Back to 'Basics' to Get out of a Slump
I had a conversation with a coaching client yesterday about getting 'back to basics'. This might be something that we tell ourselves when we are in a slump. Or maybe you've heard it from an internet guru recently. But what does that really mean? What ARE the basics? What ARE the fundamentals? If I were to say that to you, what would you automatically assume you needed to do? Pick up the phone? Send text messages? Send out emails? Maybe all of the above. To be honest, that sounds more like a shotgun blast approach and less measured and strategized than it should be. Here is what the basics means to me. Visibility. Visibility means your name showing up on your clients phone when you call or in a text message or an email or in their social threads. It means your name showing up on the front of an envelope, or you physically showing up on their doorstep. It means you need to get back in front of the people you've maybe been ignoring the last couple of years with a strategy that is going to get the ball rolling again. So let's chunk it downâŠif I tell you to pick up the phone and make some calls, what does the strategy look like? - Who are we calling and why? - When are we calling them? - How often are we calling them? - What do we say to them WHEN we call? - What do we want the outcome to be? If I said to email your clients, chunk it down⊠- What platform are we using to send the emails? - Who are we emailing and why? - When are we emailing them, days and times? - WHAT are we saying in the emails to get responses and engagement? - WHEN are we going to put this into action? - Getting 'Back to Basics' or the 'Fundamentals' will mean different things to different business owners. If you are stuck and need to turn things around, take a look at your business and understand what worked in the past. Examine what you did. Write it down. Then work out a plan to deploy it consistently in your business and watch things turn around.