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Monday Morning Motivators – April 13, 2009
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Enjoy your java with an eclectic collection of tips and ideas to use today and to get energized for the week ahead. Subscribing and unsubscribing at www.mondaymorningmotivators.com
“A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.” --Warren Buffett
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Table of Contents
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1. System Solutions 4 - Linda Fayerweather
2. Creating a Profile on LinkedIn - Rebecca Booth
3. An Awakened Entrepreneur Takes Congruent Actions - Pat Altvater
4. Every Day Can be the First day of Spring! - Paula Frazier
5. Fine Print
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1. System Solutions 4
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If your business is on fire, you would likely do two things.
1. Get the fire extinguished
2. Find the cause and make sure it is corrected so it isn’t repeated.
Take the time to look at all our systems the same way. The evaluation and checking of a system is critical to staying competitive and customer centric. Evaluating and re-planning will keep your systems running smoothly.
System to staying on top evaluation:
1. Review a list of your systems and procedures you have been developing;
2. Schedule the date you will be doing an honest assessment of each systems.
3. Delegate at least half of your projects to staff, employees or partners.
4. Put the date on your reminder list so you will be expecting these evaluations.
Keeping your business on target means constant evaluation and correction. Think of these like you do an oil change or tune-up for your car. Always necessary and worth the time.
Copyright 2009 Linda Fayerweather
Outsource your Weaknesses
Changing Lanes LLC
www.ChangingLanes.biz
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Reviewing LinkedIn
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Now that you are getting your feet wet on www.Linkedin.com, here are some recommendations for Linkedin from www.SocialMediaDefined.com:
1. Create a LinkedIn profile,
2. Import your address book,
3. Include a personal note with every invitation you send,
4. If you’d like to be recommended for your work by others, it helps to recommend their work first.
The majority of the site is completely free to use, with varying monthly plans for additional features and options. Www.SocialMediaDefined.com http://www.socialmediadefined.com/2009/01/30/linkedin-defined/ has other tips like using the “answer” section or announcements of events.
One last thought – master this site before you start another. We all know that spreading ourselves too thin and be disastrous.
Copyright 2009 Rebecca Booth
Marketing Goddess
Imagine That!
419.855.3399
Celebrating 10 years of delivering results for our clients.
www.rebeccaboothmarketinggoddess.com
www.marketinginabox.biz
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3. Awakened Entrepreneurs Takes Congruent Actions
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If you want something, like a successful business, financial abundance, or even a healthy body, and commit to that goal, but then don’t take appropriate actions to attain your goal, you create confusion and self-doubt in your unconscious mind.
With the Law of Attraction, this confusion is projected outward and what you attract is obviously NOT what you want. In addition, every time you break a commitment that you made to yourself (i.e. make 5 sales calls a day, exercise every morning, keep your financial records up-to-date) you subconsciously disappoint yourself and your self-esteem erodes.
When you commit to a goal, take the daily actions necessary to achieve the goal, even though that action may take you out of your comfort zone. Then you’ll have congruence and your unconscious mind will go to work helping you to achieve your greatest desires!
Copyright 2009 by Pat Altvater
Transforming Bodies and Minds
http://www.outsmartweight.com
http://www.transformationsinstitute.com
http://www.ignitethepowerwithinbook.com
419-344-6613
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4. Everyday Can Be the First Day of Spring!
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Many families have been celebrating the Easter holiday in their own way these past couple of days. When I was little it meant a new Easter dress, shiny white shoes and gloves, an Easter egg hunt and all of my favorite things on the dinner table. Almost every kid I knew got a basket of goodies full of their favorite confectionary treats thanks to the Easter Bunny.
While I offer a combination of faith and fun these days, I grew up in a big town and learned early on that not everyone celebrates or recognizes Easter but almost everyone could count on a one-eyed, hollow chocolate bunny and some Brach’s jelly beans. Easter was also the universal indication that spring had officially sprung.
All winter long Mother Nature puts scores of her most precious plants, trees and animals to sleep. They rest and remain dormant for an entire season needing very little food, water and sunlight to survive. The change of climate and colder temperatures offers much less of these necessities so the land instinctively requires less of them.
Wintry weather also brings a multitude of significant holidays for may of us. I’ve noticed that traditional business owners, versus seasonal business owners, tend to slow down for these festivities. They actually begin to hibernate!
Take a look at the number of full weeks you got out and actively marketed your business during the spring and summer season in 2008. Compare them to your networking activities from the recent fall/winter period where we definitely become more social. Tis the season! Is there a significant difference in the number of qualified prospects you met (and followed up with) and business produced?
If you’re like many small business owners, you may allow yourself to become dormant. We’re not meant to hole up just because the temperature drops; we’re instinctively wired to prepare for the winter months. You can still take the down time if you account for it through increased prospecting/sales activities during your active work weeks.
Those who don’t plan may survive; those that properly plan will more certainly flourish and THRIVE!!!
1. Make a list of 10 specific things you’ve stopped doing that are profitable marketing activities for you and your business.
2. Research current networking opportunities and schedule time to do these activities on a consistent basis throughout 2009.
3. Decide how many weeks you’d like to work this year and plan appropriately.
Wake up! Everyday can be the first day of spring for you and your business. Get out there and plant healthy seeds with like-minded, successful people connected to your target market, consistently nurture those relationships according to their individual needs and watch your respective businesses grow.
Copyright 2009 by Paula Frazier who is a referral marketing trainer, consultant and keynote speaker. She is an Executive Director for BNI and part of a select team of Master Trainers for Referral Institute. Paula’s business networking articles have been published internationally. She is also acknowledged in the New York Times best seller, Truth or Delusion – Busting Networkings Biggest Myths. Check out #33, Delusion with a twist! Paula can be contacted at paula@referralinstitute-va.com
