90 Day Challenge – Day 13
September 15, 2009 by Debbie
Filed under Home Based Business
to make sure it’s leaning against the right wall.
– Anonymous
Hello everyone and welcome to Day 13 of the 90 day Challenge.
I’m going to recap the last eight days here, as it’s just been a whirlwind of focusing on my business and working on a new blog. I’m sure you’re wondering why the ladder of success today, but I’ll get to that in just a minute.
Rest assured, I am keeping my commitment and focusing on getting at least two things done every day.
One of the things I want to talk to you about today is really focusing on your Reverse Funnel System for your business, through the vehicles of Social Networking, Internet Marketing and Network Marketing.
With the holidays coming up, there will be lots and lots of social events, on and offline. Be sure to carry your business cards with you, and be sure you have your blog on them, so you can pass them out to folks you see during this next three months that you normally won’t see during the rest of the year.
I just wrote a blog post about the Reverse Funnel System. You can read it here.
Go ahead, read it and I’ll wait for you to come back.
You’re back, excellent. OK, now what do you supposed the ladder of success and leaning on the right wall has to do with that post?
Here’s my logic …. (because you know there’s always logic involved). You need to decide what you want to do to create the springboard for your prospects to dive into your pool from.
Do you like to do trade shows, Internet Marketing, perhaps article writing.
These are all great avenues, but if they’re not right for you, then you aren’t going to bring anyone into your funnel, simply because you won’t be believable.
Do you remember the post about tweeting. If you don’t remember it, you can read it here.
Here’s an excerpt from it:
A word of caution, don’t ever retweet content that you don’t believe in or find interesting yourself. Like attracts like. You don’t want to start putting out content that’s not truly “you,” simply because you will begin attracting followers that are not on your wavelength. Keep it real and all will be good.
Pick your method of funnelling. Don’t lean your ladder up against the trade show wall if you really don’t like doing trade shows.
Don’t lean your ladder against the public speaking wall if you break out in a cold sweat when two or more are gathered that you need to speak to. (Although you really should try to get over this one.)
Most of all, pay particular attention to the things you can be doing during the next four months leading in to the holidays to bring people into your marketing funnel.
And, stay tuned for a post coming in the next day or two telling you specifically what you can be doing to keep your business alive and rocking during this holiday season.
For now, let me know how Your 90 Day Challenge is going!
Great post Debbie. This 90 Day Challenge has really helped me out. I have made it a point to do at least 1 new thing for my business every day and it has shown.
Thanks so much for the great idea!
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You are so right. We have different strengths, and we need to play to those strengths.
Great job, Deb. I surely enjoy your blog.
Kat
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Hey Debbie,
I so resonate with your advice to find what you like doing, and focusing on that in your business. I’ve wasted many years trying to run businesses according to old school methods that I was never comfortable with. Any wonder why I kept failing? Go figure!!!
When we search our souls we learn that there is something within each of us that we’re good at, enjoy, and can incorporate into creating success.
Thanks for the reminder…
Namaste,
Kathy J
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