![]() |
Marketing Information |
|
|
Create a Blueprint for Your Success
Having a strong foundation enables you to build a thriving, profitable life and business. A simple method to create this foundation is with Discovery, Vision, Planning and Benchmarking, the four cornerstones of your life as well as your business. Discovery is defined as examining where are you now and where are you going. It helps to look at everything as if you were a beginner. Always know why you are in the business of your choice. If your strategy is not clear, you won't recognize the destination when you get there. This is the time to bring in your outside Vision Team. Vision is who you are about and what your life is about. This is where you determine values you need to experience on a continuing basis. Vision is also where you become the expert in your field and decide the purpose of your business. Remember, the smaller the niche, the larger the reward. Abandon any preconceived beliefs you have about this or any other business. They can restrict your thinking. Live out of this new vision, not your past comfort. Planning creates the strategies that help you arrive at your destination. A simple system is to - Show Up, Be on Time, Keep Your Word and Tell The Truth. It's like riding on that train, sometimes there are hills to climb; sometimes there are curves and other times you're flying rapidly down the mountain to your destination. In any instance, you must remain focused on what you want and where you are going. Benchmarking helps you stay on track. Once focused, you set up a system for accountability, self-management and self-renewal. You can create outcomes or optimum wants that may be on the outer edge of possibilities or a result that is far bigger than you think is attainable. Going into new territory can unlock your potential and increase your development. When outcomes or optimum results are achieved, you can acknowledge success and learn to be satisfied. Again, put it in writing; the outcomes, the results and the acknowledgement. Rules require exceptions, so even if you follow the above and create a strong foundation, you must be prepared for chaos. Chaos can aid in your personal and business development if you have eliminated all toxic people or commitments from your life. Chaos can then become the opportunity to progress rapidly into new territory. You can be the architect of your own life. With a strong foundation, you can build anything. ~.~.~.~ Joanne Victoria works with small business owners who want to achieve more and still be true to who they really are. Sign up now for her FREE monthly e-zine Create the Business of your Dreams at: mailto:CreateYourBusiness-subscribe@topica.com Joanne Victoria Tel: 415-491-1344 mailto:joanne@joannevictoria.com Author of : Lighting Your Path! How To Create the Life You Want - Order Here! http://www.joannevictoria.com ~.~.~.~. Article Title: Create A Blueprint For Your Success Author Name: Joanne Victoria Contact E-mail Address: mailto:joanne@joannevictoria.com Word Count: 487, wrapped at 60 characters Category: Business Development Copyright Date: 2003-All Rights Reserved ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for publishing this article in its entirety including the resource box. Please notify me of publication by sending either a website link or a copy of your ezine upon publication to: mailto:joanne@joannevictoria.com . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joanne Victoria, CEO of New Directions in Sausalito, CA, works with small business owners who want to achieve more focus, more balance, more fun and more abundance and still be true to who they really are. Check her website at: http://www.JoanneVictoria.com for more articles and programs. Tel: 415-491-1344.
MORE RESOURCES:
Marketing - Google News |
RELATED ARTICLES
Marketing is More Than Advertising Marketing is a business process about which much is written, however is often not completely understood. Many think that "marketing" and "advertising" are interchange-able words. Fundraising Letter Envelopes: How To Make Them Irresistible Readers spend only a few seconds deciding the fate of your direct mail fundraising appeals. Either they open them on the spot, set them aside for later, or chuck them in the waste paper basket. The Apprentice: 5 Lessons in Marketing Donald Trump's hit reality show, The Apprentice is a godsend for marketers around the world.Why?Because all of the tasks that the prospective apprentice's go through each week and each season involves some sort of marketing skills. The Exiler THE EXILER (your search for true brand attributes ends here!)With the advent of new marketing strategies and techniques, many theories have sprouted up telling you many ways to impress your target customers and make them buy your product. But when it comes to practical implementation of the theories, most of them fail, or give partial results because they are based either on buying behavior of customers or extensive surveysWhen the customers choose to buy a product they look only into very few features of product / service which are vital for their selection. Resume Writing Service Marketing Marketing A Resume BusinessWhen starting a resume business, your marketing campaign is the most important aspect of your business plan. Without clients being able to find your services, you will not have orders! We suggest starting out with local advertising. Boost Your Business With Testimonials When used correctly, testimonials can boost your response dramatically. They help build the prospect's perception of believability, stability, honesty, and value in your product or service. How to Up-Sell Change As Freud cautioned, it's insanity to keep doing the same thing and expect different results. You know things have to change. The Art Of Writing Classified Ads The writing of good classified ads truly is an art that needs to be learned and perfected. Depending on the type of business you run, the development of a good classified ad can boost your annual sales by an average of £5,000 to £20,000 or more. A Creative RIOT Relevant, original and impactful: that's what my friend Creative Director Jim Mountjoy says that effective creative must be. With apologies to Jim, I have my own acronym because I think ROI is only 75 percent of the way there. Youre Halfway There!...Or Not Part 2 Now that you have had a chance to create a game plan for accomplishing your business goals during the third quarter of this year, let's focus on the fourth quarter of this year.These last three months of the year are not only crucial for meeting business goals for this year, they are also crucial for making sure you head into the next year on track towards meeting and exceeding future business goals. Package Your Products for Thunder Thigh Women - Big Butts Too Wake up women (and you men too). I think we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Marketing Strategy - Shift the Focus Most of the service providers I've worked for or with don't like marketing or selling. In fact, a lot of them will say they "hate it. Embracing The Future - Marketing Yourself, Your Business And Your IntroductionMany businesses and organisations have a perception that marketing means promotions and advertising. They think being good at marketing is producing a glossy brochure and having an ad on the local radio or television. Clever Headlines Usually Flop! Are You Being Too Clever For Your Own Good? Copywriters that try to be clever, humorous, abstract, or use double entendre with their headlines and ads will normally find that they flop and are thus a waste of both time and money. Many of the Super Bowl ads fall in this category. 3 Quick Robotic Online and Offline Marketing Strategies to Help You Work Less and Make More Money What is Marketing? There are many text book answers to this but I like these two definitions the most.To be successful, you have to understand what marketing is, and how to advertise. Service Marketing - A Relationship Building Approach Can we imagine a place in the world today without a marketing activity. It looks remote. Marketing Planning Made Simple - Another Small Business Power Tool Marketing planning must be really difficult and complex, otherwise why would there be so many books written on the subject ? right?Well, I'm just enough of a skeptic to believe that many of these books were designed more to make money for their publishers and authors than to make marketing planning simple and understandable.I spent more than 30 years working with very successful small business people who never wrote a single marketing plan. How to Set (and Get) the Right Prices Which product feature of yours is every buyer keen to know about? Which sales tool closes prospects instantly? Your price. Yet, despite the far-reaching consequences of a company's pricing, I'm surprised at how little time small business owners spend on it. Keeping Marketing Simple / Ten Simple Steps 1. Business CardsIt is very important to market yourself via business cards. Fertilizer For Your Grassroots Marketing Looking for a great way to drive traffic to your business? No million dollar ad budget last time you checked? The solution may be to harness the power of grassroots marketing.Grassroots marketing is simply taking the unconventional approach to getting people interested in what you offer. |
| home | site map |
| © 2006 |