Looking for an easy way to plan content and collaborations? Enjoy these two planning printables for bloggers and small business owners, which are free to download!
Fellow bloggers and small business owners, I don’t know what happened to me at the start of this year, but I have got a fire lit under me, and I’ve been so motivated to grow my business and to help support others (that’s you) to do the same. It all started with declaring my word of the year, fearless.
Next was coming up with four focused goals and making a game plan for each of them (you can download your free goal-planning worksheet at the bottom of this post). As pretty as my goals look hanging up on the wall, I fight the urge to rip them down every day. Why? Because I don’t want to do what it says at the bottom of it. Staying focused is not fun. Does anyone out there actually enjoy focusing? If so, please reach out to me and teach me the magic of your ways!
Planning printables for bloggers and small business owners
I’ve realized that being creative and being focused are two opposing forces that are in constant battle with one another. Have you ever been in the middle of working on a project when you’re struck with a brilliant new idea, enticing you to immediately abandon your current project so you can get to work on the new one?
Free Printable Idea Planner
This first printable was designed to step in and intervene in those situations. I encourage you to print out a bunch of these and keep them handy. Next time that light bulb goes off, look to your “brilliant ideas” sheets and get those thoughts down on paper. This printable includes a space to record:
- Your big idea
- How to make it unique for your brand
- Research that you need to do to refine it
- Materials, resources, or people that are going to be needed to get the job done
Using your printable idea planner
The right column is a space to determine when you will execute your big idea. This includes an option to scrap it completely (remember, we can do anything, but not everything). There’s also a spot to write in any ideas you have for companies or brands that could potentially act as your sponsor, or with whom you’d like to collaborate. Lastly, and most importantly is where you will write in your first action step.
You can use these sheets to brainstorm a bunch of ideas in one session, or whenever creativity comes a knockin’, as I plan to do.
Free Printable Collaboration Planner
The second printable was created to brainstorm collaborations with brands and businesses. Partnering is a great way to bring enhanced content to your audience and introduce them to products and services that align with your brand. You may also use this sheet to list companies you would like to work with on a sponsorship basis. Collaboration is my big goal to focus on in the fourth quarter of 2016, and I will be filling out these sheets like it’s my job (because it will be)!
Using your printable collaboration planner
These sheets include a space to record:
- Brand/Company Name you are interested in working with
- The Project Idea that you’d like to work with them on
- The contact’s name and email address
There is also a place to record your first date of contact and follow-up date to keep track of your timeline.
The “brilliant ideas” sheet has spots for two entries, and the “let’s collaborate” sheet has room for three partnership ideas, so feel free to print as many as you need to keep track of all your big plans. Be sure to finish what you’ve already committed to before putting more tasks on your plate.
Save your brilliant ideas for the right time
Both of these sheets were really designed to get all those ideas out so you can focus on what you are currently doing. Once your task is complete, refer to your sheets and figure out what you’d like to tackle next!
{ Click here to download your free printable Brilliant Ideas Worksheet }
{ Click here to download your free printable Collaboration Worksheet }
I hope you’ll enjoy these two planning printables for bloggers and small business owners! If you decide to use them, please tag me on Instagram. I’d love to cheer you on!
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