41 Tips for Marketers Forced To Work at Home

Since this is a marketing newsletter, here's an article called 41 Work-From-Home Tips for Marketing Departments and Advertising Agencies. Written by Daniel Burstein, Senior Director of Content & Marketing for MarketingSherpa and Meclabs Institute, the article offers tips about office setup, tools, security, collaboration, and, he writes, "most of all, staying human through these times filled with hardship, uncertainty, but also hopefully new opportunities to employ our marketing skills." The tips were gathered from a wide spectrum of marketing and advertising pros. Here's a sampling. Hope it's helpful!

We also published an article last week called Top 10 Tips When You Suddenly Have To Work from Home, which is proving extremely popular.

• Tip #1: Attend a virtual event instead of a megaconference
• Tip #2: Don't stare at a screen when you don't have to stare at a screen (the pause that refreshes)
• Tip #6: The way to get on your overbooked boss's schedule
• Tip #10: Work regular hours
• Tip #20: Plan your day and stick to it
• Tip #21: Clear policies and procedures
• Tip #25: You don't always need video
• Tip #36: Employers and managers equip your teams
• Tip #38: Overcommunicate
• Tip #41: Stay productive, stay safe, but above all, stay human