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Organizing Your Email

Joshua Zerkel • June 11, 2012

Using a “hot file” system, you can organize your email inbox into action-oriented subfolders that mirror your paper filing system.

Categories:
  • Technology & Applications,
  • Time Management
Tags:
  • Email,
  • Organizing,
  • Productivity

Organizing With Kids

Joshua Zerkel • June 4, 2012

Teach your children to help out, without making it a chore!

Categories:
  • Challenges,
  • Time Management
Tags:
  • children,
  • Efficiency,
  • Kids,
  • Organizing

Choosing the Right Tools for Going Paperless

Joshua Zerkel • May 28, 2012

Paper takes a lot of space to store, and especially if you’re used to searching for documents on your computer, rifling through paper piles and digging into file cabinets can seem practically archaic!

Categories:
  • Paper Management,
  • Space Management & Storage
Tags:
  • Organizing,
  • Paperless,
  • tools

Buying a Scanner vs. Using a Scanning Service

Joshua Zerkel • May 21, 2012

Consider your time, money, and security when weighing the pros and cons.

Categories:
  • Paper Management,
  • Space Management & Storage
Tags:
  • Organizing,
  • Productivity,
  • scanner

4 Ways to Spend Less Time Processing Paper

Joshua Zerkel • May 14, 2012

Being a Certified Professional Organizer, I actually enjoy working with paper – I know, I’m strange! Even so, I don’t want to spend too much time on it; like you, I have many other tasks on my to-do list.

Categories:
  • Evernote,
  • Paper Management
Tags:
  • evernote,
  • Organizing,
  • Paper Management,
  • Productivity

Too Many Magazines!

Joshua Zerkel • May 7, 2012

Keeping up with magazine subscriptions can feel like homework, so stop them from piling up by giving them an expiration date, clipping the essential articles, or reading online.

Categories:
  • Maintenance,
  • Paper Management
Tags:
  • Clutter,
  • iPad,
  • Magazines,
  • Paper,
  • Paper Management,
  • Subscriptions

Psst —What’s the Password?

Joshua Zerkel • April 30, 2012

Follow these tips for managing your many logins and passwords.

Categories:
  • Productivity
Tags:
  • Efficiency,
  • Organizing,
  • password

What to do with Receipts Now That Tax Time is Over

Joshua Zerkel • April 23, 2012

Tips for storing—or better yet, scanning—your tax-related papers.

Categories:
  • Paper Management,
  • Tax Preparation
Tags:
  • Efficiency,
  • Organizing,
  • Taxes

Making More Time in the Day

Joshua Zerkel • April 16, 2012

You’re not a magician, so making time means re-prioritizing.

Categories:
  • Time Management
Tags:
  • Efficiency,
  • Organizing,
  • Time Management

Guest Post: Queen of Follow Up-Katrina Sawa

Joshua Zerkel • April 15, 2012

Interactive Follow Up…the NEW Key to Success In Your Marketing

Categories:
  • Networking
Tags:
  • follow up,
  • marketing
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