Doing What Motivates Me

One of the things that I enjoy about business is the creativity it allows.  With a background which includes programming I learned early on I really like doing it.  My biggest high comes from resolving issues by troubleshooting complex systems successfully.

On a smaller scale I like to troubleshoot what works and doesn't work on my website.  I have posted in the past about how well my website does.  Since my actual sales have been non-existent I have been focusing on my marketing.  Inexplicably my stats at the level I am enjoying now used to bring me about 7 to 10 real estate closings a month.  It seemed to be basically all about a numbers game.

Even though the stats as far as numbers are there but the money as far as numbers isn't I am constantly trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong.  I know a lot of people say a watched kettle never boils.  I don't believe it.  When I was having a nice number of closings previously it just mean I stayed up overnight to watch my kettle.  With some things I am very meticulous.  Some things I just don't feel need to be left to chance.

I love computers.  I love working on my websites.  I can be working on my website for hours before I really realize how much time I've put in.  You know as a single woman I have the luxury of being up for hours just on the computer.

Normally when I get off from my day job I go and work on my real estate website at the real estate office.  I'm really trying to get my self-branding out there for when the weather warms up.  The market seems to be on a rebound.  I am getting more inquiries to my website than ever before.  Now that motivates me.  It gives me the challenge to look at what is getting my audience there.  Can I draw a niche from it and keep them coming back.  I'm excited because my stats are better than ever.  I'm hoping all things will become equal and I make more money than ever from sales.

I was checking my stats today and I remember when I was excited when I just had a ranking like at 16 million.  Now I'm elated because my Global Ranking on Alexa is now as of today is 862,938.  My rank in the United States as far as website is 101,270.  God is good.

Lately I have been laboriously trying to revisit what helped me convert browsers to buyers.  For Sale By Owners to wanting to list and sale with me.  Folks relocating to the Hampton Roads area from overseas stumbling upon my website.  I had some pretty good sales in that regards.  I used to have quite a few outbound referrals as well.

I'm ready for that magnetism to flow back my way.  I've been working hard at it.  Admittedly I slacked off, really slacked off.  I got going off in another direction and lost focus.  Now I'm concentrating my efforts on what motivates me and what keeps my energies flowing.  I can't worry about what did or didn't happen yesterday.  I have to make the best of the 24 hours I presented with today.

I want more days like yesterday when I was up to 3 a.m.  I got a whole lot done.  I worked my full time job.  I worked late on my real estate marketing.  I went to the gym and did the red light therapy, treadmill, the stair master, the entire abdominal circuit.  I think some times it takes more energy out of me to worry about what I didn't get done than going ahead and doing everything I laid out to do.

My motivation now is to keep pressing on.  As I'm working and my marketing efforts are showing based on my stats I'm good.  Its part of the process for my phone to ring more.  It is part of the process for me to receive more email inquiries.  Too often it is easier to grieve than achieve.  I've just made up in my mind I'm going to be an achiever over a griever.  Achieving a level of success which defines me is all I can be.  I'm happy with that.

I'll keep sending up praises to The Almighty Father.  Thankfully he hasn't failed me.  He's been so good I can't co-sign that with a "yet."

Too often single folks have no one else to talk to. We see so many folks standing in front of a mirror taking photos of themselves.  I do that too.  But if I'm around other people I don't have any problems asking, hey take a photo of me.  I then go and post it to my website.

One of my goals is to go around to all the cities and take a photo of some of the scenery and attractions I enjoy the most.  I remember my website once featured a different photo for each different city.  I can't even find copies of them now.  It has been on my mind to do it.  It's another one of those things if I go ahead and take the time to get it done, I won't be worrying over it setting my own little space free.

Do something positive that motivates you!  We are uniquely and wonderfully made.