Winter Board · Nov
Use the quieter end of the year to make January easier.
While everyone else is winding down, there are small things you can do now that will make starting again in January considerably easier.
None of it takes a desk, a plan or a free week. Most of it takes half an hour and a cup of something warm.
Ten postcards · from 10 minutes · any order you like
mince pie optional
The board
I’ve got half an hour. What would be useful to do today?
Pick whatever helps, ignore whatever doesn’t, come back whenever you like. Nothing here expires and nothing needs finishing.
Nothing picked yet - one useful postcard is a good day.
Before everyone disappears for Christmas, capture the result while it's still fresh.
20 mins · Agent assisted
Not prospecting. Reconnect with three people you'd genuinely like to speak to again in January.
15 mins · From your phone
Look at this year's work. Which problems would you like people to come to you to solve next year?
30 mins · Alex can help
The organisations most likely to feel the problems you solve as budgets and priorities reset.
45 mins · Brogan can help
Ask while the work and the result are still fresh.
10 mins · From your phone
Make sure what buyers see reflects what you want to be bought for next.
30 mins · Alex can help
Turn something you've solved repeatedly into something a buyer can understand and buy.
30 mins · Agent assisted
Not a content calendar. One useful idea that gives you a reason to start conversations when everyone returns.
20 mins · Agent assisted
Who did you nearly work with this year? Wish them well for Christmas and put the relationship back on the radar.
10 mins · From your phone
Sometimes getting ready means removing something rather than adding something.
15 mins · Coffee job
Not sure which one to pick?
Choose the postcard for the thing you’ve been quietly avoiding. That’s usually the one worth the half hour.
or just do a ten minute one
Who can help
What you get out of it
You arrive with your positioning, your proof, a watchlist and a reason to start talking to people already in place.
Arrive whenever - nothing here expires.
Ready when you are
Pick the things that will make the next season easier.
Your Fractional First® Agents can help you work through them from the garden, the sofa, the beach, between client calls or wherever you happen to have an hour.
The goal isn’t to complete the board.
The goal is to be better prepared for the opportunity that’s coming next.