Happy New Year! We’re so excited for 2021, and we’ve already started jumping into planning out the year ahead.
At Humble & Hustle Studios, planning and organization are two of our favorite things. But while we realize that they are not necessarily everyone’s top priority, we see how much of a difference planning your marketing strategy in advance can make to small business owners in their business growth and day-to-day operations.
Not only will planning in advance save you time every day, but it will also strengthen your brand voice, help with consistency and publishing content regularly, nurture your customers, and foster creativity.
But if it’s not something you have tackled before, it can be hard to know where and how to start.
The best plan starts big and works backward. By starting with your vision for your year ahead and working down into the nitty-gritty of daily content, you will be able to see your business goals come to life, at a glance.
Following this structure will also take the stress out of daily content marketing and creation. Good planning strategies go beyond organizing and can even help your creativity flow. No more staring at a blank page, wondering what to write or post! Learning to plan well is a skill that you must practice to develop over time, and we’re excited to show you how to get started.
Planning an entire year of marketing can seem daunting and overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be any more overwhelming than planning what to post on your social media in the week ahead. In the #30DaysOf Planning series, we’ll get you from chaos to organized in 30 days.
We will guide you through:
- SMART Goals
- Editorial Calendars
- Planning Strategies
- How to create, use, and reuse your content
- How scheduling can save you time and automate your marketing
- Why analytics can throw a wrench in your plans and how to move through it
- Some of our favorite tools for managing our planning
You can follow our tips day-by-day on our Instagram page or you can get all 30 tips at once here.
