You
Can't Move Forward If You are
Standing on your Own Hem
CARA'S
CORNER
I love the end of a year. It gives me time to reflect on what
I have achieved and what's next. I explore where I am from many
vantages: a business plan, a marketing plan, journaling about
how I feel, all things designed to help me evaluate where I am
and where I want to be.
My "where I want to be" involves creating a whole new
series of marketing teleclasses and home study courses I call
The Magnetic Marketing
Method. It is "marketing a la carte" if you will,
you can pick the strategy or technique you need to add to your
repertoire and learn it at your own pace. The first one is The
Magnetic Marketing Plan and is two weeks beginning January
15th. It will also become a home study course. Following that
will the The Magnates Marketing Sales Page. There are ten of these
Magnetic Marketing
Method courses planned for 2008. Stay tuned!!!
The Magnetic Marketing
Advantage is also new. It is a collection of talented vendors
to put you on the internet in high style. It includes my services
as a ghost writer for web
content, articles
and teleclasses and of course product
development.
This
is the time of year when we look both backward and forward. We
examine where we have been and where we want to be. I love taking
time to do this. I get to feel good about what I have accomplished
and if I'm really honest I get to look at what needs to be improved,
or dropped, or reframed..
It's always important to see how you feel about
where you are. Are you having a good time? Do you love what you
do? Are you working with people you enjoy? Do you feel good about
what you offer?
Sometimes we are the only thing standing in
our way. Enjoy reading "You can't move forward if you are
standing on your own hem."
Warmly,
You Can't Move Forward If You
are
Standing on your Own Hem
We were both excited. We were talking internet marketing, passive
income, reaching out across the world. It was a great plan, a
great vision.
Suddenly she said, "But I have to keep doing what I've been
doing. I have to keep the income coming in."
And the dream fell flat.
You can't move forward if you are standing on your own hem.
When do you take a chance? When do you have a dream and go for
it? And when do you stop yourself because the status quo is so
very safe? You are getting by, after all. You are working. Dreaming
big is so uncertain.
You can't move forward if you are standing on your own hem.
Move your foot
Move your foot. Free yourself from your scared, safe position.
Believe you can do it and just go do it!
All businesses have ebbs and flows. It used to be my habit that
in the ebb I would panic and think, "What else am I supposed
to do? Do I go get a J.O.B? Ugh."
Now I do stop and think, but I think about what changes I need
to make-in my own beliefs, in my attitudes, and my expectations.
But there is also the matter of commitment. To keep from standing
on our own hem we have to make a commitment to give these next
steps all we've got. To believe in them, to believe in ourselves,
to dare to dream big, then make time to make them happen.
Set aside time to move your business forward
One client was totally surprised when I pointed out that if she
didn't make time to work her business, she would keep doing the
same thing over and over. She cut back on the activities that
took time but brought in only minimal income, and set aside time
to think about and plan and execute her next steps to grow her
business.
If you don't try, you'll never know if you could
have done it
One of the great gifts the internet has brought is the ability
to earn passive income from the sale of digital products - e-books,
audio books, CDs, home study courses. But if you don't take time
to create the products, oh yes, and market them, you'll never
earn any passive income.
Think bigger
I have worn many hats during my career, however, when I was doing
single sessions, it didn't take me long to figure out that I could
only serve a certain number of clients each day. Even if they
were lined up outside my door, the income I could earn was limited
to the hours of the day. I became a teacher of the services I
had been offering as a practitioner and that allowed me to reach
more people in less time. It freed me up to create more opportunities
for service and income.
People who are focused on 1:1 sessions, might want to look at
what you can put in place that will help you reach a larger group
at one time. For instance, teleclasses let you talk to people
around the world. You are not limited by your community or your
space. You can get free conference call bridge lines to hold huge
numbers. It's an easy way to expand your business into a profitable
group offering.
But if you don't take time to write a teleclass and invite people
to take it, you won't know that joy. Oh yes, and don't' forget
to record it and make a home study course that will create passive
income!
Even a little shift helps
It doesn't take much of a shift to stop standing on your own
hem. Lift one foot at a time. See what calls to you in the internet
world. Reach out, be creative. Create products for passive income.
Create ways to reach larger groups. Take time to plan and market
your business.
Let go of where you are and move on to where you want to be.
Stop standing on your own hem.
©
Cara Lumen 2007
www.caralumen.com
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your greatest skills, and your conscious choice to distill a purposeful
path from a myriad of exciting ideas as she helps you focus your
business into greater purpose and profitability. Her specialty
is internet marketing and signature product development. Through
her Magnetic Marketing Method she teaches you to create a profitable
presence on the internet with a minimum investment by using time,
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