Here are some random, but important tips, tricks, and advice to increase your productivity and business efficiency to become more successful:

Email subjects: Always include a descriptive subject line. Important emails often get saved. People normally search through old emails by the description in the subject line. For example, "Important Update" would be too vague but "Attendance Numbers For Las Vegas Sales Conference" is an example of a perfectly descriptive subject line.

Voicemail messages: Always leave your name and phone number at the beginning and end of all voicemail messages, especially if you are cold calling. The easiest way to not get a call back is to leave your name and phone number at the end of a five minute voicemail. What if the recipient of your message gets distracted just as you are saying your phone number. Do you think he will sit through the entire five minute message again just to hear you phone number? NO!

Hire a personal assistant or concierge service: Personal assistants can do you menial tasks while you do your important day-to-day work. Personal assistants can do tasks such as booking meetings, making travel arrangements, event planning, car washes, laundry, taking messages, etc.

Use Google Alerts: Google Alerts can email you news on topics that interest you or are important to your business or industry. This way you get the right news right away. Best of all, Google Alerts is free.

Do priority tasks at peak hours: It is known that your energy levels are higher at the beginning of the week (Monday and Tuesday) and in the morning. Schedule these times to do your most important work tasks, the ones that require the most attention. Schedule your menial tasks during the other times.

Get an ergonomic chair: Purchase a comfortable, ergonomic chair, especially if you are a nine-to-fiver that sits in front of a computer workstation all day. Your back and arms need to be physically supported to be able to spend a full day at your desk and be productive.

Use you digital camera: You can use your digital camera to photograph documents rather than take notes or make a photocopy. This is especially useful if a copier machine is not available. A digital photograph can be uploaded and saved in your computer as an image. It is just as useful as a stored document and can be printed when necessary.

Don't bring the office home: Too many workers bring work home. Separate your work life from your home life and you’ll be more relaxed and alert; you'll get a better nightly sleep and feel more refreshed each and every new workday. This will also reduce stress. To further help reduce stress try cognitive relaxation therapies such as meditation.

Start meetings on time: Never wait for latecomers to show up for a meeting. And, don't "recap" when they do show up. This wastes yours and everyone else's time. Recapping wastes the time of everybody that did show up to the meeting on time. And, it rewards tardiness. Just keep going and get on with the business meeting.

Wear a name tag at business networking functions: Wearing a tag with your name, company, and position allows others who may be seeking your services an opportunity to spot you and make an introduction. You should want to make it as easy as possible for people to make connections with you at business networking functions.