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Monthly Assessment: December 2012

Posted on by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Too Close by Alex Clare Happy 2013! I’m writing this ahead as I’m trying not to spend two days in a row in front of the computer (no vacation if I’m constantly connected), so I hope we avoided a fiscal cliff, I hope the ball dropped without the Mayans’s oversight causing…

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Your Resolve

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m reading: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline What’s on the iPod: Babel by Mumford & Sons LAST CHANCE: Today is your last chance to start 2013 with your discounted copy of MARKETING 365.  For just  $5.95, you get daily strategies that are easy to use and can help you get real results. Click on…

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Post-holiday Lull

Posted on by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Conductor by We Were Promised Jetpacks Extended until December 31st: SALE on my ebook Marketing 365 — start 2013 with 365 daily marketing strategies to help increase your business and your earnings! Now just $5.95. Use the coupon code to the right for your discount! —- How is your holiday? What are…

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What Shade of Gray Are You?

Posted on by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Old, Old Fashioned by Frightened Rabbit What are you giving yourself this holiday? Download your copy of my Marketing 365 ebook, filled with a year’s worth of marketing strategies, before December 24th and get it for just $5.95. Use the coupon code ZZ63V at checkout. —– It’s a slow time of year, so I’m able to…

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SWOT’S the Simple Answer to Your Business Plan?

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m reading: Les Miserables What’s on the iPod: All At Once by The Airborne Toxic Event Oh, happy day! I love it when you want to post your thoughts here. It’s especially wonderful when someone with Cathy Miller’s background asks. Cathy is a former career corporate type who hung out her shingle a few years…

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Frustrations

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m reading: The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck What’s on the iPod: Hardliners by Holcolmbe Waller Friday. Ahhhhh….wait. No. Can’t relax yet. Why? Because my week, which wasn’t bad in terms of workload, just tripled in size. And yes, it’s the end of the week. I’m about to go into a weekend knowing there’s…

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Making the Business Plan Stronger

Posted on by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: It’s Time by Imagine Dragons Don’t forget: I’m having a SALE on my ebook Marketing 365 — buy now and get it for just $5.95! That’s nearly 40 percent off! Click on the link to the right of this post, type in the discount code, and treat yourself to a gift that can help…

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Business Plan: Write It

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What’s on the iPod: Trash Tongue Talker by Jack White How was your weekend? Mine was a mixture of a great time and a frustrating situation that kept us from our plans, but I’ll get into that tomorrow. Continuing this month’s theme — business planning — let’s turn our attention to the plan itself. Despite…

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The Bad, The Good

Posted on by lwidmer

What’s on the iPod: Demons by Imagine Dragons It’s Friday already? It’s been an intense week, not in terms of workload or clients, but in terms of how many strangely good and bad things have occurred/are occurring. I’d call this my Things That Make My Head Explode post, but there were too many really good…

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Business Planning: SWOT It Out

Posted on by lwidmer

Today’s the day!Don’t miss your chance to organize your 2012 taxes. Join Anne Wayman and me and special guest Julian Block, tax expert extraordinaire, for the 8 Top Tax-Saving Strategies for Freelancers webinar. Special pricing: the one-hour webinar plus nearly $375 worth of freebies for just  $39.95! Get your spot before it’s gone: Register here.  —- What a good day yesterday. Despite a few…

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  1. Paula Avatar
    Paula

    I don't recall hearing the term SWOT before – further proof that I always learn something here.

    As I jotted down my answers, the hardest one to face was Threats. Then I realized even people with corporate jobs have many of the same threats, but the one I don't share with them is the threat of being downsized.

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  2. Lori Avatar
    Lori

    True enough, Paula. However, we do have the threat of being replaced by another writer for whatever reason. That one is out of our control for the most part!

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  3. Cathy Miller Avatar
    Cathy Miller

    Ah, SWOT – a process loved by many in my corporate days.

    I guess I haven't consciously used it in my business although the premise is solid so I use some of the same thought processes.

    If you're game, I'll use it when I develop my 2013 plan and share what I find in my guest post for you this month, Lori. Just let me know if that works.

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  4. Lori Avatar
    Lori

    I'd love that, Cathy! Yes, please. 🙂

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  5. Paula Avatar
    Paula

    Then again, Lori, the good thing about working freelance is we aren't (or shouldn't be) working for only one client. Takes a little of the sting out when we loose or dump a client.

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  6. Lori Avatar
    Lori

    Amen to that!

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