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Regain control with Productivity
Ok, so this week’s content feels a little self-indulgent to me. But I have to get over that quick smart if I plan on providing you with some ways to improve your productivity as a Biz Mum, particularly if you work at home.
Trust me, I get it. I know how hard it is to get stuff done and feel like you're progressing in your business when you’re doing it all on your own, or maybe you’ve got a partner or VA but really, the demands of mum life throws an extra spanner in the works for us as business owners.
Name Your Responsibilities
One thing I highly recommend you do before we get into the productivity tips is that you take a bird’s eye view of your responsibilities.
Get clear on what it is that you ACTUALLY have to do each week. I did this exercise myself and I’ve shared it here so you can see what I mean.
Let’s start with a very simple snapshot of some of the tasks that need doing here at MWH just to keep our heads above water, without actually getting anything “new" done.
Now, when I say “new”, I do have to be kind to myself and remember that we are putting out NEW stuff out each WEEK and that’s not the thing that I’m referring to when I say “new” stuff. What I’m really talking about here is the stuff that keeps us operating and relevant on a daily basis. In other words, these thing that I’m about to list are my MUST DOs. Without them, I’m pretty sure we’d be screwed. Now I’m fortunate that I run this biz with my husband. He’s my audio guy and my tech support but here’s some of the daily tasks that I have specifically as my responsibility. You may be able to relate to most of these task and for the ones that you don’t relate to, you can replace those with the to-dos that are fundamental to your biz staying afloat, week in, week out.
So here we go:
Planning and writing the weekly email broadcast
Writing copy for the podcast
Planning, writing, creating social media posts AND THEN posting and interacting on social media (3 platforms, 2-5 times a day on each, 7 days a week)
Responding to emails
Making time to learn to develop my own business skill set
Reaching out to potential guests for the podcast
Writing a blog post
Creating a freebie to help support my audience
Building my bank of photos for social media and the blog - styling, taking and editing photos.
Recording the podcast
Preparing my podcast guest
Following up with my podcast guest
Then there are these…
What about:
Creating ways for the MWH community to CONNECT - Cue the Facebook group! If you haven’t joined our PRIVATE Biz Club on FB you can do so here. Mums With Hustle Biz Club
Checking in with individuals from the MWH to see how they’re going
Connecting with others for collaboration (other ways) through a phone call or email
Creating my paid products - yes, they’re under construction!
Content creation
Learning how to grow my biz on other social media platforms
Staying active in the other Facebook groups I’m a part of
Looking at ways to grow our biz, PR, VA… this research takes time!
Attending a face to face meeting
Anyway, I know you get my drift. There’s a lot and you’re in the same boat too. You’ve got your biz and you’ve got limited time.
TASK:
Grab a pen and paper and jot down all of your MUST DO’s. Don’t get fancy about it. This is just a brain dump.
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