficult for some people. Progress means delegation and effective management of staff, contractors, and vendors.

I am looking forward to delegating tasks and work activities of my small business. Event Lightning incorporates the goals of highest productivity and effective provision of service into all its transactions. Growth is good, but delegation is better!

 

Entrepreneurs and small business owners are a breed unto themselves. Our unique calling is to provide service at its highest quality. Responding to one’s own talents and abilities means an expression of ambition and drive. This is what sets us apart.

We have an inner calling that drives us to do things “to the limit”. Many of us “live and breathe” our unique branding. I know someone who has tattooed her business logo. Doing things to the limit means that we excel in our specialties, and are widely known for it. We have sense of pride in our products and on successful turn-arounds to customers. We know when our service is not up to our own par. Our internal compass raises a flag when standards are not where they should be.

Event planners have a unique challenge to provide the biggest splash to guests as well as to the hosts. Recently, I have seen some amazing events taking place, even under tight budgets. Stress arises when great ideas cannot be put into place and when staff, outside vendors and customers do not in communicate properly to pull off the best quality event. Event Lightning finally makes communication available for ultimate results between all parties. Technology must be on our side in order to close the gap on communication breakdown. Instant and pointed communication makes the path clear to provide the best quality of service. Clearing out the clutter can unleash the event coordinator’s highest level of quality to our clientele.

 

Black Friday Wish List

Black Friday is upon us, and that means thousands of new deals out in the stores to go crazy over. Sites like http://www.theblackfriday.com/ have links to all the main stores Black Friday catalogs with the best deals of the big day.

 

With TVs on sale along with Blu-ray movies, and more electronics that anyone knows what to do with, this would be the best time to go buy. The main ploy that all stores do on black Friday is to lower prices just enough to get the population out of their house to spend money!

 

Take advantage of all the sales, and stay safe. Those crowds get pretty nasty. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.