Your Quick Biz Tuneup in 45 Minutes or Less

by Cory Miller

Too busy working IN the bizto work ON the biz

Your biz as a system to be tweaked, improved, optimized, finetuned

To give you diagnostic questions to review yourself

My goal:

Get ready to take notes.This is for you.

Areas to Explore for TuneupBig Hairy QuestionsGoals & Dreams — the roadmapCash — the fuelClients — passengers you take placesMarketing — how they find youProcess — the engine that gets you therePersonal Health & Happiness — the driver

Quick Starter QuestionsWhat’s working? What’s not?

What’s holding you back?

What’s keeping you up at night?

What or who is giving you heartburn?

What is exciting you?

What is energizing you?

Goals & DreamsWhat are you trying to do and accomplish?

Are you making progress?

Does your work still align with your dreams?

Is it still the best way to accomplish them?

Finances / CashflowHow’s it going? Is the business engine working?

Is it steady and consistent? Or rocky?

Are you getting paid on time?

Do you have diverse revenue streams? Or are you working on them?

Are you paying your quarterly taxes?

Customers & ClientsWho are you currently serving?

Who are you best & ideal clients?

Who are you worst & nightmare clients?

Which ones do you make the most money with?

Are they happy?

Are they referring work to you?

MarketingIs your marketing pipeline working?

Are you getting a steady flow of new clients?

How are best clients finding you? What’s working well?

Are you selling outcomes, results & benefits?

How’s your pitch?

How’s your site look?

The ProcessWhat are the pain points, frustrations, irritations, bottlenecks in your entire process?

What could you do faster, easier, better that would have most impact?

How are you spending your time?

What is most & least productive use of your time, focus & energy?

Your Health & Happiness

Should be your first priority

Your Health & HappinessAre you happy?

When was the last time you saw your counselor?

Are you healthy?

When was the last time you got a physical?

Are your loved ones happy & healthy?

Particularly, is your Significant Other happy?

Your Health & HappinessAre you resting and recharging?

When was your last real vacation?

Are you learning and growing?

Are you enjoying what you’re doing?

And who you’re serving?

Finally, are you giving back?

In review ...Big Hairy QuestionsGoals & Dreams — the roadmapCash — the fuelClients — passengers you take placesMarketing — how they find youProcess — the engine that gets you therePersonal Health & Happiness — the driver

Your Homework

What’s the ONE big thing you see now that would make the most impact on your success?

What are THREE little things you can do next week to tuneup your biz?

START ON IT MONDAY!

This is me ...cory@ithemes.com

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