5 Ways to Get Your Business Organised For Christmas
November 22, 2009 10:55 pm Management Strategies, productivityGuest Contributor: Lorraine Pirihi
The holiday season is filled with excitement, parties and good cheer. The next few weeks will speed by and before you know it you’ll be sitting down having Christmas Dinner. If you’re unprepared and don’t get your act together early enough, you could miss out on golden opportunities to increase business because you’re so stressed out trying to keep up.
You know what happens at this time of year? Everyone seems to want everything done by the third week in December. So get organised!
1. Plan ahead.
Before each day gets hectic, plan your schedule from the end of November through New Year’s.
2. Make your gift and card list early.
Who will you be giving gifts to? Clients, employees, referring partners etc. Reward people who have been good to you. Save time and buy on-line.
Whatever you do though, do not send anyone a Christmas Card with an invoice in it. A printer I had spend thousands of dollars with did this to me and I never did business with him ever again.
3. Who Is Available?
Will your business be closing over Xmas? Are you going away? Have you booked your holiday already? Will your team be absent? Do you require additional help?
4. 2010 – Hit the Ground Running
Book a planning day now to review the year that was and your plans for the coming year. Organise this now and inform whoever needs to attend now. People’s diaries can get very full in the lead up to Christmas. Towards the end of January as business gets back to normal may be too late if you want to launch new programs or products.
5. Staff /Client Functions
Will you be having some type of event or night out? If so, plan for it now.
Getting your business organised for Christmas right now will give you peace of mind and a sense of accomplishment. You can look forward to the next few weeks instead of wondering around in a daze reacting to whatever gets thrown at you.
With the additional social activity taking place, it’s an ideal time to renew or strengthen business relationships. The last thing you want to happen is to decline important invitations because you’re so snowed under in your business that you can’t afford the time to attend. It would be crazy to miss these golden opportunities for potential business.
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