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Monday Morning Motivators – July 10, 2006
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"Get off to a fast start Monday; chances are the rest of the week will flow better."
-- Kenneth Zeigler
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Table of Contents
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1. Lean Metrics: Analyze Details – Linda Fayerweather
2. Contests – Rebecca Booth
3. Your Networking Contacts Should Provide You with Referrals – John Meyer
4. To Do This Week
5. Fine Print
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1. Lean Metrics: Analyze Details
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Just another Manic Monday – sounds like a good song title, no wait, it was a song by the Bangles in 1990. What does this have to do with lean? Monday is the day that sets the tone for each work week and in a lean environment we want all activity to affect the customers’ value and perception of value. Your best week will be enhanced by analyzing how each Monday goes. Tips by Kenneth Zeigler include:
1) Get off to a good start on Monday by starting early;
2) Avoid having staff meetings on Monday – they tend to de-motivate people, Friday’s are better;
3) Plan your Monday Morning on Sunday by packing lunch, selecting clothes, filling the gas tank, anything that will promote a calm start;
Now, if your Morning was Manic today, cut and print this lean tip and put it with your calendar for Friday – make next Monday a morning where you are in charge.
Copyright 2006 Linda Fayerweather
Changing Lanes LLC
www.ChangingLanes.biz
Need to listen to Manic Monday? Music Clip
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2. Contests
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When was the last time you and your business associates did something out of the norm? Today’s a good day to start thinking out of the box and doing things a little differently. Let’s hold a contest. But instead of creating a normal contest with your sales associates, let’s hold a wacky contest. One that’s destined to get you noticed!
Contests are beautiful things. Why? Because you can promote your contest to your prospects, clients and the media. The best contests will have multiple winners. When you’re putting together your contest, be imaginative and try your best to tie the contest in to your business. For instance let’s say you’re a photographer, you could host the World’s Worst Grade School Photo Contest and give away portrait packages as a prize. Publishing the photos in a newsletter or posting them to your website are sure-fire ways to get the buzz started!
Copyright 2006 Rebecca Booth
Marketing Goddess
Imagine That!
www.marketingsolutioneers.com
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3. Your Networking Contacts Should Provide You with Referrals
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The kind of support you'd most like to get from your sources is of course, referrals - names and contact information for specific individuals or companies who need your products and services. Sources can also help by giving prospects your name and number. As the number of referrals you receive increases, so does your potential for increasing the percentage of your business generated through referrals.
Copyright 2006 John R. Meyer
District Director, BNI Ohio
http://www.bni-ohio.com
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4. To Do This Week
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Check and replenish your office first aid kit.
