Q4 Planning Framework
As I am here cleaning out my closet and gearing up for Q4, the I am reminded of this simple truth:
At any given moment, we are always cleaning up some type of sh*t. LOL
đź’©Sh*t we wanna get rid of.
đź’©Sh*t we have been delaying but NEED to complete.
💩Sh*t we owe someone but haven’t yet given them.
💩Sh*t we promised ourselves but haven’t yet fulfilled.
But the difference between people who get sh*t done and someone who is just drawing in piles of it?
Having a strategy, plan, and accountability to it completed.
That’s why as we enter Q4, the question you should ask isn’t “what can I get done today?”, but…
“Do I have the RIGHT people and support to help me get to where I want to go?”
This is the difference between procrastinating (I do it too!) and delaying, and getting sh*t done in a way that will actually move the needle in your business.
To think about your Q4 plan more strategically so its not just a long to-do list, here is a winning framework I use with my startup clients to ONLY focus on the top 3 strategic goals for that quarter.
These strategic goals are BIG needle movers, and not “tasks”, such as:
✔️Offer optimization (is your offer the most enticing it can be? Can you offer less “things” but make it more valuable so its easier on the back end to deliver it?)
✔️Pricing optimization (can you bundle or do upsells to increase revenue per customer?)
✔️PR and Visibility (gift guides, collabs, getting into partners’ hands, wholesale, podcasts, etc)
✔️Systems and delegation (do you have the SOPs and people to help you?)
✔️Backend and fulfillment
After you have your 3 (no more than 3 max!) BIG areas of focus, have a good/better/best goal for each one, so you don’t get overwhelmed if you can’t reach a certain goal.
Remember: ALL goals must be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-based)
This means, your goals you fill in this chart below ⬇️must have numbers around what EXACTLY you want to do. For example, upsell 30% more of your customers than currently because you’ve optmized your pricing with a good upsell
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(get more sh*t done!)
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