So, I wanted to share my top 3 things to get ready now for 2025 that can be done (most likely) within 3 weeks, setting you up nicely for a restful Christmas break and a clear and focused January.
Not sure about where to start or worried that Christmas won’t actually be the business break you want? We have an early gift at the bottom of this email you just might like.
3 Things To Get Ready Now For 2025
1. Decide on your 2025 budget & forecast
Set out your 2025 financial plan and integrate KPIs in your marketing, sales and make sure your revenue goals are crystal clear so you and your team hit the ground running in Jan. Make sure you:
- Consider market conditions as well as your historic sales in your revenue estimates to maximise potential. If market conditions means a dip/drop is highly likely, consider how to mitigate this through developing or diversifying your offerings.
- Underpin all your budget numbers with a solid strategy on how they will be achieved.
- Build an Essentials Data Dashboard that gets updated and reviewed weekly to spot gaps and red flags early.
2. Map out your plan for a prosperous pipeline
Get your tactics outlined in detail to fill up your marketing funnel and sales pipeline – and if you can streamline the process and cut the process time down too, that’s a solid win. Make sure you:
- Create a Q1 content calendar that appeals to your ideal client.
- Define each stage of your pipeline and what qualifies for each stage; i.e. Prospect, MQL and SQL stages (a great way to sift out inefficiencies and nurture qualify leads).
- Collect data through marketing and sales stages for drilling down on success and challenge analysis – you’ll be glad you did once you hit Q2.
3. Find (at least) 3 things to delegate, automate or ditch
Clear out the low-value things on your to-do list taking up time and headspace. Automation and efficiency may be buzz words right now with the advancement of AI and tech across all industries this year, but when done right and (crucially) bespoke to you, this could save hours, days or even weeks across the year. (We did this with our sales pipeline earlier this year and we’ve saved over 45 minutes per sales lead across our team – result!). Make sure you:
- Delegate your low value to-do’s as a business leader to someone else’s mid or high value to-do’s and lean into your team support.
- Automate things that are already working well – take time to do it with manual steps first (i.e. don’t automate before you know it works).
- Ditch things that don’t contribute directly to your personal and/or 2025 business plan. For things you want to come back to, put them “on ice” and come back to them later in the year when you’re ready to take on other projects.
Now that should make things a little clearer and lighter…
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