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The way my office is laid out is very unique. I live in a decent sized apartment and I converted the dining room into my office. The way it’s all laid out is I have my bedroom at the front of the house, moving to the back is the kitchen, then the dining room...my office and then my living room that’s at the back of the house. My apartment is in the upstairs of an old Victorian Style house.

When sitting in my office, my desk faces the wall towards the back of the house and there is a doorway right next to my desk that looks right into the living room. The bonus to this is if I’m working late and there is a Montreal Canadiens game on or in the summer, a Detroit Tigers game on, I can have the game on while I work.

However, without a good system in place you can just imagine how distracting that could be and I won’t lie, when I first started, like I mentioned last week I was easily distracted. It wasn’t until I decided to get a Spotify account that things changed a little. Don’t get me wrong, if there is a game on I will watch it and at times I will have a show like Suits on (That show just motivates me). I do this so I can have background noise on while I work.

The biggest game changer for me though,  was when a friend of mine recommended ToDoist. She showed me what the app was all about and how I was able to use it to not only have a To-Do List but how I was able to create a system with the app to help stay productive.

Using ToDoist I’m able to create “projects” and in those projects, I’m able to create tasks that help me visualize my day and my routines. As an example using ToDoist I can create clear goals with hard deadlines for everything from the routines I created, to the work I have to do for the business in all aspects as well as everything that needs to be done for my clients.

The added bonus for me being a competitive person, ToDoist has what they call “Karma Points”. What this means is that everytime you create a task, complete a task on time or do something like add a label you get points. With these points, you can “level up” like a video game so to speak. Starting out as a “beginner” you can then make your way up to through a number of levels until you reach “Enlightened”. Currently I am at the second last level, Grand Master and within the next year I hope to get to Enlightened.

ToDoist isn’t only a way to check off the tasks you have created for the day but it’s also one of my favorite project management tools and a way to stay organized with a team.

Being able to add people to projects you can share files, tasks and comment on the projects that need to be done so that you’re able to save time and not have to email back and forth. You basically take out a huge step and are able to get things done a lot more efficiently.

I think that’s enough bragging for one day, we all know I love ToDoist and how it’s completely changed my business.

Before we go though I do want to tell you one more thing, is that cool?

I wanted to give you an opportunity to try it yourself and the fact that you can try ToDoist Premium for free for the next 2 months wasn’t enough. I wanted to offer one more thing to help make the decision to try ToDoist that much easier.

I want to give you 3 incredible templates that I use everyday that help me stay productive as well as help my business grow.

You just have to click that button below, and if you give me your email I’ll send you the 3 templates as well as a link to get ToDoist Premium for free for the next 2 months.

Time to become more productive!

https://info.russtekmedia.com/todoist

The way my office is laid out is very unique. I live in a decent sized apartment and I converted the dining room into my office. The way it’s all laid out is I have my bedroom at the front of the house, moving to the back is the kitchen, then the dining room...my office and then my living room that’s at the back of the house. My apartment is in the upstairs of an old Victorian Style house.

When sitting in my office, my desk faces the wall towards the back of the house and there is a doorway right next to my desk that looks right into the living room. The bonus to this is if I’m working late and there is a Montreal Canadiens game on or in the summer, a Detroit Tigers game on, I can have the game on while I work.

However, without a good system in place you can just imagine how distracting that could be and I won’t lie, when I first started, like I mentioned last week I was easily distracted. It wasn’t until I decided to get a Spotify account that things changed a little. Don’t get me wrong, if there is a game on I will watch it and at times I will have a show like Suits on (That show just motivates me). I do this so I can have background noise on while I work.

The biggest game changer for me though,  was when a friend of mine recommended ToDoist. She showed me what the app was all about and how I was able to use it to not only have a To-Do List but how I was able to create a system with the app to help stay productive.

Using ToDoist I’m able to create “projects” and in those projects, I’m able to create tasks that help me visualize my day and my routines. As an example using ToDoist I can create clear goals with hard deadlines for everything from the routines I created, to the work I have to do for the business in all aspects as well as everything that needs to be done for my clients.

The added bonus for me being a competitive person, ToDoist has what they call “Karma Points”. What this means is that everytime you create a task, complete a task on time or do something like add a label you get points. With these points, you can “level up” like a video game so to speak. Starting out as a “beginner” you can then make your way up to through a number of levels until you reach “Enlightened”. Currently I am at the second last level, Grand Master and within the next year I hope to get to Enlightened.

ToDoist isn’t only a way to check off the tasks you have created for the day but it’s also one of my favorite project management tools and a way to stay organized with a team.

Being able to add people to projects you can share files, tasks and comment on the projects that need to be done so that you’re able to save time and not have to email back and forth. You basically take out a huge step and are able to get things done a lot more efficiently.

I think that’s enough bragging for one day, we all know I love ToDoist and how it’s completely changed my business.

Before we go though I do want to tell you one more thing, is that cool?

I wanted to give you an opportunity to try it yourself and the fact that you can try ToDoist Premium for free for the next 2 months wasn’t enough. I wanted to offer one more thing to help make the decision to try ToDoist that much easier.

I want to give you 3 incredible templates that I use everyday that help me stay productive as well as help my business grow.

You just have to click that button below, and if you give me your email I’ll send you the 3 templates as well as a link to get ToDoist Premium for free for the next 2 months.

Time to become more productive!

https://info.russtekmedia.com/todoist

It wasn’t always easy being productive!

Recently I had a good conversation with a friend about branding and why some businesses are doing great and others just don’t have a consistent message. The conversation focused on those that had inconsistent branding and how that could be damaging to your business.

If you’re going to use social media to market your business, what is the message you want to send out to your audience? If your audience saw your Logo, your Facebook Page, joined your Facebook Group, saw your Instagram account and all of the rest, will they immediately know who you are and what you’re all about? Or will they have to dig to find that information?

One thing you don’t want to do is spread yourself too thin and when doing so, not have a consistent message. Think about the pages you follow or the groups you’re in. Do you know the exact purpose of those pages and groups?

If you don’t know the exact purpose, I want you to ask yourself if that page or group is providing enough value for you to stay in that group or follow that page.

As entrepreneurs and business owners, we get pulled in a lot of different directions and we wear a lot of different hats. The last thing we need is to be wasting time on Facebook and looking at pages or groups that don’t serve us or provide enough value that will help us grow our businesses or better yet, groups that will help us help others grow.

Take our Facebook Group, Entrepreneur Momentum as an example. In that group, we focus on providing value to entrepreneurs and small business owners so that we are able to help them with their business. With the content we post, we strive to  help entrepreneurs grow online. The one thing we don’t do, is we don’t allow spam in the group so that the value that is provided gets lost.

Something I see often is that some groups start out with a similar strategy to Entrepreneur Momentum, but they don’t moderate the group and this in turn lets spam take over the discussion feed.

This is a pattern I see often and I have noticed that groups that have let this happen will start another group that will again start with the same strategy as EM but again fall into the same pattern and let it slide with spam taking over. This happens over and over again and something we don’t want in our group. Entrepreneur Momentum is only about helping others and providing value, this in turn is a great way to network!

One thing Russell Brunson talks about in Traffic Secrets is to become a producer on social media and not a consumer of social media. This means, focusing on a goal to produce content that has the 3 E’s (educate, entertain and engage) in it and in turn this will help your audience grow as well this is how you build your brand showing you’re an expert in your field.

Remember though, if you want to do this you will want to stick with one group or page. You can use multiple platforms but make sure you have one consistent brand across all your platforms so you’re not confusing your audience.

That said, have you seen our group Entrepreneur Momentum? That’s a group where we focus on providing nothing but value in order to help entrepreneurs and business owners grow their business.

We encourage you to check it out, the group is free!

Join Entrepreneur Momentum!