2011 has flew past our eyes within a very short time. It has definitely for me. How has your year been? Has it been an amazing year for you? Or are you feeling frustrated and upset that another year has flown past?

Are you feeling as stuck as the SMRT Trains? Where it keeps breaking down and slowing down? Has your life has been a cycle of constant breakdowns? How can you change this cycle?

For me, it has been an amazing year of ups and down and massive breakthroughs. I set the intention of hitting one million in 2011 and I am happy to say that we are very near it, nearly $900,000. We jumped from $160,000 (6 months performance) to $900,000 within one year. So exactly changed?

I am going to share 4 key tips on how you move from broken down mode to acceleration speed.

1) Set Outrageous Goals

Start your year by setting crazy and outrageous goals that scare you silly. Start the year with a big bang by setting goals that excite you and even if you have no idea on how you are going to do it, just do it. Take that goal and live and breathe it. Paste it everywhere and keep taking one step ahead and even without knowing it, you will be nearly there.

2) Focus On What Is Important

There are certain components of your business once you improve it, it will skyrocket the results. Identify those sections and spend 101% improving those elements and watch your sales increase. Many business owners focus on the wrong things and do things that they enjoy and therefore, business keeps increasing tiny steps bit by it. For business, you want to take the massive leap and shift, not tiny step by step.

Be real and honest to yourself about your company progress. If it is not progressing as quickly as you want, and nothing changes, then your business will continue spluttering along. You have to focus on the important parts of your business. Even though we may not be 100% ready for everything, we focus on giving our students easy to apply information, an interactive experience to understand lessons and a community to support them for the rest of their lives. With these factors in place, then we commit to being the best platform for helping low tech people master internet marketing skills.

3) Hire experts to fix your biggest challenges

A business goes through high and lows. When it hits a low, it is time for you to master new skills and be prepared to grow to the next level. When my business hits a new low, i know its time for an expert to bring me to the next level. It usually comes in the form of a coach that has specific skills that I need to master. They always appear within 1-2 months. And I always hire them even though it can be really expensive. For me, I believe that when you pay lots, you are more inclined to commit to success. If you want to accelerate at turbo speed, you have to work with coaches one-to-one or at least in a group.

4) Focus 100% on Marketing

A business is about acquiring new clients. In order to get new clients, you have to be present and infront of them. Many companies go out and attempt any single channel and waste lots of energy looking in the wrong channels. Firstly, be clear on where your target market are and then make sure that you are present. Many companies are fearful of spending the money on advertising because they are afraid of the conversion. If you cannot convert, then you have to perfect it first before marketing aggressively.

Spend 70% of the time on marketing and being infront of your future clients. Monitor and evaluate every marketing channel and give it a dollar per value to compare effectively. Tweak and improve every marketing collateral and refresh it every 2-3 months.

With these 4 tips, I look forward to seeing you propel towards your goals and stop being stuck like SMRT train in 2012. Speak soon.

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