Setting up a Google calendar is a significant way of getting more organised. It is also an effective way of achieving your goals in your business. If you own a business and have not considered having a calendar on your computer, you are missing out on a lot. Think about it you will enjoy several benefits. great
Benefits of Using a Google Calendar in Your Business
1. Being Organized
Google Calendar enables you to get organised with your marketing campaigns, business plans, and personal life. It is so essential if you are aiming at succeeding in your enterprise. Being organised leads to success in your business. Not many people have organisational skills, and it is one of the reasons for their failure in business enterprises that demand a high level of managerial skills. Business involves a lot of activities you have to accomplish every day. Using the calendar makes it easier to manage your work more effectively.
2. Ability to Plan Well
With Google calendar, you can easily plan your daily, weekly, monthly and annual business activities. All you need to do is enter your plan for a specified period into it if you already have a marketing plan for your business. It will lead to effectiveness and efficiency in the operation of your business. For instance, if article marketing is one of your marketing techniques, you can use it to enter the article topics you will write on and when you will write the articles. It helps you not to do things haphazardly.
3. Achieve Your Business Objectives
To succeed in any business, you need to remain focused on achieving your business vision and purpose through the daily actions you perform at the right time. Google Calendar enables you not to lose track and helps you achieve your planned activities.
4. Reduce Wastage of Time
Many business people unknowingly waste much time and money on what does not work. They involve themselves in unplanned activities out of the blue with excitement and emotions. In the end, it leads to the loss of valuable time and interest.
5. Avoid Forgetting
Many people forget very fast. And if you are a busy person, you can easily forget. But you overlook vital appointments and tasks that are likely to open up great opportunities for you. That does not lead you to success in business. One of the benefits of using Google Calendar is receiving reminders via your email address, mobile phone, or computer pop-up. That is a significant way of keeping you focused and avoiding overlooking key events that can change your business and personal life.
How Do You Set Up a Google Calendar?
It is so easy. All you need to do is create a Google account if you do not already have one. Your Google account login details help you access any other Google services. After opening your Google account, then make sure that you download and install a Google Toolbar on your computer. Set it as your default page whenever you want to access the internet. The toolbar has several useful tools or applications, including Google calendar.
After installing the Google Toolbar on your computer, you will see it active. Secondly, it will display on top of your computer applications like Search, Maps, Gmail, Documents, Calendar, etc. You can also add other tools like Google Translate and many others. Take your time to learn how each of them works. To set up your Google calendar, click on the Calendar tab, and a pop-up window will show up. Follow the instructions to select your preferred language and time zone, as the information you enter will be in the language you choose and in the time zone you specify.
The next step is to set how you want to get reminders about the events you enter in your calendar, and there are three options to choose from email, pop-up and SMS. You will always receive an email to your Gmail address to remind you about the event if you select email. It happens at the same time you set and before the event. When you choose “Pop-up”, a pop-up shows up on your computer, but you must be on the internet to see it. Selecting “SMS” will make you receive an SMS message on your mobile phone to remind you about the event.
Need Reminders Sent to You Directly?
If you want to receive reminder messages on your mobile phone, you have to enter the telephone number for receiving the messages and click “Verify Code”. You will receive a verification code on your mobile immediately. Get it from your phone and enter it in the setup window. Then click “Confirm Code” to receive another SMS on your phone, showing that you have verified your mobile number. It means you have activated it, ready to use it with Google calendar. Check to affirm your settings on how you want to get reminders by email, pop-up or SMS. Sync your Google calendar with your iPhone or Android phone to access your calendar schedules at any time.
What Else …?
After setting it up, you can now click anywhere on it to enter your information. You can also customise your default calendar view by clicking on the setting button in its top-right corner to change, e.g. the date format, etc. Don’t forget to save the changes you make.
You can make a new calendar by selecting Create New Calendar from the dropdown menu under My Calendars. You can also add your friends’ calendars by clicking “Other Calendars”. Remember that not all your friends’ contacts will have calendar information to share with you. But you can invite them to create a Google account so that they, too, can begin using this excellent tool. You can also browse calendars, import them and add them to yours.
Using Google calendar will boost your business. Ever since I started using a Google calendar, I have been able to implement my marketing plan effectively. It has enabled me to achieve every daily task I plan to do for our business and in my personal life. I have benefited much from receiving reminders on my phone because I am always aware of what I need to do, and there is no room for forgetting.
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