15 minutes a day. You’ve heard me repeatedly preach and pound on that theme. I’ve told you that you can make a lot of progress towards your practice-building goals with just 15 minutes of marketing effort per day.
“Put it on your calendar, as an appointment with yourself,” I’ve said, “and keep that appointment. If someone wants to see you or talk to you during that time, they’ll need to wait until you’re done with your appointment.”
So, are you doing it?
If not, it’s a new year and it might be a good time for you to start.
I don’t know how I could possibly make this any easier for you—it’s only 15 minutes, after all—but I’m going to try. But you have to meet me half way.
Let’s start with some affirmations. This is you talking:
- “I want to get more clients, and better clients, and increase my income.” Go ahead and say that. Out loud. Click your heels 3 times, and say, ‘there’s no place like home’. Okay, you can skip the last part.
- “I understand that marketing is vital to the growth of my practice and I am ready to do it.”
- “I can work on marketing 15 minutes every weekday and I am committed to doing it.”
Are you with me? Are you ready to do this?
Remember, I’ve said (more than once) that you can start anywhere–sitting and thinking about marketing, reading about marketing, writing down marketing ideas, names of people to contact, or anything else. And, if you don’t know what to do, it’s okay to do nothing. Sit and stare at a wall. Just keep that appointment with yourself and don’t do anything else during that time.
Yes?
Okay. I think you’re ready for the missing piece of the puzzle. The key that unlocks the door to creating your new habit.
Get out your calendar. Not your task list. This is an appointment, remember?
Open to the week view and schedule a 15-minute marketing block, for tomorrow, as the first appointment of the day. Make it repeat every weekday.
The key is to make this your first activity. Before court or any other appointments. It’s important, right? You’re committed to it, right? So it should be done first thing. That way, you’ll get it done. You’ll also affirm to your inner child (the one who doesn’t want to do this) that it is important and you’re doing it.
Now, keep that appointment. Do it for two months and watch what happens. I promise, if you do that, you’ll see amazing things happen.
Make this your new habit of the new year and this will be the year that everything changes.
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