How Meal Planning Saved My Marketing

<h1>How Meal Planning Saved My Marketing</h1>Author: <a title="Cristina Favreau" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/cristina-favreau/16412.htm">Cristina Favreau</a> “What do I make for supper tonight?” Ah, the eternal, daily question. It’s so discouraging to have to wake up in the morning and think about so many hours ahead. One day, I decided to fight back and never ask that question again. How? Meal planning. So that Saturday afternoon, I sat down at the kitchen table with my recipe books, calendar, pad and paper, and I planned our meals for the entire week -- recipe book page numbers, side dishes and all! From that plan, I was able to create my entire grocery list for the next day.

I can’t quite put my finger on my exact feelings that week, but it was a mixture of relief, pride and accomplishment -- I won that battle!

When I decided to apply the same concept to marketing my business, the results were just as good. That’s when I found my marketing recipe book -- Get Clients Now! by C.J. Hayden. It basically walks you through the entire process of customizing your marketing plan for an entire month (she even uses meal planning analogies -- action menu, success ingredients, choosing your appetizers, main course and dessert action items).

Like meal planning, the benefits of designing a marketing action plan are:

- You are actively working towards a measurable and reachable goal.

- You know exactly what to do when you go into your office.

- You’re no longer stuck in analysis paralysis (the equivalent to staring blankly in the fridge).

- You feel a sense of relief, pride and accomplishment, knowing you’ve taken an active role in marketing your business. You’re prepared, ready for action, and seeing results.

Being a busy Mom and ambitious small business coach, I love that when I have a few minutes to steal away into my office, my marketing plan is right there, taped to my desk. I simply choose an item to concentrate on and work on that. Having my marketing plan prepared for the entire month, I no longer sit at my desk asking “Where was I? What do I do now?”

So what’s on your marketing menu this month?

Copyright. Cristina Favreau. All rights reserved.About the Author: Cristina Favreau helps service professionals simplify their marketing & self-promotion so they gain visibility, credibility & get more clients. Using the Get Clients NOW!(TM) program, she makes marketing & self-promotion easy to understand & to implement, starting at your level. Within just 3 hours, she’ll help you identify where you’re stuck in the marketing process & come up with an action plan of immediate strategies to gain momentum. Visit Cristina’s site <a href="http://www.cristinafavreau.com/"><a href="http://www.cristinafavreau.com" target="_blank">www.cristinafavreau.com</a></a> and visit her blog, The Savvy Entrepreneur at <a href="http://blog.cristinafavreau.com"><a target="_blank" href="http://blog.cristinafavreau.com">http://blog.cristinafavreau.com</a></a> for more marketing tips.Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/marketing-articles/how-meal-planning-saved-my-marketing-107289.html" title="How Meal Planning Saved My Marketing">How Meal Planning Saved My Marketing</a>

“What do I make for supper tonight?” Ah, the eternal, daily question. It’s so discouraging to have to wake up in the morning and think about so many hours ahead. One day, I decided to fight back and never ask that question again. How? Meal planning. So that Saturday afternoon, I sat down at the kitchen table with my recipe books, calendar, pad and paper, and I planned our meals for the entire week -- recipe book page numbers, side dishes and all! From that plan, I was able to create my entire grocery list for the next day.

I can’t quite put my finger on my exact feelings that week, but it was a mixture of relief, pride and accomplishment -- I won that battle!

When I decided to apply the same concept to marketing my business, the results were just as good. That’s when I found my marketing recipe book -- Get Clients Now! by C.J. Hayden. It basically walks you through the entire process of customizing your marketing plan for an entire month (she even uses meal planning analogies -- action menu, success ingredients, choosing your appetizers, main course and dessert action items).

Like meal planning, the benefits of designing a marketing action plan are:

- You are actively working towards a measurable and reachable goal.

- You know exactly what to do when you go into your office.

- You’re no longer stuck in analysis paralysis (the equivalent to staring blankly in the fridge).

- You feel a sense of relief, pride and accomplishment, knowing you’ve taken an active role in marketing your business. You’re prepared, ready for action, and seeing results.

Being a busy Mom and ambitious small business coach, I love that when I have a few minutes to steal away into my office, my marketing plan is right there, taped to my desk. I simply choose an item to concentrate on and work on that. Having my marketing plan prepared for the entire month, I no longer sit at my desk asking “Where was I? What do I do now?”

So what’s on your marketing menu this month?

Copyright. Cristina Favreau. All rights reserved.

Cristina Favreau helps service professionals simplify their marketing & self-promotion so they gain visibility, credibility & get more clients. Using the Get Clients NOW!(TM) program, she makes marketing & self-promotion easy to understand & to implement, starting at your level. Within just 3 hours, she’ll help you identify where you’re stuck in the marketing process & come up with an action plan of immediate strategies to gain momentum. Visit Cristina’s site www.cristinafavreau.com and visit her blog, The Savvy Entrepreneur at http://blog.cristinafavreau.com for more marketing tips.

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