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Summary: Start the year off right. January is the month
to get organized for the "other" 11 months of success.
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Business Owners: Start This Year Right - Now!
Reprint article in print or via the Internet
with these requirements:
¤ Keep article intact, unless you contact Maria Marsala.
¤ Must include byline with active link.
¤ Courtesy copy of newsletter or URL is required.
¤ Ask for changes you'd like made to an article or byline.
¤ Request to be added to our Article Publishers Elist and
receive summaries of new articles as they are written.
¤ Contact info: Maria Marsala, Business Growth
Coach-Consultant abc@coachmaria.com
Word Count 536
Summary: Start the year off right. January is the month
to get organized for the "other" 11 months of success.
---------------------------------------------------------
Business Owners: Start This Year Right - Now!
You are finally ready. January has passed and you're wondering where to start your to-do list. I have the
"To-Complete List" that will get you more than started.
1. Design a very short yearly theme.
I've been doing this for 5 years now and it works very well.
Read more about this concept I learned at Coach U in this
article: http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/yearlytheme.html
2. Create a yearly business vision.
Hey, if you don't know where you're going, you may end up in
a place you don't want to be. Vision statements aren’t
written in stone, but they're not to be taken lightly
either.
3. Update your business and marketing plans.
To strongly reconnect with your business, help you get
motivated and going, going, going, create a One Page
Business Plan® - it's a business plan and marketing plan
rolled into one document. Consider hiring a Business Coach
who is also a licensed One Page Business Plan Consultant®.
4. Conduct a review of your ROI.
It's important that you know the return on your investment -
time and money - for the year. What did you gain in return
for your investment of time/money spent on your business?
You'll need this for your marketing plan since you will want
to do more of what worked and less of what didn't. Or you'll
want to adjust what didn't work and do it differently next
year.
5. Remove at least 5 things you're tolerating in your life
by Feb 1.
That might mean really removing them, or doing them, or
letting them go. Whichever it is, do it for you.
6. Start the year with a clean and organized office.
There is nothing better than walking into a room that
welcomes you each day. Use these articles to assist you.
Is it Time To Create A Terrific Home Office?
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/homeoffice.html;
How To Make Your (Home) Office Reflect You
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/yourhomeoffice.html;
Minimizing Interruptions When You Work At Home
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/interruptions.html;
7. Clean out your computer's files:
a) Create a folder for last year and place last years work
folders/files/work into this file. Back up those documents
on a CD.
b) Create a folder for this year. Then I create sub-folders
called: Publisher, Word, Excel, Access and a few others to
start with. If you end up needing a file from last year, use
it and then save it again as in this year’s folder to keep
everything current.
c) Open each of your programs, then go to Tools>Options>File
Locations and set the default location for documents to the
new files for this year.
8. Purchase a new year's worth of anti-virus programs such
as McAfee and Norton.
Many companies selling office supplies run sales on them in
the beginning of the year.
9. Update your browser and Office programs.
Update Windows by going to
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and downloading all the
critical updates. Then check for Office Updates at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=9574&clcid=0x409
NOTE: If you use Windows 98, update to ME or XP. Why?
Microsoft will no longer issue any critical updates that
might be necessary for that program starting 1/1/04. This
will leave your computer vulnerable to numerous problems,
including hackers and worms.
10. Get up to date on all your tax records and visit your
CPA, ASAP!
© Maria Marsala. Home and main street business owners:
attract more clients, get organized, and increase your
bottom line. Use the same the blue-chip strategies
employed by successful large corporations. I bring Wall
Street expertise to America's business owners. Subscribe
to Elevating Your Business Ezine now at http://www.coachmaria.com
It's January. You're wondering where to start your to-do
list. Well January is for organizing and we have the
exact "To-Complete In January" list you'll need.
1. Design a very short yearly theme.
I've been doing this for 5 years now and it works very well.
Read more about this concept I learned at Coach U in this
article: http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/yearlytheme.html
2. Create a yearly business vision.
Hey, if you don't know where you're going, you may end up in
a place you don't want to be. Vision statements aren’t
written in stone, but they're not to be taken lightly
either.
3. Update your business and marketing plans.
To strongly reconnect with your business, help you get
motivated and going, going, going, create a One Page
Business Plan® - it's a business plan and marketing plan
rolled into one document. Consider hiring a Business Coach
who is also a licensed One Page Business Plan Consultant®.
4. Conduct a review of your ROI.
It's important that you know the return on your investment -
time and money - for the year. What did you gain in return
for your investment of time/money spent on your business?
You'll need this for your marketing plan since you will want
to do more of what worked and less of what didn't. Or you'll
want to adjust what didn't work and do it differently next
year.
5. Remove at least 5 things you're tolerating in your life
by Feb 1.
That might mean really removing them, or doing them, or
letting them go. Whichever it is, do it for you.
6. Start the year with a clean and organized office.
There is nothing better than walking into a room that
welcomes you each day. Use these articles to assist you.
Is it Time To Create A Terrific Home Office?
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/homeoffice.html;
How To Make Your (Home) Office Reflect You
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/yourhomeoffice.html;
Minimizing Interruptions When You Work At Home
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/interruptions.html;
7. Clean out your computer's files:
a) Create a folder for last year and place last years work
folders/files/work into this file. Back up those documents
on a CD.
b) Create a folder for this year. Then I create sub-folders
called: Publisher, Word, Excel, Access and a few others to
start with. If you end up needing a file from last year, use
it and then save it again as in this year’s folder to keep
everything current.
c) Open each of your programs, then go to Tools>Options>File
Locations and set the default location for documents to the
new files for this year.
8. Purchase a new year's worth of anti-virus programs such
as McAfee and Norton.
Many companies selling office supplies run sales on them in
the beginning of the year.
9. Update your browser and Office programs.
Update Windows by going to
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and downloading all the
critical updates. Then check for Office Updates at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=9574&clcid=0x409
NOTE: If you use Windows 98, update to ME or XP. Why?
Microsoft will no longer issue any critical updates that
might be necessary for that program starting 1/1/04. This
will leave your computer vulnerable to numerous problems,
including hackers and worms.
10. Get up to date on all your tax records and visit your
CPA, ASAP!
© Maria Marsala. Home and main street business owners:
attract more clients, get organized, and increase your
bottom line. Use the same the blue-chip strategies
employed by successful large corporations. I bring Wall
Street expertise to America's business owners. Subscribe
to Elevating Your Business Ezine now at http://www.coachmaria.com
with these requirements:
¤ Keep article intact, unless you contact Maria Marsala.
¤ Must include byline with active link.
¤ Courtesy copy of newsletter or URL is required.
¤ Ask for changes you'd like made to an article or byline.
¤ Request to be added to our Article Publishers Elist and
receive summaries of new articles as they are written.
¤ Contact info: Maria Marsala, Business Growth
Coach-Consultant abc@coachmaria.com
Word Count 536
Summary: Start the year off right. January is the month
to get organized for the "other" 11 months of success.
---------------------------------------------------------
Business Owners: Start This Year Right - Now!
Reprint article in print or via the Internet
with these requirements:
¤ Keep article intact, unless you contact Maria Marsala.
¤ Must include byline with active link.
¤ Courtesy copy of newsletter or URL is required.
¤ Ask for changes you'd like made to an article or byline.
¤ Request to be added to our Article Publishers Elist and
receive summaries of new articles as they are written.
¤ Contact info: Maria Marsala, Business Growth
Coach-Consultant abc@coachmaria.com
Word Count 536
Summary: Start the year off right. January is the month
to get organized for the "other" 11 months of success.
---------------------------------------------------------
Business Owners: Start This Year Right - Now!
You are finally ready. January has passed and you're wondering where to start your to-do list. I have the
"To-Complete List" that will get you more than started.
1. Design a very short yearly theme.
I've been doing this for 5 years now and it works very well.
Read more about this concept I learned at Coach U in this
article: http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/yearlytheme.html
2. Create a yearly business vision.
Hey, if you don't know where you're going, you may end up in
a place you don't want to be. Vision statements aren’t
written in stone, but they're not to be taken lightly
either.
3. Update your business and marketing plans.
To strongly reconnect with your business, help you get
motivated and going, going, going, create a One Page
Business Plan® - it's a business plan and marketing plan
rolled into one document. Consider hiring a Business Coach
who is also a licensed One Page Business Plan Consultant®.
4. Conduct a review of your ROI.
It's important that you know the return on your investment -
time and money - for the year. What did you gain in return
for your investment of time/money spent on your business?
You'll need this for your marketing plan since you will want
to do more of what worked and less of what didn't. Or you'll
want to adjust what didn't work and do it differently next
year.
5. Remove at least 5 things you're tolerating in your life
by Feb 1.
That might mean really removing them, or doing them, or
letting them go. Whichever it is, do it for you.
6. Start the year with a clean and organized office.
There is nothing better than walking into a room that
welcomes you each day. Use these articles to assist you.
Is it Time To Create A Terrific Home Office?
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/homeoffice.html;
How To Make Your (Home) Office Reflect You
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/yourhomeoffice.html;
Minimizing Interruptions When You Work At Home
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/interruptions.html;
7. Clean out your computer's files:
a) Create a folder for last year and place last years work
folders/files/work into this file. Back up those documents
on a CD.
b) Create a folder for this year. Then I create sub-folders
called: Publisher, Word, Excel, Access and a few others to
start with. If you end up needing a file from last year, use
it and then save it again as in this year’s folder to keep
everything current.
c) Open each of your programs, then go to Tools>Options>File
Locations and set the default location for documents to the
new files for this year.
8. Purchase a new year's worth of anti-virus programs such
as McAfee and Norton.
Many companies selling office supplies run sales on them in
the beginning of the year.
9. Update your browser and Office programs.
Update Windows by going to
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and downloading all the
critical updates. Then check for Office Updates at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=9574&clcid=0x409
NOTE: If you use Windows 98, update to ME or XP. Why?
Microsoft will no longer issue any critical updates that
might be necessary for that program starting 1/1/04. This
will leave your computer vulnerable to numerous problems,
including hackers and worms.
10. Get up to date on all your tax records and visit your
CPA, ASAP!
© Maria Marsala. Home and main street business owners:
attract more clients, get organized, and increase your
bottom line. Use the same the blue-chip strategies
employed by successful large corporations. I bring Wall
Street expertise to America's business owners. Subscribe
to Elevating Your Business Ezine now at http://www.coachmaria.com
It's January. You're wondering where to start your to-do
list. Well January is for organizing and we have the
exact "To-Complete In January" list you'll need.
1. Design a very short yearly theme.
I've been doing this for 5 years now and it works very well.
Read more about this concept I learned at Coach U in this
article: http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/yearlytheme.html
2. Create a yearly business vision.
Hey, if you don't know where you're going, you may end up in
a place you don't want to be. Vision statements aren’t
written in stone, but they're not to be taken lightly
either.
3. Update your business and marketing plans.
To strongly reconnect with your business, help you get
motivated and going, going, going, create a One Page
Business Plan® - it's a business plan and marketing plan
rolled into one document. Consider hiring a Business Coach
who is also a licensed One Page Business Plan Consultant®.
4. Conduct a review of your ROI.
It's important that you know the return on your investment -
time and money - for the year. What did you gain in return
for your investment of time/money spent on your business?
You'll need this for your marketing plan since you will want
to do more of what worked and less of what didn't. Or you'll
want to adjust what didn't work and do it differently next
year.
5. Remove at least 5 things you're tolerating in your life
by Feb 1.
That might mean really removing them, or doing them, or
letting them go. Whichever it is, do it for you.
6. Start the year with a clean and organized office.
There is nothing better than walking into a room that
welcomes you each day. Use these articles to assist you.
Is it Time To Create A Terrific Home Office?
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/homeoffice.html;
How To Make Your (Home) Office Reflect You
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/yourhomeoffice.html;
Minimizing Interruptions When You Work At Home
http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/interruptions.html;
7. Clean out your computer's files:
a) Create a folder for last year and place last years work
folders/files/work into this file. Back up those documents
on a CD.
b) Create a folder for this year. Then I create sub-folders
called: Publisher, Word, Excel, Access and a few others to
start with. If you end up needing a file from last year, use
it and then save it again as in this year’s folder to keep
everything current.
c) Open each of your programs, then go to Tools>Options>File
Locations and set the default location for documents to the
new files for this year.
8. Purchase a new year's worth of anti-virus programs such
as McAfee and Norton.
Many companies selling office supplies run sales on them in
the beginning of the year.
9. Update your browser and Office programs.
Update Windows by going to
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and downloading all the
critical updates. Then check for Office Updates at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=9574&clcid=0x409
NOTE: If you use Windows 98, update to ME or XP. Why?
Microsoft will no longer issue any critical updates that
might be necessary for that program starting 1/1/04. This
will leave your computer vulnerable to numerous problems,
including hackers and worms.
10. Get up to date on all your tax records and visit your
CPA, ASAP!
© Maria Marsala. Home and main street business owners:
attract more clients, get organized, and increase your
bottom line. Use the same the blue-chip strategies
employed by successful large corporations. I bring Wall
Street expertise to America's business owners. Subscribe
to Elevating Your Business Ezine now at http://www.coachmaria.com