Keyboard short cuts save me tons of time and I love to learn new ones.  Here’s one for you to try!

The icons that are listed in your Quick Launch toolbar or Task bar can be launched by holding down the Windows button and pressing the numerical position the program icon is located.  Use 1 for the icon located closest to Start, two for the next and so on.

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If you missed part 1 then take a second to get caught up!

We’re talking about how to get through a slow spot in your business…it works if there is a lag in the economy and it works if you took a one month leave!

Here are the last 5 ideas for you.  Try them for a week and let me know how it goes!

6 – Work on your skills.  Invest in yourself for the biggest return on investment.  The best part is you have total control over the return.  Make a half-hearted attempt and you get not so much return.  Apply yourself and the sky is the limit!

7 – Give to get.  Work for your network and let your network work for you.

8 – Use your raving fans.  Not only will it help to talk with a person knows, likes and trusts you but they are a great source of future raving fans.

9 – Count the cards.  Now at the casino this will get you bounced but in your business you ARE the house.  Keeping track of your success will only make you feel better about your efforts.  If you know what your numbers are and set your vision to better results your positive attitude will carry you there.

10 – On to plan G.  There isn’t a single successful person out there who hit the big time on plan A – it just doesn’t happen.  If you’ve succeeded before you hit plan Z you DID IT!

You know you have something to add!  What you have to say may be just what I need to hear so spill it would you?

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I’ve got a freebie idea for you iPhone app designers.

When I meet someone at a networking event and I want to meet them at a neutral half-way point we have the hardest time coming up with the best spot.  Normally someone ends up driving a majority of the distance to the other person.  Sometimes people are familiar with their local area and the parts of town in between are pretty hazy.  Other times, one or both parties aren’t in a familiar area because they have a meeting somewhere out of their local area so they are already starting in unfamiliar ground.  Numerous times I found myself in this situation and if it isn’t me then I over-hear two people having a conversation very similar to this.

In steps a handy iPhone app!

Two address fields pop up where the addresses or areas of town each individual will be coming from can be entered.  Starting with the closest point in the middle and going out in each direction the app could list appropriate places the two parties could meet in the middle.  For another cool functional the app could have a field to enter the time of day or what the parties would like to meet over.  Coffee? Lunch?  Cocktails?  Adding this functionality allows the app even more flexibility!

Wouldn’t it be great to know you weren’t going to end up in a shady area of town for your next face-to-face meeting?

Since I’m not an iPhone owner could you make it web-based too?  Great! Thanks a lot.

If you’ve got this covered here is the perfect opportunity for you to pimp your stuff!

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People you wouldn’t even imagine struggle through low sales times especially during a lean economy.  If you want to find yourself back on top then don’t sit there an take it…take action instead!

1 – Return to the basics.  The basics are the sales steps you took in the beginning.  The ones that got you where you’ve ended up now but those you might have abandoned while times were good.

2 – Act now.  Don’t wait for economic times to get better.  Don’t join the crowds of people who are saying that times will get better soon.  Make them better – now!

3 – Reach out. There are other people out there who want to get the ball rolling.  Find them.  There are some you probably know of who have already started rolling.  Ask for their mentoring and learn from their successful spirit.

4 – Change is good.  If the market is changing then consumers are changing too and so are their needs.  Adjust your basics to reflect those changes.

5 – Think outside the box.  Although change is good it can also force you outside your comfort zone.  Don’t fight it.  Roll with it.  If you aren’t uncomfortable then you aren’t growing.

Try these 5 things for a week and come back for some more to try next week!

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Move along to part 2!