Archive for June 2014
Printable: July Calendar and Project Planner
15 Minutes Per Day = Progress
What tiny step can you take each day (think 15 minutes of focused action) to move one (or two or three) of your business projects forward in July?
Download this printable (PDF) calendar, commit to take one tiny action to take per day, and see how much progress you can make.
Download the Project Planner to focus in on the steps you need to take on your most important business projects.
Imagine the Possibilities
Fifteen minutes of focused action, 5 days per week throughout June = 5.75 hours of work on one or more of your most important projects!
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If you thrive on accountability: share the project(s) you’ll be focusing on in July over at the Jewels Branch Facebook page!
Take Charge of Your To Do List for the Rest of 2014
Got “To Do List” Overwhelm?
Every online business lady I know (me included) has a business To Do List several miles long. These lists include big projects like: branding, product development, retreat planning, website maintenance, learning new skills, getting a VA, finding an accountant, etc., etc.
What about you? How long is your To Do List?
We’re halfway through the year and it’s time to make some decisions about what the rest of the year holds for our businesses.
Why? Because I don’t want you, or me, to reach the end of 2014 without crossing some of those projects off our list. No crying about business on New Year’s Eve on my watch!
Grab a pen and notebook and let’s do some planning!
#1: Brainstorm all the big projects you have in mind for the rest of 2014.
The ones that are already on your to do list and all the ones you’ve been contemplating adding to the list. Write them down!
#2: Ask yourself these questions about these big projects:
- Which 3 projects have the potential to be game changers for your business in 2014 and going forward? (for example: professional website, new product development, partnerships)
- Which 3 projects are directly connect to, or closest to revenue? (for example: sales pages, webinars, collecting on past due accounts)
- Which 3 projects excite you most?
- Which 3 projects will help your clients the most?
- Which 3 projects are crucial to business operations? (for example: accounting, legal, website maintenance)
- Which 3 projects will help you position your brand most effectively for 2015?
#3: Look at your answers to the 6 questions above and rank the projects in order of priority.
- Projects that are listed more than once get priority.
- If you’re in revenue crunch put those revenue producing projects higher on the list.
- If one project needs to be done before you can start another (website maintenance before next launch, payment processing set up, etc.) put those in the order they need to be completed.
#4: Grab a sticky note and write the top 3 projects on it.
Post it at the top of your computer screen for a constant reminder of your priorities when Facebook calls your name!
#5: Put time in your calendar this week and throughout July to make progress on at least one of these projects.
Download this printable calendar for July to help you stay on track. Even the tiniest bits of progress will make a huge difference.
#6: Make a note in your calendar to revisit this post in late July to plan your top 3 projects for August.
In the comments….
Share the top 3 business projects you’ll be working on the rest of this year!
Still feeling overwhelmed by organizing your list? Get one-on-one help here.
Jewels Branch Showcase: Laura Irizarry-Garcia
Jewels Branch Showcases feature work created by members of Jewels Branch‘s creative community.
Let’s Just Celebrate Guides
At Let’s Just Celebrate Laura Irizarry-Garcia helps parents create amazing parties for their kids … without all the researching, planning, and running around.
Let’s Just Celebrate’s party kits include plates, cups, straws, utensils, napkins, and supplies to make a unique centerpiece. Laura creates a pdf guide full of instructions, tips, and party ideas to go along each of her party kits.
She used the design and software skills she learned at Jewels Branch to create a template she can reuse each time. The template allows her to customize each guide to match a specific party kit theme and colors, while still staying consistent with her overall branding.
Check out all Laura’s party kits, including “Classic Carnival” (that kit’s pdf guide is featured here) at Let’s Just Celebrate.
Ready to create your own beautiful pdfs?
You can learn how in Canva, Word, or Pages! Come on over and start telling the story of your business through design.