The first module in Alex Jeffrey’s coaching program focuses a great deal on planning. If you really want to start a successful online business you need to plan and set your goals. Get it all down on paper and hold yourself accountable.

Every successful person with an online business has well thought out plans and mind maps. They always know exactly what their next 5 tasks are.

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”  – Benjamin Franklin

This quote is so true. If you don’t know where you are going and what you are working towards, how do you know where to begin?

My day time job is with a company that teaches time management so you would think that I would have known to plan from the day I started internet marketing. Would you believe I own three daily planners? I think part of my problem in the beginning is that I was so overwhelmed with the business that I had no idea how to create any kind of plan.

So where do you start? What should my plan look like?

This is how Alex Jeffrey’s recommends you plan your online business:

1. Plan your year.
2. Do four 90 day plans.
3. Take your first 90 days and break it into 3 monthly plans.
4. Then take your first month and break it into 4 weekly plans.
5. Then break week 1 into daily tasks.
6. Plan tomorrow.

You always want to plan tomorrow today. Know exactly what you need to do. Know what tasks will bring in the most money and are your most important tasks.

Always be sure you plan in time to plan.

Be sure you don’t rush through your plans. You do want to take time and really think about each plan, what you want to have done and where you want to be. By creating a year, 90 day, monthly, weekly and daily plan it gives you specific deadlines to work towards. Don’t worry about perfection. Planning will come with practice and you can always make adjustments down the road. Just get you plans on paper.

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”  – Plato

Well, I’m off to get my online business plan down on paper.

What do you have in your year plan … ?