Be creative!

Get outside the box and do something different. Break away from your normal routines at home or work and concentrate on the need of the moment. Use new ideas to keep your kids busy while you work.

Maybe it would be helpful to change your environment. Work in a new place for a day. Try out your deck or the local coffee shop or internet cafe.

Sometimes the best creative thing you can do for problem solving is to NOT work on it. Take a break and let your creative juices get refreshed. If you can get in or near water you’ll find clarity of thought. I get my best ideas in the shower.

Start a new project that excites you. Create a special sale. Bundle your products or services into new bonus packages. Create a “limited edition” product or service. One of my most successful direct sales ideas was calling my customers and offering to give them an “un-birthday” party. I needed appointments and this idea made them want to invite there friends over.

Just remember, as BizMoms, we get paid for being creative-no matter what form that takes for you. What do you do to get outside the box?

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Change your focus! When life changes, so must you. Usually making some temporary changes are all we need.

This is particularly true if you need to create more income suddenly. Remove or reduce your admin tasks and focus on income producing activities. Cut out extra curricular and volunteer obligations.

Sometimes we just need to say, “No. I appreciate you thinking of me to head the XYZ-athon, but I’m in the middle of a large project right now.” Write it down and practice saying it if you find yourself saying “YES” too often for your own good (or your business’).

You’ll also need to know exactly how much you need to make in what length of time. Break it down into what you need to produce daily (or even hourly).

How many calls would you need to make? How many appointments or products would you need to sell?

Almost very client I work with privately has a stack of contacts from a networking event or a list of prospective clients. The trouble is that most have no formal flow chart plan of what to do with those leads. They become office clutter and create guilt.

Now’s the perfect time to decide how and when you will contact these leads and create new clients and unexpected income.

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I wanted to share this wonderful email I received this week from a long distance client in Maryland.

Hi Debbye,

Thanks very much for all the coaching on the call today. I learned a lot that I can apply & I’ll keep you posted on my progress!

When I ordered “Your Office Simplified” I figured I was going to read & get lots of tips & ideas for getting a grip on the constant flow of paper coming into my little office. And the audio sessions explained even more!

But I hadn’t really understood that there’d be a one-hour “Q & A Party” that goes with it! What a deal — you, and others on the call, get a full hour with Debbye to ask her questions to get her feedback & advice on “real” situations that you’re facing in your own office.

For example, I had a decent filing system going except for one category — “Art Ideas.” I’m an art teacher who teaches children in my home after school. Well, I had way too many art ideas to fit in one folder; and even after sub-dividing the ideas into categories (clay, figures/portraits, collage, women artists, etc.) the file folders were still overflowing! I had been pretty much just plain stuck at this stage for the past year.

However, given that Debbye offered a free “Q & A Party Call” with purchase of Your Office Simplified, I thought I’d take advantage of getting to talk “live” to an expert!

(Debbye’s note: Tina contacted me prior to the call and told me she really didn’t have any questions. LOL. Read on…)

Debbye and her ever-creative brain came up with an idea —Thank you, Debbye, for moving me out of “stuck mode”!

She also gave me ideas for “batching” some time for various repetitive tasks — not just the laundry, vacuuming, etc., but also for things like setting aside time for reading my monthly book club book. She really looks for ways to create “rhythm” to the week or month, and comes up with lots of possible approaches to fit what we creative (and sometimes side-tracked!) types can use. For those of you who buy the Your Office Simplified, please be sure to take advantage of the special phone call with Debbye — a coaching session tailored to your needs, well how can you beat that!

— Tina Slater
Maryland

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For me, technology is a “love/hate relationship”….

I was so excited to (virtually) come to your house/office yesterday via a new video. This morning we discovered that the link in the email broadcast was blocked (or something like that). Anyway, bottom line is some people couldn’t watch the video. (sob, sob)

But so as not to disappoint anyone, I have pasted the bit.ly url here so you can see what office DIS-EASE I am talking about. I’m willing to bet you can identify with it! I can’t wait to “prescribe” a “cure” for this ailment that plaques creative types. Are you one?

Here’s the link. You won’t have time for popcorn, it’s a super short video….
http://bit.ly/crGbLc

Simply Yours,
Debbye Cannon

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Women are notorious for not taking credit for their achievements, but when it comes to organizing your life it’s high time to stand up and cheer for your success.

A word of caution here. Beware of rewards that bring more “stuff” (aka clutter) into your home and office.

Remember that everything you bring into your life from a pet to a pair of shoes will require your time, space, energy AND money to use and maintain it.

Be selective and think of giving yourself some time off to DO something you enjoy. It could be as simple as a bubble bath, a manicure or even enjoying a library book.

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