by Jenn | Apr 1, 2021 | Pricing, Productivity
I love time-tracking. I started my business in 2017 with an eight-month-old baby at home. And I basically only could work during nap time, if there was a nap time that day. So I had to be really efficient and make sure that I was getting the most value out of the...
by Jenn | Jan 31, 2021 | Monthly Reports, Pricing, Productivity
Cash Flow Revenue Goal: $4,000Total Revenue: $3853Total Expenses: $1167.37Net Profit: $2,685.63Owner Draw: $1500 This was a relatively expensive month. My business typically has very low overhead, but quarterly taxes were due January 15, I paid a contractor to design...
by Jenn | Jan 27, 2021 | Productivity, Small Business
Are you wondering how to manage time and the 6 million things you have to do as a business owner AND a parent? I’ve been there. I wandered into freelancing by accident, and always worked 10-15 hours a week by choice while parenting a young child. The flexibility...
by Jenn | Nov 9, 2020 | Podcast, Pricing, Productivity
Giving yourself a raise is an oft-trumpeted goal for freelancers and creatives. But in order to pay yourself more money, you usually need to take on more work. There’s a running joke that entrepreneurs and freelancers are the only ones who will work 60 hours a week to...
by Jenn | Sep 28, 2020 | Podcast, Productivity, Small Business
In this mini episode, I discuss the need for an In Case of Emergency plan for your business and how to start putting one together. My pal Anna’s recession-proofing toolkit: https://www.annafhetzel.com/recession Powered by...
by Jenn | Jul 10, 2020 | Productivity, Small Business
Long before there was Animal Crossing, I started playing a very silly and gently addictive game called Merge Dragons. But it actually taught me a lot about managing resources in my business. Merge Dragons is a puzzle game that involves merging like objects to form...
by Jenn | Jan 24, 2020 | Productivity, Small Business
I’m squarely in my post-period power week (people with ovaries, ask me about it, it’s great!) so I’ve been a bit of a task-list devouring beast-o-tron. Here are three quick focus hacks I’ve been using with pretty good results. Migrating unfinished tasks I use a paper...
by Jenn | Aug 31, 2018 | Productivity, Small Business
Not to brag, but a lot of clients tell me they are so impressed with the way I run my business. Now, I really am not any more inherently organized than the next person. (Just ask my family and former students!) But because organization isn’t easy for me to...
by Jenn | Mar 6, 2018 | Productivity, Small Business
In the two years of chemistry I took in college, the worst labs were always titrations. (Besides the one where I spent 3 hours synthesizing a compound only to spill it out of my flask with 10 minutes left in the protocol.) In a titration, you add tiny amounts of...
by Jenn | Feb 25, 2018 | Productivity, Small Business
I have an assistant that sends my questionnaires, invoices and contracts, collects payments, tracks job time, manages my task list and workflow, collects leads, automatically sends e-mails, and generally makes me look way more put-together than I actually feel. And I...
by Jenn | Feb 23, 2017 | Productivity, Small Business
I feel vaguely guilty sharing something we don’t actually use, but it’s not because it doesn’t work, it’s because my libertarian husband refuses to be crimped by things like plans and schedules. And because I don’t have the extra energy...
by Jenn | Jan 18, 2016 | Productivity, Small Business
By definition, organization is not a strong suit of the A-minus Mama. Sure, I love creating organizational schemes, but the execution is…usually somewhat lacking. (Just ask my long-suffering mother and bemused husband. And my students. And my coworkers. Sigh.)...
