Contractors and freelancers should stay organised by keeping to-do lists and prioritising tasks according to Doreen Martel; an independent contractor herself who has many years experience working within the marketplace.
Writing for Helium, Doreen observed that a careful approach to planning the completion of tasks can pay dividends. She said: “Freelancers who maintain a carefully thought out to-do list will find greater success freelancing and tend to be more productive.”
She advises contractors to get the most difficult tasks done first as it can lead to increased productivity on a daily basis. By planning a day’s priorities each morning, you can gauge how deadlines can be met most efficiently.
To-do lists no longer have to be written on a notepad or added as a task to Outlook, increasingly there are online resources to create to-do lists. Gotta-Do is a free online to-do list app which is accessible anywhere.
