Dig it, and Dung It! - by guest blogger Scott Carely

How healthy is your referral landscaping?

When we built our home in Lubbock back in 98, landscaping wasn't in the bid….so I got to do that!  Flowerbeds, a hedge, monkey grass trimming the driveway, moguls and a grassy front lawn.  Part of my dream house included a lawn without stickers.  Weeds brought stickers.  Weeds had to go.

I went back to the nursery and told the owner I needed "weed killer".  Instead…he suggested fertilizer.  I clarified the issue: WEEDS.  He clarified the solution: FERTILIZER.  He taught me something really powerful.  "Fertilize your grass.  Water it.  Aerate it.  Strong, healthy grass will choke out all your weeds."  He was soooooo right!

Interesting story in Luke 13:6-9  Read it.  It's good business advice.  I'm just saying…..

Luke 13:6  And He began telling this parable. "A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. 7  Then said he unto the vineyard keeper. 'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?' 8   And he answered and said unto him, 'Lord, let it alone this year, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer (dung); 9  and if it bear fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.'" (NASB)

 Here is what we learned:

1. Three years into this project, the owner isn't happy with the crop return.

How long have you been into some projects and you're not seeing the return you want?

2. The dresser wants time to execute a strategy

Time isn't always the answer….unless it is accompanied by a plan or strategy.

3. He is going to Dig and Dung it (fertilize).

Digging simply means that you need to work your prospect and referral connections.  Sort out your contact base. Make some calls.

Dunging means…. you need tofertilize the referral connection with things that are a value add!  Give them something.  Recognize their efforts. Invite them to an event.  Offer something complementary.

If you want fruit (results)… Dig it and Dung it!

My clients use a 7-7-28 plan.

• 7 New connections to their data base per week
• 7 Personal notes or cards out to their A and B client list per week
• 28 Personal phone calls to A and B clients or Prospects.

Last week….one of my clients closed a $5600 proposal…..Digging and Dunging.  Contact me and I'll get you a shovel and some Miracle Grow!

Scott Carley, Coach512-470-0570

Coach@GrowthDynamic.com

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A BIG THANKS for this excellent post to Scott!

....all the time!

"Try to tell me there's not a creator" - Bruk Schenken

Advancing in my dreams

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." - Henry David Thoreau

That's an incredible statement. Dreaming, being confident in moving forward, having images of what the dreams look like, uncommon hours, achieving success.

Ask this,

- What am I dreaming?

- What do I really want?

Dream big and test them them by moving confidently to their achievement.

Don't just seize the day, throttle it.

To that end....Dream FIRST

Seize it. Throttle it.

Danny L. Smith
512-773-6528

"A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be." - Bruce Springsteen

Email: Top 3 Marketing Weapon

http://huff.to/1501YCM

I agree, in part with the author's colleague who believes emails from smartphones don't seem to offer a full or credible response. Emphasis on "seems." 

Having said that, you can say all you want, the "sent from......" is a bad marketing message. I'll add to this discussion "please excuse my errors..." Heck, that's not just bad marketing, it's bad leadership. How exactly does that statement influence someone? It does, negatively. And it makes the user looked used. 

Marketing is everything I do before and after getting the check, and everything rises and falls on leadership. 

My email is a top 3 marketing weapon and it needs to be tuned-in every time I use it. 

          To that end.............

Danny L. Smith

512-773-6528

"A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be." - Bruce Springsteen 

New Beginnings

"During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is: not to take the risk" - Soren Kierkegaard

I don't know what context Kierkegaard wrote that comment but I contend that the same danger lies in the latter stages.

To "finish well" requires the risk of making the mistakes AGAIN.

So, is your dream big enough to take the risk, again?

To that end.......


"A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be." - Bruce Springsteen

Implementation, evaluation, correction

Lack of business is usually the lack of

Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation - Evaluation - Correction - Re-Implementation................

Get it?

 

Struggles

If I had only one piece of advice for someone in the midst of a problem, it would be

"Don't waste the struggle."

Thinking back on some of mine, it would be literally horrible to have wasted them.

Danny L. Smith
512-773-6528

"A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be." - Bruce Springsteen

Thinking about yourself

Charles Stanley, in his book "Success God's Way," asks the question "how do you think about yourself?"

How we think about ourselves manifests into how we relate to others, our business, our marriages, our health and other aspects of our daily life.

Today, join me in having good thoughts about ourselves.

Danny L. Smith
512-773-6528

"A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be." - Bruce Springsteen

Changing the small things

It's changing the small things that matter. The more I pray, ponder and practice, the more I look at what's added value, what hasn't...the more it's about

changing the small things.

What did you change yesterday?

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