This is the 5th of 8 things you can do to get more sales in 2010.
5. Get focused and plan.
Plan like you have never planned before. You can’t let things just happen in 2010, you need to make them happen. Business as usual will not get you the results you need. Sit down with your team, your friends, a coach, SCORE, SBA, SBDC or by yourself and plan. Think about what you want to accomplish in 2010. Write out those goals and the action steps needed to achieve them. Figure out what resources you are going to need. Figure out what you need to do each day, each week, each month to reach those goals. Plan your growth, plan your marketing, plan new product launches, plan your social media, plan events, make a networking plan. Just sit down and plan. Then keep the plan handy so you can review it. Block time on your calendar each week to do the things needed to reach your goals. Review your plan monthly and celebrate success and make the needed changes to stay on course or deliberately change course.
