Here are 7 time management hacks to quickly and easily allow you to have more time doing things that will take you closer to your goals and start focusing on generating more profit for your business.

1. 7 Time Hacks To
Help You Sell More
Photo Credit: Harold Lloyd in “Safety Last” 1923

2. Introduction
Is your sales and marketing taking a backseat as your day
is filled with other ‘urgent’ business needs, endless
meetings and day to day activities?
You’re not alone.
Luckily, here are some very quick and easy techniques
that can help you find more time and start focusing on
generating more profit for your business!
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3. 1. Batch Processing
Batch similar tasks and do them all together.
Why? Because - switching between tasks on a regular
basis actually takes up more time.
Key Points:
● Timothy Ferris’ “The Four-Hour Work Week” has
some good points on this
● Francisco Saez, founder and CEO of FacileThings,
believes that batching is a key concept when it comes
to productivity.
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4. 2. Do what you do best and outsource the rest!
This is a great statement from Peter Drucker.
● Identify what you are best at
● Identify the tasks you can outsource in your business.
● Find great contractors using oDesk, Freelancer, etc.
● Be ready to delegate.
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5. 3. The 80/20 rule: Focus your time on the 20%
This concept was named after Italian economist Vilfredo
Pareto. So how does this apply to business?
Joseph Juran suggests that:
● 20% of your customers can give you 80% of the profits
that you need
● 20% of your products give you 80% of your sales
● 20% of the time spent in business is where 80% of
your revenues is coming from
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6. 4. Employ a time management methodology.
David Allen’s book Getting Things Done (GTD) is the
most popular time management methodology. It
encourages us to break down big tasks into actionable
steps so that we can get started more efficiently.
● Break down tasks then prioritise them.
● Leverage online management tools like Evernote,
Ominifocus, Nozbe, SalesForce.com and Remember
the Milk.
● Focus on keeping things simple and have more
productive way of working.
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7. 5. Set Clear Goals
Steven Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”
best illustrates this when he said, “Begin with the end
in mind!”
Create a mission statement. A small piece of
advice – a good, strong mission statement is
usually a simple one.
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8. 6. Make the to do list your new best friend
Aside from the fact that it helps keep you on track, the
sense of progress as you tick the items on your list one
by one can help drive your efficiency.
● Don’t get lost in your day to day tasks.
● There are many online resources to help you get
started on this.
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9. 7. Charge and track for project management
time.
Use online project management tools and get real-time
reporting which can ensure that your projects will be
delivered on time and on budget, and which will also
help you gain insights about future projects.
● One of the biggest time eaters is project
management.
● Use online tools like Get Harvest
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10. So, still think you’ve got no time for sales and marketing?
Implementing just one of these time hacks will take no time at
all but could result in a dramatic increase in time savings –
which you can then turn into deal making time.
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