and we love to hear your comments, too. address there is yourbusiness@msnbc.com. at the small business owner one thing you no doubt wish had you more of is time. so here now are five ways to turbocharge efficiency so you can make most of the time you have courtesy of ink.com. delegate tasks you don t need to do yourself. this frees you up for things that need your attention. two, let your phones ring and your e-mails go unanswered. at least for a while. constant interruptions keep you from focusing on the task at hand. designate a specific time of the day to return all calls and answer all of your e-mails. three, close the door. consider having employees come to speak with you during set office hours instead of as they wish throughout the day. four, limit your time on facebook, twitter, and instant messaging. they can be secret time killers. and number five, prioritize your
of small business manufacturing, i don t feel that it is. the concern the republican nominee, mitt romney, also is not addressing these issues. the only politician that i have seen talking about manufacturing in the united states is ron paul. whether you are putting in the effort on facebook and twitter or if start, the way they can reach online influence is klout with a k. what is klout all about? denise is here to explain. she is founder of a agency for advertising and a media company. people are talking about it, but a lot of people don t know what it is. explain what klout is in a
known as influential in, and i tweeted recently about the super bowl, and that rose to the top. so that was re-tweeted a lot. yeah, and that s not what i want people to think i am about. i can turn it off. and it s a good thing to go in there and see what you are being effective about, and then turn it off if it s wrong. how do you use that information? you will stop talking about dogs? no, if i want to be influenti influential, if i have a green roofing company, then i want to make sure i am tweeting heavily about things that are helpful in that industry, where people will see me as an expert. if i am tweeting effectively and doing facebook about that, when you look at my klout score, it will say i am green or something like that, and if something
day. schedule your roles based on when you are most productive. if you are a morning person tackle the details tasks when you first get in. it is time now for another exciting edition of our favorite game show the your business small biz quiz. today the consultant versus the entrepreneur. as we put barry and eric s small business knowledge to the test. ready? all set. okay. okay. first question, according to a recent constant contact survey, what s the number one social media platform small businesses play? i didn t even get to get through it. can i answer the question before? you can, yeah. i may give you two points if you get it right. b, facebook. does that mean get to do two minus points? eric? i m going with d, pintinterest. no, linkedin.
sentence or two? yeah, it s a tool and it tells you how effective you are being in your social media out reach. the first thing you have to do is go on and sign up with facebook and twitter? yeah, you go to klout.com, and you don t need both accounts, you can choose one, and if you have two, that s great, and you can attach other accounts for other social media you are using. your score, 1 to 100. what is your score? 51. is that good or no? it s fine. it s a good score. but what i am much more concerned about is the areas of influence that i have. so when i look at my score, what i am looking at is what does klout say i am being influential in. dogs is not what i want to be