What do we hear from people more and more these days? “I don’t have time.”
Copy that.
But what makes these people think that we have so much more time than they do?
The key isn’t delaying inevitable meetings, calls, and tasks that have to be done. The key is finding ways we can save time – things that are within our control.
I know – there are so many tools, resources, and recommendations coming from any and all angles these days. It’s tough to keep up with all the new stuff out there…
That’s why I put together this list of tools that John and I use here at Entrepreneurs On Fire all the time – to save time.
This list isn’t meant to be all-inclusive, but it’s a great start!
ScheduleOnce
Ever wonder what it would be like if you could give people a link to schedule an open appointment on your calendar, and leave it at that? Now you can.
ScheduleOnce allows you to generate calendar settings that fit your needs, and then email a link for other people to schedule a time to meet with you.
This works wonders for John since he schedules eight interviews every single Monday.
Instead of going back and forth with guests about days and times, he simply emails out a link, they click through, and they are given the available times.
You can even set up different links that are specific to days of the week and times, so if you only want to schedule meetings for a particular project on Tuesday between the hours of 9 and 2, those are the only options that will show up.
Loom
Want to create a step-by-step video while walking through a program to share with someone else?
Loom can help!
Capture your entire screen or just a portion of it using the camera feature, and then you also have the option to edit and add notes to it.
WeTransfer
Don’t get me wrong, I love Dropbox, but WeTransfer simplifies the one-off transfer seamlessly.
All you have to do is go to their website, click the “add files” button at the top, select the file(s) you want to transfer, enter the person’s email address you want to send the files to, enter your own email address, and then hit transfer.
That’s it – you don’t have to sign in, you don’t have to wait for your files to upload before “adding” people to folders – just click transfer, and you’re done!
TextExpander
Do you ever type the same thing over and over again, about a hundred times a day?
I do – try typing Entrepreneurs On Fire out over and over again!
TextExpander is a great tool that allows you to give words or phrases “shortcuts”. For example, instead of having to type out our web address, I’ve set it up in TextExpander so that every time I type “fff”, it auto-populates our website URL: https://www.eofire.com
Genius!
If you have a quote or other closer you like to use in your articles – maybe a bio – you can save that, too!
Meet Edgar
Social Media is a beast that is getting bigger and bigger every single day.
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest – whew! Who can keep up!?
Lucky for us, Meet Edgar can keep up!
Schedule posts ahead of time, add images – even give time-sensitive promotions an expiration date so you are only posting relevant content.
Once you’ve entered in what you want to post, you can use the date and time fields to schedule the content to go out at a specific time, or just add it to your rotating library and let Edgar do the rest!
Stop using “I don’t have time” as an excuse
It’s time to take control.
Instead of telling people you don’t have time, start finding ways you can be more productive by spending less time on the things you can automate.
I hope you will be able to save as much time as we have using these tools!
We’re HUGE fans of automation and finding efficiencies. If you are, too, here are some of our other favorite tools you can check out!
