Timeline And Resource Guide For Mentors

Revisit your ladder — determine when pages can be completed in January through your final deadline . Reexamine your ladder and decide what pages you will send this month, and set goals for what you will send in February and March as you march toward the final deadline. January can be a slow month if you made all your December deadlines. For us, January was a great time to focus on clubs, organizations and academics spreads. Sell. Sell. Sell. Plan your book sales strategy for January and the rest of the year. A financially sound program will allow you to expand and upgrade the quality of your book, purchase new equipment and attend conventions and workshops to motivate and educate your staff. Check out the “Market Your Book” section of walsworthyearbooks.com. Start the recruiting process. Even though this year’s book is barely half done, begin developing your recruiting strategy for next year’s book. When will students be registering for next year’s classes? Be sure to plan your heavy recruiting push around those dates. Guard your health. Every year in late January and early February, the sickness begins to creep in. Do what you can to stay healthy. Keep your keyboards clean. Wash your hands. Do not share food and drink out of the same cups or bottles. Eat as healthy as you can.

JANUARY RESOURCES eBook “Recruiting Yearbook Staffs: Methods to Madness” Webinar “Radical Recruiting”

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