Move Your Business Forward In Minutes With These Five Steps

For solopreneurs, time is of the essence. Solopreneurs are so busy helping their clients succeed that they sometimes put their own business-building activities on the backburner. You need to stop that and you need to make your business a priority. You make your client’s businesses priority #1, don’t you deserve the same?

In thirty minutes or fewer a day you can take one, or more, of these steps and regain control of your business in an effective and efficient way. Just imagine how great you will feel knowing that you devoted time to your own business success!

Move Your Business Forward In Minutes With These Five Steps

Writing takes time

This is especially true if your business niche is not writing. If you’re a solopreneur, petpreneur or entrepreneur you do need to focus on writing content for your website in the form of blogs and on social media.

If you have the skills and the know how and the time to create your own content then set aside your 30-minutes a day to work on writing a blog post. Determine how many posts a week you want to write and how long it will take you to write one then dedicate that amount of 30-minute time blocks to get your blogging done.

Connect with other solopreneurs

When you’re self-employed, chances are you are working home alone. Isolation can take its toll. If you can find a networking event to attend, do that. If you can’t or if you simply can’t take the time to get out of the office to attend a networking event, make a date with other solopreneurs.

Email a colleague and set up a 30-minute time to chat. Connecting with someone who is facing the same isolation that you are or who is struggling to run a business is gratifying and you can bounce ideas off one another, be accountable to one another or even trade services in a manner in which you both benefit.

Email someone you have always wanted to connect with. Tell that person why you’ve wanted to connect. Ask if they’d be willing to jump on the phone with you at some point. If you can interview them for a project you’re working on – offer that opportunity. Don’t reach out to someone simply to “pick his or her brain” because imagine how you’d feel if someone just reached out to you for free advice.

Respond to connections

If someone sends you a connection request on Facebook or LinkedIn, accept it they are a fit, but more importantly, send them a message. Thank them for connecting. Ask what prompted the connection. Get to know the person and ask how you can connect in a mutually beneficial way.

Get out!

Seriously. Get out of your office. Don’t eat your lunch in front of the computer. Don’t spend the entire day in your office chair without a break. I set a timer that dings ten minutes before the top of each hour and I get up and move. I may walk on the treadmill, or take my dog for a walk or move the laundry from the washer to the dryer. Taking a break every hour helps keep me from having a backache at the end of the day and that break refreshes me and I jump back into tasks with a fresh eye.

When I take my lunch break I get away from screens, eat my lunch and read a book or a magazine. My eyes need a break at least for 30-minutes.

Market your business

Every business owner needs to market his or her own business regularly. If they don’t there will come that day when a cornerstone client leaves – for whatever reason – and if they haven’t been marketing their own business, the loss of that client could hit the bottom line hard.

Spend at least 30-minutes per week, more if you have it, marketing your own business. It could be attending a networking event, sending out follow up emails, making phone calls or simply working your own social media.

Don’t let the loss of a client have you operating in panic mode. Steady, consistent marketing of your own business is necessary for your survival.

When is the last time you focused some of your efforts on your business? Don’t you think you and your business deserve at least 30-minutes a day of your undivided attention?