A.Michelle Blakeley
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With only a few weeks left before the end of the year, instead of making a mad dash to the mall, make a mad dash to your accounting books and look for some last-minute ways to save money, spend money and prepare for the 2011 tax season. It's not too late to get your books in order for a fruitful year. Below are some tax tips you may have overlooked, forgot or simply did not know.
Before you start the New Year, make a quick analysis of your current business condition so that you can make the appropriate adjustments. Review every aspect of your business so that you are clear about your position, how and why you got here and where you should go from there.
Every New Year, we make plans and set goals for what we'd like to accomplish. Our enthusiasm to accomplish those plans and goals, generally lasts about as long as it does for us to create the list. Why not keep things simple for a change and focus on doing one thing better than we did last year? Do something different. Step out of the box not only with the goal you set, but HOW you go about achieving it. Take one goal and break it down into the smallest of steps, work on it daily and stay commit
This is Part III of a four-part series on "what happens when you take your own advice." (Part I, Part II ). In the middle of a re-brand of my existing business, my husband and had the opportunity to open a fine art gallery (see www.evolvethegallery.com). To minimize the disruption to my existing business and maintain my clients' needs, I relied heavily on my established systems and the same tips, tools and techniques I encourage my clients to use. Including:
Sometimes we talk the talk, but aren't necessarily walking the walk. I wanted to share with you what happened when I applied the same advice I've been giving my clients for years.
Last week, I started a four-part series of articles on "practicing what I preach." The same advice, techniques, tricks and tools I suggest to my clients, I used myself to open an art gallery in about 60 days. If you missed the first article, start here (www.amichelleblakeley.com) For those who read last week's post, let's continue…
One of the quickest ways to re-group when you are overwhelmed in your business is to get back to your fundamentals. Being overwhelmed is a sign that there is a glitch in your system or worse, you lack a functional system. Something is off, and at the core it will be connected to your vision, purpose, priorities, target market, communication, management or some other business fundamental.
Has your business arrived? How do you know? Who knows you exist? Where do you exist? You should always stay abreast on how and where your business shows up. This information can provide you with a lot of insight on how your business is perceived, where you are being found and what adjustments you need to make in your social media, marketing and branding efforts.
Sometimes the advice we receive as entrepreneurs is not sage..
Some of the books are well known and others are considered "best kept secrets." One thing is for sure, these books can be powerful tools for you to build, develop and grow your business.
