As a busy parent you know how overwhelming things can get as you try to juggle work and family responsibilities (not to mention finding some time for yourself). We wish we could offer you a few extra hours in a day, but instead we’ve gathered some great tips to help you get through your busy days.
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Running a business is stressful, exhausting, all-consuming, and challenging – especially if you’re a working mother and have to juggle your business with taking care of your family. Every day there are too many things to do and absolutely never is there enough time to do them. So I thought I’d share my 5 things with you and perhaps they can help you succeed with your business!
1. Do 3 things every day to get the word out about your business. There are many things you can do every single day to spread the word about your business, such as: • Participate in discussions on relevant blogs, related to your business or with readers who would benefit from your business. • Personally connect with a blogger or journalist who writes about your industry or related products. Don’t pitch your business – just introduce yourself and say something (a) nice and (b) relevant about their blog or writing. • Compile a list of useful data that is related to your business and make it available on your site or blog. 2. Make one tough phone call (or send one tough email) per day. Being an entrepreneur is about making tough phone calls – to suppliers, to business prospects, to potential clients, lawyers, accountants, and even competitors. It’s not pleasant but it definitely gets easier the more you do it. 3. Spend 20 minutes each day thinking about daily, weekly, and monthly priorities. I like to write things down so I have a notebook where every day I make a list of daily, weekly, and monthly to-dos and priorities. This forces me to not just think short-term and allows time to plan ahead and work out initiatives that might need lead time. 4. Connect with at least one customer per day in a personal way. Whatever your business is, whether you’re selling a product or service, you have customers. And the best way to build a successful business is to connect with your customers who will then spread the word about your business to new prospects. If you write a blog or send out an email newsletter to your customers, that’s great. But every day aim to connect with at least one customer personally. Send a thank you note to a recent customer. Reply to a comment left on your blog. Send a personal email as a reply to a customer service inquiry. Customers are people – make sure they get to know you as a person. 5. At the end of each day, write down one what went great and what needs some more work. (Look at your notes first thing in the morning the following day.) Running a business involves constant challenges and disappointments – not growing fast enough, too much competition, not making enough money, etc. Making notes about things that do go right is a great shot of positive energy and optimism that I think we ALL need as entrepreneurs.
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