With only one week left in 2008, many business owners are contemplating their goals for 2009. If you’re planning on doing the same but aren’t quite sure where to start or how to organize it all, check out my post from earlier this year about planning ahead for some tools to help you out.

My personal favorite is Alice Seba’s Free Planning Calendar which you can download from her “Spring Cleaning for Maximum Profits” site. I just printed mine out and will spend the next week using it to set my goals and plans for achieving those goals.

She calls it a “Planning Calendar”, but what she’s giving away really is a full planner system that you can print out and adapt to your own unique business. There are no obligations, no strings attached for downloading the calendar but I would like to recommend her “Spring Cleaning” coaching series which is the basis for her planning system.

What are your goals for 2009? Are you going to be introducing new products or services? How about plans for improving and building upon your existing services?

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