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Can you put your plan in a diagram?
Over the last couple of months marketers like Ryan Deiss and Frank Kern have been sharing how they’ve organised their businesses to gather prospects and make sales. Each time they’ve use diagrams to help explain their processes. Some have been versions of sales funnel diagrams, others were essentially process maps. It seems to me that…
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How to build a calendar for the next 90 days Part 2
Last week I described how you can start setting up a calendar to help keep your business on track for the next 90 days and beyond. Today I’m going to give you the steps to complete your calendar. Having put all the regular events onto your calendar, you next add those events that will not…
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How to build a calendar for the next 90 days Part 1
You can make the most of the coming year by being prepared, and one of the best ways to prepare is to have a calendar that maps out your ambitions for the next 12 months. This could be a physical calendar (board mounted that folds in the middle is best), or you can use a…
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New Year, New Terms (Part 2)
Last week I looked at the changes we can expect from Facebook as the new year begins. Today I’m going to outline another change that looks like it may have an even greater impact on internet marketing. From 1st January 2015 new European VAT rules come into force. These were originally aimed at stopping tax…
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New Year, New Terms (Part 1)
As the New Year approaches it is traditionally a time of looking for new opportunities, new directions to take or of reinforcing our plans for the path we are already on. However, sometimes opportunities for some mean challenges for others. From January there are going to be two new, major challenges for people working in…
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Planning Next Year – Use the Power of Opposites
Sometimes it ‘s easier to work out what you don’t want than what you do want. If you’re having trouble setting goals and planning for next year you could try using the power of opposites. Instead of getting stuck working out how to do better cast your mind back over this year and ask yourself…
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It’s Time to Review. Don’t underestimate your progress
As we move into the final months of the year it is traditionally the time to review the past 12 months and look ahead to our goals for next year. Sometimes the review process can be a source of disappointment and melancholy, especially if it’s been a tough year. So in this post I want…
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5 Components for Next Year’s Goals
It’s about now that many people start thinking about next year. If you run a business you should be thinking ahead all year round, but with an impending new year it seems the right time to consider your long term goals. Some goals are better than others and the best have some things in common.…