From the practical to the abstract, being an entrepreneur requires a lot of problem solving. This week’s Gig Economy News offers a bit of advice on both fronts. Whether you’re finding that mental blocks or that logistical hurdles are getting in your way, here’s a few articles from around the web with useful suggestions.
Turn a sluggish day into a productive day
We all have slow days, when we feel like nothing is getting done and time is just marching by. As an entrepreneur though, you can’t afford to have days which are truly wasted. Inc offers some ideas, whether you are self employed or working in an office, on little things you can do to make a big difference in transforming a slow day into a day well spent.
Organize your cloud
You already know about dropbox and Google Drive, but what about a service to help you keep all your clouds straight? TechCrunch introduces us to Odrive, a desktop app that concentrates all your clouds in one easy to access folder. Odrive integrates with Dropbox, Facebok, Google Drive, Instagram, Gmail and Microsoft OneDrive. It bills itself for consumers rather than for business, but for the entrepreneur who is just getting started it could be a great solution to your scattered folders. The current beta version is available for free.
Build your Twitter audience
The more followers you have on Twitter, the bigger the impact of anything you tweet. When it comes to promoting your business, growing your Twitter audience is essential, but can be frustratingly illusive for those who are less familiar with the platform. Huffington Post offers the two simplest yet most effective steps for building the amount of Twitter followers you have. Simply favoriting others’ tweets and following other people can have a massive effect on your social media impact. Check out the article to see the numbers that back this up.
Smooth subscription services
Subscription services are booming in popularity. Think Birchbox, Graze, Glossybox, and BarkBox. If your idea would be great when packaged as a subscription service, but you don’t have the means to build the systems required for it, Cratejoy might help. For a fee, based on a sliding scale, Cratejoy offers a customizable online store, management of recurring payments, shipping notifications to customers, and other aspects of providing a subscription-based service or product.
What are some solutions you’ve found to practical and theoretical issues?
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