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Double Your Productivity for Under $3

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

How buying a simple kitchen timer can significantly increase your productivity.

Kitchen Timer

What would it mean to you if you were TWICE as productive as you are now?

Would you open that new business? Earn more? Take more time off?

There’s a simple $3 kitchen device that can DOUBLE your productivity the very first time you use it. That’s like having an extra 8 hours a day!

It’s called a kitchen timer and you may remember it as the white thing that chimed when your mom was cooking dinner. Trust me though when I tell you this simple device can double the quality time you spend doing productive things.

Most business owners have difficulty being personally productive. The day-to-day demands of running the business, coupled with interruptions from others, make personal productivity one more mountain for the business owner to climb in an already demanding workday.

When was the last time you put a consistent effort into planning, strategy and evaluation of your business without sacrificing your personal time?

The big problem is staying focused on the tasks at hand. Your mind wanders to other things and handling interruptions and, before you know it, you haven’t gotten anything done that you planned.

The kitchen timer helps you solve this problem in a highly effective way.

Take the kitchen timer and set it for a time that you will do NOTHING but work on the task at hand. For the period of time you set, commit your full attention to the task at hand and let it be your sole purpose on the planet for that period of time.

Simply going through the process of setting the timer signals to you and others that you will do nothing but work on the task at hand for the time you have allocated to it.

If you find your mind wandering, look at the timer to bring you back in focus. You’ll also find it very easy to avoid outside distractions. A big reason is that your mind already knows when the task we’ll end, making it much easier to focus.

Try it out and watch your productivity soar.

8 Steps to Better Marketing

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Here are 8 easy steps to better marketing results.

Steps to Marketing Success

#1: Have a realistic goal.

Define what you want to achieve and why.  Be specific and realistic.  A big part of the process is to define what you are willing to do to accomplish the goal – you may need to change some behaviors.

#2: Get a support system.

It’s important to include co-workers and possibly vendors who can help you achieve your marketing goals, as well as like minded business people with whom you can swap ideas.

#3: Think positively.

Put your energies towards proactive steps that will take you towards your goals.  Focus on your positives and tone down destructive thinking.

#4: Learn about internet marketing.

Educate yourself about internet marketing.  No matter how good you are at what you’ll do, you’ll struggle and maybe even fail without strong internet marketing.  A great place to learn more about internet marketing is http://righton-nobull.com/internet-marketing-webinars/.

#5: Focus on marketing each business day.

Make marketing an every day process in your business, not an event getting attention only every once in a while.  Steady, consistent effort is what produces the greatest results.

#6: Watch for positive change.

Don’t get IMMEDIATELY hung up on sales.  Look at other key performance indicators (KPI) concerning traffic, time spent on site, conversions, etc. as well.

#7: Don’t expect miracles.

Sustainable and healthy sales growth isn’t a quick fix process.  It’s a process shift, one that offers tremendous rewards beyond sales increases.  As you refine your process, you’ll keep customers longer and understand them better.  Sales will increase and your marketing will start to feel automatic.

#8: Get help when you need it.

If you aren’t making progress, get our help.  You may unaddressed obstacles or need specialized expertise.  We are here to help you.

Are You Ready For Make a Referral Week?

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Join small businesses around the country on March 9-13, 2009 for Make a Referral Week. Help to stimulate the economy by recommending deserving businesses.

Make a Referral Week

On March 9-13, small businesses throughout the country will be joining together for one common goal: to generate 1000 referred leads to 1000 deserving small businesses.

Make a Referral Week is an organized effort by some of the nation’s leading small business experts to utilize the power of referrals to help stimulate the economy. By referring just one small business during the week, you can not only help a deserving business succeed, but also revitalize the nation’s economy.

To participate in the program visit www.MakeAReferralWeek.com and share the details of any referrals you make. Every day during the week, one referral will be selected as the best of the day and both the referrer and the company they referred will receive a gift basket with a number of signed books from notable business experts.

The event will also feature daily education sessions with guests including Ivan Misner, founder of BNI and author Masters of Networking, Bob Burg, author of Endless Referrals and the Go-Giver, Bill Cates, author of Get More Referrals Now, Andy Sernovitz, author of Word of Mouth Marketing, Guy Kawasaki, author of Reality Check, Rich Sloan, author of StartUpNation, Anita Campbell, publisher of Small Business Trends, Scott Allen, author of the Virtual Handshake, John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing, Scott Ginsberg of Nametag TV, Michael Port, author of the Contrarian Effect and Book Yourself Solid, Susan Solovic Wilson, founder of SBTV.com and Pam Slim, author Escape from Cubicle Nation.

Head over to the Make a Referral Week website now and learn how you can participate in the program.

We’ll see you there.

 
  
 

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