Over the years, marketing’s importance has been highlighted several times that the game for the best strategies is becoming larger. Not only that, trends have continuously shaped the business industry in such a way that the target market no longer consists of just the people who pass by a shop. Moreover, the actual operational paradigms of businesses have evolved just as much. This is even more developed because of the advent of the Internet.

As a freelance writer, I have several income streams (eg, self-publishing my own line of ebooks); writing for clients; affiliate marketing; etc. This makes for some very long, very busy days. One of the things it took me a long time to learn as a freelancer (this has been my career since 1993) is how precious time management is – especially when I started to do things besides write for clients. With this being said, following are three of my top time-management tips. If you’re new to freelancing and make these a habit early on, you’ll be successful that much sooner.

I’ve had some interesting feedback from my recent post, Working In Your Business, Working On Your Business. Most interestingly, I’ve had clients, after reading it, want to focus some time specifically on this issue.

I can honestly say when the topic of using your own words came up on this morning’s mindset call, I was excited, and decided to talk about the true virtue in being you…but before we go there… let me talk about Shakespeare quote on the side. If you remember much about Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” ( I don’t) here it how this quote came about in his play. Polonius was giving this advice to his son as he (the son) was getting ready to board a boat to Paris…

Frequently when I’ve been discussing a potential engagement with a prospective client they will bring the conversation around to "best practices". They will ask that an important part of the engagement involve implementing industry "best practices" throughout their organization.