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[S114]Save Of The Day

by Gareth, Gar

It was 4:30 in theafternoon and Maria was getting plenty worried. Still no news from herpartner, Rita, about the promotional pens. They had been up practicallyall night trying to figure out a way to solve their current dilemma. Thetwo entrepreneurs were known for trouble finding them, but this timeMaria was a little more apprehensive than the usual scrapes made her. This time they were in up to their chins and time was running out.

You see, Maria and Rita had bid on a job that involvedhelping to stabilize a fledgling company and get it up and runningsmoothly. That in itself would not have been a problem for the veterantrouble shooters, but this time the behind the scenes owner of this businesswas trouble with a capital T. They weren't aware of his involvement untiltoo late and they were already committed to the job. Brandon Cartwrightwas the nasty man's name and he was known for expecting 110% from the peoplethat worked for him. I f his high expectations weren't met, whoever borethe brunt of his anger never worked in this town again.

The plan that Maria and Rita had hatched to put thiscompany solidly on its feet was intense marketing and promotion of its greatservices and abilities. In a mid-sized community like theirs it would bea perfect opportunity to use promotional pens to do the job for them. They knew that promotional pens were a great bargain for the price. Notonly could these pens be inscripted with various sayings and slogans, they wereeasy to get into circulation and they knew that everyone would use them. It was the perfect solution for their situation! But Rita had not calledMaria and she was overdue to hear something by two hours. Rita had saidthat she had a connection that would get them hundreds of promotional pens fora fraction of what they would spend on other marketing tactics. Whyhadn't Maria heard something?

Finally the phone rang! Maria answered it before thesecond ring and it was Rita with good news. She had made the promotionalpens purchase and had ordered them with 10 different sayings on them that shefelt sure would convince the public that they had a wonderful company to dealwith. She had gotten them for a good price and they would be arriving injust three days! This was the best news of all since Brandon Cartwrighthad given them one week to come up with a plan and to get it underway. This was going to give them just the right amount of time and they knew thatthe idea of the promotional pens was a surefire strategy to help this companytake off in a profitable direction in no time.

When Maria hung up the phone, she breathed an audible sighof enormous relief. They had done it again. This time the stakeshad been a lot higher, but with the promotional pens doing a great job ofselling the company to the potential consumers, she knew that she and Ritawould come out smelling like roses. And she loved roses.

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The fact is that when you're really stressed?the weeks when everything goes wrong, and you've missed about every deadline you've had due to emergencies that derail every attempt to get back on your track?you don't even look at your planner. No, your time management tools are buried under paperwork, and the sticky notes have long stopped being useful simply because there are too many to keep track of.

And that's assuming that you're the type who'll keep a calendar to begin with. Many of us aren't. Realistically, we forget to jot things down (an unfortunate habit that becomes far worse the more stressed and distracted we are).

Enter, the email reminder. No matter how disorganized you are by nature, or how toxic your schedule may be, you're bound to check your email. It's the way the office system has evolved, and our work habits have changed with it. All business and personal correspondence is now coursed through the web, and even if you no longer have the time to go to the bathroom and brush your teeth, you'll still (albeit hurriedly) quickly check your email for any new updates or instructions.

Setting up an email reminder means that whatever happens, you never forget the important things: it's right there in your inbox, the digital equivalent of a secretary hovering over your table.

Email reminders can also help cut down on your paper clutter?which, you have to admit, are one reason we feel that our business lives are spiralling out of control. If you've got dozens of papers stuck on your bulletin board, you can't sit down at your desk without feeling that your deadlines are screaming at you.

Besides, it's hard to tell at one glance which of those dozens of reminders are due today. It can all be overwhelming: which are most important? Which need to be taken care of right now, or can wait until next Tuesday? You can set up an email reminder to give you your schedule piece meal, so even if you are swamped with work you're at least able to focus on the most essential.

Email reminders are also part of the move for a fully integrated digital office. It makes more sense to streamline your work day so that everything you need to do is centralized in one place. You write memos and reports on the computer, send them through email, and simultaneously check what's next on your to-do list. For a hyper-busy executive, that's more ?natural? than having to rummage through your papers for your planner, or wasting time retyping all the information on your Palm Pilot.

Email reminders can help you take back control of your schedule. No, it won't do the work for you?but it can make it easier to manage your work flow, so you don't get this toxic again.

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Gareth has sinced written about articles on various topics from Finances, About Branding and Writing. Gareth Parkin is the co-founder of Ideasbynet, the UK's largest online source of and. Gareth's top article generates over 40500 views. to your Favourites.

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