New Year’s is always a good time to re-evaluate what we’re doing for our businesses–a natural time to look both backwards and forwards.

One major change I plan on making is limit or remove as much automation in my marketing as possible. Spend more time going deeper with fewer people, i.e., focus on who’s leaving comments on my blog, who responds to my tweets, etc.

Also, locally I’m going to work to forge better relationships w/some of my competitors, looking to bring up the local industry as a whole. 

How about you?

@rich-brooks @annfurnivall

You know it’s funny, you both have ideas that would be a good fit for me too.

Rich – You’re right on about pulling in a bit – there are only so many hours in a day and connecting with the right people during those hours is really important.  

Hi Ann – I’d like to spend a bit more time uh, not working. More leisure time, at this time in my life is truly needed. Even though I love what I do, there are other obligations for all of us that at some point need to be put on a front burner. For our own sanity, if nothing else.

I will be waiting to do analysis of many websites (@ end of December) and combine some of those numbers to see what direction I’d like to go, for some major changes for the new year.  I want to work, but not quite as much (all day, everyday).

Eileen  

My goal is to slow down and breathe. I will be taking time to sit for at least 20 minutes, twice per day, in meditation and centering prayer. 

For direction and encouragement, I’ve joined an online group that starts afresh in January. Here’s an info link for anyone interested: http://www.contemplativeoutreach-co.org/index-3.html

The promise of the new year and new beginnings is so envigorating and renewing. I just want to be more consistent, with my marketing, my free time, my productivity. My goal is to create some written systems which will help me streamline and simplify my processes and become more consistent with my everyday tasks.

@rich-brooks

Rich, I love that goal… “forge better relationships w/some of my competitors, looking to bring up the local industry as a whole.”
There’s so much more that can be done when collaborating, rather than competing. The internet has changed the expansive shape of competition as far as “local” goes. What use to be a “local” competitor can now be your best collaborative partner online serving up twice the benefits to customers online and to a much, much bigger audience. And it doesn’t really matter how small a “local” market you “had,” once you discover how to tap into that much larger online market.
Collaboration is definitely a 2013 goal for me.
Robin Carlisle