I never say Amazing Question but this is one of the most dynamic Big Picture questions I have seen.
Planning for progress is something to never put off and should begin each night before the dust settles on today. A Plan for tomorrow gives one something to look forward to while success with the places of today gives one motivation.
Here are some of the things I do that have long term positive effect on my SFI Business.
1. A minimum of 1 new blog post per week will provide traffic and conversions for months to come, especially if I optimized it properly for my chosen keywords.
2. I send inspirational, motivational, and educational tweets and Facebook post to keep friends and followers interested in the things I say and get's them ready to talk 1 on 1. Social media is a great conversation starter and builds friends as well as business partners if you build a personal brand like this instead of just posting advertising.
3. I send a weekly newsletter on online marketing every Tuesday that has both online and e-mail editions so it can be syndicated, back tracked, shared, saved, forwarded or simply enjoyed in the reader's spare time.
4. I learn something new every day. Knowledge makes one stronger, faster, better.
5. I teach something every day. Either in the SFI forums, places like Warrior Forum, on social media sites or by special tips e-mails I help others by giving as much as I take from the vast library that is the internet.
6. I have a traffic source that gets me 3 minute visitors to my blog which turns into multiple page views or full articles read, comments and more. I spend 30 to 60 minutes a day viewing other people's sites for 3 or more minutes each and commenting on many of their blogs etc.. This builds quality inbound traffic and let's me gain a few natural inbound links from commenting.
7. I work on partnering for growth, be it team builds, multiple author blogs, or shared social media pages, groups, and chats or even co-authoring reports and e-books to use as giveaways for list building.
8. I spend time though I should spend more of it tracking links to see where traffic is coming from, what traffic is converting to PSA or visitors to my blogs, and have just started a journal to record and compile this information so I waste less time and accomplish so much more with every advertising action. It's like mapping popular tourist spots, if there are people and they are buying they go on your map, if there is nobody there or no interest in souvenirs they land on a back page or no page at all.
9. I communicate with my team using stream or weekly team mail, Skype, or my newsletter system and a few by private e-mail because communication equals retention unless you are a constant salesperson.
10. I give praise. It might seem small but honoring those around us inside SFI, on social media sites, or even offline can put spring in your step, a smile in your heart, and open up new opportunities in the process. Your passion will shine through and people remember the attention given to them and return it often.
11. Remind myself that honesty, hard work, and gained knowledge will always be the building blocks needed for success which requires 4 pillars. Strong Mind to store the knowledge, discard the nonsense. Strong Body to handle the long hours and physical demands be it hanging flyers, walking door to door to pitch the ECA program, or other activity a strong body feels good and keeps you healthy. True Heart, because being honest with yourself and sharing that honesty with everyone you meet makes you wealthy in spirit, worthy in respect, and dependable in tough situations. Faith , because believing in a higher power or believing in yourself all make the impossible into I'M POSSIBLE.
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