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10 Time Management Tips That Get REAL Results!

April 10, 2012 By Sydni Craig-Hart 5 Comments

This guest post was written by my good friend Liz Dennery-Sanders. Liz wants you to build your brand with style. As the CEO of Dennery Marks Inc., a brand development and celebrity outreach firm, she founded SheBrand, to help female entrepreneurs build powerful personal brands, attract more clients and position themselves as authorities in their industries. You can reach her directly at info@shebrand.com or www.shebrand.com.

We all have a million demands on our time. None of us are immune to meetings, email, voice mail, deadlines, doctor’s appointments, bills to pay, kids to pick up, etc. But if you’re not taking an active role in how you spend your time, then you’re allowing life to spend you.

It’s almost too easy to let life take control and run away with the little bit of time you have left in your calendar. If you allow it, your time will get eaten up by a gazillion things that have nothing to do with what you value.

As I’ve built my businesses over the past 12 years, I find that I’m always looking for the best time management tools and hacks. Remember, focused intention + action = massive results. Self management is the key to making this equation work for you.

Here are my 10 best tips – the ones that continue to work for me and produce REAL results: Read more about 10 Time Management Tips That Get REAL Results!

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SSM “Take 10″ Episode #2 – How to Enroll More Clients & Increase Your Profits

January 19, 2012 By Sydni Craig-Hart 1 Comment

In today's episode I'm featuring a simple tip you can implement TODAY to help you close more sales and increase your profits. Check it out!

SSM “Take 10″ Episode #2 – How to Enroll More Clients & Increase Your Profits [ 13:08 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (297)

Organization is the key to more clients!

Did you know that when you fail to follow up with a client, you’re leaving money on the table? Developing an organized and focused system for following up with leads and clients is the most surefire way to grow your business.

Stop leaving money on the table! In this week’s “Take 10” I spoke with Certified Professional Organizer Joshua Zerkel. As founder of Customized Living Solutions, he’s an expert at developing system that small business owners can use to increase their profits.

In this training episode, he offered some great tips for developing a system for tracking and following up with clients. When you apply these steps, you’ll enroll more clients, increase your confidence and feel more in control of your business.

Here are the highlights from today's Smart Simple Marketing "Take 10" with Joshua Zerkel: [Read more...]

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7 Tips for Organizing Your Marketing Efforts

December 16, 2011 By Sydni Craig-Hart 3 Comments

organize Joseph Ghabi once said: “Your life will begin changing the moment you decide that you want it to.”

I’ve found that the same is true for growing your business. If you want to see different results than what you’ve seen in the past, you must make a heartfelt decision to do things differently. You need to start with making over your mindset.

Mental blocks can hold you back and keep you from achieving your goals. When you sit down to work on your business are you clear and focused, or is your mind cluttered with ideas, client requests, overdue items and more?

The FIRST step to achieving your goals is de-cluttering and organizing your mind. When you do this, you’ll be able to clearly define what you want to accomplish and start taking the necessary action to achieve your goals.

If a never ending to do list, too many ideas for marketing your business, missed opportunities and a constant state of overwhelm are running your life, it’s time to clear out the old and get organized. When you do this, you’ll find that it’s easier to focus on marketing your business consistently and effectively.

Here are seven simple practices that you can use NOW to do just that: Read more about 7 Tips for Organizing Your Marketing Efforts