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The 2012 Plan

January 2, 2012 By Jim Raffel 5 Comments

Planning works. A year ago, I shared The 2011 Plan and last week I shared the success story of that plan when I wrote "How to make what you write come true." Finding a planning method that works for you is, unfortunately, not so easy. I've settled on a method that combines Chris Brogan's three words … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: 2012, automate, automation, business, future, growth, management, plan, planning, problem solving, project management, success, success stories, teams, themes

Keep It Simple Stupid

June 15, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

The other day a commercial came on TV for a furniture-moving device. It was basically a simple machines (a lever and fulcrum) combined to make it easy to pick up the end of a piece of heavy furniture. Then, you could slip a plastic disk under the feet of the furniture and easily slide it across the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer, sales Tagged With: 37signals, basecamp, business, furniture moving, gantt chart, keep it simple stupid, kiss, management, new product, opportunities, project management, sales careers, simple machine, technology

Trust your team, grow your business

April 8, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

I have a confession to make - I'm a control freak. But by growing the team I work with over the last year, I'm learning to let go. We've added some quality folks to the team and it's a whole lot easier to let go of responsibility when you are putting it in capable hands. With fewer day-to-day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development, Small Business 101 Tagged With: content creation, control freak, grow your business, management, public speaking, responsibility, Trust

The Time Management Myth

March 1, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

We don't really manage time. We make choices what to do with our time. The clock stops for no one. So, what we really need to manage is our choices. Right now, you have chosen to read this blog and I thank you. A few days ago, I chose to write this post instead of sitting back and reading a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: business, choice, chosen, clock stop, clocks, human behavior, images, making choices, management, managing, milwaukee, myth, orlando, personal life, planning, the time, time management, watch tv

Why Strategy Matters

January 28, 2011 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Strategy is the third of my three words for 2011. Previously, I've written in greater depth about both customers and content. Strategy is developed by listening to customers and understanding where the pain points are in their business. Then, we create solutions that fix or remove altogether those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: ability, define, explaining, game theory, knowledge skills, management, marketing, matters, playbook, strategy, super bowl, thirds, why, word

Changing Business Processes

January 13, 2011 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

As I closed out my 2010 bookkeeping over the last two weeks, I realized I had done something right about 12 months ago. As I tallied my business auto miles and out of pocket cash expenditures for the year, the process was going much faster than the previous year. I had made two business process … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Small Business 101 Tagged With: business, business process, business process change, business processes, change, continuous improvement, cost effectiveness, debit card, efficiencies, expense, google, improvements, management, process change, processes

The 2011 Plan

January 3, 2011 By Jim Raffel 23 Comments

For me, 2010 marked a year of radical changes in the way I do business. It was in many ways a year of rebirth, learning and growing. While the learning and growing will continue in 2011, it will also be a year of solidifying positions established in 2010. In 2010, I developed an over-arching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: 2011, business, content, customers, grow, management, marketing, media creation, plan, planning, strategy, three words

Start at the bottom of the list

September 16, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

I find myself needing to refer back to Getting Unstuck Now more than I would like. Having observed other successful people, perhaps this is just what happens as you begin to take on more success-related projects. The project "to-do" list grows longer and longer. To get unstuck this time I took a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development, priorities Tagged With: business, business partners, getting unstuck, human behavior, management, projects, successful people, the list, time management, web properties

Marketing 101: Make the Move Online

July 30, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

The idea to make the move online is such a basic strategy it begs to be a 101 topic. The quandary lies in the fact that moving a traditional offline business on-line turns out to be 201 and 301 subject matter. There will be hard work and pain involved, I promise. Moving online should work with and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketing 101, new media, social media, WordPress Tagged With: advantage, basic strategy, business, business models, gorilla marketing, management, marketing, small business, strategic management, technical support, the move

Goals Define Choices

March 12, 2010 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

Everything you do in life takes you closer to your goals, or further from them. Without clearly defined goals you have no standard by which to judge your choices. Yesterday I shared four of the key choices I have made in my life over the past year. Each of those choices has brought me closer to my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, sustainability Tagged With: Authentic, choice, goal, goals, healthy relationships, human interest, jim raffel, life, management, motivation, Real, Sustainable

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