Slow and Steady Ad Agency New Business
Your new business program will benefit from applying the principals of healthy living
by Todd Knutson | published on May 13, 2009
I was struck by the parallels between maintaining good personal health and a successful and healthy agency new business program when scanning the recent Zappos blog, Slow and Steady Wins the
I like this comparison and I think it works on a number of levels. After reading your SAT Question of the Day post, this one took me right back to college!
1. Don’t cram the night before a test. Translation: Practice new business consistently
2. Schedule mandatory times to study. Translation: Schedule your new business activities on your calendar.
3. Clean up your study habits. Translation: focus on companies that are a good potential fit for your agency.
4. Register for the right classes, don’t set yourself up for failure.
Translation: Set achievable goals, so that hitting them will help you stick with your plan.
5. Learn how you study best
Translation: track your activities. Knowing your metrics will make you a better new business person and allow you to determine what to change in order to improve.
These 5 tips can be helpful within many contexts when applied correctly. Great advice Todd!