** This article was initially published on WelcomeWagon.com in February 2022 and is no longer posted there so sharing it here on my site.**
Do you have
a vision for your business? Have you considered creating a vision board for
your business? You can even create a vision board for products/services you
offer, financial goals, building your team, etc. Or how about yourself
personally? You can create them with your kiddos.
A vision
board can help you have focus, create inspiration plus give you some direction
while setting goals to achieve throughout the year. You can even do it
quarterly (or any time frame).
What is a
vision board? The definition from Oxford Languages explains it this way, “a
collage of images and words representing a person's (or company’s) wishes or
goals, intended to serve as inspiration or motivation.”
It will help you see the big picture for your business.
Smart Money Mamas shared in a recent
blog about creating a vision board:
Know What You Want to Achieve
In order to achieve what you want, first, you have to know what you
want.
When
you’re creating your vision board for your business, consider the following
questions:
·
What does your ideal work day look like?
·
Who is your perfect client?
·
What kinds of products do you want to produce?
·
What projects do you love?
·
Where will your office be and what does it look
like?
Look
for images, words, and other items that represent your ideal business day, your
perfect client, and your ultimate dream job.
Include long term goals and some huge goals.
Set goals that will stretch the expectations of your business. Think big!
You can create one digitally or
physically. Try it both ways and see what you like best! Give yourself an hour
or two to complete it.
I have done it both physically and
digitally. It just depends on your taste. Do it in collage style or make it neat with lots of white space.
For a digital vision board, you can
create one using Word, PowerPoint, Canva, Adobe Spark, Raw Pixel, Photoshop, etc.).
Find photos to use, upload your own, or type out words. You can change up the
fonts and colors. Also, there are tons of templates online (free and paid) if
you need some creative inspiration online. I recommend printing it out, you’ll
see why in a moment.
For creating one physically, get some
poster board or a cork board, something to hold your vision. You can cut out
pictures from magazines, postcards, flyers, print your own photos, draw, or
sketch out the images. Have some scissors handy. Also, get some glue, a glue
stick, push pins or double-sided tape to adhere them to your board. You can
write on your board or cut out words/phrases, print out some, or cut from
magazines. Use markers, colored pencils, crayons, paint. Decorate it too. You
can put stars, little doodles, or circles around things, just to jazz it up.
There is no right or wrong way to do it.
Anything goes!
One thing I suggest is to put it in a
place you will see it every day, so it helps you “visualize” your goals. Try to
look at it every day if you can.
I’ve saved ones I have done in the
past and it is super fun to look back and see what you achieved.
This might be a fun activity to do
with your team as well. Maybe you can work together and have one common board
as well as individual boards. You can invite everyone to submit at least one
thing.***
No matter how you choose to do it,
have fun, and enjoy. This is a project that is worthy of your time. Enjoy!
*** UPDATE: On February 2024, a sales team I work with recently created a team vision board and it was a great event. We encouraged and inspired each other and put all kinds of things on there from sales goals, businesses we want to reach out to (potential clients), themes to focus on and more!
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