Joseph Ghabi once said: “Your life will begin changing the moment you decide that you want it to.”

I’ve found that the same is true for growing your business. If you want to see different results than what you’ve seen in the past, you must make a heartfelt decision to do things differently. You need to start with making over your mindset.

Mental blocks can hold you back and keep you from achieving your goals. When you sit down to work on your business are you clear and focused, or is your mind cluttered with ideas, client requests, overdue items and more?

The FIRST step to achieving your goals is de-cluttering and organizing your mind. When you do this, you’ll be able to clearly define what you want to accomplish and start taking the necessary action to achieve your goals.

If a never ending to do list, too many ideas for marketing your business, missed opportunities and a constant state of overwhelm are running your life, it’s time to clear out the old and get organized. When you do this, you’ll find that it’s easier to focus on marketing your business consistently and effectively.

Here are seven simple practices that you can use NOW to do just that:

• Document EVERYTHING! – When your brain is busy trying to keep track of the many details that are floating around your head, you begin to feel stressed out and overwhelmed. Write down everything! For years, my husband told me to do this but I ignored him – until I finally started to see that there was too much for me to manage on my own. Once I started taking his advice, EVERYTHING changed. The same can be true for you. Get a notebook if you prefer the pen and paper type of note taking, or use Evernote.com. No matter how you do it – start documenting every aspect of how you run and market your business. Getting it all out of your head and onto paper is going to relieve a tremendous amount of stress.

• Create a login file – In this day and age, the number of accounts you need to log into on a daily basis seems to be growing each week! Keeping track of all that information in your head is a surefire recipe for disaster. Have ONE spreadsheet where you keep all of this information. Be sure to write down everything – your blog dashboard, social media profiles, email marketing system, etc. You’ll be able to save time looking for what you need.

• Use a notebook to capture all of your ideas – Apart from your procedures and to do list notebook, you should create a space where you can write down all of your new ideas. Entrepreneurs have no problem generating great new ideas – but it’s far too easy to forget about them or allow them to distract you from your profit plan. Keeping your ideas in one spot will make it easy for you to refer back to those ideas often so you can actually implement them. Imagine how you can increase your profits when you start taking action on your great ideas?

• Use just ONE to-do list – If your daily task list is in 7 different spots, you’re going to feel distracted and scattered. Keep everything in one list – there are countless options, so just choose one and stick with it! Once you’ve picked the best option for you, commit to using this one system for your tasks and projects. Using a web based system will make it easy to delegate tasks to other people.

• Plan ahead with your content – Many entrepreneurs feel stuck with marketing because they aren’t sure what to do. Just start with one month – plan out what you’ll be doing in the upcoming month. Pick a date to publish each piece, plan out the theme for your content and jot down some ideas for your newsletter, blog posts or social media updates. When you sit down to write your marketing materials you’ll crank out your content quickly and easily.

• Create a Master Schedule Template – If you find yourself looking back at the end of the week and wondering where the time went, you need to implement this right away! Using a weekly calendar, you can designate blocks of time where you’ll work on certain aspects of your business. For example, reserve Monday from 9 am to 12 pm for marketing, 1 pm to 3 pm for writing, 3 pm to 5 pm for email management and so on. Start by inserting recurring tasks (like client meetings, marketing times, meeting with your coach, etc) and then designate other blocks of time for your other activities. Don’t leave your essential tasks to chance! Make a plan for when you’ll do them and you’ll boost your productivity.

• Set clear boundaries – Once you get this support system into place, you need to follow through and stick with it! Commit to yourself that you’ll honor what you’ve set out to do. Turn off email notifications and other distractions. Make sure that friends and family know when you’re available to chat. You can also create accountability for yourself by working with a coach or mentor to help you.

Marketing and growing your business isn’t impossible – but it does require planning and consistency to work. When you de-clutter your mind and organize your materials, you will be able to see the results you’ve been looking for and fully enjoy a successful business.

Which tip will you implement first?

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WordPress is well known for its ease of installation. Under most circumstances installing WordPress is a very simple process and takes less than five minutes to complete. Many web hosts now offer tools (e.g. Fantastico) to automatically install WordPress for you. However, if you wish to install WordPress yourself, the following guide will help. Now with Automatic Upgrade, upgrading is even easier.

The following installation guide will help you, whether you go for the Famous 5 Minute Installation, or require the more detailed installation guide.

• Things to Know Before You Begin Installing WordPress
• The Famous 5-Minute Installation
• Detailed Installation Instructions
• Common Installation Problems
• WordPress in Your Language
• Installing WordPress in Your Language
• How to Install Multiple Blogs
• How to Install on Your Own Computer
• Easy 5 Minute WordPress Installation on Windows
• Getting Started with WordPress (much more installation info)

Things to Know Before Installing WordPress

Before you begin the install, there are few things you need to have and do.

You need access to your site and its directory and software to proceed with the installation. These are:

• Access to your web server (via shell or FTP)
• A text editor
• An FTP Client
• Your web browser of choice

Things You Need to Do to Install WordPress

Begin your installation by:

1. Checking to ensure that you and your web host have the minimum requirements to run WordPress.
2. Download the latest release of WordPress.
3. Unzip the downloaded file to a folder on your hard drive.
4. Be prepared with a secure password for your Secret Key
5. Print this page out so you have it handy during the installation.

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The Fun of Social Bookmarking
By Val McQueen

Social bookmarking is fun. Maybe you have wondered what social bookmarking is, or how you yourself can get involved in it. But guess what? You have probably already done it. Probably quite a few times.

Ever sent a link to your friend up some idiot crashing into the wall on his skateboard? Well, that’s social bookmarking! The main function of the top bookmarking sites is to keep a list of all your favorite sites and organize them into a single location.

If you’re wondering whether or not you should join a social bookmarking site, there are some pretty obvious ways to tell it would be a good fit.

Think about the last time you shared a website you liked. If your friends liked it and commented on how you always find the best stuff, consider joining a wet site like Digg or StumbleUpon. You might have an eye for finding popular websites, and this could help you build quite a following online.

You can even make new friends online based on similar interests in websites. Looking at other people’s bookmarks is a great way to find new content online, as well as make connections with others who like the same kind of websites.

You may have a knack for this sort of thing. Some people are early adapters’, which means they can spot new trends easily and before most people can. Things like viral videos and hot songs may be clear to you before they have racked up all the views and plays that make them popular.

In other words, stuff that you find interesting ends up being really hot months down the line.

If you prove yourself to be an early adapter, people will follow your lead. Everyone wants to be up on the latest trend, and they use early adapters to find those trends before other people.

Social bookmarking can be a very enjoyable hobby. Give it a try and you just might find your new passion.

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