MAKE THE MOST OF MAY AND PREPARE TO LAUNCH YOUR SUMMER SEASON
May is a transitional month that, when worked effectively, can result in significant, even record-breaking growth for you and your team. As the final month in spring, your focused actions now can lead to exciting, fresh momentum as you move into the summer season.
Now is the time for consistency. Not only in the opening weeks, but also late in the month as you and your team work into and out of the Memorial Day weekend. With proper planning and taking right actions, you can enjoy the holiday weekend and at the same time, create a strong month-end.
Make a commitment to leverage the month of May as the spring season comes to a close. If you stay consistent, and talk to lots of new people, May can be the month that leads you and your team into a smokin’ hot summer.
If you’re ready and willing to play full out, your consistent efforts in May will ignite fresh momentum as you spring into summer.
May Action Guide
Your May Action Guide offers three key Action Steps to jumpstart your month and drive consistent activity and results.
Through these exercises, you can leverage May to grow, gain strength, and excel.
Audio of the Month
Listen to your May ZannPlan audio training to create clarity around best practices for the month. Enjoy a successful first quarter and build a strong foundation for your year.
Print out the action guide before you listen to the audio below, so you can follow along with the transcript and take notes. This will improve your retention and your ability to put what you learn into immediate action.
“Momentum begets momentum, and the best way to start is to start.”
— Gil Penchina
Social Media Strategy
Find & Create Cool Content
To strengthen your audience appeal, be sure to include educational and informative posts in addition to the personal and inspirational posts. This not only reinforces your brand, it establishes your credibility and creates a space your followers can turn to for the latest information, updates and insights associated with your brand.
Google Alerts and Google Trends are great tools for discovering relevant information to relay to your audience. To begin, make a list of everything you think will interest your target audience, and include your personal interests as well. You might choose entrepreneurial trends, working from home, popular culture – and especially any key words that relate to your business.
Next, use these keywords to set your Google Alerts. Soon you’ll have access to articles featuring a variety of trending topics related to your audience’s interests. Share these articles with your tribe, and include your personal experiences and stories where relevant to show your authenticity. By cross-referencing your posts with other trending information, you’ll boost your searchability. In addition to sharing articles, you can use the topics to inspire new posts and blogs to build out your content calendar.
May Challenge: Set at least one Google Alert topic this week and share at least one new article with your social media audience. If you don’t currently subscribe to media online, for example, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, or your local news, check to see what alerts they offer. Typically you can request email alerts that pull together certain topics daily or weekly.
Social Media Strategy by Molly Rose – MollyRoseMedia.com
Time Management Tip
No Excuses
If I had a nickel for every time a Direct Seller told me, “I am so bad at time management,” I’d be richer than Bill Gates (kidding, of course!).
Today, I offer you a new way to look at this excuse.
It’s not that you’re bad at time management, it’s that you excel at avoiding the things you don’t want to do! Or: It’s not that you’re bad at time management, rather you have a Master’s Degree in Avoidance.
How do I avoid thee? Let me count the ways: The prospect that goes uncalled. The referral that doesn’t receive a follow-up note. The meeting that is missed. The event that doesn’t get scheduled. Etc, etc, etc.
“I’m am so bad at time management” is a euphemism for “I just can’t find the courage to do the things that aren’t simple, convenient and fun.” Or: “I just can’t bring myself to do the things that make me uncomfortable, that require me to stretch, or that take me out of my comfort zone.”
You don’t need 40 hours a week to be successful. It’s what you do successfully in the hours that you have.
Don’t hide behind the excuse that you are “bad at time management”. Dig deep. Find the courage to move through your fears, and take action. Become a Master Time Manager!
Motivational Message
Give The Gift That Keeps On Giving!
When I was building a Direct Selling business, I liked to offer personal promotions to my team. In doing so, I was able to reward those who were willing to set the bar high and go for it.
Personal promotions offer exciting rewards in addition to the pay plan. It’s a way to drive Champions to go farther faster.
If you choose to run personal promotions, there are countless ways to reward your team – rewards that reflect your personal style and the team culture you choose to create.
Bling, designer bags, spa days, and cash, are all popular incentive rewards. Some of my favorite unique options are: hard to get tickets to a musical like Hamilton, 3 month’s worth of gas cards, a shopping spree at an upscale boutique, a weekend in Las Vegas, 100 scratch-off lottery tickets, a pony. (OK, just kidding about the pony)
Your options and investment will be based on your level of success and the income you’re earning at the time. In most cases you’ll start low and increase the value of your rewards as your business and income grows.
As you consider the future benefits of an incentive – the potential income it can generate for you – factor that into the amount you are willing to spend on the incentive. It needs to get your team members excited enough to step up to the plate and deliver.
Whatever you do offer as a reward, always include a Personal Development gift. This can be a book, a CD, or even a ticket to a seminar.
You can teach your team the how-to – how to build a successful business, and even help them get clear on their why-to – why to build a successful business. And yet, if their head’s not in the game, what’s the point?
Teaching your team the value of strengthening their mindset is the greatest gift of all. It’s the incentive gift that keeps on giving.
Start today to develop the mindset and the skill set to create Outrageous Achievement by mastering every month.
With more clarity in every season, you will set money-making priorities, take more consistent action, and meet and exceed your goals, not only this year, but for years to come.
Your consistent efforts in May can ignite fresh momentum for you and your team and successfully prepare you spring into summer.
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