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Surroundings Impact Success – Five Steps to an Organized and Efficient Workday

05.16.12 By Rebecca Malik

As a small business owner your ability to self start and stay focused is key.  However, few things can derail your best efforts as instantly as a disorganized or  inefficient workspace.  Poor organization systems and exposure to visual distractions translate into massive amounts of wasted time, frustration and lack of progress.

The great news is that we can avoid these pitfalls by taking a few, simple action steps. Implement the following five tips and prepare to be more effective, productive and in control of your day.

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Thinking of Starting a Business? Don’t Forget These Five Essentials

02.14.12 By Rebecca Malik

Rebecca Malik is the President at 17thandRiggs.com, an online source for contemporary furniture and lighting, where she helps you create a fresh, modern space.  Her site has been featured in well-known publications such as Southern Living and online with sites such as the popular Daily Candy. She is a blogger for WomenGrowBusiness.com, where she shares ecommerce and small business management tips.

As a small business owner since 2008, I’ve encountered an array of frustrations and roadblocks in running and growing my company.  I must admit that my response to many of these hiccups has been more reactive than proactive.  However, these hasty actions can be avoided and you can operate more effectively if you start off on solid footing.  To that end, consider the following five fundamentals when in the planning stage of your business. Read more from Rebecca Malik

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Inventory versus Dropshipping

12.12.11 Posted by Rebecca Malik

Rebecca Malik is the President at 17th and Riggs, an online source for contemporary furniture and lighting, where she helps you create a fresh, modern space.  Her site has been featured in well-known publications such as Southern Living and online with sites such as the popular Daily Candy. She is a blogger for WomenGrowBusiness.com, where she shares ecommerce and small business management tips.

As an ecommerce site that depends on dropshipping (shipping products directly from the manufacturer to the end user) and keeps few products in storage, inventory management might seem as if it’s someone else’s problem.  After all, dropshipping is all about not handling inventory, right? Read more from Rebecca Malik

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Wanted: Time Management Coach – Guaranteed Effective

10.05.11 By Rebecca Malik

Rebecca Malik is the President at 17th and Riggs, an online source for contemporary furniture and lighting, where she helps you create a fresh, modern space.  Her site has been featured in well-known publications such as Southern Living and online with sites such as the popular Daily Candy. She is a blogger for WomenGrowBusiness.com, where she shares ecommerce and small business management tips.

Evidence of Effectiveness. Several years ago I took a short gig editing manuscripts for an aspiring novelist.  Middle-aged, he had already built an impressive career at an international development organization and was now energetically turning his vivid imagination into sci-fi manuscripts he hoped to soon publish.  He wrote in his “off-time” and had completed at least four full-length manuscripts by this point.  An accomplished, busy professional who made concrete progress towards achieving his dream, he shared with me his technique for accomplishing his most important tasks each day.

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