Are you kicking goals in your business?

It's AFL Grand Final Week here in Melbourne.  It's a huge week for footy fans.  We've had the Brownlow Medal Night which is the competitions televised Best and Fairest awards.  The winner this year has worked hard for his team all year, trying his best week in and week out to help them make the Grand Final this coming weekend. 

Later in the week will be the Grand Final Parade where players from both teams will be driven through the city streets and fans will come out in force to cheer them on.

Then of course the big game - eyes will be glued to TV sets, BBQ's will be turned on and fans lucky enough to get a ticket will fill the MCG to watch it live.  The whole city is alive with excitement!

How is your business going?  Are you kicking goals?  Are you playing at your best all the time to make your business the Best and Fairest?  Is there legion of fans waiting to cheer you on in your own parade?  Are you alive with excitement about your business?

Most importantly, an AFL Grand Final cant be won by just the players - they have a team of specialists behind them supporting and helping them in every way possible.  Do you have a team in place?

Put a winning team in place and outsource to your team members to help your business get to the top of the ladder.  What team members do you need?

A Coach perhaps?  Business coaches can be really helpful to set you on a winning path.

A Virtual Assistant? To help you with the behind the scenes tasks designed to keep your business on the ball.

A Bookkeeper? To make sure you are ahead of the game and always know what the score is.

Until next time, I hope you have an awesome Grand Final Week - may the best team win!

Cheers,
Chris

How elegant is your business?

There's a lady who does her grocery shopping at the same supermarket as me and I'm always struck by how elegant and well dressed she is every time I see her.  But I've discovered a secret about her.

She would have to be in her 70's and she is tall and slim and always dressed in a classy skirt and jacket and without fail wears stockings and a classic pair of pumps.  Her hair is always perfect and she just oozes class.

Last week I happened to park my car near hers and this is when I learnt her secret - she has a pair of flat, ugly shoes that she wears to drive her car!  She kicked off her lovely heels and threw on these old shoes to drive home.  The elegant and classy lady that I admire from afar has a little secret to keep her feeling awesome.

So how elegant is your business?  Do your customers see a polished business?  What little secrets do you hide away to make things seem classy?  Do you have an awesome web designer who has made your website look slick?  Do you have someone to put out an amazing blog or newsletter on your behalf? 

Outsource your flat, ugly tasks to someone who will make them awesome so that you can concentrate on the side of your business that impresses your clients the most. 

Make your customer service elegant and hide away the ugly parts of your business where the customers wont see and get someone else to do the dirty work!

Your clients will see a classy and elegant business and be so impressed that they'll not only keep coming back, but they'll also tell their friends how good you are.

Have a great weekend
Chris
http://www.c2admin.com.au/

Look After Yourself and Your Business

I'm soo excited!!  I'm about to do something I don't do very often at all.  I am about to look after myself!!

I know - sounds crazy right?  As a wife of one and mother of four, I seem to be very good at looking after everyone else and simply forgetting about myself.

Well, shortly I will be opening the front door of my own house to a Massage Therapist from the wonderful Ripple Massage and Beauty and spoiling myself with a gorgeous one and a half hour Frangipani Massage.

Do you look after yourself?  It's so important to remember to look after yourself.  It could be as luxurious as a gorgeous massage or a weekend away, or as simple as outsourcing some of your work so that you can forget about the stress for a while!

At a recent networking event, I was introducing the concept of a VA to some people I met and I was lucky enough that two people were there who use a VA.  They made some great comments about how their VA's look after them: "At first I didn't really know how to use a VA, and then once I got one, I don't know what I did without them!" said one person. 

The next person answered (with soo much enthusiasm) "I KNOW!!  At first I just gave my VA some of the simple stuff - now I give her EVERYTHING - especially the boring stuff that I hate to do myself... and she just does it for me!  I'd be lost without her - she's become an essential part of my business."

These people know how to look after themselves and their business every day!

I hope you remember to look after yourself - if not with a VA from C Squared Virtual Admin, then give my friends at Ripple Massage a call and tell them that their VA sent them.

Till next time,
Chris