How Do You Keep Your Marketing Engine Running?
I work alone in an office that’s located 1-1/2 blocks from a New Jersey Transit bus line that travels into New York City.
If I listen closely, I can hear the bus as it passes the intersection; its motor is quite distinct.
Hearing the bus move up and down the street is not distracting. In fact, it’s a daily reminder of how a working system consistently stays on course, without fail, serving thousands of customers while earning revenue at every other street corner as it loads passengers.
How can your business maintain the same type of consistency? Here are three ways I can pinpoint about my daily schedule.
1. Rise every morning at 6:20 a.m., groom, eat breakfast, and enter the office between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. to start production.
I admit that my husband is helpful with this task, as I prepare and pack two of his meals and watch him exit at 6:45 a.m. for employment. If his schedule didn’t act as my alarm clock, I’d still rise because just like the bus route, there are people to service and a schedule to complete.
2. Segment my morning to work on a minimum of four projects before lunchtime.
A timer allows me to stay on course. Without a timer, I’d lose track and only focus on one or two projects. That’s happened in the past, and the results decreased my productivity.
The morning is when I work on my most-important tasks, as I’m known to become a bit sluggish in the late afternoon.
3. Bring a pad, pen, calculator, business phone, and cell phone with me in a wire carryall when exiting the office.
It’s almost guaranteed that the phone will ring when I step away, and I’ll need to address a situation or opportunity while enjoying a 15-minute break on the front or back porch.
The change of scenery stimulates my thoughts, and being ready at all times is a necessity for people like us.
New Jersey Transit maintains a clockwork schedule, and so do I.
What have you put in place to make sure your projects stay on course every day?
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