Help - Need to get organized

[docholly]

I use a White Board with different colors of dry erase markers for each business i have to keep up.

and I know that there is a way to put alerts on my desktop but truthfully how many of us just ignore them??? Ok well I just "postpone" ..
With the white board its always in my face.
I put * next to the ones with deadlines and I put a date on them from the day i put them on the board.

To track my sponsors..
I use Excel.

Each sponsor has a tab and within the tab i put what i've done to advertise with them, banners (and where), free sites, galleries, blog posts.

Then when a check comes in from a sponsor.. i put the amount and since they are CCbill and i have the time. i can track the link.

It was a bitch to set up but once it was done, it's pretty easy to update. this way you know how much $$ you are making from each sponsor. I don't really track stats because ccbill and clickcash do that for me but you might want to make a column that adds those in as well.

I can send you a blank copy of what i use if that would help??

good luck.. organization is the big pink elephant in my world.. (and you all thought it was my ass, eh??)

[Tekster]

Thanks all, looks like I have a start, and a lot of work ahead. I will check out some of the software recommended and see what I come up with.

1Password looks really good.

Originally Posted by docholly

I can send you a blank copy of what i use if that would help??

Thanks docholly, I think that would help to get me started as I am learning Excel.

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by TekAngel

1Password looks really good.

Unlike the built-in Keychain it remembers everything and anything that you ask it to.

If you haven't already bought Excel from Micro$oft you may want to either use Numbers from Apple or NeoOffice which is free. Both will read and write Excel spreadsheets.