As mentioned in my last article ‘To Grow or not to Grow?’, over the past 5 years I have loved what I do and I continue to love what I do. It does not feel like work to me because I have amazing clients, I work with fabulous people and well I just love the transformation I can help my clients create with their website, online and email marketing.

Where my business was 5 years ago is a totally different place to where it is now. In fact, the vision I held back then for what was possible was a fraction of what I now envision as being possible for myself, my clients and my business.

The main reason for the change in vision and thinking has been due to the influence of other people in my life. The mentors in my life. Both personal and business. I am in gratitute to the awesome mentors who have contributed to my own growth and today I share the five success lessons that have contributed to the growth of my own business over the past few years.

1) Prioritise your day. Keep focused on income producing activities. Every day set yourself a goal of doing at least three income producing activities and do these first, before anything else. That way you’ll finish up the day knowing that you’ve invested your time well and you’ll be contributing to the ongoing success of your business.

2) Go virtual for support. If you know you need help but you can’t afford an employee opt for a virtual team member. A virtual assistant will work from their own home and can do many tasks to save you time and grow your business. The great part is you only pay for the time they spend on your business, which can be as little as an hour a week.

3) People Power. The most important aspect of your business is your people. That includes you if you are the brand of your business, your team, and your clients. It’s important to ensure the people are kept happy (yes including yourself!). And it goes without saying, that a happy customer is essential to a thriving healthy business.

4) Multiple streams of Income. It’s nice (& smart!) to have more than one income stream in your business. This can mean adding an information product, membership program or another way of generating income that is not solely related to selling your time.

5) Invest in yourself. Investing in yourself is the best business investment that you can possibly make. If you want to see your business grow invest in a mentor or coach who will teach, inspire and motivate you and keep you in action and accountable.

Every single one of the lessons above are ones that I have had to learn and that I have implemented with great success. They have made a massive contribution to my business. Business is a journey of lessons, so do you have a tip or lesson to add to the above?

I’d love to have your feedback – feel free to post a comment below.

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