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If you have a service business, do you put YOUR business last while you concentrate on making your clients happy?

I do, for sure.

For some reason it’s very difficult to find that balance. Some friends I know work on their business a little bit each day while others take a Friday or Saturday to catch up on their marketing efforts or to finish a project or two.

Balancing is definitely a work in progress for me. But I’m SO excited because my dear friend Vera Raposo at Small Business Branding has broken down all the components of running a good, profitable business and has turned all this information into a contest.

And who doesn’t love a contest with an incredible list of prizes?

Vera’s Small Spark Contest starts February 1st and the idea is to work on one aspect of YOUR business for an entire month before moving on to the next task.

The first task for February is to work on your email list, either growing your list, writing copy for a squeeze page, writing a “Thanks for Subscribing” page, setting up an autoresponder series…

The list could go on and on. You get the idea.

The groovy thing is you actually get 5 1/2 weeks for this first task I’ll need that time to write 52 autoresponder messages…YIKES!

But I’ll also be using the contest as a way to stay accountable. So often we know the steps to take but get sidetracked with other things and before you know it, a month (or more!) has passed without those first tasks getting completed.

So join me as we take ACTION and take care of our businesses this year!

Just leave a comment at this Small Business Branding post and see what you can accomplish in a month!

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