Planning makes living (and marketing) easy

December 13th, 2011

Corinna Rake

Do you struggle with the “what’s for lunch?” question daily? How about “what can I do for my business today?”

We follow a very simple ‘plan’ for my son’s lunches. He prefers to have particular sandwiches on different days, which we have written out on the school schedule calendar – Mondays are turkey & cheese, Tuesdays are egg, etc.

As I was putting his lunch together last night, I realized how thankful I was for this plan. I had worked late (home office syndrome anyone?), but I still had to make sure his lunch was ready for the next day – even though I was exhausted and just wanted to crawl into bed.

Because I knew exactly what I needed to make, based on the plan, I didn’t have to think about it. It only took me moments to collect the ingredients and put it together, even in my state of pure exhaustion…

Imagine having a small business marketing plan that simple to follow! A simple, focused plan to follow takes the guesswork out of it and can be implemented practically ‘in your sleep’ – like I was when putting my son’s lunch together. I just hope I got the day right!

How can you make simple, focused plans to help with your service-based, small business marketing? If you’d like suggestions and support with your marketing planning in 2012, sign up to get your own copy of a new, free tool I’m about to launch – it’s Your Simple, Focused Small Business Marketing Calendar for 2012. Just in time for the new year!

With 2, simple, focused tasks each month, along with timely tips and support in your inbox, you’ll have your year’s marketing planned out in as little as 1-2 hours per month! I’m so excited for this tool because I created it with service-based small business owners like you in mind. I know your time and resources are limited, because I’m a small business owner, too!