Don’t Start A Blog!

Don't Start a Blog!

I know many will tell you to go online and start a blog. I tell my clients “don’t start a blog!”, not without a plan!

Today my blog is a perfect example of why you should not start one. My last post was in MARCH!!  I didn’t even blog on Mother’s Day and I’m the freckin’ business coach for MOMS! I put the “mom” in entrepreneur!

What am I doing?!

I’m working…hard! I am refocusing my business on doing television interviews and more speaking.  This means a shift in my marketing, creating a new website, more research and honing many new skills; all while homeschooling, chauffeuring, traveling and coaching my current clients (I’ve slowed down my intake of new clients CONSIDERABLY!). This is a major challenge because my wonderful assistant just graduated, has a new job, is in love and is talking marriage!

If you are just starting a business (and in a sense that’s what I’m doing AGAIN) you shouldn’t start a blog unless you have some order and direction about your business. You must have a plan for your blog AND social media or else it will fall by the wayside and/or you’ll end up communicating banal facts about your everyday life. As much as I believe that my readers are interested in me, do you really want to read about how I’ve just spent 3 weeks pulling carpet, sanding and varnishing the 3 bedrooms? Do you want to read about my 4hrs spent on the phone tracking down business? Or my drive to Virgina to speak to a group?

Now that I type those words I can see that those subjects would make encouraging blog posts….but when I’m in the midst of such activities and still have 43 OTHER things to do, it doesn’t feeeel interesting enough to blog about.

Which brings me back to my point; DON’T START A BLOG unless you know what you want to offer your potential readers and you have a plan to take them there consistently for several months.

Granted, I have been blogging for 3 years now (here’s my first blog post from 1/25/2009).  I am very well-established on the internet with hundreds of backlinks and hundreds of readers everyday. So if I let it fall by the way-side for a couple of months it’s not  as detrimental as someone who has only been online for 6months. There’s still a price that I have to pay though.

So I say to you; DON’T START A BLOG, without a long-term plan, some order in your business (even if it’s just on paper) and some direction on where you want to take your readers.

If you’ve already have fallen by the wayside with your blog or you are planning to get one started I would love to help you. Click here to see how I can help you create your blog with coaching!

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I Quit My Job-E Brown

My interview with Eddie Brown was fantastic, inspiring and informative!

He talked about the preparation he and his wife made as he went forth to start his own public relations company. I admire this young man who discovered how to take a natural talent and get paid for it!

Listen in as we continue the I Quit My Job series on Blogtalk Radio.

MINDSET FOR SUCCESS: 3 TIPS TO HELP YOU TAKE THE “F” WORD OUT OF YOUR VOCABULARY

Leaving the comfy and secure realm of full- time employment requires a number of things, but most important it requires a shift in your mind set. Doing what it takes to set your self up for mental success starts with taking the “F” word out of your vocabulary permanently.

My friends, I want you to say good bye to the “F” word: Fail!  The only way that you can fail, is if you give up!  The only way that you can fail is if you don’t even try!

Get that non-progressive, self-defeating F word out of your head and out of your vocabulary ASAP.  The right question to be asking your self and acting upon is; how will I set myself up for business success?  My belief is that the F word all starts with a mindset.  If you choose to focus on failing and why things won’t work, I can promise you that  you will have a long road ahead of you to attain business success.  The right mindset, a positive mindset is what’s required to get the F word out of your vocabulary permanently.

When your mind is consumed with why it won’t work,  then you have already taken 5 step backwards before you have taken even one step forward. If you don’t believe in yourself, your product, or your service, either will your customers.

Here are some tips to get you setting yourself up for business success and deleting the F word from your vocab.

 Tip #1

Choose to focus on progressive thoughts and how you will make your business work and how you will be successful. But don’t be disillusioned, thoughts alone don’t bring about success positive thought, hard work and progressive action bring about business success.

Tip #2

Choose to not fight change and  learn how to embrace it (no matter how difficult it may seem in the moment). The reality is this; times change, your clients change,  market conditions change;the decision is yours, are going to submit to the F word?? Of course not! Make a conscious decision to be willing to embrace change or what will happen is that change will manage you and that is when you lose control. Be intentional about looking for the opportunities in times of change, trust me they are there.

 Tip #3

Nobody likes to make mistakes. However, the simple reality of life is that at some point, all of us are going to be wrong, do something bad, or somehow screw something up – that’s just life. As a business owner, recognize that you are going to make a lot of mistakes, it’s not the F word.  Set yourself up to learn from mistakes you make and things that have not gone as planned, use these new lessons learned to fuel your success.

 On a closing note, we should never accept and embrace failing fast as a concept.  You can call it failure but I choose to call it learning, WHAT NOT TO DO, which is just as important as learning WHAT TO DO.

So, let us toast to permanently eliminating the F word –  cheers!

Karen Donaldson is a Motivational/Empowerment Speaker, Public Speaking and Presentation skills coach and Founder of Karen Donaldson Inc. Visit Karen at www.karendonaldsoninc.com

Also check out our interview on my BlogTalk Radio show I am The Boss of Me, where Karen talked about quitting her job and starting her own business.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/imtheboss/2012/02/29/i-quit-my-job

I Quit My Job Series

On my Blog Talk Radio Show, I am The Boss of Me, I’ve started an inspiring series! I’m talking to everyday people who have quit their jobs to start their own businesses. What great stories from men and women from around the country who are living their lives the way that they see it.

These are not rich, internet gurus who are trying to sell you something, these are people who had (and still have) the same fears that you have and yet they have pushed past them.

Today I spoke with Karen Donaldson. She quit her job a little over a year ago to start her speaking and training company. Click over and listen to how she did it and her challenges!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/imtheboss/2012/02/29/i-quit-my-job

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