Our tips for business success in 2017 by Omotosho Adebayo

We have taken our time to provide 3 materials free for you, to guide your business & help checklist your activities. 

1. Focus 

Face one course until successful

Eliminate distractions, Focus on one target market at a time, reduce load of work by streamlining your task to what is most important based on priority listing, (Avoid doing everything at a time), eliminate friends/prospects and clients that are not focused. Always key your eye on your goal for every task taken

Relationship, Environment and Friends

A. Environment:
Avoid environments that kills your self worth- Stay away from people that make you feel any less of yourself. 

You do not owe anyone explanations of who you are, but actions of what you’re made of.
...Princesage 2017

So, guard your heart and mind jealously because that’s the foundation and bedrock of your success this year

B. Relationship: 

Pick only the positives from relationships and family. You’re responsible for your happiness and success. 

Clearly define what is good for you and what’s bad for you. Its only natural for families and loved ones to want the best for you, wishing you not to suffer but you must realize some pains are bound to occur, only if you were born with a silver spoon. 

So it’s left to you to choose when to endure those pains and challenges. Now, while you’re fit and strong or in the days of old

C. Friends

Carefully select your friends like a recruiting process conducted by one of the best HR Team. Start the beginning of a friendship with the end in mind. Do not feel bad to eliminate a bad seed. Ensure you avoid malice, resentment, grudge and still maintain friendship from a distance. Quietly, step back from hangouts or activities that doesn’t positively affect your goal except you have a marketing objective tied to it, for which I count as a goal.

3. Say No to excuses: 

Enough of shifting blames to the government, situations or your background. Opportunities are everywhere, even your problems are presently the biggest opportunities now 

Government: If the government places restrictions on foreign trade, its time to launch your local brand and push it with class 

Situations: Remember, during the days of Nitel and Post office orders, people needed to queue to make calls just to book for an appointment, some send letters or fax stating their date of visit and get to prospects location only to discover he/she just stepped out. You’re in a generation of telecommunication & media communication. Remember, to advertise your brand those days, people needed investors support to run billboard ads, television ads and all expensive conventional media ads, but now you’re in a generation of social media and digital market placement. Those who lived in previous times achieved a lot with discipline so why complain? 

You: Why am I unfortunate?, Why am I ugly?, Why am I not educated?, Why is my business like this? . Why! !Why !!Why?...Many unfortunate people you know today, took advantage of their disability only with self determination, believe and confidence, many ugly people are successful and remember you blame their wives for loving them for money. The most successful entrepreneurs are high school drop outs. Why is my business like this? Have you ever thought of giving your business the required attention and professionalism a branch manager at a highly paid institution or bank gives to his work.

So Get Started Now!, Implement Now!

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4. Redefine your Business Plan or SWOT Analysis for the Year

STRENGTH, WEAKNESS, OPPORTUNITY & THREAT

Design a Business Plan or SWOT Analyses if you haven’t done so 

If you’re an entrepreneur, top level manager or C.E.O, you'll need it the most

Download A Detailed SWOT Guide for your Business

S.W.O.T. is an acronym that stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. A SWOT Analysis is an organized list of your business’s greatest strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. 

The purpose of a SWOT Analysis is to help you develop a strong business strategy by making sure you’ve identified and considered all of your business’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as the opportunities and threats it faces in the marketplace 

Strengths and weaknesses are internal to the company (think: reputation, patents, location). You can change them over time, but not without some work. Opportunities and threats are external (think: suppliers, competitors, prices)—they are out there in the market, happening whether you like it or not. You can’t change them. 

Do an annual check up. 

Just like you should visit the doctor annually, your SWOT Analysis should get a check-up at least once a year, too. You’ll be amazed how much can change within a year. You might not need to conduct the analysis from top to bottom again, but you should at least set aside a day to review it and make updates. 

Do a SWOT Analysis when a shift occurs. If something big is changing in your business, it’s time to do a new SWOT report. Maybe you just took on a big client and plan to increase your revenue, or maybe the political support that you once had is shifting. When a noticeable change like this happens, it’s always a good idea to re-evaluate where your business stands. 

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You work from Home

Whether you’re starting a home-based business due to financial considerations or for another reason, you can use this checklist to help you figure out whether or not working from home is the right option for you. It will also help you determine what you need to do to get set up officially, including creating a great working environment.

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