Are you aware of the single biggest difference between struggling and successful entrepreneurs?
A friend and I were updating one another over coffee this morning and we both agreed the difference is those who struggle remain stagnant while the successful entrepreneur takes action. With this in mind, and wanting to help you jumpstart your New Year in the right direction, my list today includes actions for you to consider.
Action Tips:
1. Review your top 3 money-making activities – focus on those
2. Create complementary products/services for your top 3 revenue streams
3. Analyze what is missing or is needed next to increase your success
4. Implement or get reliable help to implement your missing link to success
5. Keep learning from others, materials, and/or classes
6. Teach what you learn to help others
7. Translate your skills to community service – your reward will be great word of mouth about you and your business
8. Meditate on your ultimate vision for the end of next year – create the plan to make the vision happen
9. Hundreds of millions of users are on Twitter and Facebook – are you on, do you use them effectively, can you learn more?
10. Join a collaborative community that is in sync with your ethics, mission and vision
11. If your vision is to get connected online in a big way, visit Whispering Energy to see if it is right for you
When you are of the mindset to take business planning seriously, your results come about quicker and better than ever. Just as the stock market crashed and many were stuck in quick sand, I implemented all of the above tips. My outcome and continuing opportunities arising have been astonishing.
My community service project was to write “HIRED! How to Sell Yourself On Interviews”. It is kept at an affordable fee of only $9.95 (no tax or shipping) because it is in PDF format only (saving trees too), available on my site, Smooth Sale. Additionally, 10% of the proceeds will be donated to medical research for anti-immune disease.
The book takes the reader from the moment of receiving an invitation to interview – how to get into the right mindset, necessary research prior to the interview, how to conduct a two-way interview answering and asking the right questions, negotiating a better package and ultimately hearing, HIRED!
Taking action, I promised myself to approach 3 media contacts per day to hopefully help me promote HIRED! In just 3 days (9 contacts), I have lined up the potential to be a columnist for an online journal, a live interview, and inclusion in array of books helping job-seekers on an Australian motivational site.
Setting your intentions and following through set you in motion to be seen as a leader and expert in your field. You communicate to others that you are a trusted source and one to be counted upon which ultimately becomes your marketing message. This is what attracts more prospects to your business and encourages them to become clients. You will close more sales, and as always, they will be a Smooth Sale!
