The ROUTINE that Saves you Time and Makes you Money.

If you’ve been looking for a ROUTINE to more efficiently run your business, then you’ve clicked on the right post today.

In this busy world of running a business, being a super mom and enjoying life’s pleasures with family and friends, there never seems to be enough “time.” You find yourself working like crazy to keep up.

You find yourself frantically getting things together and doing a lot of last minute work.

Aah… last minute work. Are you guilty like myself?

INTRODUCING THE POWER HOUR WEEKLY ROUTINE

The POWER HOUR routine has been around for a long time. It’s a routine I learned a long time ago that changed everything for me.

Some people teach you to do ALL your business in ONE POWER HOUR A DAY. That seems unrealistic to me.

My POWER HOUR routine is about choosing ONE HOUR a week!

ONE HOUR to have total FOCUS on getting things done.

And it’s this ONE POWER HOUR A WEEK that I do every week in my own business today. It’s a routine!

When I first started dedicating ONE HOUR A week to a “Power hour” I started seeing more results in my business, but the kicker was feeling like I saved myself time because I knew that POWER HOUR was coming up and I knew exactly what I would dedicate to that hour.

THE SECRET BEHIND THE POWER HOUR

It helps you focus on priorities in your business. If you’ve been trying to get something accomplished and you find you get distracted with life and family, it’s important you put a sign on your OFFICE door, turn off all notifications and work to get it done. You’ll find that focused POWER HOUR of time goes by very quickly.
It teaches you to make lists. When you know you have a POWER HOUR routine scheduled, you organize your priorities with a list of what you want to accomplish in that hour.
It trains you to have consistency in your business when you dedicated ONE HOUR a week to things you want to get done.
It gives you a feeling of achievement. You set out to do something and it gets done. In this busy world of online business and notifications dinging every five minutes, you feel like you’ve been successful in achieving those last-minute things that seem to get pushed to the back burner.

HOW DOES A POWER HOUR WORK?

I recommend you choose ONE of two options.

FIRST OPTION: FOCUS ON ONE AREA OR PROJECT FOR THE WHOLE 60 MINUTES. This ONE-HOUR could be dedicated to many projects to grow your business.

ONE POWER HOUR of social media content. You could be ahead of the game every week if you planned a “power hour” every week of your social media content or at least planned it out..
ONE POWER HOUR re-grouping and setting weekly goals. I love to make checklists of the projects I want to get done. Every week I check things off these lists and know I’m target to accomplish these goals.
ONE POWER HOUR of writing blog or developing videos for your YOU TUBE Channel. You might spend a POWER HOUR developing a “google site” for your business like I shared in a recent YOU TUBE video. CLICK HERE TO WATCH

SECOND OPTION: Break the hour into 15-MINUTE SEGMENTS. FOCUS FOR 15 minutes each on specific areas of your business . These could be

15 Minute New Lead Generation Focus. In this 15-minutes look at your lead magnet offer. Work on ways you want to reach out and attract new leads to your offers.
15 Minute Customer Appreciation Focus. In this 15 minutes, concentrate on connecting with customers to see how they enjoyed their products. Or perhaps follow up with a past client who you haven’t heard from in a while.
15 Minute Follow-up with prospects. In this-15 minute segment, Follow up with new leads. People you met at networking groups and schedule a private one-on-one appointment to build the relationship.
15 Minute Focus tracking your goals. I loved this 15 minute segment because I made checklists every week and checking things off this list I knew I was on track to hit a specific goal.

CREATE YOUR POWER HOUR ROUTINE

Open your PLANNER and schedule the day and time!
Determine what day and time works best for you. Maybe when the kids are at school. Or perhaps it’s after dinner at 8pm.
Schedule ONE HOUR a week is do-able. It’s not overwhelming. It makes you more efficient and saves you time in making things happen at the last minute.

My WEEKLY POWER HOUR ROUTINE IS scheduled on my calendar and more importantly on my WEEKLY DESKTOP NOTEPAD. I like to hold mine on a Friday because as the week rolls around I gather data I want to work on for the week. Find the right day and the right time that works for you but more importantly do it consistently every week! It’s the consistency that changes everything, as you well know. Check out the WEEKLY DESKTOP PLANNER HERE.

INCOME PRODUCING ACTIVITIES

YOUR WEEKLY POWER HOUR routine keeps you accountable to working on “income producing activities.” It’s these activities where you’ll see your weekly income increase when you