Whether you're just starting a new business or you're looking to grow an established business, Feng Shui can help you. By working with the natural energies of the world, you can help draw opportunity and possibility to you just by changing your environment. Here are several tips you can use to grow your business ? no matter where you're starting out from.
1. Look for dead things ? Whether it's plants or items that simply don't work, if you want to grow a business, you need to toss these items, fix them, or nurse them back to health. Anything that symbolizes death or stunted growth is going to attract that negative energy into your business.
2. Seeds of change ? If you like the idea of symbols to represent your growth, try planting seeds and then nursing them to full growth. This will allow you to encourage the energy of upward movement and seeds blossoming into a fully mature plant ? much like your business. Taking the time to water these seeds and provide for their needs will help you bring that Spring energy into your business tasks.
3. Failure is not an option ? Though most of us would say that we learn from our mistakes, you do not want to surround yourself with reminders of your failures. Remove any traces of negative job performances or other things that went badly in the course of your business practice. This way, you will be surrounding yourself with positive reminders of what you have done well, spurning you on to do more positive things.
4. Read success stories ? Focusing on what can happen for your business will encourage positive energy in your day to day business life. Read success stories and post them around your workspace to remind yourself that things are possible and that you might be the next success story. Or you could write your own success story, even if it hasn't happened yet.
5. Check your fears at the door ? You might also want to try your doorknob to make sure it's not sticking. When you can not open your door easily, the energy coming in and going out is stifled. You need to make sure that your door is always working well and that you can move easily from one part of your work area to the next.
6. Look to the left ? When you walk into your workspace, look to the left back area of the room. Is this area cluttered and messy or is it professional and productive? This area is where energy related to wealth and success is focused, so this area should be as clean as possible. If there are any negative items in this section, you should remove them immediately.
7. Center your success ? Though the middle of a room is associated with health in Feng Shui practices, you might want to realize that the health of your business can also apply here. By taking care to clear this space and keep it free of clutter, you can encourage financial and business health. You might also want to hang a crystal in the middle of the room to radiate energy to all corners of the room, protecting your space from being stuffy and potentially negative to your business goals.
8. Leave some empty room ? So often, we try to fill every corner of our homes and offices with stuff. But when we do so, we aren't leaving room for anything new to enter. Try to leave some empty space in your office or work area to help you encourage the energy of attraction and of possibility. Since there is always room for more in your workspace, you will be able to have more successful ventures.
If you want to have all the clients and customers you can handle, then embrace the business model of building an email list of people who are interested in what it is that you offer. But it's not enough to just add people to our list. You have to build a relationship with them so they get to know, like and trust you enough to make them want to invest some of their hard-earned money with you.
I'd like to share with you one of the many effective strategies I teach in 21 Easy & Essential Steps to Online Success System. This is a technique I personally implement on a regular basis, and because I do so, my list numbers increase on a regular basis as well.
Like the entire list building strategies I teach, this one is neither costly nor difficult to implement - in other words, it's free and easy! Simply find forums that are comprised of your target market. Hang around for a bit, see what's being talked about, and when a question comes up that allows you to share your expertise, pop in and give the group your wisdom. Most lists will permit you to attach a short email signature to your posts, and this is where you point people to where they can sign up for your list via your Pink Spoon (your freebie offering that entices people into your marketing and product funnel).
And, if it's appropriate, you can also refer to a more comprehensive answer that you have packaged as a product by saying something like, "by the way I've got a free report on this which answers your question more in-depth. If you'd like a copy, send me an email off list."
If the person who posted the question found your answer of value, they will likely ask for a copy of your free report ? and that's how they join your list. And not only will that person likely follow-up with you, but many others who are reading the posts will too. I've attracted more than 70 people to my list from just one posting like this. If you make this strategy a consistent part of your overall marketing plan, it will help you increase your list numbers, position you as an expert, and spread the word about who you are and what it is that you offer.
Consistently providing valuable solutions to your niche will help you grow your own list full of those people who are ideal clients and customers for your particular offerings. Then if you make solution-oriented and compelling offers to your list periodically, your income will grow too!
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