Ten Ways to be a Better at Motivating Your Employees

Motivation is different things to different people. It does not need to be a 'thing' that you do. And if you see it as a culture rather than, 'We're doing Motivation today', it becomes a whole lot easier.

Yet there is a place for those external 'raft-build's', 'away days' and 'paintballing'! Get them in context; there is work to do up front to leverage those experiences and get best value from them. Just build great relationships in your business or organisation, one-to-one - then have fun day out and grow even more!

"Motivation is like food for brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top ups."

Peter Davies

So a 'people-focused' way of being in your business generates motivation permanently and ongoing.

1. Start at Beginning
   You can't motivate people to get excited if core basics aren't right. So you have to get financial reward appropriate. Then you have to ensure that working conditions are right. How? Ask your people if they are! Example? Folks don't feel motivated if they are cold.

2. Dig Deeper
   Apart from basics, there is another level you have to get just right. How they are feeling. This is where it gets a bit more challenging. You have to ask them about this too. By creating right sort of trusting and encouraging open relationships with them that they feel comfortable to tell you. This is about how you go about it. Big, important actions for you.

3. Fix It!
   To motivate your people 'hygiene factors' have to be sorted out first. That's your job and you can't afford to miss anything. Nor can you start doing smart stuff till you get this lot right. You can't super-enthuse your team if you are not personally connecting with them at a high level.

4. Moving On
   Get all basics sorted out, create feedback loops to ensure that you find out those little irritations for them early, and create ongoing and open atmosphere. You can't rush this stuff though - if you do, it won't work.

5. It's Personal
   Now you can get to individual. Right now you have 'comfortable' people in a trusting and helpful workplace. Here's where you have to build your personal relationships with individuals. There no quick way around this. Get to know what turns them on, one by one. Understand their strengths and preferences - and bits they love about their work. Give them more of it!
   
   

The Secret To Making More Money In Your Online Business: Lessons From Monopoly

Thousands and thousands of people are striving to make more money in their online businesses each day. If you are one of thousands of people, have you ever played game of monopoly? Have you ever been exposed to hidden secret in game that will help you earn more money in your business?

Monopoly is a very simple game once you understand how to win. Most everyone who plays game knows that to win, formula is very basic. Buy green houses. Trade 4 green houses for a hotel. Repeat often and you will win. The fun comes with having enough money and luck to buy all those properties, houses and hotels. Another way of looking at formula is to say, 'the game is won by controlling most property'.

Have you ever stopped to think how this could apply to your business? Could you use this secret in someway to increase amount of money you earn? Of course you can, if you make one simple distinction. What is 'property' of your business?

An online business lives and dies on internet. The property of an internet business is ... 'WORDS'. That's right, words. In a given industry, company who controls most property wins. Now, its definitely not a game but concept is very workable. The words you control are what distinguishes your company from some other company. The reason this works is because web is indexed based on words. Most people will find your business because of something they read. So, if you control best property in your online business, you should get best results.

There are many locations for this online property. The most obvious location is web pages in a search engine. The manner in which you control this property is with content. Substantial, readable, keyword dense content will allow you to control search engines. This is not a lesson on search engines but given amount of content based on one word 'SEO' you can begin to understand how popular this idea is.