Thank you to those who read my first 2 posts, for those who haven't please do! To summarise, I have launched Live Sport Talks which is a series of live events with different Olympians. I have had my first 2 events, which featured 3 time Olympian swimmer Joanne Jackson and Britain's most successful female gymnast Beth Tweddle as our guests. Running the first 2 events, I have learnt a lot about running events as well as running a business. In these posts, I like to share little bits that I have picked up from running my start up that may be of assistance.
Plan your time
One thing I do find, something I work hard not to do is sometimes I find myself working on a completely different task to the one I originally set out to do. We are in a world now where there are a lot of distractions, such as email and social media. It is easy to drop a task and work on something completely different after receiving an email. I have worked in sales, so I am used to dropping everything if a call comes through. I have now have a physical to do list, where I add all tasks I need to do that day, this ranges from small things to important things. I think sometimes the small things get forgotten about such as maintaining the website etc, so I always add these in to my list. Checking emails is another one, of course it is important to keep up to date with your emails however try not to become a slave to them. Here is a good article about managing email http://www.stevenaitchison.co.uk/blog/7-ways-to-avoid-being-the-slave-of-your-inbox/ . I try to get on with a task and check emails every couple of hours, rather than sitting and waiting and dealing with an email. If a task is that important, they would normally call you anyway!
Network
I have posted about networking back in August (bit of networking), but thought I would go over some more bits I have picked up since then. I listened to a great podcast about networking, it was by Rob Moore, his website is here http://www.progressiveproperty.co.uk/about-progressive-property/. You tend to go to these events and have some great conversations and take back heaps of business cards, however don't really get in touch with them again. I am guilty of this, which is a great shame. I have made the conscious effort to scan all the business cards on this app and get in touch with people. Even if you don't go into business with these people, it is worth building your network as you never know when you may need different people in different areas. I do like going to these events, as you meet like minded people who you can give tips to as well as receive tips from them. I urge you to go to more events in the future, and not get stuck behind your computer!
Right so that is all for this 3 part blog post. I hope you benefited from some of it, if you have any tips for me then please feel free to get in touch. Will keep posting at different stages of my start up!
Happy January people!
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