Your Roadmap to SuccessYou may know where you want to go in your business. But do you have a plan to get there?
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#Visibility #Serviceable #Profitable Delegating Your Email to an AssistantAn assistant can reduce the burden of email in ways automated systems and inbox filters can't. He or she can review messages, reply to calendar requests, and ensure top-priority emails get answered right away. Before you delegate your email, ask: How much skill and discretion can you expect? What kind of relationship do you have with this person? You should trust his or her judgment about priorities and comfort with coming across personal emails. Then find a system. Technological solutions mean you don’t have to share your password, or every single message you get. Make sure to specify whether your assistant will reply to emails as you. Draft template replies he or she can use. Agree on when and how often the person will review your inbox. And systematize folders and labeling, so it’s easier for the assistant to flag email that you should personally read and handle – and vice versa. Feel the need to discuss further? Our email details are at the top of this page. #Management #Delegation #System #Strategy Let's start with the obvious question.Be perfectly honest here: in your line of business, do you have a marketing plan? Is it in your head (where only you know), but not in writing? If that's the case, it's time to remedy that today. Start simple: create a short list of 3-5 goals for your marketing. This is what you’ll track for now. You can get more elaborate later. Just start with something. Your marketing goals might look like this:
Create goals that make sense for your business. And make sure most of your goals have a direct effect on your bottom line. To keep your marketing on track, you can book a first Review Session now. Just call the number at the top of the page or email for a no-excuses appointment and I'll keep you on track as you and your business take the right direction. Here’s a riddle about accountability:
'Five frogs sat on a log at the edge of a pond. Four of the frogs decided to jump into the pond. How many frogs were left sitting on the log?' Five. ... Deciding to jump in & actually jumping are two different things! Deciding to do the work of developing your network’s effectiveness is only the first step in the process. You have to DO it. How Best to Manage Your TimeIf you sometimes have no idea where the day has gone, or if you can’t seem to accurately estimate how much time a task will take you, try keeping a track or journal log. Peter Drucker, said it best 'Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.' An idea would be to break your work down into categories — such as personal growth, core duties, administrative work, etc. ( I try to keep to admin, sales & marketing, finance and misc. ) — will be easier than keeping track of every single task. You could also break it down by short-term, long-term, and urgent tasks, or by high, medium, and low priorities. If you’re a pen-and-paper person, create a time-tracking chart and update it at the end of each day. If you’re more digitally oriented, there are different apps that can do the math for you. I particularly like Timesheet - Time Tracker. Either way, at the end of a couple of weeks you will have a clearer picture of how you’re spending — and wasting — your most precious resource. |
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