Promotions!

“It is time for us to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever, the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.”-Vince Lombardi


We are proud to announce that 3 of our employees here at Bold Marketing Strategies have been promoted! Terra Majors, Jasimine Townsend , and Shannon Kirkland were all promoted into leadership yesterday ! Although they have only been here at Bold for a few weeks, they focused on their goals and utilized resources in the office and reached leadership quickly.
CONGRATULATIONS  TERRA, SHANNON, AND JASIMINE ON YOUR PROMOTIONS!
Here are a few tips on how to better yourself professionally!
TGIF ! J

Challenge yourself
Top professionals constantly challenge and reinvent themselves, pushing the bar to achieve more every time. If you are able to produce 100%, try for 110%. Constantly challenge yourself to achieve more every time.

Become a valuable resource
Do people come to you for advice very often? If not, take steps to become an expert in your profession. From internal employees to the media, you must be viewed upon as a valuable resource. Look for publishing (articles, books, etc.) and public speaking opportunities in your profession.
Network, network, network
If I could, I would summarize this article in three simple words, they would be as follows: network, network, network. Knowing the right people, both within and outside the organization (especially experts, authors, and industry leaders) can do wonders for your career. If you don’t have a mentor, consider having one. The right mentor can make a significant difference in your career.

Become a better leader
The corporate world values leadership skills like no other. Irrespective of your profession or position title, leadership skills are always desirable. Be proactive and develop your leadership skills.

                                        HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND ! :)

BOOM!

In a few months Bold Marketing Strategies will be opening a new office, taking Bold nationwide! Were are expecting  so many BIG things in 2012!   What about you? Are you on your way to reaching your professional goals? If you're serious about reaching your big goals this year, the trick is to break through the obstacles that arise along the way. Here are a few ways to get past those obstacles , to reach all of your professional goals.  Making 2012 the most successful year yet!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

1. Procrastination
   
   Is there a voice lurking in your head, whispering to put projects off? Shouting, even, to wait another day, or week, or year? Procrastination may have made a nest for itself, right in the middle of the things you need to get done. That means that you're looking at your key tasks, or trying to look away, and actively avoiding them...
   
   Try this instead:
   
   Notice procrastination early on—right when the creature first begins to rear its ugly head. Then ask yourself an important question: What do I need to do to get the job done? Quickly write down your answer. Don't think about it too much. For example, say you've been tasked with planning the department’s summer party and planning is not your strength. Instead of staring at your blank MS Excel spreadsheet entitled "Party," start typing out the key things that need to occur: Location, Invitations, Activities, Food, Entertainment. Then type out the tasks that go with each area. This will spark momentum and build an action plan. Note: This is the first of four procrastination busters that I give in my book The Naked Desk (p. 52).
2. Lack of Time
   
   No matter who you are or where you are, each of us has 24 hours in a day. That’s a fact, right? Yet with all of the things that tug at your attention (work, family, commute, etc.) dedicating time to your goals can be tough. To get through your day and get to what's important, you have to stop your to-do list from growing…
   
   Try this instead:
   
   Narrow down your top 3 priorities of the day. How many things are on your to-do list right now? Change the way you use your list by focusing on what's important. Ask yourself, "If I could only do 3 things today, what would they be?" Then go to work on those things first. If you schedule and check off things that matter that day, you'll feel a sense of satisfaction at the end of the day. Wouldn't you enjoy that more than trying to cram in the 54 items on your list and wondering what you actually got done? Create a challenge at which you can win. The 3 priorities a day is that challenge.
3. Not Knowing Where to Start
   
   You walk into your work area and feel your heart pound. You look at the 6 project piles spread across the floor, then scan the 17 sticky notes with tasks on your computer desktop. Your chest tightens as you ask yourself, "Where do I start?" Walking into a scene like that can stall even the most disciplined professionals…
   
   Try this instead:
   
   Pick one project and spell out a specific goal around it. For example, suppose you've been collecting vacation days for the past 3 years so you can take some time off. It's hard to know where to begin because the idea, "It would be nice to take a vacation some day" is vague. So what do you do? Get clear on what specifically you'd like to do with that time off and by when. Do you want to attend a workshop? Travel? Sit at home for 5 days and read? Pinpoint the goal by writing out what are you going to do by when. So, if you want to use time off for travel, your goal could read: "Go on a family vacation to the Bahamas by June 30, 2008." Then take one action toward that goal.
4. Self-Sabotage
   
   As you walk along the path toward your goal, suddenly someone stands in front of you and blocks the way. But it's not your boss, your sister, your spouse or your kids who are pushing you off track. What blocks your path is a giant mirror. You're staring right at yourself. As one woman, Trish, says, "I keep sabotaging my own efforts." If you're like Trish, read on…
   
   Try this instead:
   
   The key to breaking through self-sabotage is to first notice that you're doing it. Listen carefully if friends and colleagues tell you that you're getting in your own way. Trust them when they say you're interfering with your own success. It could be because you equate success with something painful or challenging. Let's say you're in real estate, for example, and you say you want to sell more houses. Yet, at the same time, you fear losing your friends if you become wealthy. The way out? Alter your all-or-nothing thinking. Accepting one thing does not automatically cancel another. Think it through. Talk it over with the key people involved.
5. Lack of Organization
   
   Did you know that January was "Get Organized Month"? According to National Association of Professional Organizers President Standolyn Robertson, “Getting organized is one of the top 5 New Year's resolutions… NAPO will help over 10,000 people get organized during this month-long event.” Did “get organized” make it to the top of your resolution list? Do you long to dig your way out of disorder and clutter, but have no idea where to start?
   
   Try this instead:
   
   Pick a specific area that you want to work on. Then open a word document or grab a sheet of paper and write "Get Organized Challenge 50" at the top. As fast as you can, jot down 50 things you can do to organize that area. For example, if you chose your cubicle, you might write: reduce paper pile on my desk by one inch; combine paper calendar with digital calendar and ditch the paper version, etc. Look at your list at the beginning of the week and decide how many items you're going to knock out. Put them into your calendar and get them done. Do both big and small things because you don't know what's going to make the most difference for you.
6. Lack of Motivation
   
   One problem is that a lot of goals are set from the head or from the ego. For example, you set a goal to go to law school because your father's a lawyer and your sister's a lawyer, and you want to make them proud. But is it really your goal? If it is, go for it. If it's not, you'll experience much more resistance. It’s tough to motivate yourself for something that in your heart of hearts you don't want to do…
   
   Try this instead:
   
   Review one of your yearly goals. Why is this important to you? Your answer gives you your purpose for doing something. If your "why" is compelling, it will motivate you. If it's not, make your "why" stronger or re-consider the goal altogether. For example, a manager says, "I want to make more money this year." But money for money's sake isn't that motivating. It may interest you when you think about it, but it has to be enticing enough for you to work toward. Why more money? "I want to make more money so that I can send my daughter to a private school where I know she'll thrive." When you clarify the "why" behind what you want you’ll feel much more driven and connected to your goal.
7. Distractions
   
   How can you block the world out to get the important stuff done? Co-workers stop by, friends call, e-mails pop up in your inbox, the Internet lures you, your iPod ear buds beg for a listen… Our world today brims with distractions. Do you long for a moment of peace before you rush out the door in the morning? Do you wish you could find a quiet 2-hour block of time to get that project done? What can you do to close yourself off from distractions?
   
   Try this instead:
   
   The solution links back to Obstacle 2: Lack of Time. Carve out concentrated blocks of time for priorities. For example, if you're meeting a client in a conference room, close the door, let mobile calls go to voice mail, and mute any “ding” reminders that come from your PDA. This will allow you to give your full attention and provide the quality your clients deserve. Also let people know when you're in a no-interruption time or focused work time. In a cubical environment, get creative. Wear a phone headset so that when people peek around the corner they’ll have a signal that you're busy. Or wear earplugs to buffer out office conversations.

2012!!

Welcome to the New Year! It is time for change, renewal, and celebration. The great thing about today is that yesterday is gone. You can't go back and undo things you have done, but you can embrace today and look toward the future with hope.

Build on yesterday's success and learn from yesterday's failures. Live in today.

                TIME FOR 2012 TO  START WITH A BOOM!

Fall 7 times, and stand up 8

“ I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that’s precisely why I succeed.”

- Micheal Jordan 

A goal without a plan is merely a wish without a hope.

1. Improve your physical ENERGY level. You can't make your goals and dreams come true if you are burned out, stressed out and running on empty. If you are dead on your feet, you are dead in the water.

 

2. Improve your sense of  PURPOSEE. If your heart isn't in the battle, you have lost the war way before it has begun.

3. Improve your ATTITUDE. It is impossible to make anything in your life worthwhile with a negative, self-defeating attitude. Admit to yourself that you don’t know it all and get excited about learning from the experience of others who are successful.

4. Improve your ability to SET GOALS. Without crystal-clear goals, you will simply burn up precious time and energy... with little or no progress made towards realizing your dreams.

5. Improve your ability to MAKE PLANS. Remember this simple FACT…a goal without a plan is merely a wish without a hope. 

6. Improve your ability to PRIORITIZE your activities that will get results. Focusing on the IMPORTANT tasks that get RESULTS that gives you the edge over your competition.

7. Improve your ability to create strong teams and interpersonal SYNERGY. Real power comes from building powerful teams of high energy positive like minded people.

8. Get and stay ORGANIZED. If your systems don't support you...redesign your systems until they do. This is the single biggest flaw in people that holds most of them back from attaining success and accomplishing their dreams and goals. If you are inefficient, you are out of the game. 

9. Make OPTIMUM use of your time. Fail to Optimize your time and you will never live up to your full potential. The game will be over before you even get into the hunt.

10. Take bold ACTION to make things happen. In every area of life, it's up to you to GET the ball moving... and KEEP it rolling in the direction of your goals. Learn to continuously take Smarter Actions, and you WIN. Don't and you won't.

Holiday Award Party!

On Sunday, Bold Marketing Strategies attended an awards banquet/holiday party with 2 other Midwest offices. The banquet was hosted by StoneCreek, where served dinner, as awards were being given out. The first award went President Ashley D. Smith, for managerial excellence. Ashley received  an engraved plaque, to hang in her office.

 Next, Andrew Hiatt and Rich Christman were both awarded MVP for their individual offices. Andrew earned the title of MVP for many reasons, one reason is his driven attitude.  Everyday Andrew comes to work and has a “go getter” attitude, not letting anything come in the way of his goals. He gives 100% everyday, staying focused and motivated on his goals. Andrew is on his way to achieving one of his long-term goals, to open his own office.

 Our other MVP , Rich Christman comes to work ready to help other improve everyday. Rich creates and environment at work that promotes learning, and , helps others to grow professionally.  Rich is a top leader and on his way to reaching his goal of opening up an office is Denver, Co.

Adam Stoffel was recognized as the most improved in the office. Adam has been putting forth the extra effort needing to really evaluate himself, and how he can reach his goals and better his team. Adam is interviewing and training more and more every week, and his hard work has paid off in a big way!

Carlina Mina was recognized at the end of the night for all of her hard work, and contribution to the growth of  Bold Marketing in the past year. things. Carlina comes to work early, leaves late and does whatever needed to get the job done. She has been a major part in the establishment of the  company. Carlina is an invaluable member of Bold Marketing Strategies and Ashley has said she considers Carlina to be  the backbone of the company.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE FOR A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR!!!!

Dreams seldom materialize on their own.

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.”    - Vince Lombardi