Human productivity and responsiveness definitely jostle the needle on certain days more than others. Which days are the best days to approach, initiate and communicate to get what you want?
It’s helpful to know what days of the week will be your money days. This way, you won’t go barking up the wrong tree and peeve somebody who might have otherwise done business with you, had it been a Yay Day in their world.
MONDAY
For people who work in the real-world 9-to-5 universe, Monday is not a good day to show up in people’s inboxes or call them all kum-ba-ya, yippety skippity. They’re probably hungover from the weekend and not in a good mood. You are not likely to get the answer you’re hoping for, if you approach on a Monday.
For people who have their own businesses, Monday might just be the money day. It depends on how delusional we are at the moment. If you’re dealing with a true workaholic, and you’ll know this is the case if the person is your work buddy or JV partner, you can dive into fresh projects and pick their brain on a Monday. Usually. The entrepreneurial types are raring to go on a Monday, because Mondays are not the same for these people as those who ankle-drag the workforce ball and chain.
TUESDAY.
Tuesday is a Go Day in the competitive working world during normal business hours. You could even call Tuesday the New Monday of corporate life.
Tuesday is off the chain for business owners, especially online business owners. Craft that pitch. Send that email. People want to make money. They’re chomping at the bit, ready to receive opportunities… and if any day guarantees an open mind and willing ears to hear your story, sign up for your ish, etc… Tuesday will be that day.
WEDNESDAY.
Wednesday holds promise, but less than Tuesday or Thursday because it’s hump day. The 9 to 5 drudges begin to lag on Wednesday even though they only really technically got started on Tuesday, unless of course they’re productivity machines, which means none of this applies.
Be mindful of who you’re dealing with, the person and their personality before proceeding on a Wednesday. Actually no. Just proceed. Because, hey, it’s Wednesday. Tomorrow feels a lot like Friday even though it’s actually Thursday… because no one engages on True Friday anymore, not even your busimess owning madmen and mad women.
In business, Wednesday is a day to kick all the slackers into gear. Not everybody is always in productivity mode all the time. Online business owners especially, have their fair share of goof-off days because there’s no one to stop them.
Maybe they spent all Tuesday scrolling and surfing and now they’re flashing forward to Friday, and what kind of income generating week is this going to be? You can slap some heads around on Wednesday with some success, and get people moving and shaking things up if you’re the type that has this kind of influence over others.
Wednesday could also be that power project day. You have 48 more hours of potential productivity to check tasks off your list and meet the weekend head on with a clear schedule and a brimming bank account. So if you haven’t buckled down, Wednesday could be the day whether you’re a full-timer, remote worker or online business guru… or all of the above.
THURSDAY
For traditional workers, Thursday is a “let’s tie up these loose ends” project slogging day. “I need to get this ball out of my court so it’s time to wrap up task a, b and c.”
(Then you save the email because you’re not actually going to send it until Friday. Why? If you send the email at the exact right time on Friday, the person on the receiving end will take in the information, absorb your message… and then the ball will be in their court through the weekend, leaving you home free and with a clear conscience for two full days. Then on Monday you can crack your knuckles and say “hey so did you have a chance to look at that thing I sent you on Friday?”)
Just kidding. You’re not really going to do that, right?
Please keep in mind that freelancers and business owners do not hold to these rules, which is why we will be describing their Thursday as an opportunity day, below.
If you’re in internet marketing or online business, Thursday is a push day. You want to push out those messages and send out those reminders that this is a last call or “last chance offer that you won’t want to miss”. It’s time to fire out some key points that make your audience sit up and take notice… and it’s time to drive that call to action home so people send some cabbage your way.
Another advantage of communicating on Thursday and getting those sales to come in is as follows. If somebody ends up having a problem with something they ordered, you have enough time to troubleshoot the issue without sending them boiling mad into the weekend, full of hate for you and ready to rip you in an Amazon review.
Instead, everything can be resolved and you can be all “have a good one!!” on the last day of the week which is coming sooner than you think, and you need money to fund your weekend activities… or for the workaholics of the group, invest in a cool gift for your biz.
FRIDAY.
Ah, Friday in the corporate world. It’s casual jeans day. It’s “softball with my work buddies tonight at 5:00 p.m” day. It’s “catch up with my mom on the phone” day, “pay all my bills and see what I have left over to splurge over the weekend” day. It’s “stand in the elevator and comment on the weather and say TGIF to people who should have already retired but still work where I work” day..
FRIDAY for online business peeps and entrepreneurs is different acronym altogether. Instead of TGIF, it’s OFIF which stands for Oh Fudge It’s Friday or perhaps Oh Fun it’s FriYAY because you made a lot of moolah this week and now it’s time to celebrate.
If you did not rake it in and break the bank account Monday through Thursday as a business owner, then Friday is your scramble day.
Can you run a flash sale? Can you nudge one of your clients to pay and overdue invoice? What about some affiliate sales, want to maybe send out an email or plan an email to automatically fly out of your inbox on Saturday before 12 noon?
These are the Friday possibilities when you’re in business for yourself. It’s quite a different flavor than the mind-numbing, counting down the hours, minutes, seconds type of TGIF you may have come to know working for the man.
If you have not yet experienced the self-employed lifestyle, why not give it a try to experience the unique flavor of freedom?
Let us all know what your weekdays look like when you have your own biz. Cheers!