 How are you feeling about your business or organization’s progress this year? If you haven't hit your revenue and growth goals, then I'd like to recommend a few key strategies you can implement right away to end your year on the right foot.
The three strategies are referrals, emails, and events. Let’s focus first on referrals...
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 We’ve all had down days. Days where it’s hard to get motivated; days where you just can't seem to get anything done. As luck would have it, your motivation often starts drying up right around the time something big is scheduled to happen at work or in your business. You’re launching a new program or your nonprofit has a huge capital campaign coming up...but, life is overwhelming you. Your child is sick, there are troubles at home, you were in a car accident, or a family member is struggling financially.
 In our current economy, many old rules of marketing no longer apply. I’m constantly surprised to see businesses and organizations doing things the old way, but I don’t blame them as these outdated principles are still taught in college classrooms across the country.
Today, I’m going to outline how to stand out in today’s economy. These are the top four things you should STOP doing in order to elevate your marketing efforts...  Even though we’re well into the year’s fourth quarter, it’s never too late to do some creative marketing. A great strategy for getting organized is making a marketing schedule.
You’re likely implementing several different marketing strategies, from social media updates to emails and press releases. Writing down all that needs to happen and when it should happen will make it much easier to stay consistent and results-oriented.  Reviewing your life plan is an extremely valuable practice. Oftentimes, you don't really know if something is working or not until you step back and analyze it. Even if you don't have anything written down, you can still reap the benefits of reviewing what you've done. Here are five reasons why reviewing and revising is vital to creating and maintaining success while obtaining big results...
 I learned the hard way that things don’t always go exactly as planned. I am a planner and I love making plans...business plans, meditation plans, even plans on how to clean and organize my closet!
Over the years, I’ve learned to embrace and celebrate my accomplishments, even if they didn’t go according to plan. Planning is VERY important, no matter the outcome, and it is my NUMBER ONE time-saving strategy.  As we slowly creep in on the last quarter of the year, are you reminded of the marketing tasks you have been putting off? Whether you are a new or established business, marketing is an essential part of your success. The average consumer spends almost two hours a day surfing social media for new content. Getting the right message to your connections at the right time can be tricky, especially if you don't have the time, don't understand, or maybe don't even like marketing...
 Take ACTION! Be the director of your behavior. We all know that dreaming, planning, and discussing only gets us so far. A successful personal and professional life-plan does begin with a thought. The thought is possibly to, at long last, start paying attention to your financial numbers more carefully, hire and collaborate with more people, or strategize for a more targeted marketing and communications campaign. It begins here, but it can stop here too. In fact, these four things could be a detriment if they keep you from the one catalyst to massive action.
What is that one thing and how do other things serve as barriers?....  Do the important things first? In my last post, I told you not to worry about the most important things. I just want you to start doing ANYTHING and start crossing things off of your list. Working on feeling accomplished and creating momentum is key to getting things done. However, there are some IMPORTANT things you should do first.
Let me define important... Important is NOT that project you've been putting off; it's not checking your email to make sure you don't have any fires to put out today. Important is any activity or task that creates energy for you rather than draining it. Energy creating activities include drinking water, taking herbs, stretching, exercising, meditation, making art, journaling, brainstorming, or anything else that raises your vibration. Meeting a colleague or friend for coffee, going for a challenging hike, taking a long hot shower... These are the MOST IMPORTANT things to do first. It just takes a simple shift and a tweak.  I am an AVID reader of time management books and I am constantly researching new time management methods. Ever since I was 11-years old, I have studied this subject. My mother passed away when I was 12-years old but was sick a lot of my childhood. In order to help manage my household, I was home-schooled for grades six through 12. So, at a very young age, I had to learn how to manage a household, take care of myself, and get through school. Needless to say, I learned to be VERY disciplined. It was through the study of time management that I learned to be self-sufficient. 30 years of study has taught me a lot! Today's post is all about time management (as part of a series).
From paper day-planners to apps, there are literally dozens of time management tools to help you go from chaos to organized. But many of my colleagues and friends still report finding it hard to manage daily tasks; to truly stay organized AND have enough time left in the day for all the things. |
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