Hello & welcome back to Sales & Business Growth for BUSY Women. I am your resident sales and business nerd Lindsay Fletcher, and this podcast is the place for small business owners to learn how to make more sales, have more time, and grow your business.   I’ve launched a FREE tool on my website that you can download that we have used to figure out which sales and marketing activities actually create revenue. My SALES GROWTH TRACKER is now available for download on my website - go to LindsayFletcher.co/free-resources. Click on Sales Growth Tracker and drop your email and I will send it over to you immediately, along with steps on how to use it. It has been THE TOOL that we’ve used in our service-based local business and I’m using it to track my sales activities in my consulting business. So go to my website LindsayFletcher.co and click on the free resources tab and you’ll see the Sales Growth Tracker at the top of the page! Download it and use it, and be on your way to Sales Success!   Today, we are going to talk about time management strategies as a business owner and entrepreneur.  Have you ever felt like your list of to-do’s is so long that you don’t even know where to start?  I’m with you.  I’ve been there and I’m sure that I’ll be there again so today I’m sharing 5 ways to manage your time and I hope that at least one helps you out!  Now, if you are struggling to know which tasks to do, go back and listen to episode 20 where I talk about Eisenhower’s matrix and how to use that tool!     Ok, so I’m going to walk you through 5 different ways to manage your time.  I’d love to hear from you if you use one of these or if you start using one of these after listening to this episode!    Time blocking    Eat the frog Task Stacking (also known as batching)  Pomodoro Technique  Successful Day/Week The great thing about these time management strategies is that you can use a couple of different strategies to find what works for you. My main strategy is “successful day” and “successful week” but I also use some task stacking or batching especially for podcast recording and editing, and like I already mentioned, I use a version of Pomodoro’s technique with a timer.  Now, time blocking makes me feel like I’m choking for some reason but I have a friend that uses time blocking religiously and she makes me jealous with how effectively she uses that strategy!     These are strategies for you to try out and figure out which one or ones work best for you, and they can be used in work and life.  When I’m on my A-game with time management, like when I know we have a crazy week of work and kids activities, I will make one list of all the tasks that have to get done and any projects that need started and or completed, I will plug some into my calendar, map out my task stacking, and figure out what actually has to get done for it to be a successful week and then I’ll start planning day by day on what I plan to get done and when.  I’m in charge of sales and marketing activities for my other business so I tend to lump all of that business’s work together so that I can get it done quickly and be done, and then work on podcast content creation and everything for you all in this space.     Once you try these, I’d love to hear from you!  I’m back on Instagram @lindsayfletcher.co or you can email me at [email protected] or you can leave me a voice message at https://speakpipe.com/lindsayfletcher.    Before we go, I have a tool that will save you a ton of time in your business and allow you to focus on the things that work.  You can download my Sales Growth Tracker. Go to Lindsayfletcher.co/free-resources and click on “sales growth tracker” to download so you can be on your way to figuring out what’s working.  I promise that this will save you SO MUCH TIME in the long run!   I’m praying for you and your business!  Talk to you next time!   LET’S CONNECT