As a Mom, you probably run your household like a fine tuned engine.
You know how much money is coming in.
You know what bills need paying.
You know what you have left for spending after everything else is taken care of.
You closely watch over your budget to maximize your finances for your family.
You probably have some type of system in place to keep the house clean, you plan out your meals and stay on top of all the activities your kids are involved in.
You do all of these things (or try to) and then some.
All in a day's work as a Mom, right? As a Mompreneur, you should be taking these very same steps in staying on top of your business also.
You can embrace the skills you have in keeping your personal life in tact, organized and running smoothly directly in your business.
You already have the skillset, you just need the systems in place.
To stay on the path toward success with your business, you should dust off your business plan (preferably the one page type!) every 3 months or so, go over your goals, take a look at your results to date and do some analysis and plan for change.
Here are three simple steps to get started and then maintain this practice consistently: Step 1 - Monitor your goals and analyze your results.
Use a spreadsheet, such as Google Docs, and write down your goals you want to achieve on each row in the first column.
Across the top row, put each week and then on the next row, write down the goal result you wish to achieve and an 'actual' under each week so you can see what your actual results were compared to the goal you set out for yourself.
Goal Specifics Week of 2/27/11 Week of 3/6/11 Goal Result Goal Result Marketing - Twitter (5 add'l followers each week) +5 +8 +5 +2 It is very important that you track your efforts regularly for every marketing step you conduct.
If you use marketing services, such as Twitter, Facebook, article marketing, etc.
, you'll be able to go into your account to see your results.
If you're meeting your goal pretty regularly, give yourself a pat on the back.
If you're not meeting your goal regularly, do some analyzing and see if your goal wasn't realistic, and if it was, take a look at your strategies you're using to reach that goal.
Are they effective? Are they strategic? You want to repurpose as much of your content as possible to maximize your time and effort.
You should regularly review your marketing strategy to make sure you're marketing strategically and systematically for the best return on your time and effort.
Step 2 - Plan for change.
If you're taking some steps in marketing that aren't producing any results, you need to make a change.
Either halt the efforts completely with that particular step or make changes to be more effective.
Be sure that the marketing step you're doing is successful for others.
Don't pay attention to every shiny object.
Pay attention to the tried and true ways of marketing your business for the best results.
Embrace change.
Be open to it.
Give yourself permission to not be perfect at everything.
Allow yourself to try new things and know that not everything may work out the way it does.
It's okay.
What matters is you're continuously trying to grow your business.
Step 3 - Take consistent action.
Results will never be achieved without the idea coming to fruition.
The idea will never have a result without action being taken to achieve it.
You must take action consistently and strategically in order to achieve success.
Do not allow excuses because they are just that, excuses.
You have a path toward success with effort to be taken along the way.
You either make a mistake or you complete the journey without fail.
But you can't make an excuse for why you never made the effort.
By dedicating yourself to these three simple steps in your business, just as you do in your personal life, you'll stay on the path toward success and you'll achieve your dream life of more time with your family while also having a successful business.