January 15, 2007
We Made It Across the Finish Line!
I made it! Actually, ‘WE made it’ would be a more accurate expression. Yes, my wife and I successfully crossed the finish line yesterday in the ½ marathon we ran here in Phoenix, AZ.
After standing around in 28 degree weather from 6am until we finally crossed the start line at 9am, it took us a little over 2 ½ hours to cover the 13.1 mile distance. The race took us from somewhere in the downtown area of Phoenix all the way out to Sun Devil stadium, which I guess is on the out-skirts of Phoenix.
Now, even though my wife and I managed to cross the finish line in a respectable time, we definitely could have done better. The reason we didn’t do any better was because quite frankly, we just didn’t train as much or as often as we should have. My wife did a much better job of training than I did, but I know that had we put in a little more time and effort ahead of time, our time would’ve been much faster.
Believe it or not, as we were running I did quite a lot of thinking about you and how I can help you grow your business this year. I mean heh, 2 ½ hours of running gives you a whole lot of time to think! So over the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing lots of new ideas, suggestions, and lessons that came about as a result of my run yesterday.
The first has to do with what I already mentioned. You see, if my wife and I had done more training, we would have received a much better result than what we did.
What does this have to do with you and your business? Basically, if you’ll put in the time and effort up front, the results you’ll receive will be significantly better than what you’ve received previously or are receiving.
That means take the time right now to plan out what needs to be done to reach your goals. Write out your goals, plan the activities you need to do to accomplish your goals, make a plan to complete the activities, then head off to the start line and make it happen.
Stay tuned throughout this upcoming year for plenty of ideas, suggestions, and techniques and how to get better results from your marketing efforts.
Also, don’t forget about the ½ marathon special I’m running until tomorrow night at midnight Eastern. That means you can get any one of the products or services available on my website at a 13.1% discount.
Remember the sale ends tomorrow night at midnight so don’t sit on this for too long!
You can only get the discount through this link right here:
Filed under Lawn Care Marketing by Chestin
