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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

About Small Business Information: Goal Setting for Small Business Owners

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From Alyssa Gregory, your Guide to Small Business Information

This issue is all about goal setting. As the summer starts and we reach mid-year, it's the perfect time to conduct a business goal check-in and create some new targets.

To help you streamline your goal setting process, the articles featured this week include:

  • Steps for getting started with goal setting
  • A SMART goal setting worksheet you can download
  • A few SMART goal examples
  • Software and tools to help you track and manage your goals

Good luck working on your business goals, and thanks for reading!
Alyssa


Get Started with Goal Setting in Five Steps
Goal setting is an important part of starting and growing a small business. Without goals, and a process for tracking your goals, you may have difficulty seeing the big picture and staying focused. These five steps will help you get started with goal setting for your business. Get started.
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SMART Goal Setting Worksheet
SMART goal setting refers to a planning process that measures five individual criteria in order to evaluate a goal and determine its viability. This worksheet will help you measure your business goals against the SMART criteria in order to determine if your goals are achievable. Download worksheet.

SMART Goal Examples
Sometimes, it helps to have examples to model as you get to work on your own projects, and the same is true for goal setting. This article includes clear and easy-to-follow SMART goal examples so you can make sure your goals are moving in the right direction. See the examples.

Goal Setting and Tracking Software
Whether you are just getting started with goal setting or are a SMART goals pro, having some kind of system for setting and tracking your goals is important. Here is a list of goal setting and tracking software to help you create, track and achieve your most important goals. View the list.
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