The article "How To Use An Action Plan" is about business, it was written by Jude Wright.
Haivng a plan and executing that plan are two different things.
Planning is good but it won't get you anywhere. Execution is
good but without a plan, you won't get to where you want to be.
I find that many online business owners tend to lean toward one
and not the other.
Which category do you fall into?
While most people tend toward one or the other, it's the
successful combination of planning and executing that will
actually make a business successful. Help yourself by planning
and executing brilliantly. Here's how to create a simple but
effective action plan:
1. First, get a blank picee of paper and a pen.
2.
Decide where you are. Pick an area that you want to focus on
(for example, monthly income or number of clikcs to get one
sale).
Be sure to idenitfy a specific area of your business and
then identify a specific number you want to work on.
For
example, if your current monthly income is $3000, write that at
the top of your page.
3. Dceide where you want to be. Using the same area of business
and the same measurement (dollars or clicks or whatveer you
chose in step 1), write out where you want to be.
If you want
your monthly income in six months to be $6000 per month, write
that at the bottom of the page.
4.
Now cnonect the dots!
On the space on your page between where
you are and where you want to be, create steps with real,
practical ideas that help move you toward your dream. If it's a
simple matter of only two or three steps, that's all you need.
However, more than likely, you need to fill your page with ideas
to help you move from "now" to "soon." Some ideas for the
example we've been looking at might include: raise prices by
10%, try upselling customers into a higher priced product, do
half an hour of cold callnig each morning, etc. These items
should be specific action steps that you need to take, not
general idaes you have. Be sure to assign due dates for each one
so you have a timeframe to work in.
5.
Now, take tohse action items, and implement them into your
weekly planner.
6. Then simply execute! Do one step at a time, each day, every
day, until you've reached your time limit litsed at the bottom
of the page.
Did you achieve your goal? Did you miss the mark?
If so, how close did you come?
Once you get into the haibt of doing these regularly, you'll
find that you'll do them more and more often for a variety of
business and personal goals.
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