Lists Keep Marketing Projects on Track

Like many small and solo business owners, my day starts with consulting an organized list of tasks, some that are finished and others still to be done. I’ve been so busy that there’s been no time to create a new page.

Right now I’m looking at writing with squiggles and cross-out lines on top. It symbolizes progress, but it’s also messy. Does your to-do list look the same?

Yesterday, I completed two of the three speaking proposals. It’s amazing how time passes without finishing what you consider to be easy tasks. But creating proposals from scratch isn’t easy.

Lots of thought goes into putting together the best proposal possible. Then you press the “send” button while holding your breath, hoping that you haven’t overlooked anything. Most times I wait 10 minutes before sending as a precaution.

Today I’ll Email the last proposal, create and order postcards to follow up the brochures sent earlier this week, add a post on the Laughing Chow blog (photography is my pastime), finalize one project by telephone, and attend a teleseminar.

Speaking of pastimes, an article entitled, “Give Yourself the Gift of Time” arrived in my Email. Jeanette Cates encourages business owners to pencil in time for vacation as part of our success planning.

What’s on your agenda?

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