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When you work for yourself time is a valuable commodity, yet there never seems to be enough of it. If you want to create more time you need to work harder, faster or smarter.

Chances are you are already working flat out so harder or faster just aren’t possible. Instead, why not use these four simple tips to help you work smarter and save time into the bargain?

1. Think about your emails. How much time do you spend each day reading and replying to emails? If you are like most people the answer will be a lot, especially when you have to deal with clients, customers, suppliers and the general spam businesses seem to attract. You need to prioritise. Half of them may be essential but that still leaves half that you don’t need to bother with. If you have an assistant, give them access to your mailbox and ask them to read everything, deleting the non-essential ones and redirecting wherever possible.

2. Delegate effectively. Talking of assistants, it is essential to make use of other members of your team whenever possible. Get them to take responsibility for things you don’t need to waste your time on. Have your assistant organise your diary/calendar for you so you don’t waste time juggling appointments. Don’t have an assistant? Consider getting one. There are lots of capable people out there, including plenty of graduates wanting work.

3. Prioritise. This is one of the easiest to do and most difficult things to stick to. Create a daily ‘to do’ list. No, seriously. Allocate time to each project or task and make sure it gets done within that timeframe. ‘Fail to plan and plan to fail’ maybe a cliché but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true.

4. Learn to say ‘no’. Nobody likes doing it, but sometimes it just the right answer. Yes, some people may feel affronted but ask yourself if they really need you to do whatever it is or are they looking to make life easier for themselves. Say ‘no’ to timewasters.

Want more hours in the day? Well you can’t have them so you need to learn to manage what time you have better.

Web4tradesmen specialise in providing marketing advice to small businesses and will be happy to have an informal chat to discover what they can do for you. Explore our webpage, web4tradesmen.co.uk and find out what we can do for you or give us a call 01452 864402.

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