I've decided on using Google Calendar for a couple reasons, one is that since it's web based I can access it from both of my computers. The other reason is that there is a firefox extension called Google Calendar Notifier that will pop up reminders of my events for me and since I've got firefox open most of the day this is a good idea.
So why the schedule?
Well if you are good at remembering to do things you may not need one but if you have a lot to do, a less than stellar memory, or are easily distractable (my problem) you need one. I've avoided doing a formal schedule for a while because I don't like them but as Noadi's Art has grown it's become clear to me that like it or not I need one.
What sort of things are going on my schedule?
Posting for the Handmade Business Blog has entries for the 3 posts I do each week, art shows, etc. Stuff like that is pretty obvious. A few less obvious things are scheduling a day for contacting blogs about featuring my work, times for Etsy Virtual Labs chats that I'd like to attend, goals that I want to achieve like maybe X number of sales.
Sorry this was a bit of a short post this week, I'm having a bit of writer's block lately. If you have any suggestions please leave a comment in the Suggestions thread.
I use google calendar much the same way. It's been a lifesaver as far as trying to be doing stuff for my shops, blogging, twittering, being active in 2 etsy teams, etc. Thanks for thinking of posting this!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I didn't realize Google had a calendar. I've tried it and love it. It emails me my daily schedule. Now I can get rid of the wall calendar I was trying to keep up to date but usually forgot to look at!
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