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Setting & Achieving
Your Business Goals
There's no time like the present to
review the past year and make some solid goals for your growing business. Here are a few
tips for setting and achieving those goals:
1. Brainstorm - Start writing a list of
things you'd like to accomplish. At first, you might think you don't have any
ideas, but soon they will come pouring out. You may even end up with too many
goals that you could realistically accomplish. Prioritize and decide which are
most important.
2. Write your goals down in one central place and
record any changes you make to your goals - This way you can track
your progress and will be become even better at setting goals for yourself in
the future.
3. Make sure your goals are challenging, yet attainable
- In other words, don't make them all too easy, but then again, don't list a
bunch that you will never achieve. If you make them too easy, you will feel
like you haven't accomplished much and if you make them too difficult, you'll feel
defeated.
4. Set a realistic timeframe for your goals
- Remember, you can't do everything at once. If you have short and simple goals, set
short timeframes. For your more involved goals, analyze the steps needed to
complete them and be realistic about how much time you will need to accomplish
your goals.
5. As you write down your goals, ask why is this my
goal? - If your goal is to set up an affiliate program for your site,
you will motivate yourself better if you understand and remind yourself why you
are doing this. It may be to increase your website traffic, to earn more income
or to create brand recognition for your product. It could be any number of
things, but make sure you know what they are.
6. Make your goals measurable - Don't just
say, you want to learn about graphics. Make a specific plan. Perhaps, you want
to learn about Flash graphics and you want to be able to make your own Flash
movie. Or perhaps, you're happy just being able to design your own animated gif.
You need to be able to see when you've achieved your goals.
7. Identify what "tools" you will use and how will
obtain the "tools" to achieve your goals - Perhaps, your goal is to
build your own web page for the first time. You need to think about what you
need to do that. Two of the many things you might need are software and a tutorial or
the help of knowledgeable friend. You'll need to purchase the software or find
the freeware. You'll also need to look around for the tutorial or see when your
friend might have time to help you.
8. Don't overload yourself - We all want to
get everything done and to be as perfect as possible, but don't give yourself
too much. Remember, time with family is why you have a home business. It's okay
to have a larger number of small, easily attainable goals, but do limit the number
of major goals that require a number of resources and significant time to
achieve. Remember, as in a previous step, you can always revisit and revise your
goals if need be.
9. Divide your goals into short term and long term
goals - If you keep this list separate, you can better organize
yourself to complete them. Short term goals usually can be completed at anytime
with not much time commitment. Your long term goals will require more
involvement and you don't likely want to take on too many long term goals at one
time.
10. Revisit and revise your goals when necessary
- This doesn't mean that if you're a procrastinator, you can just come back and
push all your dates back. This exercise is to see if you are on track with your
goals. Perhaps, you're a little ahead of schedule and you can add a goal or two.
Maybe, you're falling behind, and that's okay. You need to look at why you're
falling behind. Is it because you didn't dedicate the time necessary, you didn't
have the tools to accomplish your goals or was it just unrealistic planning? You can
learn from all these things and set better goals in the future. If you do extend
a deadline, make a new plan on how you will meet that new timeframe.
Always, congratulate yourself on a job well done. Share your successes with your
family and peers. Then start working on the next goal...
____________________
Alice Seba
thrives on helping others build profitable online businesses. Claim your
Internet Marketing prescriptions to success at
http://www.aliceseba.com
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