How to Get Your New Year in Gear

The new year is here! What can you do to make it your best year yet?

January provides us all with a definite beginning—a natural checkpoint in time when business owners can reflect on how strategies worked last year and then consider which actions can be revised, improved, or introduced to produce an even better new year. 

On this episode of Straight Talk!, Dean Mercado, Online Marketing Muscle CEO, talks about how important it is, as a business owner, to see first where you’ve been before you determine what you are going to be doing going forward. What went well? What didn’t go so well?

To find out how to learn from your own experiences and recognize what didn’t serve you well, so that you can avoid the same mistakes in the new year, watch the video or listen to the podcast below!

           
Posted On December 28, 2023

Jeff Cross

ISSA Media Director

Jeff Cross is the ISSA media director, with publications that include Cleaning & Maintenance Management, ISSA Today, and Cleanfax magazines. He is the previous owner of a successful cleaning and restoration firm. He also works as a trainer and consultant for business owners, managers, and front-line technicians. He can be reached at [email protected].

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