One of the most useful bloggers out there is Melyssa Griffin.
She has compiled a list of 20 things you can do to re-energize your business.
1. Put something on the calendar: A meeting, an event, a deadline.
2. Reach out to new contacts: Are there a couple business people out there who you totally admire?
3. Reconnect with old contacts: Whether it’s someone you met at an event, a former client, or someone who used to be a big part of your life. If it’s been a while, maybe it’s time to take them out for a work lunch!
4. Sign up for a conference: Meeting others in your line of work face-to-face is a wonderful thing to increase your opportunity matrix.
5. Find a meetup: If you’re looking for a way to connect with professionals in your area, a meetup is the way to go.
6. Start planning a creative event: Plan your very own event or luncheon.
7. Actually make phone calls: Too much of business is conducted over email. Buck the trend and call someone.
8. Schedule time with a mentor: Reach out to them today and schedule a time to meet up, strategize, and work through some of your current roadblocks.
9. Craft your business plan for 2018: Map out your 2018 goals.
10. Take an inventory of your last 6 months: Sometimes to move forward, it’s important to look back. Think through your last 6 months. What worked and what didn’t?
11. Brainstorm with those you trust: All of those ideas you’ve got rattling around in your brain? Write them down. And then run them past others you know.
12. Set aside time for research: Read a book, scour a blog, download a podcast. Take time to find out how others have hit the big time.
13. Invest in something that will help grow your business: Start to invest in your business give you the chance to up-level some area of your work.
14. Organize: That crowded inbox, that messy workspace, that drawer full of papers you call a filing system need to be put into order.
15. Spruce up your website: TODAY — to make your website an even better.
16. Sign up for a class/workshop: How can you expect to truly up-level your business if you’re reading all the same, free info that everyone else is?
17. Host a promotion or create a freebie: Offer your audience something (a printable, desktop art, a product, etc.) for free! It’s a great way to give folks a taste of what you have to offer.
18. Survey your audience: Ask your audience what they find important or challenging.
19. Be a social media active: Take some time today to Tweet, post, like, fav.
20. Lastly, and most obviously, BLOG