Getting the most out of your business plan – Newsletter, May 2019

 

Getting the most out of your business plan –
By making it a living plan

Did you get the most out of your plan last year?

If not, why not? What could we change and how could we keep moving forward?

Here are some tips on getting the most out of your plan.

1. Getting together can often be the most efficient way to move forward on a big decision or a plan. But it only works if the meeting is set up for the right outcomes. With a clear goal to plan, update and keep things simple and flexible, we can achieve your business objective.
2. Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality. When considering your goals, begin with a long term vision, followed by 1 year out and then the next three months. This will help to build robust achievable goals.
3. With the business landscape constantly changing, having flexibility in your business is a big key to success. Setting goals and outcomes are essential but there needs to be room for adaptability. When setting goals keep in mind these 5 tips.

• Don’t set a course and blindly stick to it
• Don’t just do what others tell you
• Don’t accept everything as it first seems
• Always keep developing your vision and your goals
• When your vision changes, change direction with it

 

I publish additional information over on my Facebook page and also on my LinkedIn – so make sure you are “following” me on Facebook, and connected with me on LinkedIn. Instructions on how to do this are in last month’s newsletter, here.

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What does this really mean?

Motivation to make and keep clear goals, priorities, and direction.
What’s most important about setting a goal is achieving it.

Renewed direction and confidence for your business path.
The more motivated you are, the more forward-moving momentum you will create and the easier it will be to tackle ambitious goals and reach higher levels of success in your business.

Insight for the right tools and business networks.
For any business, networking can provide a lifeline of support and knowledge. It can help you benchmark against other businesses, boost your reputation, generate leads or mutual benefits or just share information.

I chose Motivation, Direction and Insight as my marketing positioning words because it encompasses my beliefs and promotes my vision, To help New Zealand business grow and to contribute to a measurable improvement in the countries gross domestic production.

Learn more about myself and how we can grow your business together. Click here for more details.

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Ready to Grow your Business?

 

Whether you are just beginning or a well established business, you would undoubtedly be harnessing the power of the Internet to operate, manage and market your business. By simplifying and streamlining certain aspects of your procedures, you can free your time up to think about your big picture moves.

Here are six free tools that you should consider using to help grow your business.

1. Groove

Groove is free help desk software that is extremely simple to use and has all the features you need to stay on top of your customer service tickets. Additional features include social media, live chat, phone and SMS integration, allowing you to handle everything customer service related in one easy to manage tool.

1. Hootsuite

Hootsuite is a social media management tool and their free plan is packed with features, allowing you to engage with and monitor all your social accounts in one dashboard. You can also use the auto-scheduling feature to plan all your social media posts far in advance.

1. Slack

Slack has the ability to sort and store conversations from many different platforms, into separate easy to access, cohesive channels — this allows you to quickly find conversations at a later date without having to sort through chat logs.

1. Minute Dock

MinuteDock is a web-based time tracking application that integrates with top platforms such as Xero, QuickBooks and Freshbooks. It has an innovative time entry interface that allows you to make efficient time sheet entries for your team, contractors and employees.

1. Trello

Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what’s being worked on, who’s working on what, and where something is in a process.

1. Drop Box

Dropbox allows you and your team to access files on any device — desktop, laptop, mobile, tablet from any location and share them with anyone you choose. It keeps real time and updates all parties instantaneously.

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Do You Know the Benefits of having a Business Coach?

No matter what stage your business is at, a business coach can help. They can make you work harder, be more accountable, progress faster than you would on your own.

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