NolasCorp: Marketing

7 signs that may mean you are an Entrepreneur

2010-08-28T17:11:00.000-07:00

1 – You love creating things.

You enjoy the creation and building process and can think of numerous  ways to combine existing things and create something new and exciting.

2 – You have a huge ego

You think that you could do better than your boss, in fact, you know  you could do better.  Having an ego is not a bad thing in the world of  entrepreneurs, you are confident in your abilities and you are not  afraid to show it.

3 – You are a dreamer

You are supposed to be working on some accounts, but instead you are  dreaming of business ideas and investment opportunities in the future.  Part of you always feels like it is in the future, and that excites you.

4 – Opportunity is everywhere

You see opportunities in every day life. In stores, on television, in the news etc… everything for you is an opportunity.

5 – You are passionate

Everyone else seems to live to work, but you don’t. You are  passionate about what you do, you enjoy it, and it makes you feel good.  You can easily work on a new project until the late hours of the  morning. Without passion, you don’t feel as alive.

6 – You are a control freak

You almost always believe that you could do it better, even when you  are paying someone to do it for you. You like to be in control, you like  to make the decisions, and you like to answer only to yourself.

7 – You like strategy

You like to dream, but you do so with an element of strategy.  Everything is like a game or puzzle to you, from office politics to  business success. You have an eye for strategic manoeuvres, and nothing  is going to beat you.

Living Time

2010-08-28T17:01:00.000-07:00

Recently I saw an advertisement for a time management booklet: "Shorter deadlines, competing priorities, endless meetings, interruptions and even higher quality expectations are just some of today's time challenges. And yet the number of hours in the day remains the same."

As entrepreneurs we all struggle sometimes with managing our time effectively. I once heard an entrepreneur say that of the people he knows, his entrepreneur friends are the worst people when it comes to managing their time and priorities. Too often we fall prey to the misguided notion that being busy is the same as making progress.

Motivational Quote of the Day

2010-08-26T10:19:00.000-07:00

"If you know peace, then you thrive; if you know contentment, then you are rich."

Su Shi

"Doubt can only be removed by action."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Just as millions of snowflakes pile up to create a blanket of snow, the 'thank you's' we say pile up and fall gently upon one another until, in our hearts and minds, we are adrift in gratitude."

Daphne Rose Kingman

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."

Lionel Hampton

SCORING RANGE

2010-08-25T22:55:00.000-07:00

8—16 Wow! Things must be pretty rough right now.
17—30 Average score of many small business owners
30—45 There are some very satisfying and very dissatisfying areas in your life
45—56 You recognize the importance of life balance to life success

(have to see older post to understand what this is for )

Motivational Quote of the Day

2010-08-25T11:04:00.001-07:00

"If you know peace, then you thrive; if you know contentment, then you are rich."
Su Shi

DEVELOP A PLAN

2010-08-18T10:23:00.001-07:00

As you look at your current level of satisfaction what patters or themes do you see? Where areas are you the least satisfied with? The most?
For you who recognize a change is in order, here are a five simple steps to help you start finding the work-life balance that leads to success:

1. Choose 1 area that you are dissatisfied with and would like to see some immediate improvement in. This should not be your worst or best scoring area, but somewhere in the middle. Take a couple minutes and write down in detail what balance would look like for you in that area.
2. Now, get out your planner and make a note to yourself one week from today. In the note, write down:
• the area that you want to improve your level of satisfaction in
• the “score” where you are now and the “score” you want to be at the next week
• 2 things you are going to do to move yourself towards that goal over this next week
3. Tell someone about your goal and ask them to hold you accountable—whether it’s a friend, a mentor, or your coach. It’s easy to make “new year, new leaf” promises to yourself, but more difficult to follow through with unless you know someone is holding you accountable to reach your goal.
4. Set up a time to talk with your accountability partner the next week. Did you reach your goal? If not, talk about what kept you from reaching it and what will you do differently this next week. If you did reach your goal, congratulate yourself. Do something simple to celebrate your achievement.
5. The final step is to go back to step 1 and do it over again.

Creating life balance is never easy and it’s never complete. There will always be room for improvement. The point is that you can make your life more balanced by taking small steps in the right direction. Like most worthwhile things in life, creating life balance is a process, not an event!

ASSESS WHERE YOU ARE

2010-08-18T10:19:00.000-07:00

Take a moment and write down these 8 life areas:

• friends & family
• fun & recreation
• physical environment & home
• romance & significant other
• fitness & health
• career
• finances
• personal & spiritual growth

Next to each area assess where you currently are. On a scale of 1 to 7, with 1 being “completely dissatisfied” and 7 being “completely satisfied” mark how currently you are satisfied in each area. Add up the totals of all eight areas before reading further. The scoring is at going to be on the nex blog i post.

THE STRUGGLE

2010-08-16T11:01:00.000-07:00

I was recently talking with one of my entrepreneur friends. He has started three businesses in the last several years—a budding entrepreneur. He was relating some of the joys he has experienced in those enterprises: a sense of freedom from the corporate world, pursuing his dreams and passions, setting his own schedule, controlling his destiny and a large potential for financial rewards.
However, he did mention a few downsides: little to no outside accountability, lack of consistent capital, feelings of loneliness, no steady revenue stream, feeling disconnected from others who don’t understand his drive to succeed, constant struggles to survive and a severe lack of work-life balance. Sound familiar?
I think most entrepreneurs struggle with similar issues, especially balance. There are many reasons they can give for their lack of life balance and low satisfaction: “I have too much work to do. I just need a few more hours to finish this project. I need more money. I have bills to pay. My business depends on my hard work. My family needs more income. I am solely responsible for developing, marketing, selling and servicing my product or service.”
Any or all of these reasons may be true, which might lead entrepreneurs to find great difficulty in managing the two sides of entrepreneurship—balance and success. How often do you struggle with working longer hours than you know you should to try and secure the next sale? How many times has your family and friends tried to pull you away from your office this last month? Take a moment and count up the actual hours you have spent working this last week or month. There is always the temptation to do a little more, work a little harder, talk to one more potential customer in hopes of making one more sale.
What specific things are you doing to take care of yourself: physically, emotionally, and spiritually? Many entrepreneurs overlook these vital areas of life in search of professional success, yet these areas are full of potential for sparking the creative, outside of the box thinking that leads entrepreneurs like yourself to discover life changing products and services and find a new perspective on your business venture.

How does coaching work?

2010-08-15T16:59:00.000-07:00

We work with you, the owner, on a regular basis (weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, or quarterly as needed) to set goals, plan with you, strategize with you, prepare action plans, and hold you accountable, to get you and your business performing at the highest levels.

We are not magicians. We will not promise that by simply hiring us that you will achieve instant prosperity. But we do promise that the application of the basic tenets of successful businesses that we implement will do MUCH more to move you to your goals than any consultant, seminar, or discussion with a relative can!

In working with us, we will help you: drive more people to your business, sell to them more effectively, service them better so they buy more often, and manage your finances – better than you ever have previously. In addition, you will have more money and free time to do things outside of work that you enjoy.

What is coaching?

2010-08-13T22:09:00.000-07:00

Business coaching is a relatively new profession that helps business owners to plan better, take better actions and improve their bottom line results.

A recent study by the National Federation of Independent Businesses found that 70% of small business owners turn to spouses or family members for the majority of their business advice - and we know that most small businesses eventually fail!

This is where a business coach comes in. Business coaches meet with the owner on a regular basis for an extended period of time to set goals, create strategy, ensure actions are being taken, provide tools, train the owner and staff, measure results, and refine strategies.

NolasCorp: Marketing

7 signs that may mean you are an Entrepreneur

1 – You love creating things.

2 – You have a huge ego

3 – You are a dreamer

4 – Opportunity is everywhere

5 – You are passionate

6 – You are a control freak

7 – You like strategy

Living Time

Motivational Quote of the Day

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind." Lionel Hampton

SCORING RANGE

Motivational Quote of the Day

DEVELOP A PLAN

ASSESS WHERE YOU ARE

THE STRUGGLE

How does coaching work?

What is coaching?

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."

Lionel Hampton