These days one of the biggest challenges I hear from people is how to get all this stuff done?
From content marketing, social media, networking, sales, and all the other things that take up time… Really, how do you get all this stuff done when you have a job, clients, a business to run, or live a busy life with family and friends?
While there’s no magic formula that works for everybody I’ve had success by following 3 steps I outline below:
Are you doing stuff today based on assumptions?
We make many decisions based on our own assumptions. If your like most people your daily actions are driven by these assumptions.
Now more than ever it is important to continually question what you assume.
A few years ago I learned a technique that has drastically changed my approach and effectiveness with my sales.
Imagine yourself as a sales manager running a sales team.
At some point in the sales process a sales person is going to place a proposal in front of a perspective client. It’s at this time that the sales manager should hold the sales person accountable by having the sales person do the following.
The Salesperson must be able to exactly describe to management what will happen if we put this proposal on the table.
Now from a sales manager’s perspective this is a critical concern in managing a sales organization or an independent salesperson.
What a sales manager wants to hear is what is going to happen, not what they feel will happen, but what will happen. That’s the goal. read more →
Quick question for you…
What are you doing today that is going to have an impact in your business or what you do 60 days from now?
Okay, let’s make this very obvious… read more →
Recently I was listening to the Podcast EconTalk by Russ Roberts who was interviewing Nassim Taleb. If you are unaware of who Nassim is– he wrote two great books The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness. These both are great reads and the more I hear from Nassim the more I’m convinced he is one of the great minds of our time.
In this interview he mentioned something that really became a revelation. He said he only really has one idea. He could spend a lifetime working on figuring out this one idea. Approaching it from different angles and different thoughts. He said…
Have you ever wondered why some people are successful at marketing online, while others struggle just to make things click?
I’ve found there are three main things a successful online marketing plan has: A clear goal, a real plan, and market feedback.
So let’s break each one of those things down.
Why does every personal branding evangelist talk about a major celebrity when they preach on building a personal brand?
To begin with the top tier celebrity does not have a personal brand.
Celebrities have well crafted personal images. The top tier celebrities like Oprah, Donald Trump, Tiger Woods (before the Viagra) didn’t focus on building a personal brand.
Read Further or watch video below…
A guy comes out of a bar, he sees a guy on his hands and knees looking for something under a street light.
So he goes over and asks him if he can help.
The guy says
Yeah, I lost my keys
He responds
Okay I’ll help you look, where did you see them last?
The guy on his knees under the street light points over into the dark and says
I saw it over there…
The guy who came out of the bar said
Why aren’t you looking there?
The guy responds…
Well the light is much better here I can see better.
Are you looking where you can see or are you looking where you are most likely to find success?
…in whatever you do.
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and all social networks are great for meeting new people, even maintaining connections, and driving traffic to your website.
The only problem is that sitting behind the screen making comments, updates, and likes simply is not enough. Not if you want massive results.
Yes, there is one surefire way to explode your networking and connections. Take it a step beyond the interwebs and take your connections offline.
That’s right; connect with people in reality, not social reality. Yes a bold concept. I could go on here for a few paragraphs why this is effective but I’m hoping you already get it. Plus I value your time. So let’s move onto some tips we have learned in doing this. Read more of watch the video below.
I wanted to share one of the best websites and podcasts I have found for business and general inspiration. Hopefully you have already had a chance to listen to Andrew Warner over at Mixergy.com. If you haven’t below are some of the best interviews I would recommend to get a feel for what his podcast is all about:
I believe that in just about every interview that Andrew does you will find at least one gem of insight to help you in what you do.
